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On non-election of guardians, or refusal to act, commissioners to order a fresh election, and in certain cases may appoint.
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25. In case an election of guardians for any electoral division or for any union shall not take place in obedience to the orders of the commissioners and in pursuance of this Act, or in case any guardian duly elected shall neglect or refuse to act, the commissioners shall order a fresh election of guardians for such electoral division or shall declare the place of such guardian as aforesaid to be void, as the case may be, and in such latter case shall order a fresh election of a guardian in lieu of such guardian as aforesaid; and if an election of guardians for such electoral division or union shall not thereupon take place, or any guardian who may be elected at such fresh election shall neglect or refuse to act, then the commissioners may appoint any person whom they may deem fit to fill the place of any such guardian of whom there has been such failure of election, or of any guardian who shall have neglected or refused to act, as aforesaid; and every person so appointed shall serve and hold the office of guardian until an election of guardians shall take place under the provisions of this Act; and every person so appointed shall during the period of his service of the office have the same powers, and shall be subject to the same obligations, in all respects, as guardians elected by the rate-payers under this Act; and every guardian neglecting or refusing to act shall, upon the appointment of any person to fill his place, cease to act and to have any right or title to act, as guardian of such union, until again duly elected, or appointed to be a guardian.
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