CHAIRMAN'S RIGHTS
CASTING VOTE EXPLAINED An interesting and little-known fact regarding the voting rights of chairmen at. meetings was brought out at the. annual meeting of the Auckland Provincial Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand lied Cross Society. At an earlier meeting the chairman, Sir Ernest Davis, exercised, a casting vote, and because there was a difference of opinion about his right to do so a iegal opinion was obtained. "The rule covering the question of the chairman's casting vote," states the opinion, "is that, unless Ihc constitution expressly provides for a chairman to have a casting :is well ;is a deliberative vote, he has no casting vote. The ruies. in matters of this kind are based on the proceedings of the House of Lords, and this particular rule is in accordance with that procedure." "1 would probably be right in venturing the opinion," said Sir Krnest, commenting on the report, "that !)() out of every 100 chairmen in this Dominion are unaware of the. ruling, and, candidly, I was one 6f the 90."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 74, 21 May 1943, Page 5
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179CHAIRMAN'S RIGHTS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 74, 21 May 1943, Page 5
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