This should be followed up (if possible, immediately), by a journey to the town and a personal visit to each member of the council or corporation, not necessarily for the purpose of soliciting a vote, but with a view to making the acquaintance of the members of the corporation and to identify the applicant with his testimonials; and in these visits great tact and patience are necessary. It is also of importance to seek and obtain all the outside influence that is possible, in order to bear upon the members of the corporation, by means of letters of introduction, and informal testimonials as to eligibility for the appointment, and personal character and position, &c. Canvassing on behalf of oneself is extremely unpleasant and harrassing work; but wrong as the system may appear to be, it is not easy to see how, in municipal government, any other method can be adopted, and the visit of the candidate to each member gives the latter an opportunity of asking him questions and satisfying himself as to his qualifications, and thus he will not feel he is acting blindly when he gives his vote in favour of that candidate whom he thinks, after a personal interview, the most suitable for the appointment. [3] This seems to be an undue interference with the control which a surveyor should always have over his men. [4] “A person shall not be appointed Medical Officer of Health under this Act unless he is a legally qualified medical practitioner” (38 & 39 Vic. c. 55, sec. 191). [5] _Vide_ ‘Calendar of the Sanitary Institution of Great Britain for the year 1880.’ CHAPTER III. THE SURVEYOR’S DUTIES. It will be observed on reference to the list of the duties of the surveyor, given in the preceding chapter, that the first on the list is as follows:-- “To have charge of the repairs of all highways, and to perform all duties devolving on the council as surveyors of highways.” The necessity for these duties are obvious when we turn to the Public Health Act 1875, and read the following sections:--[6] “Every urban authority shall within their district, exclusively of any other person, execute the office of and be surveyor of highways, and have, exercise, and be subject to all the powers, authorities, duties, and liabilities of surveyors of highways under the law for the time being in force, save so far as such powers, authorities, or duties are or may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act; every urban authority shall also have, exercise, and be subject to all the powers, authorities, duties, and liabilities which by the Highway Act 1835, or any Act amending the same, are vested in and given to the inhabitants in vestry assembled of any parish within their district. “All ministerial acts required by any Act of Parliament to be done by or to the surveyor of highways may be done by or to the surveyor of the urban authority, or by or to such other person as they may appoint” (38 & 39 Vic. c. 55, s. 144).