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Meetings of visiting committee.
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175.—(1) The provisions of section eighty-two of the Local Government Act, 1888, with respect to the proceedings of committees of county councils shall apply to the proceedings of every visiting committee appointed wholly or partly by a county council, and the chairman of such committee may be elected accordingly.
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(2) To other visiting committees the following provisions shall apply:—
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(a) The members of the committee shall within one month after their election meet at some convenient place, to be named in a notice in writing given by two or more of such members, or by the clerk of the outgoing committee by the direction of two or more of such members;
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(b) Notices of meetings shall be given to each member personally, or left at his place of abode, or sent by post seven days at least before the time appointed for the meeting;
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(c) The members shall at the first meeting elect one of their number to be chairman of the committee;
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(d) The chairman shall preside at all meetings at which he is present. In case of his absence from any meeting the members present shall elect one of their number to be chairman of the meeting;
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(e) Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place;
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(f) The committee shall meet as often as they may think fit;
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(g) A meeting may be adjourned by two members; for all other purposes three members shall be a quorum;
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(h) Every question shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present, and in the event of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote;
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(i) The clerk of the committee shall, when required in writing by the chairman or any two members of the committee, or by the manager of the asylum, and the chairman may, whenever he thinks fit, summon a meeting of the committee.
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