CO129-180 - Public Offices & Others - 1877 — Page 337

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Now We, the Local Government Board, deeming it expedient that Regulations should be made with respect to the appointment, duties, salary, and tenure of office of Inspectors of Nuisances appointed by Rural Sanitary Authorities, in all those cases where any portion of the salary of any such officer is paid out of moneys voted by Parliament, do hereby Order and Direct as follows:

SECTION I.-Appointment.

Art. 1.-A Statement shall be submitted to the Local Government Board, showing the population and extent of the District for which the Sanitary Authority propose to appoint the Inspector or Inspectors of Nuisances, and the salary or remuneration intended to be assigned; and where the circumstances render desirable the appointment of one Inspector of Nuisances for two or more Sanitary Districts, Statements shall, in like manner, be submitted to the Local Government Board, showing the names of the Districts to be combined for that purpose, the popu- lation and extent of each District, the mode in which it is intended that the appointment shall be made, whether jointly or severally by the Sanitary Authorities of those Districts, and the amount of salary or remuncration proposed to be assigned to the Officer appointed.

Art. 2.--When the approval of the Local Government Board has been given to the proposals submitted to them, the Sanitary Authority or Authorities shall proceed to the appointment of an Inspector or Inspectors of Nuisances accordingly.

Art. 3.-No appointment of an Inspector of Nuisances shall be made under this Order unless notice has been given at one of the two ordinary meetings next preceding the meeting or meetings at which the appointment is to be made by the Sanitary Authority or Authorities, as the case may be, such notice being duly entered on the Minutes, or unless an advertisement, giving notice of the day when such appointment will be made, shall have appeared in some public newspaper circulating in the District or Districts, at least seven days before the day on which such appointment is made: Provided that no such notice or advertisement shall be necessary for the appointment of a temporary substitute.

Art. 4.-Every appointment hereafter made shall, within seven days after it is made, be reported to the Local Government Board by the Clerk to the Sanitary Authority, or, in the case of a joint appointment, by the Clerk to one of the Sanitary Authorities by whom the appointment

is made.

Art. 5.-Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in such office, the Sanitary Authority or Authorities shall proceed to make a fresh appointment, which shall be reported to the Local Government Board as required by

Section 1. Art. 4. of this Order; but if the Sanitary Anthority or Authorities desire to make any fresh arrangement with respect to the District or the terms of the appointment, they shall, before filling up the vacancy, supply the particulars of the arrangement to the Local Government Board, in the manner prescribed by Section 1. Art. 1. in regard to the first appointment, and if the approval of the Local Government Board be given, absolutely or with modifications, the Sanitary Authority or Authorities shall then proceed to fill up the vacancy according to the terms of the approval so given.

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Art. 6.-If any officer appointed under this Order be at any prevented by sickness or accident, or other sufficient reason, from per- forming his duties, the Sanitary Authority or Authorities, as the case may be, may appoint a fit person to act as his temporary substitute, and and every such may pay him a reasonable compensation for his services; appointment shall be reported to the Local Government Board as soon as the same shall have been made.

SECTION II-Tenure of Office.

Art. 1.-Every Officer appointed under this Order shall continue to hold office for such period as the Sanitary Authority or Authorities appointing him may, with the approval of the Local Government Board, determine, or until he die, or resign, or be removed, by such Authority or Authorities with the assent of the Local Government Board, or by the Local Government Board.

Provided that the appointments first made under this Order shall not be for a period exceeding five years.

Art. 2.-Where any such Officer shall be appointed for one or more Sanitary Districts, and any change in the extent of the District or Districts, or in the duties, salary, or remuneration, shall be deemed necessary, and he shall decline to acquiesce therein, the Sanitary Authority or Authorities by whom he was so appointed, may, with the consent of the Local Government Board, but not otherwise, and after six months notice in writing, signed by their Clerk or Clerks, given to such officer, determine his office.

Art. 3.--No person shall be appointed who does not agree to give one month's notice previous to resigning the office, or to forfeit such sum as may be agreed upon as liquidated damages.

SECTION III--Duties.

The following shall be the duties of an Inspector of Nuisances in respect of the Sanitary District for which he is appointed, or if he shall be appointed for more than one District, or for a part of a District, then in respect of each of such Districts, or of such part :-

(1.) He shall perform, either under the special directions of the Sanitary Authority or (so far as authorized by the Sanitary Authority) under the directions of the Medical Officer of Health, or in cases where no such directions are required, without such directions, all

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