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21. Penalty for forging or falsifying any voting paper or

obstructing the election

22. A list of persons elected vestrymen and auditors by

parishioners to be published

23. Penalty on inspector for making incorrect return

24. Vestries to provide places for holding elections, and pay

expenses of taking poll, &c.

25. As to parishes having no churchwardens

26. How notices and lists to be published

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27. Churchwardens, &c. not complying with Act guilty of

misdemeanor

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30. Meeting to elect a chairman

Formation of Parishes into Districts, and Constitution of

District Boards.

31. Parishes in schedule (B.) to be united, and form dis-

tricts, and district boards constituted

32. Vestries to elect members of district boards

33. If relative numbers of inhabited houses in parishes in

any district vary on any future census, the numbers

of members may be altered

34. As to the term of office of members of district boards

elected at first election, and as to future elections

35. Elections to be held annually for supplying vacancies

occasioned by expiration of term of office

36. Provision as to parishes not electing as many as three

members of a district board

37. Provision as to casual vacancies

38. Powers of district boards to be exercised at meetings,

not less than seven members being present

39. Ordinary meetings of district boards

40. Special meetings of district boards

41. Chairman to be elected at meeting of board

Incorporation of Vestries and District Boards.

42. District boards and vestries of parishes in schedule (A.)

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Constitution and Incorporation of Metropolitan Board of

Works.

43. Metropolitan board of works constituted and incor-

porated

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41. Three members of metropolitan board to be elected for

the city

45. Vestries of single parishes and district boards to clect

members of the metropolitan board

46. Boards for districts of Plumstead and Lewisham united

for electing a member of metropolitan board

47. The parish of Rotherhithe and district of St. Olave

united for electing a member of the metropolitan

48. As to the term of office of members of metropolitan

board elected at first election, and as to future

elections

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49. Elected members of metropolitan board to elect a

chairman

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50. As to appointment of chairman on any vacancy

51. Powers of metropolitan board to be exercised at meet-

ings, not less than nine members being present

52. Meetings of the metropolitan board -

53. Chairman to preside at meetings.-In case of vacancy,

&c., a temporary chairman to be chosen-

Provisions concerning Constitution, Procedure, and
Officers of Metropolitan and District Boards and
Vestries.

54. Disqualifications of members of metropolitan board, of

district boards, of vestries of parishes in schedules

(A.) and (B.), and of auditors

55. Members of metropolitan and district boards, and of

vestries of parishes in schedule (A.) or (B.), may

resign

56. Retiring members of boards and vestries may be re-

elected

57. No resolution of metropolitan or any district board, or

of any vestry, to be revoked at a subsequent meeting

unless under certain circumstances

58. Committes may be appointed

59. Powers of committees

61. All books to be open to inspection

62. Power to metropolitan board, district boards, and ves-

tries to appoint officers

19. Provision for case of equality of votes

20. If in the interval between elections the vestry of any

parish be reduced below two-thirds, the vacancies to

be filled up as herein named

21. Penalty for forging or falsifying any voting paper or

obstructing the election

22. A list of persons elected vestrymen and auditors by

parishioners to be published

23. Penalty on inspector for making incorrect return

24. Vestries to provide places for holding elections, and pay

expenses of taking poll, &c.

25. As to parishes having no churchwardens

26. How notices and lists to be published

27. Churchwardens, &c. not complying with Act guilty of

misdemeanor

28. Quorum of vestries

29. Meetings not to be holden in the church

30. Meeting to elect a chairman

Formation of Parishes into Districts, and Constitution of

District Boards.

31. Parishes in schedule (B.) to be united, and form dis-

tricts, and district boards constituted

32. Vestries to elect members of district boards

33. If relative numbers of inhabited houses in parishes in

any district vary on any future census, the numbers

of members may be altered

34. As to the term of office of members of district boards

elected at first election, and as to future elections

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35. Elections to be held annually for supplying vacancies

occasioned by expiration of term of office

36. Provision as to parishes not electing as many as three

38. Powers of district boards to be exercised at meetings,

not less than seven members being present

39. Ordinary meetings of district boards

40. Special meetings of district boards

41. Chairman to be elected at meeting of board

Incorporation of Vestries and District Boards.

42. District boards and vestries of parishes in schedule (A.)

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45. Vestries of single parishes and district boards to clect

members of the metropolitan board

Constitution and Incorporation of Metropolitan Board of

Works.

43. Metropolitan board of works constituted and incor-

porated

44. Three members of metropolitan board to be elected for

the city

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46. Boards for districts of Plumstead and Lewisham united

for electing a member of metropolitan board

47. The parish of Rotherhithe and district of St. Olave

united for electing a member of the metropolitan

board of works

48. As to the term of office of members of metropolitan

board elected at first election, and as to future

50. As to appointment of chairman on any vacancy

51. Powers of metropolitan board to be exercised at meet-

ings, not less than nine members being present

52. Meetings of the metropolitan board

53. Chairman to preside at meetings. In case of vacancy,

&c., a temporary chairman to be chosen-

Provisions concerning Constitution, Procedure, and
Officers of Metropolitan and District Boards and
Vestries.

54. Disqualifications of members of metropolitan board, of

district boards, of vestries of parishes in schedules

(A.) and (B.), and of auditors

55. Members of metropolitan and district boards, and of

vestries of parishes in schedule (A.) or (B.), may

56. Retiring members of boards and vestries may be re-

elected

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57. No resolution of metropolitan or any district board, or
of any vestry, to be revoked at a subsequent meeting
unless under certain circumstances

58. Committes may be appointed

59. Powers of committees

60. Minutes of proceedings of metropolitan and district

boards and of vestries to be entered

tries to appoint officers

61. All books to be open to inspection

62. Power to metropolitan board, district boards, and ves-

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63. Clerk and treasurer not to be the same person

64. Penalty on officers, &c. being interested in contracts, or
exacting fees
65. Officers, &c., intrusted with money to give security for
duly accounting for the same. If officer fail to
render account, &c., justices may commit offender to
prison.-Power to levy by distress

66. Metropolitan and district boards and vestries to provide

proper offices, and to cause daily attendance to be

given

Duties and Powers of Vestries and District Boards.

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67. "Vestry" in following provisions to mean vestry of a

parish in schedule (A.)

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68. Sewers (except main sewers) vested in vestries and dis-

trict boards

69. Vestries and district boards to repair, &c., all sewers

-vested in them, and from time to time to construct

new ones, &c.

70. Power to vestries and district boards to do works of

improvement in sewers, &c., the expense thereof to

be divided between the party liable and the parish or

district

71. Gullyholes, &c., to be trapped

72. Vestries and district boards to cause sewers to be

cleansed, &c.

73. Vestry or district board in certain cases may compel

owners, &c., of houses to construct drains into the

common sewer.-Penalty on owner, &c., for neglect

74. Provision for combined drainage of blocks of houses

75. No house to be built without drains constructed to the

satisfaction of the vestry or district board

76. Notice of buildings to be given to the vestry or district

board before commencing the same

77. Power to branch drains into sewers constructed by

metropolitan board, or any vestry or district board

under certain regulations.-Penalty

78. Power to metropolitan board or vestry or district board

to branch private drains into sewers, at the expense

of the party to whom they belong

79. Vestry or district board may agree to make house drains

at the expense of owners or occupiers

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80. Vestry or district board may order a contribution to.

wards construction of sewers in certain cases

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81. Penalty on erecting or rebuilding houses without proper
waterclosets, &c.-Power to vestry, &c., to require
owners, &c., to provide sufficient waterclosets, &c.—

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