A digest of the law relating to public health and local government : with notes of 1073 leading cases, various official documents, precedents of by-laws and regulations, the statutes in full, a table of offences and punishments, ample indexes, &c / by George F. Chambers.
- George Frederick Chambers
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A digest of the law relating to public health and local government : with notes of 1073 leading cases, various official documents, precedents of by-laws and regulations, the statutes in full, a table of offences and punishments, ample indexes, &c / by George F. Chambers. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![•Sect. 2.] Duties of Officers. (25.) The offices of the Board shall be open on such days and at such tuues as shall from time Office Hours, to time be fixed by the Board. At present the office hours are asfolloivs ; • Approved at a Meeting 'of the Board, held the day of- ■in testimony whereof the Common Seal of the said Board was afjixed, together with the Signatures of Five Members thereof. Chairman. ^tmUtiom Mti) rts'pecl to tin Birti'r^ aiit! Cciiitiurt cf 0^tn^ (i.) All Officers appointed by the Board shall (subject to any Regulations prescribed by Statute, or by the Local Government Board, or by these Eegulations, or by the Board) hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the Board; and they may resign or be dismissed after one month's notice on either side. All Officers who may be entrusted with money shall give security. (2). The following shall be the respective duties and obligations of the several Officers named, (a) so far as this statement of them is not inconsistent with any special contract now existing between them and the Board, and stibject also to any new special contract which may hereafter be made .respecting any of such duties. No officer shall be beneficially interested as shareholder or other- wise in any company (not being a Eailway or Canal Company) which has contracts and dealings with the Board. THE CLEEK. (3.) The Clerk shall prepare a,nd cause to be delivered all notices convening meetings of the Board and of Committees; he shall himself attend all such meetings and read everything requiring to be read thereat; and he shall record the proceedings in the appropriate Minute Books. Each Minute Book is to contain in respect of every meeting a statement of the names of the members present, and a full summary of the business done. The General Minute Book of the Board is further to contain a statement of the Books and Accounts of the other Officers examined by the Clerk since the previous Meeting; particulars of money paid to, and cheques drawn on, the Treasurer; also Minutes specifying the allocation or division of charges according to previous orders of the Board; and there is to be affixed to every Minute relating to any pecuniary transaction a marginal note •of reference to the respective folios of the Ledger in which the items will be found set out. (4.) He shall, upon the receipt of a written requisition signed by (i.) the Chairman, or (ii.) any (&) Members of the Board, summon a Special Meeting thereof. (5.) He shall be responsible for the safe keeping of all Books and Papers which are in his custody as Clerk, and shall produce the same for the inspection of the Board, or any member thereof, when required to do so. (6.) He shall ascertain before every Ordinary, and, if required, before any Special Meeting of the IJoard, the state of the Treasurer's account, and report the same at the meeting. (7.) He shall prepare under the direction of the Board, or the Finance Committee, all cheques for the payment of money due from the Board, and shall countersign and deliver the said cheques, and file the vouchers relating thereto. (8.) He shall keep a proper account (according to the particulars supplied to him by the Sur- veyor, or the Inspector of Nuisances, or otherwise) of all penalties, proceeds on sale of refuse, &c., and other moneys payable to the Board, and shall once a month furnish the Collector with siich particulars as are necessary to enable him to collect the same. (9.) He shall examine and check the accounts of the Collector at least once a month for the purpose of seeing that all moneys received by that Officer have been dvly accounted for to the Treasurer; and, generally, he shall be responsible for the reg-ular and sufficient examination of all accounts whatsoever, and of all papers relating to the business of the Board as they come to iand; and at every meeting he shall in his discretion report to the Board concerning the same. (10.) He shall keep a Ledger and punctually enter therein all the financial transactions of the Board as authorised by the Board, and recorded in the Minute Book, and otherwise. The said financial transactions shall be exhibited under the following heads (c) (or under such of them, or such additional heads, as may be necessary):— Tenure of Office. To attend Meet- ings. Special Meetings. To keep Books and Papers. Jliscellaneous Moneys. To Examine Ac- coiuits and Papers. To keep a Ledge (a) The duties of certain Officers will be more conveniently defined in connection with the By- Laws for the execution of which they are respon- sible. This applies, for instance, to such func- tionaries as the Inspector of Hackney Carriages, the Inspector of Boats, the Inspector of Markets, the Public Librarian, &c., &c. (6) See note (c) on the previous page but one. {c) The enumeration here given is derived, with trifling alterations of detail, from the well- known Home Office Instructional Minute of 1863. I have not felt at liberty to make extensive alter- ations in its form, though that form is far from satisfactory.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20386643_0197.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
