350 Timehri. 
which Act is still in legal foree in England. In consequence of this, a 
large number of the English decisions interpreting different sections of 
the English Public Health Act apply with equal force to the like see- 
tions of the local Act, and this greatly helps the British Guiana Board 
when interpreting or applying any of these sections. 
For the purposes of the Ordinance the colony is divided into dis- 
tricts called respectively :— 
(a.) Urban Sanitary (Georgetown and New Amsterdam) ; 
(b.) Village; (c.) Country ; and (/.) Rural Sanitary, 
These Districts are subject to the jurisdiction of Local Authorities 
called respectively :— 
(a.) Urban Authorities; (4.) Village Councils ; 
(c.) Country Authorities ;(¢7.) Rural Sanitary Authorities. 
The city of Georgetown and the town of New Amsterdam are the only 
Urban Sanitary Districts and the Mayor and Town Council of each are the 
Urban Authority. These are created by Ordinance and the Board has no 
power of creating new ones ; this can only be done by special enactment of 
the Legislature. The Board can, with the approval of the Governor-in- 
Council, by a notice in the * Official Gazette ” declare any portion of the 
colony not comprised within the limits of the City of Georgetown and the 
Town of New Amsterdam, to be a Village or a Country District. The 
notice shall set forth the boundaries of each district. The Board may 
also, at any time, by a like notice, and with the like approval, declare 
that any Village or Country District shall cease to be a District, and may 
alter the boundaries of any such District. Each Fiscal District established 
under the Commissaries Ordinance of 1873, exclusive of such portions as 
form Urban Sanitary Village or Country Districts, and also all plantations 
are by the Ordinance created Rural Sanitary Districts and the Board is 
the Rural Authority. 
The Local Government Board, called the Board, consists of not less 
than eight members appointed by the Governor, and each member holds 
office during the Governor's pleasure. The Governor also appoints one 
of the members to the Chairman and another as Deputy Chairman. At 
all meetings of the Board four members form a quorum, and in case of 
an equality of votes the Chairman has a casting vote. The chief execu- 
tive officer is the Secretary and Inspector of Districts; he is provided 
with an office and clerks paid out of funds voted by the Combined 
Court. The Board may appoint one or more Committees of its own 
body for the transaction of business. The Chairman and Deputy Chair- 
man are ex officio members of all Committees. 
At present there is one Committee called the Districts Committee 
which is comprised of four members of the Board along with the 
Chairman and Deputy Chairman, and which deals with questions referring 
to Villages, Country and Rural Districts. 
