The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-12-09 00:00:00

THE MAYORALTY.

The Janice OW Peen of last Ilaineday malaise as
opinion takes by the Piesthoeough Authority es to
edema amaze, oltz votes. This appears to be
dlimetrkiall op to the *pinkie gives last week
withk we like on legal ontemporery to
exiallth Truly the tannage of the to. is. too deep
foe outbea,, oomprebensicia. We are glad to say there
Is so llky that the bintal quietude of Dor-
chester ne =aspired with aortal. town Is the
omen will be disturbed by Tenants Ideal
i but for the isformatios of our readies
VS applied the opines r—" The old rrniolos of 7
William IV., and 1 Vick, e. 78. sea. 1 I, wee to sons
oustexplanatory of, sad srapt=ausry to, 5 Ind 6
William IV., A 76. Mader the can
b. v. =4ll Ad. and 111., affilM, diadem
alderman sleeted Mayo. al the
Ithibtfly mit* as the 9th, of November sad after
ah4sling wards at the ideation of cousaillors (sic la
Wenn e., but q Alderman) might it,.
• nee, but not es vote, eseUos 25 el
5 sod I lien IV., restricting the right gine to the
Mayor under sea. 69 of the same Act. The old law,
thereine, wasting the obainsso, when ostitied to vote
I. the fine inseams, could do so, sad, ass. naelln.
give • seeped as • methg vote, but, if sot entitled to
vote is the fine instanni, os Ili WWII,' oocild sot-
wlthstesdhe his previous diernsUfloseloo, give:, •
easeing vole to seek! • deadlock. Letitia stela of the
law the draftines of the Munkipal Corporation An,
111111, pene MB geodes 22, 60, and IL &Woo 22 pro-
wins tn.*, rules of the mond schedule 'hail be
obeerved, wad therefore rules 9 and 10 of that oohed's.
hove the Ike boss. motion in the Act itself. Ceder
renal, Use Cheanass may thistly vote in the first to.
neon and as is equality, gin • mend or meting
vote. Coralzfh
th case down to the election of 'aldermen, the
:l e of Reg. v. Mann before him
a.lenatillualitlttia4 the Mahan may, possibly, be not eetitnd
to vote Is the firs: Innen sod yet that it may be
ssetassary to give him • costin von asd he does it by
the disuse ' slthough, ho.' Hs provides, as be thinks,
sealed other Magna...es thin tbe special on he
knows of, by the words ' oe otherwise,' sad goes cis to
the eleatios of Mayor. Here. be reeogaisis that under
the old law the Chairman, if an ostgoing sideman,
slight still vote for the new Mayor, so his previous
example must be omitted, but la case some unknown
sod natoresess disqualification may exist (Wended Is
his previous notion to be °covered by the word. '5
otherwise ') be snis pots in his ' although ' anon
without the special namele whin rendered the other
seambigeme. Is my °plaice, be has hod.. thought
of elionsis what be has already provkied by emotion n,
but has only provided for • eosjesitursl possibility of
• Chairson disqualified from voting Is the first Is.
stance fiedisi as ninth, of votes ginn by chaos
ory qualified or therefore despite hie original die-
siWinoeftoss, sad to avoid a deadlock preened with
• ceillise von This view second with the old law,
and practice gives onect to the whole of the provisions
of Ike sew to.. and. It seems to me, avoid. • manliest
absurdity of Imposing as nomessaing disability on the
positios (meant to be on of dlgaity and importaoce)
of Chairman of the municipal coronation st the
rinelpal quarterly meeting. Is my view, the ward
although ' would be better ozonised by the words
'eve. 1 oeasot tidak the draftsman kneaded
to preseribe positively ' The Otualrmito stint not vote
111 the first Innen but to one of equality of
voles, shall have the cestiag ens.' If he bed, he
could have end so, and be has an If it le sensory,
1 on *suasive • one arising seder no. la,' eniano 11,
which might occasion the prellegaitry disqualifies.
ties."