Metropolis Management Act 1855

XLVI Boards for Districts of Plumstead and Lewisham united for electing a Member of Metropolitan Board.

The Districts of Plumstead and Lewisham, mentioned in the Second Part of the said Schedule (B.), shall be united for the Purpose of electing from Time to Time a Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works; and the Boards of Works for such Districts shall, at a joint Meeting of such Boards, to be holden on the said Twelfth Day of December One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, at the Place of Meeting of the Board of Works for the District of Plumstead, elect a Person to be a Member of the said Metropolitan Board; and when any Member of such Board elected by the Boards of Works for the said united Districts dies, resigns, or otherwise ceases to be such Member, such Boards of Works shall, at a joint Meeting of such Boards to be holden at the Place aforesaid, elect some Person in his Stead; and such Meeting shall be convened as follows; that is to say, the Clerk of the Board of Works for the District of Plum-stead shall communicate with the Clerk of the Board of Works for the District of Lewisham, and arrange with him the Time of such Meeting of the Boards of Works for such Districts ; and when such Arrangement has been made, Notice of the Time, Place, and Object of such Meeting shall be given by such Clerks respectively in manner required for Notices of Special Meetings of the Boards for such Districts; and every Election to be made as aforesaid by the said Boards shall be determined by the Votes of the Majority of the Members thereof present at the Meeting; and. every such Meeting shall, before proceeding to the Election, choose a Chairman, who shall preside thereat, and shall, in case of an Equality of Votes for Two or more Persons, have a Second or Casting Vote.