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Substitution of members.
Duties of the Council.
Preserving existence of Sanitary Department.
Appointment of officers.
Position of Deputy Director of Health Services.
Urban Council.
5. If any member of the Council be at any time prevented for more than six months by absence or other cause from acting, the Governor may appoint, or if the member has been elected, the electors may nominate, and, if more than one candidate is nominated may elect, some other person to replace such member, until he shall return or be able to resume his functions.
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6. The duties of the Council shall be to exercise control within the area allotted to it over all matters in respect of which powers are given to it by this Ordinance or any other Ordinance.
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7. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the law in respect of matters over which the Council exercises control there shall be a Sanitary Department.
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8. The Governor may appoint a Secretary and assistant secretaries to the Council, and also Health Officers, Veterinary Officers and Health and other Inspectors, all of whom shall be officers of the Sanitary Department, and may also appoint such servants of the Department as required.
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9. The Deputy Director of Health Services shall be the professional adviser to the Council in all medical matters including matters of public health and sanitation. It shall be his duty to assist and advise the Council on such matters and to superintend the enforcement and observance of all Ordinances relating to public health and of the by-laws and regulations made thereunder. 35 of 1939, s.2.
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Duties of Chairman of Council.
Constitution unaffected by vacancies on the Council.
10. The Chairman of the Council shall give such instructions as may be necessary for carrying out and giving effect to the decisions and policy of the Council, and shall be responsible also for the general administration of the Sanitary Department.
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11. The Council shall be held to be legally constituted notwithstanding any vacancies occurring therein by the death, absence, resignation, or incapacity of any member.
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