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Election of Members of Local Board by Owners and Rate-payers.
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XIII. And be it enacted, That in every District comprising the whole or Part of any Corporate Borough or Boroughs as aforesaid, and also any Part or Parts not within the Boundaries of any Corporate Borough or Boroughs, such Number of Persons, qualified as herein-after prescribed, as shall be fixed by such Provisional Order as aforesaid to be elected for such Part or Parts, or for each of such Parts respectively, shall from Time to Time be elected, in such Manner and by such Owners of Property and Rate-payers as herein-after mentioned, to be, together with the Persons selected as aforesaid in respect of the Corporate Parts of such District, and shall be, within and for such District, the Local Board of Health under this Act; and in every District not comprising the whole or Part of any Corporate Borough or Boroughs, but being a District to which this Act cannot be applied without the Authority of Parliament, such Number of Persons, qualified as herein-after prescribed in this Behalf, as shall be fixed by such Order in Council, shall be elected, in such Manner and by such Owners of Property and Rate-payers as herein-after mentioned, to be, and shall be, within and for such District, the Local Board of Health under this Act; and in every District not comprising the whole or Part of any Corporate Borough or Boroughs, and being a District to which this Act Cannot be applied without the Authority of Parliament, such Number of Persons, qualified as herein-after prescribed, as shall be fixed by such Provisional Order as aforesaid, shall be elected, in such Manner and by such Owners of Properly and Rate-payers as herein-after mentioned, to be, and shall be, within and for such District, the Local Board of Health under this Act; and the First Election for any District or Part of a District shall take place on a Day to be appointed by Order of Her Majesty in Council or by Parliament (as the Case may require); and One Third of the Number elected for the whole or any Part or Parts of a District respectively shall go out of Office on such Day in each Year subsequently to that of the First Election as shall be appointed by such Order in Council or Provisional Order as aforesaid (as the Case may require); and the Order in which the Persons first elected shall go out of Office shall be regulated by each Local Board: Provided always, that if the Number of Persons to be elected be not divisible by Three the Proportion to go out of Office in each Year shall be regulated by such Order in Council or Provisional Order (as the Case may require) so that as nearly as may be One Third shall go out of Office in each Year; and if the Number of Persons to be elected for any Part of a District be less than Three the Persons elected shall go out of Office on such Day in each Year, or at such other Period, not being less than a Year, as such Order in Council or Provisional Order (as the Case may require) shall direct; but no Person elected shall in any Case continuously remain in Office for more than Three Years; and on the Days appointed for going out of Office a Number of Persons shall be elected equal to the Number of those so going out, and so many others as maybe necessary to complete the full Number of the Local Board of Health in respect of which the Election is to be made.
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