The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-25 00:00:00

MR. FORSTER'S BALLOT BILL.

The suletance of the erhtme i as f,llews :-
1. The bill shall app;y t 9 nvm!ci,ial as well as wile-
meutary election!.

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2. N paper etc ,pt the nfficll p we: shall be used—that Is
to say, t, objec, et the Itchl A shall not Le defeated by the
went a somewhat similar paper, which would ens,O!o it to be
ascertained hew the scee hid been given.

3 The voting pwer shall not be given t 3 the voter until he
entnn the volt. g h 'nth.
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4. The voter is at to ho permitted to put any mark up m
the voting rip, exce. t that which is neressmy ,o show fa,
whom the so to Is given, and in tae evert of that regulattos
being violated, the vote will be cancelled.
5. The returning o nicer, as he gives out his paper to each
voter, shall impress it with a stamp, the character of Much
he shall be b aced to keep secret, sod which shell not be
used again until a certain Iliad nue shall have o 'plot&
Than, when the bones came La be opened, each unst,&peil
vo' log paper shall ho njec led as void.
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6 When a voting paper Ilse once been put ilto the ballot-
box the bon shall not he opened exec under such pre=Ulna as shall :score the inviolability of the vote. •
7. Where in a ease of reopening the questi In of the nem,.
her of votes it Ia fouod a vote is lend, it shall be stru k if
from the total of the candidate for whom it has ern
recerded ; and alto where en elector tendering his vote finds
some one else has voted ter him, the vote shall lee kept aside,
and under certain circus stances counted for the candidate
in whose favour, he intended to vote.

8 The same penaltl.33 anal! b 3 Milli:bet to personation that
now attach to bribtry and treating. file candidate shall
lose his seat for procurlog or attempting to procure per.
sonatton.
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9. Any candidate who does not h Cade all IN expenses In
Ws election return, or who with his own hands his paid
expenses which ought to has pasted through the hands of
Isle agent shall lose his seat.
it. The use of public-houses sscommltte.toonhsdiitiiig tLe
progress of elestlons Is prohibited.
H. The old plan of nonsinatlns candidates and making the
anal declaration of the poll is abolished.
12. Toe expenses of the ',turning onion shall be pail out
of the local rates.

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.
A re-Pale poet of Buffalo buried her love "on the
stormy stvuid of the deep dark ocean of mad despair."
A Wt stern editor represents money as " close , but
not does enough to reach."

The sagacious A. Ward curae ra'd he thought it
rather improved a c.on c paper to print a joke now and
ther.

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Atmospheric knows, rigs is not thormsghly Ulna-
traied In our school.. A boy being slaktd, "What la n.ttt"
vaguely reeponded—" An umbrella."

An -Illinois p-)stmmter gives notice as follows
After this dAts everyOodg must lick their own pottage
stamps, for my t^ngue's given out."

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A Richmond, Ind., woman wants a divorce
became 'she beau% rem net linibsol since he killed her
lather."

There is reason to believe that s,ms of the pre-
vaillug blonde chignons are owl° of the l'ght fantastic
tow. _ . .

A Cincumatt pArier t.-114 of a charit man in
that city who keep, a pair of doge chalued at hie frolic door,
so that poor people who stop to gat a bite "cap be accom-
modated without latent the tronbla to go tab o the home.

An American paper, describing a funeral proc,ea-
aloe, slue—" The pr.aitesion was very fine, and nearly two
miles In length; ss was also the prayer of Dr. Parry, the
chaplain.
Some sinner has stolen the thermometer from the
Nand du Lac /iLiAlter office. That paper in'orms Cie thief
that I. well be of no use to him where h.+ Is gulag, as It dots
not work higher than 313.

A lady in Fond du Lc slipped on the ice and broke
her leg, and the first remark she m sde after the accident
wee: "1 wonder if Harry will marry me now?' How
characterirtic of • woman

The Chicago wcmen nevi a mild form cf di,sipation
In chewing spruce gum. A lions lady of Mahlon has an-
nounced to her friends her lutentlou of keeping Lent this
year by giving up her gun until Lister-1f she can

A Troy Teuton lost a pocketbook containing 600
dollars. A young man of that city had the good fortune ta
find It, and, di. .overlhg the name of the owner upon Annie
papers in it, he returned it to Lim safe and sound. The
gratified Teuton, after counting the money md finding it all
right, thus addressed the finder :—"Bob, you is one hniisat
man. I'll tell you what do—l'll tom yen for the lager."