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Street.

Od. 24 of 1587 1.3 Tenant.

Tenement-

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house.

Ibid.

Vessel,

C'stitution

ORDINANCE No. 13 of 1901.

Public Health.

"Street" includes any square, court or alley, high- way, lane, road, or passage whether a thoroughfare or

Doi:

"Tenant" menus any person who holds direct from any householder the whole of any floor or floors of any building or tenement-house:

"Tenement-house" meaus any domestic building let to and inhabited by more than one occupier or family, us tenants of a common landlord, or as sub-tenants of a tenant of any portion of such domestic building: "Vossel" means sny storm or sailing ship, Inanch, junk, lighter. sampat, or bout

Constitution and General Powers of Sanitary Board.

4.-(1.) The Board shall consist of the Director of Public Ord. 248, 1487 motion of the Board. Works, the Registrar General, the Captain Superintendicat

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which was

Ord. 94145S-1

Forma

Od 99, 18555.1

Ord. 244 15575.

Ibid. 5.6

of Police, the Principal Civil Medical Officersaud (if ap pointed by the Governor) the Medical Officer of Health, and not more than six additional members, Tour of whom (two being Chinese) shall be appoluted by the Govenor, and two elected by such ratepayers as are included in the Special and Common Jury Lists, and also by such rates payers us are exempt from serving on juries on account of their professional avocations. Nou-official members of the Board shall hold office for three years.

Power to ap-

(2.) The Governor shall have power to appoint the point Mortical Medical Officer of Health for the time being a member Officer of

of the Board, and when appointed such officer shall have all the powers, privileges and authorities of any other ordin- ary member of the sail Board.

Health & arember of the Beard.

Governor to make rules

5.-(1.) The mods of clection, the proceedings incident thereto, and all other matters relating to the election of the for clections. said members by the said ratepayers, shall be governed by rules made by the Governor in Commeil, who may, from time to time, all to, vary, or revoko, any of the sail rules. (2.) The rules contained in schedule C to this Ordi- nauice shall be in force unless and, until altered by the Governor in Connell.

President

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president,

Names to

6. The Governor shall appoint the president and vice- president of the Board, and the names of all members appointed to the Board shall be forthwith notified in the Gazette, and any number of the Gazette containing a included in sector 15e gazetted otice of any such appointment, shall be deemed suti-

cient evidence thereof for all purposes.

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Substitute members.

7. If any member of the Bourd 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

ORDINANCE No. 13 or 1901.

Public Health.

been elected, the electors may nominate some other person

to replace such member, until he shall be able to resume his fanetions.

8. The Board shall be held to be legally constituted, Vacancies, notwithstanding any vacancies occurring therein by the death, absence, resignation, or incapacity of any member.

9.-1.) The Board shall meet once in every alternate Board meet- week and oftener if need be, and may adjourn from time to gs. sime. The president may at any time, and shall, ou E requisition signed by three members of the Board, suminou a meeting thereof.

(2.) Auy four members shall be a quorum for the despatch Quorum. of business, and at every meeting, the president or vice- president shall preside, or, in their absence, the members present shall appoint a chairman. The president or vice- president or, in their absence, the chairman so appointed, sball have a deliberative and a casting vote.

10.--(1) The Board may from time to time make stand- Standing ing orders for regulating the mode and order of procedure at orders.

its meetings, for the conduct of its business between such moetings, and for the guidance of its officers and servants, and way from time to the alter and amend such standing orders.

Ibid. §. f

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Ibid. S. and

Ibid.

s. 2.

And. 11 of 18555. 3

select com- mitters.

(2.) The Board may appoint and when appointed may Appoint- add to or dismiss by resolution, from time to time, select ment of committees consisting of not less than two of its members or of one of its members and one of its officers.

11.-(1) The Board may by resolution from time to time Delegation delegate any or all of its powers and functions to such of powers, selvet committees with full powers to cuforce all or any of exte the provisions of any Ordinances or bye-laws for the time committees. being in force conferring powers on the Board or providing

for the more effectual sanitation of the Colony.

12.) Any failure to comply with the orders of a select Failure to committee duly signed by the secretary of the Board shall comply with be deemed a contravention of the orders of the Board orders of and shall be punishable in the same manner as if such order had been made by the said Board,

select com- mittees.

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(3.) The Board may also, from time to time, delegate to Delegation Jul. 26 of 1050 3. 2 the medical officer of health all or any of the powers cou of certain ferred upon it by sections 24, 26, 27, and 45, of this powers to Ordinance, and may revoke such delegation at pleasure. Medical

Officer of

12. The president or vice-president shall give directions Health. for currying out and giving effect to the decisions of the president

Board.

Powers of

and vice-

president.

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