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Meetings, &c. of Local Boards.
Meetings of Local Boards of Noncorporate Districts, and Regulation of Business, &c.
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XXXIV. And be it enacted, That the Local Board of Health of every Noncorporate District shall hold an annual Meeting and other Meetings for the Transaction of Business under this Act once at least in each Month, and at such other Times as may be necessary for properly executing its Powers and Duties under this Act, and shall from Time to Time make Bye Laws with respect to the summoning, Notice, Place, Management, and Adjournment of such Meetings, and generally with respect to the Transaction and Management of Business by such Board under this Act: Provided always, that no Business shall be transacted at any such Meeting unless at least One Third of the full Number of Members be present thereat, except in either of the Districts to be called the Oxford or Cambridge Districts, in which Cases Business may be transacted if at least Seven Members be present; and all Questions shall be decided by a Majority of Votes; and the Names of the Members present, as well as of those voting upon each Question, shall be recorded; and the said Local Board shall at their First Meeting under this Act, and afterwards from Time to Time at their annual Meeting, appoint One of their Number to be Chairman for One Year at all Meetings at which he is present: and in case the Chairman so appointed be absent from any Meeting at the Time appointed for holding the same the Members present shall appoint One of their Number to act as Chairman thereat; and in case the Chairman appointed as first aforesaid die, resign, or become incapable of acting, another Member shall be appointed to be Chairman for the Period during which the Person so dying, resigning, or becoming incapable would have been entitled to continue in Office, and no longer; and the Chairman at any Meeting shall have a Second or casting Vote in case of an Equality of Votes; but nothing herein contained with respect to the Appointment of Chairman shall apply to any District to called the Oxford or Cambridge District, and in such Districts the Oxford or Cambridge Commissioners respectively shall appoint a Chairman as heretofore.
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