§ MR. W. H. MYERS (Winchester)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, whether the Vice Chairman, the Clerk and the Treasurer of a Parish Council have to be annually elected at the annual meeting of the Parish Council; and, if he can say when the audit of Parish Council accounts, as made up to 31st March last, will take place.
§ MR. SHAW LEFEVREIt appears to me that in future years the Vice Chairman of a Parish Council and. also the Clerk and the Treasurer, if they are Members of the Parish Council, will cease to hold office when their term of office as Parish Councillors ceases, and that the appointments should be filled up at the annual meeting. If the Clerk and Treasurer were appointed by the Parish Council from outside their own body, their period of office would depend on the terms of their appointment. The audit of the Parish Council accounts to March 31 last will be held in connection with the accounts of the other local authorities in the union, and will shortly be commenced.