Metropolis Management Act 1855

IX As to the Term of Office of Vestrymen elected at First Election, and as to future Elections.

One Third of the Vestrymen first elected under this Act in any Parish, or, where such Parish is divided into Wards under this Act, in each Ward of such Parish, shall go out of Office at the Time appointed for the Election of Vestrymen in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, One other Third of them at the Time appointed for such Election in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and the remaining Third at the Time appointed for such Election in the Year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine; and the Vestry shall, at some Meeting before the Time of the Election in One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, determine by Lot which of the Members first elected shall constitute the One Third to go out of Office in the Years One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven and One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight respectively; and all Members from Time to Time elected at the annual Elections after the First Election shall go out of Office at the Time appointed for the annual Election in the Third following Year, except such Members as are elected to supply Vacancies occasioned otherwise than by Effluxion of Time; and such last-mentioned Members shall go out of Office at the respective Times when the Terms of Office of the Members in whose Places they are respectively elected would have expired by Effluxion of Time.