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Elections, by whom to be conducted.
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XXI. And be it enacted, That at every Election by Owners of Property and Rate-payers under this Act the Chairman of the Local Board of Health, or, in case of the first Election, such Person as shall be appointed by Order of Her Majesty in Council, or by Provisional Order of the General Board of Health, (as the Case may require,) shall have the Powers and perform the Duties vested in or imposed upon the said Chairman by this Act in relation to any such Election, and shall perform all other Duties which it may be requisite for him to perform in conducting and completing Elections under this Act; and in case the Office of Chairman shall be vacant at the Time when any such Power or Duty must be executed or performed, or in case the Chairman or Person appointed as last aforesaid, from Illness or other sufficient Cause, shall be unable to exercise or discharge such Powers or Duties, or shall be absent, or shall refuse to act, some other Person who shall be appointed (in case of the first Election) by such Order in Council or Provisional Order, or (in any other Case) by the Local Board of Health, shall exercise or perform such of the said Powers and Duties as then remain to be exercised or performed; and the said Local Board, or (in case of the first Election) the Person appointed by such Order in Council or Provisional Order, shall, before or during the Election, appoint a competent Number of Persons to assist and attend upon the Chairman or the Person so appointed (as the Case may require) in conducting and completing the same.
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