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SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing Act.
RULES AS TO ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF DRAINAGE BOARDS.
The Chairman of the Board of the previous Year, or some Person appointed by him, shall be the Returning Officer.
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If at any Time, from any Default of such Chairman as aforesaid, or from any Reason, there is no Returning Officer, or such Returning Officer is unwilling or unable to act, the members of the Board of the preceding Year may appoint a Returning Officer in his Stead.
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The Election of new Members shall take place on the First Thursday, or on such other Day as may be appointed by the Board, in September in every Year, excepting the Year in which the Order of the Commissioners is made.
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On every Occasion of the Election of new Members of the Board the Returning Officer shall convene a Meeting of the Electors for the Purpose of such Election, and shall give Notice of such Meeting, and of the Time And Place at which it is to be held—
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By Advertisement in some One or more of the Newspapers circulating in the District:
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By causing a Copy of such Notice to be affixed to the outer Door of the principal Office of the Board:
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Such Advertisement to be published, and Copy to be fixed, Fourteen Days before the Day appointed for such Election.
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The Returning Officer shall preside and regulate the Proceedings at such Meeting.
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At any such Meeting as aforesaid any qualified Person or Persons may, if he or they consent thereto, be nominated by any Elector, and seconded by any other Elector, as a Member or Members of the Board in the Place of any retiring Member or Members.
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If more Candidates are proposed than the Number to be elected, the Returning Officer shall forthwith, in such Manner as shall appear to him most convenient, ascertain the Number of Votes for the Candidates who shall have been so proposed, and the Election and Return of such Candidates shall be determined by the Majority of such Votes; but if no more Candidates are proposed than the Number to be elected, then a Declaration by the Returning Officer that the Candidates are elected Members of the Board shall be Evidence of the Fact.
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For the Purpose of ascertaining the Votes of the Electors the Returning Officer may, if he thinks fit, or if it shall he necessary or expedient, hold an adjourned Meeting of the Electors, at such Time and Place as he may fix at such First Meeting, and the Time and Place of such adjourned Meeting shall be publicly announced by him at the First Meeting, to be held as before provided.
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Votes may be given either personally or by proxy. A proxy shall be appointed under the Hand of the Appointer; but no Person shall be appointed a Proxy unless he is a qualified Elector.
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The Returning Officer shall cause to be entered in the Polling Books to be kept for that Purpose the Name and Address of every Voter, and the Manner in which he votes.
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After the Election the Returning Officer shall, as soon as possible, publish the Names of the Candidates elected as herein mentioned:—
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(1.) By Advertisement in some One or more Newspaper or Newspapers circulating in the District:
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(2.) By affixing a List of such Candidates to the outer Door of the principal Office of the Board.
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RULES AS TO PROCEEDINGS OF DRAINAGE BOARDS.
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1. The Drainage Board shall meet together for the Despatch of Business, and shall from Time to Time make such Regulations with respect to the summoning, Notice, Place, Management, and Adjournment of such Meetings, and generally with respect to the Transaction and Management of Business, as they think fit, subject to the following Condition:—
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That—
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(a) No Business shall be transacted at any Meeting unless at least Three Members are present at the Commencement and Close of such Business :
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(b) All Questions shall be decided by a Majority of Votes of the Members present:
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(c) The Names of the Members present, as well as of those voting upon each Question, shall be recorded.
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2. The Board shall, at their First Meeting, and afterwards from Time to Time at their First Meeting after each annual Election, appoint One of their Number to be Chairman for the Year following such Choice.
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3. If any casual Vacancy occurs in the Office of Chairman, the Board shall, as soon as they conveniently can after the Occurrence of such Vacancy, choose some Member of their Number to fill such Vacancy; and every such Chairman so elected as last aforesaid shall continue in Office so long only as the Person in whose Place he may be so elected would have been entitled to continue if such Vacancy had not happened.
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4. If at any Meeting the Chairman is not present at the Time appointed for holding the same, the Members present shall choose some One of their Number to be Chairman of such Meeting.
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5. In case of an Equality of Votes at any Meeting, the Chairman for the Time being of such Meeting shall have a Second or Casting Vote.
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6. The Board may delegate any of their Powers to Committees, consisting of such Member or Members of their Body as they think fit. Any Committee so formed shall, in the Exercise of the Powers delegated, conform to any Regulations that may be imposed on them by the Board.
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7. A Committee may elect a Chairman of their Meetings. If no such Chairman is elected, or if he is not present at the Time appointed for holding the same, the Members presents shall choose One of their Number to be Chairman of such Meeting.
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8. A Committee may meet and adjourn as they think proper. Questions at any Meeting shall be determined by a Majority of Votes of the Members present, and in case of an equal Division of Votes the Chairman shall have a Second or Casting Vote.
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9. The Board shall cause Minutes to be made in Books provided for that Purpose,—
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(1.) Of all the Appointments of Officers made by the Board;
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(2.) Of the Names of the Members present at each Meeting of the Board and Committees of the Board;
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(3.) Of all Orders made by the Board and Committees of the Board; and,
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(4.) Of all Resolutions and Proceedings of Meetings of the Board and of Committees of the Board.
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And any such Minutes as aforesaid, if signed by any Person purporting to be the Chairman of any Meeting of the Board or Committee of the Board, shall be receivable in Evidence without any further Proof.
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