# Vestries Act 1818 (repealed 1.6.1992), Section 2: Chairman of the vestry appointed to have a casting vote. Minutes to be entered and signed.

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In case the rector or vicar or perpetual curate shall not be present, the person so assembled in pursuance of such notice shall forthwith nominate and appoint by plurality of votes, to be ascertained as herein-after as directed, one of the inhabitants of such parish to be the chairman of and preside in every such vestry; and in all cases of equality of votes upon any question arising therein the chairman shall (in addition to such vote or votes as he may by virtue of this Act be entitled to give in right of his assessment) have the casting vote; and minutes of the proceedings and resolutions of every vestry shall be fairly and distinctly entered in a book (to be provided for that purpose by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor), and shall be signed by the chairman, and by such other of the inhabitants present as shall think proper to sign the same.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/58/69/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/vestries-act-1818-repealed-161992/section-2
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