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[49 VICT.]

County Councile.

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visions as to

57. The procedure at the election of a chairman shall be the A.D. 1886. same as at the election of a mayor in a municipal borough, and Supple- section sixty of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1888, and the mental pro- enactments amending or affecting that section shall extend to a election of 5 county in like manner as if they were herein re-enacted with the obairman.

substitution of “ county chairman" for “mayor” and of “ warden " for "alderman.”

vision us to

58. The election of wardens shall be conducted in the same supple- manner as the election of aldermen in a municipal borough, and mental pro- 10 section sixty of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and any election of

enactments amending or affecting that section shall, so far as they wardens. are consistent with this Act, extend to counties in like manner as if they were herein re-enacted with the substitution of "county" for "borough."

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Incorporation of County and Proceedings of County Council.

tion of county.

59. The inhabitants of a county shall be incorporated by the Incorpora- name of the inhabitants of the county to which they belong [qu. of the chairman, wardens, and inhabitants of the county to which they belong] with perpetual succession and a common seal, and 20 with power to acquire and hold land for the purpose of their incor-

poration without licence in mortmain.

Such incorporation shall act by the county council elected in pur- suance of this Act.

60. The chairman of a county council may appoint a vice- Appointment 25 chairman to act in his behalf during his absence.

A casual vacancy in the office of chairman of the county shall be filled by the vice-chairman; and a casual vacancy in the office of vice-chairman shall as soon as practicable, be filled up by the county council; but the person filling any such vacancy shall retain 80 his office so long only as the vacating chairman or vice-chairman would have retained the same if such vacancy had not occurred.

61. This Act shall not authorise the county council of any county or any member or members thereof [gu. except the chair- man]

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(1.) To exercise any of the powers of a court of record; or (2.) To administer an oath; or

(8.) To exercise any jurisdiction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, or otherwise in any manner to act as justices or a justice of the peace.

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of vice-

chairman.

County council not

to act judi- cially.

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