978 [ 24 OF 1887. ] PUBLIC HEALTH.
Tenant. 17. Tenant.- Any person who leases direct from any
householder the whole of any floor or floors of any
building or tenement -house.
Ter ent .
house. 18. Tenement- house. — Any domestic building let to and
inhabited by more than one occupier or family, as
tenants of a common landlord , or as sub -tenants of
a tenant of any portion of such domestic building.
Vessel.
19. Vessel . – Any steam or sailing ship, launch , juuk ,
lighter, sampan, or boat .
Constitution
of the board .
4. The board shall consist of the Surveyor General, the
Registrar General, the Captain Superintendent of Police, the
Colonial Surgeon , and not more than six additional members,
four of whom , ( two being Chinese ) shall be appointed by the
[See No.
1890. ) 1 of Governor, and two elected by such rate-payers as are included
in the special and common jury lists, and also by such rate
payers as are exempted from serving on juries on account of
their professional avocations. Non -official members of the
board shall hold office for three years.
Governor to
make rules 5. The mode of election , the proceedings incident thereto,
for elections. and all other matters relating to the election of the said mem
bers, by the said rate-payers, shall be governed by rules made
by the Governor in Council , who may, from time to time, add
to, vary, or revoke, any of the said rules.
President, 6. The Governor shall appoint the president, vice -president,
vice -presi.
dent and and secretary of the board, and the names of all members ap
secretary . pointed to the board shall be forth with notified in the Govern
[See )No. 1
1890. of ment Gazette, and any number of the Government Gazette,
containing a notice of any such appointments shall be deemed
sufficient evidence thereof, before any Magistrate or Court of
law.
Substitute
members .
7. If any member of the board be at any time prevented by
absence or other cause from acting for more than six months,
the Governor, may appoint, or, if the member has been elected ,
the electors may nominate some other person to replace such
member, until he shall be able to resume his functions.
Vacancies ,
8. The board shall be held to be legally constituted, not
withstanding any vacancies occurringtherein by death, absence,
resignation, or incapacity of any member.
Sanitary
staff.
9. The Governor may appoint such officers as he shall see
fit to be sanitary superintendent, sanitary surveyors, inspectors
of nuisances, and such other servants as the board may from
time to time recommend, and there shall be paid from the Co
lovial Treasury to such officers, such salaries and allowances
as the Governor, with the consent of the Legislative Council ,
may from time to time determine.