URBAN COUNCILS ACT Chapter 29:15 thirty-nine, one hundred and forty and one hundred and forty-one shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of such proceedings. (2) The council concerned shall comply with any direction given to it by the Local Government Board in terms of subsection (1). 129 By-laws by Local Government Board The Local Government Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make by-laws providing for matters which in its opinion are necessary or convenient for the better carrying out of or giving effect to its functions in terms of this Act. 130 Adoption of model by-laws by councils A council may, in accordance with sections two hundred and twenty-eight and two hundred and twenty-nine, make by-laws adopting by reference, wholly or in part and with or without modifications, any model by-laws made in terms of section one hundred and twenty-nine, and the model by-laws as adopted shall have effect as if they were by-laws made by the council. PART IX EMPLOYEES OF THE COUNCIL 131 Interpretation of term in Part IX In this Part— “senior official” means a town clerk, a chamber secretary, a head or deputy head of a department or such other employee of a council as may be prescribed. 132 Appointment of town clerk and secretary (1) Subject to this Part, a municipal council shall appoint a person approved by the Local Government Board to be the town clerk of the municipality. (2) The executive committee of the municipal council concerned shall recommend to the Local Government Board the names of suitable candidates for appointment to the post of town clerk. (3) Subject to this Part, a town council shall appoint a person approved by the Local Government Board to be the secretary of the council. (4) The town council concerned shall recommend to the Local Government Board the names of suitable candidates for appointment to the post of secretary. 133 Appointment of chamber secretary (1) The executive committee of a municipal council shall, in addition to any other departments of the council, establish a department responsible for the provision of administrative and secretarial services to the council, and such department shall be headed by a chamber secretary. (2) Subject to this Part a municipal council shall appoint a person approved by the Local Government Board to be the chamber secretary in respect of a department of council established in terms of subsection (1). (3) The council shall recommend to the Local Government Board the names of suitable candidates for the post of chamber secretary. 134 Appointment of other senior officials (1) Subject to this Part, a council shall appoint persons approved by the Local Government Board to be senior officials of the council: Provided that the appointment of a medical officer of health shall be subject to the approval of the Local Government Board and of the Minister responsible for health in terms of section 7 of the Public Health Act [Chapter 15:09]. (2) The council concerned shall recommend to the Local Government Board the names of suitable candidates for appointment as senior officials. 135 Approval by Local Government Board (1) The Local Government Board shall interview every person whose name has been submitted to it by a council in terms of this Part and may— 45