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ENING, _ DEC EMBER 14,

NEW REFORM BILL.

A BILL
TO AMEND THE REPRESENTATION

THE PEOPLE

ENGLAND AND WALES.

NOTE—The words printed in Italics are proposed to be inserted

In the Committee.

1. Whereas it is expedient to take effectual measures for
correcting divers abuses that have long prevailed in the
kthitice of Members to serve in the Commons' House of
Parliament, to deprive Many ineoiliderable tioaces of the
right of returning Members, to grant such Ip, iviiege to
large, populous, and wealthy towns, to increase the number
of Knights of the Shire, to extend the elective franchise
to many of his Majesty's subjects who have not heretofore
enjoyed the same, and to diminish the expense of elec-
tions; be it therefore enacted, by the King's most excel-

lent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this
present' Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the
same, that each of the fifty-six boroughs enumerated in
the schedule marked (A.) to this Act annexed, shall from
and after the end of this present Parliament cease to re-
turn any Member or Members to serve in Parliament.
And be it enacted, that each of the thirty boroughs
enumerated in the schedule marked (B.) to this Act an-
❑exed, shall, from and after the end of the present Par-
liament, return one Member and no more to serve in Par-
liment,

3. And be it enacted, that each of the places named in
the schedule masked (C.) to this Act annexed shall for the
purposes of this Act be a borough, and shall as such
borough include the place or places respectively, which
shall be comprehended within the boundaries of such
borough, as such boundaries shall be settled and described
by an Act to be passed fur that purpose in this present
Parliament, which Act, when passed, shall be deemed and
taken to be part of this Act, as fully and effectually as if
the same were incorporated herewith ; and that each of
the said boroughs named in the said schedule (C.) shall,
from and after the end of this present Parliament, return
two Members to serve in Parliament.

4. And he it enacted, that each of the places named in
the schedule marked (D.) to this Act annexed shall for
the purposes of this Act be a borough, and shall as such
borough include the place or places respectively, which
shall be comprehended within the boundaries of such
borough, as such boundaries shall be settled and described
by an Act to be passed for that purpose in this present
Parliament, which Act, when passed, shall be deemed and
taken to be part of this Act, as fully and effectually as if
the same were incorporated herewith ; and that each of
the said boroughs named in the said schedule (D.) shall,
from and after the end of this present Parliament, return
one Member to serve in Parliament.

5. And he it enacted, that the borough of New Shore-
ham shall for the purposes of this Act include the whole of
the Rape of Bramber in the county of Sussex, save and ex-
cept such pacts of the said Rape as shall he included in
the borough of Horsham, by an Act to be passed for that

purpose in this present Parliament ; and that the borougl
of Cricklade shall for the purposes of this Act include tlie
hundreds and divisions of Highworth, Cricklade, Staple,
Kingsbridge, and Malmsbury, in the county of Wilts,
save and except such parts of the said hundred of Maims.
bury as shall be hicluded in the borough of Malmshury,
by an Act to be passed for that purpose in this present
Parliament ; and that the borough of Aylesbury shall for
the purposes of this Act include the three hundreds of Ayles-
bury, in the county of Buckingham ; and that the borough
of East Retford shall for the purposes of this Act include
the hundred of Bassetlaw in the eounty of Nottingham,
and all places locaty situated within the outside boundary
7.0 r limit of the hundred of Basetlaw, or surrounded
such boundary and by any part of the county of York or
county of Lincoln.
6. And be it enacted, that the towns of Weymouth
and Melcombe Regis shall for the purposes of tide Act he
deemed and taken to be one borough, and that such borough
shall from and after the end of this present Parliament,
return two Members, and no more, to serve in Parliament;
and that the towns of Penryn and Falmouth shall, for the
purposes of this Act, be deemed and taken to be one bo-
rough ; and that the towns of Sandwich and Deal ball.
for the purposes of this Act, be deemed and taken to he
one borough ; and that each of the said boroughs shall,
from and after the end of this present Parliament, return
two Members to serve in Parliament.
7. And be it enacted, that every city and borough in
England, which now returns a Member or Members to
serve in Parliament (except the several cities and boroughs
enumerated in the said schedule (A.) and the several bo-
roughs of New Shoreham, Cricklade, Aylesbury, and East
Retford) shall, for the purposes of this Act, include the
place or places respectively, which shall be comprehended
within the boundaries of such city or borough, as such
boundaries shall be settled, and described, by an Act to
be passed for that purpose in this present Parliament ;
which Act, when passed, shall be deemed and taken to be
part of this Act, as fully and effectually as if the same
were incorporated herewith; and that every' such city or
together with the place or places respec-
btiovreolyu,gh shall,soto be comprehended therein as aforesaid, be a
city or borough for the purpose of returning a Member or
Members to serve in all future Parliaments.
8. And be it enacted, that each of the places named in
the first column of the schedule (E.) to this Act annexed,
shall.bave a share in the election of a Member to serve in
all future Parliaments, for the shire-town or borough
which is mentioned in conjunction therewith, and named
in the second column of the said schedule (E.)
9. And be it enacted, that each of the places named in
the first column of the said schedule (E.), and each of the
shire-towns, or boroughs, named in the second column of
the said schedule (E.), shall for the purposes of this Act
include the place or places respectively, which shall Ise
comprehended within the boundaries of each of the said
places, shire-towns and boroughs respectively, as such
boundaries shall be settled and described by an Act to be
passed for that purpose in this present Parliament, which
Act, when passed, shall be deemed and taken to be part
of this Act, as fully and effectually as if the same were in-
corporated herewith.
10. And be it enacted, that each of the towns of Swan.
sea, Lougher, Neat!), Aberaven, and Ken-fig shall for the
purposes of this Act include the place or places respectively,
which shall be comprehended within the boundaries of each
of the said towns, as such boundaries shall be settled and
described by an Act to be passed for that purpose in this
present Parliament, which Act, when passed, shall be
deemed and taken to be part of this Act as fully and ef-
fectually as if the same were incorporated herewith ; and
that the said five towns, so including as aforesaid, shall
for the purposes of this Act be one borough, and shall
as such borough from and after the end of this present
Parliament, return one Member to serve in Parliament;
and that the Portreeve of Swansea shall be the returning
officer for the said borough ; and that no person by rea-
son of any right accruing in any of the said fife towns
shall have any vote in the election of a Member to serve
in any future Parliament for the borough of Cardiff.
11. And be it enacted, that the persons respectively
described in the said schedules (C.) and (D.) shall be
the returning officers at all elections of a Member or
Members to serve in Parliament for the boroughs in con-
junction with which such persons are respectively men-
tioned in the said schedules (C.) and (D.) ; and that for
those boroughs for which no persons are mentioned in
such seliedules as returning officers, the Sheriff for the
time being of the nounty in which such boroughs are re-
spectively situate shall, within two months after the
passing of this Act, and in every succeeding respective
year in the month of March; by writing under his
hand, nominate and appoint for each of such boroughs
a fit person, being resident therein, to be, and such per-
son so nominated and appointed shall accordingly be, the
returning officer for each of such boroughs respectively,
until the nomination to be made in the succeeding March;
and in the event of the death of any such person, or of
his becoming incapable to act by reason of sickness or
other sufficient impediment, the Sheriff for the time being
shall, on notice thereof, forthwith nominate and appoint
in his stead a fit person, being so resident as aforesaid, to
be, and such person so nominated and appointed shall ac-
cordingly be, the returning officer for such borough for
the remainder of the then current year ; and no person,
having been so nominated and appointed as returning
officer for any borough, shall after the expiration of hie

PRICE 7D.

office be compellable at any time thereafter to serve again
in the said office for the same borough Provided always,
that no person being in holy orders, nor any thurchwar-
den or overseer of the poor within any such borough,
shall be nominated or appointed a 3 such returning officer
for the same ; and that no person so nontit:ated and ap-
pointed as returning officer for any such borough, shall
be appointed a churchwarden of overseer of the poor
therein during the year fur which he shall be such re-
turrting officer t Provided also, that no person qu tlitled
to be electel •to serve rs e. Member in Parliament for any
such borough shall be compellable to serve as returning
officer for such borough, if within one week after he shall
have received notice of his nomination and appenttilent
as returning officer, he shall make oath of such qualifica
tion Lefore any Justice of the Peace, and shall forthwith
notify the same to the Sheriff: Provided aloof that in case
his Maje-ty shall be pleased to grant his royal chatter of
incotporatian to any of the boroughs named n the said
schedules (C.) and (D.) which are not now incorporate],
and shall by such chat ter giv6 power to elect a mayor or
other chief municipal officer for any such borough, then
and in every such case such mayor or other chief natinici-
, psi officer for the time being shall be the returning office:
' fur such borough instead of the person nominated and
appointed by the Shetiff as aforesaid ; and tlk provisions
liereinbefore contained with regard to the future nomina-
tion and appointment of a returning officer for such bo-
rough shall thenceforth cease and determine..
12. And he it enacted,that in all future Parliamentstbere
shall be six Knights of the Shire, instead of four, to serve
for the county of York ; (that is to say) two Knights for
each of the three tidings of the said county, to be elected
in the same manner, and by the same classes and descrip-
tions of voters, and in respect of the same several rights
of voting, as if each of the three ridings were a separate
county; and that the court for the election of Knights of
the Shire fur the north riding of the said county shall
be holden at --- and the court for the election of Knights
of the Shire for the west riding of the said county shall be
holden at Wakefield, and the court for the election of
Knights of the Shire for the east riding of the said county
shall Ite holden at ---

13. And be it enacted, that in all future Parliaments there
shall be four Knights of the shire, instead of two, to serve
for the county of Lincoln ; (that is to say) two for the
parts of Lindsey in the said county, and two for the parts
of Kesteven and Holland in the same county; and that
such four Knights shall be chosen in the same manner,
and by the same classes and descriptions of voters, and in
respect of the same several rights of voting, as if the said
parts of Lindsey were a separate county, and the said
parts of Kesteven and Holland together were also a sepa-
rate county; and that the court for the election of Knights
of the Shire for the parts of Lindsey, in the said county,
aliall be holden at - and the court for the election of
Knights of the Shire for the parts of Kesteven and Hol-
land, in the said county, shall be holden at -
14. And he it enacted,that each of tl'e counti,s enumerated
in the schedule marked (F.) to this Act annexed shall be
divided into two divisions, which divisions shall be settled
and described by an Act to he passed for that purpose in
this present Parliament, which Act when passed shall be
deemed and taken to be part of this Act, as ful:y and ef-
fectually as if the same were incorporated herewith, and
that in all future Parliaments there shall be four Knights
of the Shire, instead of two, to serve for each of the said
counties ; (that is to say) two Knights of the Shire for
each division of the said counties; and that such Knights
shall be chosen in the same manner and by the same
classes and descriptions of voters, and in respect of the
same several rights of voting, as if each of the said divi-
sions were a separate county ; and that the court for the
election of Knights of the Shire for each division of the
said counties shall be holden at the place to be 'named for
that purpose in the Act so to be passed as aforesaid, for
settling and describing the divisions of the said counties.

15. And be it enacted, that in all future Parliaments
there shall be three Knights of the Shire, instead of two,
to serve for each of the following-co.unties; (that is to
say) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dor-
setshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Monmouthshire,
and Oxfordshire; and two Knights of the Shire, instead
of one, to serve for each of the counties of Carmarthen,
Denbigh, and Glamorgan.
16. And be it enacted, that the Isle of Wight, in the
county of Southampton, shall, for the pm poses of this
Act, be a county of itself, separate and apart from the
county of Southampton, and shall return one Knight of
the Shire to serve in every future Parliament; and that
such Knight shall be chosen by the same classes and de-
scriptions of voters, and in respect of the same several
lights of voting, as any Knight of the Shire shall be
chosen in any county in England ; and that all elections
fur the said county of the Isle of Wight shall be holden at
the town of Newport in the Isle of Wight, and the sheriff
of the Isle of Wight, or his deputy, shall be the returning
officer at such elections.

17. And be it enacted, that for the purpose of elect-

ing a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve in any
future Parliament, the east riding of the county of York,
the north riding of the county of York, the parts of
Lindsey, in the county of Lincoln, and the several counties
at large enumerated in the second column of the schedule
marked (G.) to this Act annexed, shall respectively in•
elude the several cities and towns and counties of the same
which are respectively mentioned in conjunction with
such ridings, parts, and counties At large, and named in
the first column of the said schedule (G.)
18. And be it enacted, that no person shall be entitled

to vote in the election of a Knight or Knights of the
Shire to serve in any future Parliament in respect of any
freehold lands or tenements, whereof he may he seized for

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his own life, or for the life of another, or for any lives
whatsoever, unless the same shall be to him of the clear
yearly value of not less than ten pounds, above all rents
and charges payable out of or in respect of the same, any
statute to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided
always, that nothing in this Act contained shall pre-
vent any person now seized for his own life, or
for the life of another, or for any lives whatso-

ever, of any freehold lands or tenements of the clear
yearly value to him of forty shillings, above all rents
and charges, from acquiring or retaining, so long as he
shall be so seized of the same lands or tenements, the
right of voting in such election in respect thereof, if duly
regi•tered according to the provisions hereinafter contained
19. And be it enacted, that every male person of full age,
and not subject to any legal incapacity, who shall be seised
at law or in equity of any lands or tenements of copyhold
or customary tenure for his own life or for the life of
another, or for any lives whatsoever, or for any larger
estate, of the clear yearly value to him of not less than ten
pounds over and above all the rents and charges payable
out of or in respect of the same, shall be entitled to vote
in the election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve
in any future Parliament for the county, or for the riding,
parts, or division of the county, in which such lands or
tenements shall be respectively situate.
20. And be it enacted, that every male person of full age,
and not subject to any legal incapaci y, who shall hold, as
lessee or assignee, any lands or tenements, whether of
freehold, copyhold, or customary tenure, originally demised
fur any Winn not less than sixty years, (a hether determi-
nable on a life or lives, or not) of the clear yearly value, to
him, of not less than ten pounds over and above all rents
and charges payable out of or in respect of the same, or
originally demised for any term not less than twenty years,
(whether determinable on a life or lives, or not), of the
clear yearly value to him of not less than fifty pounds
over and above all rents .and charges payable out of or in
respect of the same, or who shall occupy as tenant any
lands, or tenements for which he shall be bona fide liable
to a yearly rent of not less than _fifty pounds, shall be en-
titled to vote in the election of a Knight or Knights of
the Shire to serve in any future Parliament for the county,
or for the riding, parts, or division of the county, in which
such lands or tenements shall be respectively situate: pro-
vided always, that no person being a sub-lessee or the as-
signee of any underlease shall have a right to vote in such
election in respect of any suct► term of sixty years or
twenty years as aforesaid, unless he shall be in the actual
occupation of the premises.
21. And be it declared and enacted, that no public or Par-
liamentary tax, or any church rate, county rate or parochial
rate, shall be deemed to be any charge payable out of or
in respect of any lands or tenements within the meaning
of this Act.
22. And be it enacted, that in order to entitle any person
to vote in any election of a Knight of the Shire or
other Member to serve in any future Parliament, in re-
spect of any messuages, lands, or tenements whether (ree-
-1 hold or otherwise, it shall not be necessary drat the same

shall be assessed to the land tax; any statute to the con•
trary notwithstanding.
23. And be it enacted, that no person shall he allowed to

have any vote in the election of a Knight or Knights of
the Shire for or by reason of any trust estate or mortgage,
unless such trustee or mortgagee be in actual possession or
receipt of the rents and profits of the same estate, but that
the mortgagor or cestuique trust in possession shall and
may vote for the same estate notwithstanCing such molt—

gage or trust.
24. And be it enacted, that notwithstanding any thing
hereinbefore contained, no person shall be entitled to vote
in the election of a Knight or Knights of the &Are to
serve in any future Parliament in respect of his estate or
interest as a freeholder in any house, warehouse, count-
ing house cr shop occupied by himself, or in any
land occupied by himself, together with any house, ware-
house, counting-house or shop, if by reason of the occu-
pation thereof respectively he might acquire a sight to
vote in the election of a Member or Members for any city
_ _

r borough, whether he shall or shall not have actually ac-
luited the right to vote for any city or borough in respect

thereof.
2b. And be it enacted, that notwithstanding any thing
hereinbefore contained, no person be entitled to vote
in the election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to
serve in any future Parliament in respect of his estate or
interest as a copyholder or customary tenant, or as such
lessee or assignee, or as such tenant and occupier as afore-
said, in any house, warehouse, counting-house or shop,
or in any land occupied together with a house,
warehouse, counting-house, or shop, if by reason of the
occupation thereof respectively he or any person might
acquire a right to vote in the election of a Member or
Members for any city or borough, whether he or any other
person shall or ball not have actually acquired the right to
vote for such city or burouAlt in respect thereof.
26. And be it enacted, that notwithstanding any thing
bereinbefore contained no person shall be entitled to vote
in the election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to nerve
in any future Parliament 'unless he shall have heen duly
registered according to the provisions bereirtyfter con-
tained ; and that no person shall be so registered in ,the
year one thousand eight hundred and thir!y-tufo, or
lin any succeeding year, in respect of any lands or tenet
ments orfreehold, cspytiold, or customary tenure, unless Le
shall have been in the actual possession thereof, or in

the receipt of the rents and profits then-of for his own use,
for six calendar months at least next previous to ti e
day of —, in the said year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, or next previous to tle last day of Jay
in any such respective succeeding year, which said period
of six calendar months shall be sufficient, any Statute to
the contrary noterithstanding ; and that no person shall he
so registered in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two, or in any succeeding year.' in respect of any
lands or tenements held by hint es such lessee or assignee,
or as such occupier and tenant as aforesaid, unless he shall
have been in the actual possession thereof, or in the receipt
of the rents and profits thereof for his own use, as the
case may require, for twelve calendar months next pre-
vious to the -- day of in the said year one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-two, or next previous to
the last day of July in any such respective succeeding year;
provided always, that where any lands or tenements which
would otherwise entitle the owner, holder, or occupier
thereof to vote in any suds election, 511,11 conic to anY
person at any time within such respective pesiods of six
or twelve calendar months, by descent, succession,. mar-
riage, marriage settlement, devise, or promotion to any
benefice in a church, or by promotion to any office, such
person shall be entitled in respect thereof to have his name
inserted as a voter in the election of a Knight or Knights
of the Shire in the lists then next to he made by virtue of
this Act as hereinafter mentioned.
27. And he it enacted, that in every city or borough which
shall return a Member or Members to serve in any future
Pailian.ent, every male person of full age, and not subject
to any legal incapacity, who shall occupy within such city
or borough, or within any place sharing in the election
for such city or borough, as owner or tenant, any house,
warehouse, counting-house, or shop, being either sepa-
rately or jointly with any land within such city, borough,
or place, occupied therewith by him as owner, or occupied
therewith by him as tenant under the same landlord, of
the clear yearly value of not less than ten pounds, shall,
if duly registered according to the provisions hereinafter
contained be entitled to vote in the election of a Member
or Members to serve in any future Parliament for such
city or borough : provided always, that no such person
shall be so regis ered in the year one thousand eight hun-
dred and thirty-two, or in any succeeding year, sinless he
stiall have occupied such premises as afut—said for twelve
calendar months next previous to the daj of —,
in the said year one thousand eight hundred and
two, or next previous to the last day of July in any such
respective succeeding year, nor unless such person, where
such premises are situate in any parish or township in
which there shall be a rate for the relief of the poor, shall
have been rated in respect of such premises to all rates for
the relief of the poor, in such parish or township made dur-
ing the time of such his occupation as aforesaid, nor unless
such person shall have paid, on before the day of ,
in the said year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
' two, all the poor's rates and assessed taxes which shall
have become payable from him in respect of such premises,

previously to the -- day of - then next preceding,
or shall have paid on or before the twentieth day of July
in any such succeeding year as aforesaid, all the poor's
rates and assessed taxes which shall have become payable
from him in respect of such premises, previously to the
respective sixth day of April then next preceding.
28. And be it enacted, that the premises, in respect, of
the occupation of which any person shall be deemed en-
titled to vote in the election for any city or borough as
aforesaid, shall not be required to be the same premises,
but may be different premises occupied in immediate suc-
cession by such person during the said twelve months;
and that where any such premises as aforesaid shall be
jointly occupied by more persons than one as owners or
tenants, each of such joint occupiers shall be entitled to
vote in respect thereof, in case the clear yearly value of such
premises shall be of an amount which, when diviaed by
the number of such occupiers, shall give a sum of not less
than ten pounds for each and every such occupier, but not
otherwise.
29. And be it enacted, that in every city or borough
which shall return a Member or Members to serve in any
future Parliament, and in every place sharing in the elec-
tion for such city or borough, it shall be lawful for any
person occupying any house, warehouse, counting-house,
or shop, either separately or jointly with any land (seen--
pied therewith by him as owner, or occupied therewith by
him as tenant under the same landlord, in any parish or
township in which there shall be a rate for the relief of
the poor, to claim to be rated to the relief of the poor in
respect of such premises, whether the landlord shall or
shall not be liable to be rated to the relief of the poor in
respect thereof; and upon such occupier so claiming and
actually paying or tendering the lull amount of the rate
or rates, if any, then due in respect of such premises,
the overseers of the parish or township in which such
premises are situate are hereby required to put the
name of such occupier upon the rate for the time being ;
and in case such overseers shall neglect or refuse so to do,
such occupier shall, nevertheless, for the purposrs.of this
Act be deemed to have been rated to the relief of
the poor in respect of such premises from the period
at which the rate shall have been made, the amount
whereof he shill have so paid or tendered as aforesaid
provided always, that where by virtue of any Act of Par-
liament the landlord shall be liable to the paym• nt of the
rate for the relief of the poor in respect of any premises
occupied by his tenant, nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to vary or discharge the liability of such landlord ;
but that in case the tenant, who shall Lave been rated for
such premises in consequence of any such claim as afore-
said, shall make default in the payment of the poor's rate
due in respect thereof, such landlord shall be and remain
liable for the payment thereof, in the same manner as if
he had himself been rated in respect of the premises so oc-
cupied by his tenant.
SO. And be it enacted, that every person whed, o would
vote have
been entitled, if this Act had not been pass to in
the election of a Member or Members to serve in any fu-
ture Parliament for any city or town, being a county of
itself, in respect of his estate or interest as a freeholder,
either with' or without any other qualification superadded
thereto, shall be entitled to vote in such election, provided
he shall be duly registered according to the provisions
hereinafter contained ; but that no such person shall be so
registered in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty two, or in any succeeding year, unless he shall on
the ---- day of -in the said year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-two, or on the last day of July in any
such reap ctive succeeding year, be qualified as such elector,
in such manner as would entitle him then to vote if such
days were respectively the days of -election, and this Act
had not been passed.
8 1 . And be it enacted, that every person who would have
b-en entitled to vote in the •election of a Member or Mem-
bers to serve in any future Parliament for any city or bo-
rough not included in the schedule marked (A.) to this
Act annexed, either as a burgess or freeman, or in the City
of London as a freeman
bearnd liveryman, if this Act had
not been passed, sh m
all ntitled to vote in -uch siection,
provided such person shall be duly registered riccotomg to
the provisions hereinafter contained ; but thu :.o such
person shall be so .registered in the year one tlwitand
eight hundred and thirty-two, or in any succeeding ) ear.,

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2 ,t,"-±---s6.r InelytaiPitiand eight hundred and thirty-two, or on
re, ti:_t"'telits titCtefec4tly in any such respective succeeding
~ee.'e: f*P4.ll-g, such manner as would entitle loin
`• "sa tb_ -9 fs_such days were repectively the days of
•lii'leirloNarad;aats Act had not been passed, not unless such
* person Rail live resided for six calendar months next
previous to the day of in the said year one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-two, or next previous to
the last day of July in any such respective succeeding
year, within the city or borough, or within the place
sharing in the election for the city or borough, in respect
of which city, borough, or place respectively such person
shall be entitled to vote, or within seven statute miles of
such city, borough, or place respectively; provided always,
that no person who shall have been elected or made a bur-
gess or freeman since the first day of March one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-one, or who shall hereafter
be elected or made a burgess or freeman, otherwise than
in respect of birth or servitude, shall be entitled to vote
a, such in any such election for any city or borough as
aforesaid, or to he so registered as aforesaid ; provided also,
that no person shall be so entitled as a burgess or freeman
in respect of birth, unless his right be originally derived
from or through such person who was A burgess or free-
man previously to the first day of _March in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-one,or from or through
some person who shall since that time have become a bur-
gess or freeman in respect of servitude.
32. And be it enacted, that no person shall be entitled
to vote in the election of a Member or Members to serve
in any future Parliament for any city or borough, save and
except in respect of some right conferred by this Act, or
as a burgess or freeman, or ex a freeman and liveryman,
or in case of a city or town being a county of itself, as a
freeholder as hereinbefore mentioned : provided always,
that every person now having a right to vote in the elec-
tion for any city or borough, except those enumerated in
the said Schedule A.) in virtue of any other qualifica-
tion than as a burgess Or freeman, or as a freeman and
liveryman, or in the case of a city or town being a county
of itstfii, as tt freeholder as hereinbefore mentioned, shall
retain soch right of voting so long as he shall be qualified
as an selector according to the usages and customs of such
snit or or borough, or any law now in force, and such
person shall be entitled to vote in the election of a
Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament fur
such city or borough, if duly registered according to the pro-
visions hereinafter contained ; but that no such person shall
be so registered in the year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, or in any succeeding year, unless such
person shall on the day of _ in the said year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, or on the last
day of July in any such respective succeeding year, he
qualified as such an elector in the same manner as would
entitle him then to vote if such days were respectively the
days of election, and this Act bad not been passed, nor un-
less such person shall have resided for six calendar
months next previous to the day of in the said
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, or next
previous to the last day of July in any such respective
succeeding year, within the city or borough, or within the
place sharing in the election for the city or borough, in re-
pect of which city, borough, or place respectively, such
person shall be entitled to vote, or within seven
statute miles of such city, borough, or place respectively :
provided nevertheless, that such person shall for ever
cease to enjoy such right of voting for any such city or
borough as aforesaid, if his name shall have been omitted
for two successive years from the register of such voters
for such city or borough hereinafter directed to be made,
unless he shall have been so omitted in consequence of his
having received parochial relief within twelve calendar
'months next previous to the day of in the
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, or next
previous to the last day of Jail, in any succeeding year.
33. Provided also, and be it enacted, that every person now
having a right to vote for the borough of New Shoreham
in respect of any freehold situate in the borough or parish
of Horsham, and every person now having a right to
vote for the borough of Cricklade in respect of any free-
hold situate in the borough er parish of Mmlmsbury, shall
respectively retain such right of voting for the several be-
roughs of New Shoreham and Cricklade as defined by this
Act, subject always to the provisions hereinbefore men-
tioned with regard to the right of voting for any borough
in respect of freehold.
34. Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted, that not-
withstanding anything hereinbefore contained, no person
shall be entitled to vote in theelection ofa Member or Mem-
bers to serve in any future Parliament for any city or bo-
rough (other than a city or town being a county of itself,
in the election for which freeholders have a right to vote as
hereinbefore mentioned), in respect of any estate or inte-
rest in any bureage tenement, annuity, or freehold which
shell have been acquired by such person since the first day
of Illarch, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one,
unless the same shall have come to or been acquired by
such person since that day, and previously to the passing of
this Act, by descent, succession, marriage, marriage settle-
ment, devise, or promotion to any benefice in a church, or
by promotion to any office.
35. And be it enacted, that no person shall he entitled
to be registered in the year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, or in any succeeding year, as a voter in the
election of a Member or Members to serve in any future
Parliament for any city or borough, who shall within
twelve calendar months noat previous to the day of
in the said year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two, or next previous to the last day of July in
any such respective succeeding year, have received paro-
chial relief.
36. And whereas it is expedient to form a register of all
persons entitled to vote in the election of a Knight or
Knights of the Shire, to nerve in any future Parliament,
and that for the purpose of forming such register, the over-
seers of every parish and township should annually snake
out lists in the manner hereinafter mentioned ; be it there-
fore enacted, that the overseers of the poor of every pa-
rish and township, shall on the day of in time
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and on
the twentieth day of June in every succeeding year, cause
to be fixed, on or near the doors of all the churches and
chapels within such parish or township, or if there be no
church or chapel therein, then to be fixed in some public
and conspicuous situation within the same respectively, a
notice, according to the form numbered 1, in the schedule
(H.) to this Act annexed, requiring all persons who may
be entitled to vote in the election of a Knight or Knights
of the Shire to serve in any future Parliament, in respect
of any property situate in such a parish or township, to de-
liver or transmit to the said overseers, on or before the
-- day of in the year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, and on or before the twentieth day of
./u/y in every succeeding year, a statement of their claim
as such voters, according to the form numbered 2, in the
said schedule (H.), or to the like effect : provided always,
that after the formation of the register to be made in each
year as hereinafter mentioned, no person whose name
shall be upon such register for the time being, shall be re-
quired thereafter to make any such claim as aforesaid, unless
such person shall, since the formation of such register for
the time being, have ceased to have the qualification or
place of abode described in such register for the time being.
37. And be it further enacted, that the overseers of time
poor of every parish and township shall, on or before the
day of— in the year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty- two, make out, or cause to lie made out, accord-
ing to the form numbered 3, in the said schedule (H.),
an alphabetical list of all persons who shall claim as afore-
said to be inserted in such list as voters in the election of a
Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve for the county,
or for the riding, parts, or division of the county, wherein
such parish or township lies, in respect of any lands or
tenements situate wholly or in part within such parish or
township ; and that the said overseers shall, on nr before
the last day of July, in every succeeding year, make out,
or cause to be made out, a like list, containing the names
of all persons who shall be upon the register for the time
being as such voters, and also the names of all person.. who
shall claim as aforesaid to he inserted in such last-mentioned
list as such voters ; and in every list to be made by the over-
seers as aforesaid, the christian name and surnames of every
person shall be written at full length, together with the place
of his abode, the nature of his qualification, and the name of
the street, lane, or other description of the place where such
lands or tenements may be situate, as the saint are respec-
tively set forth in his claim to vote; and time said overseers,
if they shall have reasonable cause to believe that any per-
son so claiming as aforesaid, or whose name shall appear
in the register fur the time being, is not entitled to vote
in the election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire for the
county, or for the riding, parts or division of the county,
in which their parish or township is situate, shall have
power to add the words " objected to" opposite the name
of every such person, on the margin of such lis. ; and the
said overseers shall sign such list, and shall cause a suffi-
cient number of copies of such list to be printed, and to
be affixed on or near the doors of all the churches and
chapels within their parish or township, or if there be
no church or chapel therein, then to be fixed np in some
public and conspicuous situation within the same respee•
tively, on the two Sundays next after such list shall have
been made; and the said overseers shall likewise keep a
true copy ref such list, to le. perused by any person, with-
out payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours during
the two first weeks after such list shall have been made :
Provided always, that every precinct or place, whether
eatre-parochial or otherwise, which shall have no overseers
of the poor, shall, for the purpose of making out such

list as aforesaid, be deemed to be within the parish or
township adjoining thereto, such parish or township being
situate within the same county, or the same riding, parts
or division of a county, as such precinct or place ; and if
such precinct or pla...e shall adjoin two or more parishes or
townships, so situated aforesaid, it shall be deemed to be
within the least populous of such parishes or townships,
according to the last census for the time being ; and the
overseers of the po9r of every such parish or township
shall insert in the list for their respective parish or town-
ship the names of all persons who shall claim as afore-
said, to he inserted therein as voters in the election
of a Knight or Knights of the Shire to serve for the
county, or for the riding, parts or division of the county
in which such precinct or place as aforesaid lies, in respect
of any lands or tenements situate wholly or in part within
such precinct or place.

38. And be it enacted, that every person who shall
have claimed to be entitled to vote in the election of a
Knight or Knights of the Shire for any county, or any
riding, parts or division of a county, may object to any
person as not being entitled to have his name retained on
any such list of voters for such county, riding, parts or
division to be made out as aforesaid ; and every person so
objecting (save and except overseers objecting in the man-
ner hereinbefore mentioned,) shall, on or before the
day of - in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two, and on or before the twenty fifth day of Au-
gust in every succeeding year, give or cause to be given a
notice in writing according to the form numbered 4, in
the said schedule (H.), or to the like effect, to the over-
seers who shall have made out such list ; and such person
shall also, on or before the said - day of - in the said
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and on
or before the twenty-fifth day of August in every suc-
ceeding year, give to the person objected to, or leave at his
place of abode as described in such list, or send by the
post, directed to him at such place of abode, a notice in
' writing according to the form numbered 5, in the said
schedule (H.) or to the like effect ; and the overseers
shall include the names of all persons so objected to in a list
according to the form nunibeaed 6, in the said schedule
(H. ) ; and shall cause copias of such lists to tie fixed on
or near the doors of all churches and chapels within their
parish or township, or if there be no church or chapel
therein, then to be fixed in some public and conspicuous
situation within the same respectively, on the two Sun-
days next preceding the - day of - in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and on the
two Sundays next preceding the fifteenth day of Sep-
tember in every succeeding year; and the overseers shall
likewise keep a copy of the names of all persons so ob-
jected to, to be perused by any person, without payment
of any fee, at all reasonable hours during the ten days
next preceding the said - day of - in the said year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and the said
fifteenth day of September in every succeeding year.
39. And be it enacted, that on the - day of -,
in the year one thousand eight hundred axd thirty-two,
and on the twenty-ninth day of August in every succeeding
year, the overseers of every parish and township shall
deliver the list of voters so made out as aforesaid, together
with a written statement of the number of persons ob-
jected to by the overseers and by other persons, to the
High Constable or High Constables of the hundred or
other like district in which such parish or township is
situate; and such High Constable or High Constables
shall forthwith deliver all such such lists, together with
such statements as aforesaid, to the Clerk of the Peace of
the county, riding, or parts, who shall forthwith make
out an abstract of the number of persons objected to by
the overseers and by other persons in each parish and
township, and transmit the same to the barrister or
barristers appointed as hereinafter mentioned to re-
vise such lists, in order that the said barrister or bar-
risters may fix proper times and places for holding his
or their Courts for the revision of the said lists.
40. And be it enacted, that the Lord Chief Justice
id the Court of King's Bench for the time being, im-
mediately after the passing of this Act, and in each suc-
ceeding year, in the month of July or August, shall nomi-
nate and appoint for Middlesex, and the senior Judge for
the time being in the last commission of assizs for every
other county, immediately after the passing of this Act, and
in each succeeding year the senior Judge for the time being
in the commission of assize for every such other county,
when travelling in the summer circuit, shall nominate and
appoint for every such county, or for each the ridings,
parts or division of such county (subject nevertheless to
the approbation of the Lord High Chancellor, Lord
Keeper, or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal for the
time being), a barrister or barristers to revise the lists of
voters in the election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire ;
and such barrister or barristers so appointed as afore-
said, shall give public notice, as well by advertise-
ment in some of the newspapers circulating with-
in the county, riding, parts or division, as also by a
notice to be fixed in some public and conspicuous si-
tuation at the principal place of election for the county,
riding, parts or division (such last-mentioned notice to be
given three days at the least before the commencement of
his or their circuit), that he or they will make a circuit of
the county, riding, parts or division, for which he or they
shall be so appointed, and of the several times and places,
at which he or they will hold Courts for that purpose,
such times being between the - day of - inclusive
and the -- day of - inclusive, in the year one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-two, and between the
fifteenth day of September inclusive, and the twenty-fifth
day of October inclusive, in every subsequent year, mid he or
they shall hold open Courts for that purpose at the times
and places so to be announced; and where two or more
barristers shall be appointed for the same county, riding,
parts or division, they shall attend at the same places to-
gether, but shall sit apart from each other, and hold sepa-
rate Courts at the same time for the dispatch of business :
Provided always, that no barrister so appointed as afore-
said shall be eligible to serve in Parliament for eighteen
months from the time of such his appointment for the
county, riding, parts or division for which he shall be so
appointed.
11. And be it enacted, that the Clerk of the Peace
shall at the opening of the first Court to be held by every
such barrister for any county, or for any riding, parts or
division of a county, produce or cause to be produced be-
fore him the several lists of voters for such county, riding,
parts or division, which shall have been delivered to such
Clerk of the Peace by the high constables as aforesaid ;
and the overseers of every parish and township who shall
have made out the lists of voters, shall attend the Court to
be held by every such barrister at the place appointed for
revising the lists relating to such parish or township re-
spectively, and shall also deliver to such barrister a copy o
the list of the persons objected to, so made out by them as
aforesaid ; and the said overseers shall answer upon oath
all such questions as such banister may put to them or
any of them, touching any matter necessary f r revising
the lists of voters ; and every such barrister shall retain
on the lists of voters the names of all such persons to
whom no objection shall have been made by the overseers,
or by any other person, in the manner hereinbefore men-
tioned ; and he shall also retain on the list of voters the
name of every person who shall have been objected to by
any person other than the overseers, unless the party so
objecting shall appear by himself or by some one in his be-
half in support of such objection ; and where the name of
any person inserted in the list of voters shall have been ob-
jected to by the overseers, or by any other person, in the
manner hereinbefore mentioned, and such person so object.
mg shall appear by himself or by some one on his behalf in
support of such objection, every such barrister shall re-
quire the qualification of the person so objected to, to be
proved, and in case the qualification of sneh person shall
not be proved to the satisfaction of such barrister, or
in case it shall be proved that such person is incapa-
citated by any law or statute from voting in the election
of Members to serve in Parliament, such barrister shall
expunge the name of every such person from the
said lists; and he shall also expunge from the said
lists the name of every person who shall be proved by
him to be dead ; and shall correct any mistake or supply
any omission which shall be proved to him to have been
made in any of the said lists in respect of the name, or
place of abode, or nature of the qualification, or local de-
scription of the property of any person who shall he in-
cluded in any nth list : Provided always, that no person's
name shall be expunged from any such list, except in case
of his death or in case of his being objected to on the mar-
gin of the list by the overseers as aforesaid, unless such
notice as is hereinbefore required in that behalf shall have
been given to the overseers, nor unless such notice as is
hereinbefore required in that behalf shall have been given to
such person, or left at or sent to his place of abode.
42. And be it enacted, that the overseers of the poor
of every parish and township, either wholly or in part
situate within any city or borough, or place sharing in
the election for any city or borough, which shall return a
Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament,
shall, on or before the day of -- in the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and on or be-
fore the last day of July in each succeeding year, make out
or cause to be made out, according to the form numbered
I, in the schedule marked (I.) to this Act annexed, an
alphabetical list of all persons who may be entitled by
virtue of this Act to vote in the election of a Member or
Members to serve in any future Parliament for such
city or borough, in respect of the occupation of pre-
mises of the clear yearly value a not less than ten
pounds as hereinbefore mentioned, situate wholly or in part
withiu Imola pariah or township ; and another alphabetical list

according to the form numbered 2, in the said schedule
(I.) of all other persons (except freemen) who may be
entitled to vote in the election for such city or borough by
virtue of any other right whatsoever ; and in each of the
said lists, the christian name and surname of every person
shall be written at full length, together with the nature of
his qualification : and where any person shall be entitled
to vote in respect of any property, then the name of the
street, lane, or other description of the place where such
property may be situated shall be specified in the list; and
where any person shall be entitled to vote otherwise than
in respect of any property, then the name of the street,
lane, or other description of the place of such person's
abode shall be specified in the list ; and the overseers
shall sign each of such lists, anti shall cause a sufficient
number of copies of such lists to be printed and to be fixed
on or near the doors of all the churches and chapels in
their several parishes and townships, or if there be no
church or chapel therein, then to be fixed up in some
public and conspicuous situation within the same respec-
tively, on the two Sundays next after such lists shall have
been made ; and the said overseers shall likewise keep
true copies of such lists, to lie perused by any person,
without payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours during
the two first weeks after such lists shall have been made.

43. And be it enacted, that every precinct or place,
whether extra-parochial or otherwise, having no over-
seers of the poor, which now is or hereafter may be within
any city or borough, or within any place sharing in the
election for any city or borough, shall, for the purpose of
making out the list of voters for such city or borough, be
deemed to be within the parish or township adjoining
thereto, and situated wholly or in part within such city
or borough, or within such place sharing in the election
therewith ; and if such precinct or place shall adjoin two
or more parishes or townships so situate as aforesaid, it
shall be deemed to be within the least populous of such
parishes or townships, according to the last census for the
time being ; and the overseers of every such parish or
township shall insert in the list for their respective parish
or township the names of all persons who may be entitled
to vote in the election of a Member or Members to serve
in any future Parliament for any such city or borough in
respect of any property occupied by such persons within
such city or borough, or within any place sharing in the
election therewith, such property being situate wholly or
in part within such precinct or place as aforesaid.

44. And be it enacted, that the Town Clerk of every
city or borough shall, on or before the - day of -
in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,
and on or before the last day of July in each succeeding
year, make out, or cause to be made out, according to the
form numbered 3, in the said schedule (I.) an alphabetical
list of all the freemen of such city or borough who may
be entitled to vote in the election of a Member or Mem-
bers to serve imi any future Parliament for such city or bo-
rough, together with the respective places of their abode ;
and the Town Clerk of every place sharing in the election
for any city or borough shall, at the respective times afore-
said, make out, or cause to be made out, a list of all the
freemen of such place who may be entitled to vote in the
election of a Member or Members to serve in any future
Parliament for such city or borough ; and every such
Town Clerk shall cause a copy of every such list to be fixed
on or near the door of the town-hall, or in some public
and conspicuous situation within such respective city, bo-
rough, or ghee as aforesaid, on the two Sundays next after
such list shall have been made, and shall likewise keep a
true copy of such list to be perused by any person without
payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours during the two
first weeks after such lists shall have been made : Pro-
vided always, that where there shall be no Town Clerk
for such city, borough, or place as aforesaid, or where
the Town Clerk shall be dead, or incapable of acting, all
matters by this Act required to be done by and with re-
gard to the Town Clerk, shall be done by and with regard
to the person executing duties similar to those of the Town
Clerk, and if there be no such person, then by and with
regard to the chief civil officer of such city, borough,
or place.
45. And be it enacted, that every person whose name
shall have been omitted in any such list of voters for any
city or borough, so to be made out as hereinbefore
mentioned, and who shall ci tim to have his name inserted
therein, shall, on or before the - day of -, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and on
or before the twenty fifth day of August in every suc-
ceeding year, give or cans± to be given a notice in writ-
ing, according to the form numbered 4, in the said sche-
dule (I.) or to the like effect, to the overseers of that pe-
rish or township in the list whereof he shall claim to have
his name inserted, or if he shall claim as a freeatan of any,
city, or borough, or place sharing in the election there-
with, then to the Town Clerk of such city, borough, or
place ; and every person whose name shall have been in-
serted in any list of voters for any city or borough, may
object to ar y other person as not being entitled to have
his name retained in any list of voters for the same
city or borough, and every person so objecting shall,
on or before the - day of -, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and on or be-
fore the twenty-fifth day of _August in every succeeding
year, give, or cause to be given, a notice in writing ac
cording to the form numbered 5, in the said schedule (1.)
or to the like effect, to the overseers who shall have
made out such list, or if the person objected to shall
be-inserted in the list of freemen of any city, borough, or
place, as aforesaid, then to the town clerk of such city,
borough or place ; and the overseers shall include the
names of all persons so claiming as aforesaid, in a list ac-
cording to the form numbered 6, in the said schedule (I.),
and the names of all persons so objected to as aforesaid in
a list according to the form numbered 7, in the said sche-
dule (I.) and shall cause copies of such two lists to be
fixed on or near the doors of all the churches and chapels
within their parish or township, or if there be no church
or chapel therein, then to be fixed in some public and
conspicuous situation within the same respectively, on the
two Sundays next preceding the _ day of --- in the
year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and on
the two Sundays next preceeding thefifteenth day of Sep_
tember in every successive year; and every Town Clerk
shall include the names of all persons so claiming as free-
men in a list according to the form numbered 8, in the
said schedule (I.), and the names of all persons so objected
to as freemen in a list according to the form numbered 9,
in the schedule (I.), and shall cause copies of such two
lists to be fixed on or near the door of time town-hall or in
some public and conspicuous situation, within his respective
city, borough, or other place as aforesaid, on the two Sun-
days hereinbefore last mentioned in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-two, and in every succeeding
year respectively ; and the overseers and town
clerks shall likewise keep a copy of the names of all
the persons so claiming as aforesaid, as also a copy
of the names of all persons so objected to as afore-
said, to be perused by any person without payment
of any fee, at all reasonable hours during the ten days
next preceding the said - day of -in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and the fif-
teenth day of September in every succeeding year, and
shall deliver a copy of each of such lists to any person re-
quiring the same, on payment of one shilling for each copy.
46. And be it enacted, that for providing a list of such
of the freemen of the city of London as are liverymen of
the several companies entitled to vote in the election of a
Member or Members to serve in any future Parliament for
the city of London, the returning officer or officers of
the said city shall, on or before the -- day of -- in
the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and
on or before the last day of July in each succeeding year,
issue precepts to the clerks of the said Livery Companies,
requiring them forthwith to make out or cause to be made
out, at the expense of the respective Companies, an alpha-
betical list according to the form in the schedule (K.) to
this Act annexed, of the freemen of London, being livery-
men of the said respective Companies, and entitled to vote
in suet, election ; and every such clerk shall sign such list,
and transmit the same, with two printed copies thereof, to
such returning officer or officers, who shall forthwith
fix one such copy in the Guildhall, and one in the Royal
Exchange of the said city, there to remain fourteen days
in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,
and in every subsequent year; and the clerks of the said
Livery Companies shall cause a sufficient number of such
lists of freemen and liverymen of their respective Compa-
nies to be printed at the expense of the respective Compa-
nies, and shall keep the same, to be perused by any per-
son, without payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours
during the two first weeks after such lists shall have been
printed ; and every person whose name shall have been
omitted in any such list of freemen and liverymen, and
who shall claim to have his name inserted therein, shall,
on or before the - day of - in the year one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-two, and on or before the
twenty fifth day of August in every succeeding year, give
or cause to he given a notice in writing, according to the
form numbered 1, in the slid schedule (K.) or to the like
effect, to the returning officer or officers, and to the
clerk of that Company in the list whereof he shall claim
to have his name inserted ; and the returning officer or
officers shall include the names of all persons so chiming
as aforesaid in a list according to the form numbered 2, in
the said schedule (K.) and shall cause such last-mentioned
list to be fixed in the Guildhall and Royal Exchange of the
said city on the two ';undaye next preceding the - d my
of -- in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two, and on the two Sundays next preceding the
fifteenth day of September in every succeeding year; and
the said returning officer or officers, and clerks of the said

Companies, shall likewise keep a copy of the names of all I
the persons so claiming as aforesaid, to be perused by any I
person, without payment of any fee, at all reasonable hours
during the ten days next preceding the said -- day of
-- in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
two, and the said fifteenth day of September in every suc-
ceeding year ; and every person who shall object to
, any other person as not being entitled to have
his name retained on any such livery list, shall on or be-
fore the - day of - one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, and on or before the twenty-fifth day of
August in every succeeding year, give to such other per-
son, or leave it at his usual place of abode, a notice in
writing, according to the form numbered 3, in the said sche-
dule (K.) or to the like effect ; and in the City of Lon-
don the returning officer or officers shall take the poll or
votes of such freemen of the said city, being Liverymen
of the several companies as are entitled to vote at such
election, in the Guildhall of the said city ; and the said
returning officer or officers shall not he required to provide
any booth or compartments, but shall appoint or take one
poll for the whole number of such Liverymen at the same
place.
47. And be it enacted, that the Lord Chief Justice of
the Court of King's Bench for the time being, immediately
after the passing of this Act, and in each succeeding year
in the month of July or August, shall nominate and ap-
point (subject nevertheless to the approbation of the Lord
High Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lord Commissioners
of the Great Seal for the time being), so many barristers
as the said Lord Chief Justice shall deem necessary to re-
vise the respective lists of voters for the city of London,
and for the city of Westminster, and for the several
boroughs in the county of Middlesex ; and that the senior
Judge for the time being in the last Commission of Assize
for every other county, immediately after the passing of
this Act, and in each succeeding year, the senior Judge
for the time being in the Commission of Assize for every
such other county, when travelling the Summer Circuit,
shall nominate and appoint (subject nevertheless to such
approbation as aforesaid) so many barristers as the
said Judge shall deem necessary, to revise the respective list
of voters, as well for the several cities and boroughs in
every such county as for every city and town, and county
of a city and town, next adjoining to any such county ;
and the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-
Hull shall for this purpose be considered as next adjoining
to the county of York, and the town and county of the
town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne as next adjoining to the
county of Northumberland, and the city and county of the
city of Bristol as next adjoining to the county of Somer-
set; and the said Lord Chief Justice and Judge respec-
tively shall have power to nominate and appoint one or
more barristers to revise the lists for the same city or bo-
rough, or other place as aforesaid, or one barrister only,
to revise the lists for several cities, boroughs, and other
places as aforesaid : Provided always, that no barrister
so appointed as aforesaid shall be eligible to serve
in Parliament for eighteen months, from the time
of his appointment for any city, borough, or other
place as aforesaid, for which he shall be so
appointed : Provided also, that nothing herein con-
tained shall prevent the same barrister from being appointed
to revise the lists for two or more counties, ridings, parts
or division, or for any county, riding, parts or division,
and any one or more of the cities or boroughs therein.
4S. And be it enacted, that the barrister or barristers
so appointed to revise the lists of voters for any city or
borough, shall hold an open Court er Courts for that pur-
pose within such city or borough, and also within every
place sharing in the election for such city or borough, at
some time between the - day of -inclusive, and the
- day of - inclusive, in the year onethousand eight
hundred and thirty two, and between the fifteenth day of
September, inclusive, and the twenty-fifth day of
October inclusive, in every succeeding year, having
first given three clear days' notice of the holding
of such Court or Courts, to be fixed on the
doors of all the churches and chapels within such
city, borough, or place respectively, or if there be no church
or chapel therein, then to be fixed in some public and con-
spicuous situation within the same respectively ; and the
overseers or town clerks who shall have made out tile lists
of voters as aforesaid, and in the case of the city of London
the returning officer or officers of the said city, Audi, at
the opening of the first Court to be held by every such
barrister for revising such lists, produce their respective
lists before him ; and the said overseers and town clerks
shall also deliver to such barrister a copy of the list of the
persons objected to, so made out by them as aforesaid ;
• and the clerks of the several Livery Companies of the
city of London, and the town clerk of every other city or
borough, or pines sharing in the election therewith, and
• the several overseers within every city, borougl-,or place, as
. aforesaid, shall attend the Court to he held by every
such b rrrister for any such city, borough or place as
• aforesaid, and shall answer upon oath all such questions
• as such barrister may put to them or any of them touch-
, ing any matter necessary for revising the lists of voters ;
• and every such Barrister shall insert in such lists the name
. of every person who shall be proved to his satisfaction to
• be entitled to vote in the election of a Member or Mein-
hers of Parliament to serve for such city or borough; and
• such barristers shall retain on the lists of voters for such
• city or borough the names of all persons to whom no ob-
jection shall have been made in the manner het einbefore-
mentioned; and he shall also retain on the said lists the
name of every person who shall have been objected to by
• any person, unless the party so objecting shall appear by
• himself or by some one on his behalf, in support of such
, objection; and where the name of any person inserted in
the list of voters for such city or borough shall have been
objected to, in the manner hereinhe'ore mentioned, and
• the person so objecting shall appear by himself, or by some
one on his behalf, in support of such objection, every
such barrister shall require the qualification of the per-
, son so objected to, to be proved, and in case the
• qualification of such person shall not be proved to the sa-
tisfaction of such barrister, or in case it shall be proved
that such person is incapacitated by any law or statute
from voting in the election of Members to serve in Parlia-
ment, such burister shall expunge the name of every such
person from the said lists ; and be shall also expunge from
the said lists the name of every person who shall be proved
to him to he dead ; and shall correct any mistake or supply
any omission which shall be proved to him to have been
made in any of the said lists in respect of the name or
place of abode or nature of the qualification, or local de-
scription of the property of any person who shall be in-
cluded in any such list : Provided always, that no person's
' name shall be inserted by such barrister in any such list for
any city or borough, or shall be expunged therefrom, ex-
cept in the case of death, unless such notice shall have been
given as hereinbefore required in each of the said cases.
49. And be it enacted, that the overseers of every parish
or township shall, for their assistance in making out the
lists in pursuance of this Act, (upon request made by them
or any of them, at any rasonable tine between the -
• day of -a and the -. day of - in the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and between the
first day of June and the last day of July in any succeed-
, ing year, to any assessor or collector of taxes, or to any
other officer having the custody of any duplicate or tax
assessment for such parish or township), have free liberty
r to inspect any such duplicate or tax assessment, and to ex-
, tract from thence such particulars as may appear to such
. overseer or overseers to be necessary ; and every barrister
F appointed under this Act shall have power to require any
, assessor, collector of taxes, or other officer having the ens..
tody of any duplicate of tax assessment, or any overseer or
overseers having the custody of any poor rate, to produce
the same respectively before him at any Court to be held
by him for the
.purpose of assisting him in revising the
lists to be by ]rim revised in pursuance of this Act.
50. And be it enacted, that every barrister holding any
Court under this Act as aforesaid, shall have power to ad-
, journ the same from time to time, and from any one place
fro any other place or places within the satire county,
riding, parts, or division, or within the same city or
, borough, or within any place sharing in the election for such
city or borough, but so as that no such adjourned Court for
, revising the lists to be made in the year one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be held after the
day of - in the said year, and that no such adjourned
, Court for revising the lists to be made in any succeeding
year shall he held after the twenty-fifth day of October
in such respective year ; and every such barrister shall
have power to administer an oath, (or in the case of a
, Quaker or Moravian an affirmation), to all persona claim-
, ing to he inserted in, or making objection to the omission
of any name in the lists fur any city or bornudh, or making
objection to the insertion of any name in the lists for any
county, riding, parts, or division, or for any city or borough,
and to all persons objected against in any of such lists,
, and to all persons claiming to have any mistake in any of
such lists corrected, and to all witnesses who may be ten •
tiered on either side : and that if any person taking any
oath or making any affirmation under this Act shall wil-
fully swear or affirm falsely, such person shall be deemed
guilty of perjury, and shall be punished accordingly ; and
that at the holding of such respective Courts the parties
. shall not be attended by counsel ; and that every such bar-
rister shall, upon the hearing in open Court, finally deter-
mine upon the validity of such claims and objections, and
shall for that purpose have the same powers, and proceed
in the same manner (except where otherwise directed by
this Act) as the returning officer of any county, city, or
, borough, according to the laws and usages now observed
at elections; and such barrister shall in open Court write
, his initials against the names respectively struck out or

inserted, and against any part of the said lists in which any
mistakes shall have been corrected, and shali sign his name
to r very page of the several lists so settled.

51. -And-be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for every
barrister appointed by virtue of this Act to rcquire by
summons under his hand the attendance of any person as
a witness before him, at any Court to be held by him bv
virtue of this Act ; and if any person so summoned shall
not appear before such barrister, and it shall be proved on
oath that he was personally summoned, and in case he
shall be required to travel more than fire miles from his
usual place of residence, then that his reasonable expenses
were tendered to him, it shall be lawful for such barrister
to issse his warrant to compel the appearance of such per-
son as a witness ; and if any person appearing or brought
as a witness before such barrister, shall refuse to be sworn,
or being a Quaker or Moravian, refuse to make his affirma-
tion, or being sworn, or having made his affirmation, shall
reuse to answer such questions as may be lawfully put to
him by such barrister, touching the matter pending before
hitr, it shall be lawful for such barrister to commit such
person to the common gaol or House of Correction for
seven days, unless he shall in the mean time submit to be
sworn, or to make his affirmation, or to give evidence, as
the case may be.

52. And be it enacted that, notwithstanding anything
her•einbefore contained, if it shall be made to appear to the
Lord Chief Justice, or Judge, who shall have appointed
any barrister or barristers under this Act, to revise the lists
of voters, that by reaso❑ of the death, illness, or absence
of any such barrister or barrister', or by reason of the in-
sufficiency of the number of such barristers, or from any
other cause, such lists cannot be revised within the period
directed by this Act, it shall be lawful for such Lord
Chief Justice or Judge, and he is hereby required to ap-
point one or more barrister or barristers to act in the place
of or in addition to the barrister or barristers, originally ap-
pointed; and such barrister or banisters, so sub.equentiv
appointed, shall have the same powers and authorities in
every respect as if they had been originally appointed by
such Lord Chief Justice or Judge.
53. And be it enacted, that the lists of voters for such
county or for the riding, parts, or division of each county,
so signed as aforesaid by any such barrister, shall be forth-
with transmitted by him to the Clerk of the Peace of the
county, riding or parts fur which such barrister shall have
been appointed, and the Clerk of the Pease shall keep the
said lists among the records of the session,, arranged with
every hundred in alphabetical order, and with every parish
and township within such hundred likewise in alphabetical
order, and shall forthwith cause the said lists to be
fairly and truly copied in the same order in a book
to be by him provided for that purpose, and shall
prefix to every name so copied out its proper number, be-
ginning the numbers from the first name, and continuing
them in a regular series down to the last name, and shall
complete and deliver such book on or• before the -day
of in the year one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two, and the like book on or before the last day of
October in every succeeding year, to the Sheriff of the
county, or his Under-Sheriff, who shall safely keep the
same, and shall at the expiration of his office deliver over
the same to the succeeding Sheriff or his Under-Sheriff;
and the lists of voters for each city or borough so signed as
aforesaid by any such barrister, shall be forthwith delivered
by him to the returning officer for such city or borough,
who shall safely keep the same, and shall cause the said
lists to be fairly and truly copied in a book to be by him
provided for that purpose, with every name therein nun•
bered according to the directions aforesaid, and shall cause
such book to be completed on or before the - day of
- in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
two, and the like hook to be completed on or before the
last day of October in every succeeding- year, and shall de-
liver over such book, together wi h the lists, at the expira-
tion of his office, to the person succeeding him in such
office ; and every such book, to he so completed on or be-
fore the - day of in the year one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-two, shall be deemed the register of
the electors to vote, after the end of this present Parliament,
in the choice of a Member or Members to serve in Parlia•
ment for the county, riding, parts or division of a county,
city or borough to which such register shall relate, at any
election which may take place after the said - day of
- in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
two, and before the first day of November, in the year on;
thousand eight hundred and thirty-three ; and every such
book to be so completed on or before the last day of Oc-
tober, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
three, and in every succeeding year, shall be the register
of el ctors to vote at any election which shall take place
b. tween the first day of .November inclusive, in the year
wherein such respective register shall have been made, and
the first day of November in the succeeding year.
54. And be it enacted, that the overseers of every
parish and township shall cause to be printed copies of the
lists so by them to be made in the ye +r one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-two, and i❑ every succeeding
year, and shall deliver such copies to all persons applying
lir the same, on payment of a reasonable price fir each
copy; and the monies arising from the sale thereof shall
be accounted for by the said overseers, and applied to the use
of their parish and township; and the Clerks of the Peace
shall cause to be printed copies of the registers of the elec-
tors for their respective counties, ridings, or parts, or for
the divisions of their respective counties ; and the return-
ing officer of every city or borough shall cause to be printed
copies of the register of the electors for such city or bo-
rough ; and every such Clerk of the Peace, and every such
returning officer, shall deliver such respective copies to all
persons applying for the same, on payment of a reasonable
price fur each copy ; and the monies arising from the sale
of all such copies shall be accounted for to the treasurer of
the county, riding, or parts, at whose expense the same
shall have been printed.
55. And be it enacted, that the expences incurred by
the overseers of any parish or township, in mak rig ou•,
printing, and publishing the lists and notices directed by
this Act, and all other expences incurred by them in carry.
ing into effect the provisions of this Act, shall be defrayed
out of the money collected or to be collected for the tenet-
of the poor in such parish or township; and that all ex-
pences incurred by the returning officer of any city or
borough in causing the lists of the electors for such city or
borough, to be copied out and made into a register, and in
causing copies of such register to be printed, shall be de-
frayed by the'treasurer of the county, riding, or parts in
which such city or borough shall be situate, out of any
public money in his hands, and be shall be allowed all
such payments in his accounts ; and that all such expences
incurred by the returning officer of any city or town, being
a county of itself, and having a rate or other similar fund
in the nature of a county rate, shall be defrayed out of such
rate or fund by the treasurer or other person charged with
the collection or disbursement thereof, who shall be al-
lowed all such payments in his accounts; and that all
expenses incurred by the clerk of the peace of any -county,
riding, or parts, in causing the lists of the electors for such
county, riding or parts, or for any division of such county
to be copied out and made into a register, and in causing
copies of such register to lie printed, and in otherwise
carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, shall be de-
frayed by the treasurer of such county, riding or parts,
out of any public money in his hands, and he shall be
allowed all such payments in his accounts.
56. And be it enacted, that every barrister ap-
pointed to revise any lists of voters under this Act, shall
be paid at the rate of five guineas for every day that he
shall be so employed, over and above his travelling and
other expenses ; and every such barrister, after the ter-
mination of his last sitting, shall lay or cause to be laid
before the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Trea-
sury for the time being, a statement of the number of
days during which he shall have been so employed, and
an account of the travelling and other expenses incurred
by him in respect of such employment; and the said
Lords Commissioners shall make an order for the amount
to be paid to such barrister.

57. And be it enacted, that in all elections whatever of
Members to set ve in any future Parliament, no inquiry
shall be Permitted at the time of polling, as to the right of
any person to vote, except only whether the person claim-
ing to vote be the same whose name appears in the regis-
ter of voters for the current year, and whether such
person's qualification for voting still continues, and
whether such person has previously voted at the same elec-
tion, all which inquiries the returning officer or his de-
puty or deputies shall, if required on behalf of any candi-
date, make from each voter at the time of his tendering
his vote, and not after, and shall also, if so required as
aforesaid, then and there administer an oath (or in case
of a Quaker or Moravian, an affirmation) to such voter,
in the following form : (that is to say)
" You, A. 8., do swear [or, being a Quaker or Moravian,
do affirm] that you are the same A. B. whose name ap-
pears on the register of voters for this year for the county
of - [or, the - riding, parts or division of the county
of or the city or borough of -, as the case may
be], and that you still have the same qualification for
which your name was inserted in the said register, that is
to say [specifying in each case the nature of the qualifi-
cation as described in the register] and that you have not
before voted either here or elsewhere at the present elec-
tion for the said county [or, for the said riding, parts or
division of the said county, or for the said city or borough,
as the case may be]. " So help you God'"
And no elector shall hereafter, at any such electi n, be
required to take any oath or affirmation, except as afore-
said, in proof of his freehold, residence, age, or other his
qualification or right to vote, any law or statute, local or
general, to the contrary notwahsraisding ; and no person
claiming to vote at any such election shall be excluded
from voting thereat, except by reason of its appearing to

the returning officrr, or his respective deputy, ti
person so claiming to vote is not the same person
name appeirs in such register, or that such person's
lification for voting does not still continue, or that
person has previously polled at the same election,
reason of such person refusing to take the said
make the said affirmation, or to take any other
make any other affirmation required by any other
and not hereby dispensed with ; and no scrutiny
hereafter be allowed by or before any returning
with regard to any votes given or tendered at an)'
of a Member or Members to serve in any future
went ; any law, statute, or usage to the contrary
standing.

58. Provided always, and be it enacted, that
son, whose name shall hare been omitted from
gister of voters is consequence of the decision of
ristr who shall have revised the lists from which
gister shall have been formed, may tender his vote
election at which such register shall be in force,
at the time, the name or names of the candidate or
dates for whom he tenders such vote; and the
officer, or his deputy, shall enter upon the - -
vote so tendered, distinguishing the same
admitted and allowed at such election.

trom the

59. Provided also, and be it enacted, that upon
to the House of Commons, complaining of an
tion or return of any Member or Members to
Parliament, any petitioner shall be at liberty to .
the correctness of the register of voters in force
time of such election, by proving that, in cony
the decision of the barrister who shall have .
lists of voters from which such register shall have
formed, the name of any person who voted at
tion was improperly inserted or retained in such
or the name of any person who tendered his vote
election, improperly omitted from such register :
Select Committee appointed for the trial of such
shall alter the poll taken at such election according
truth of the case, and shall report their
thereupon to the House, and the House shall
carry such determination into effect, and the return
he amended, or the election declared void, as the .
be, and the register corrected accordingly, or such
order shall be made as the House shall seem proper
in case of corruption, partiality, or wilful 7
the part of such barrister, the said Committee may
such sum to be paid by him to the petitioner as
mittee shall think reasonable.
60. And be it enacted, that the Sheriffs of .
and Lincolnshire and the Sheriffs of the counties
by this Act shall duly cause proclamation to be
the several days fixed for the election of a
Knights of the Shire for the several ridings,
divisions of their respective counties, and sh;
the same by themselves or their lawful deputies.
61. And be it enacted, that at every contested
of a Knight or Knights to serve in any future
for any county, or for any riding, parts or division
county, the polling shall commence at nine '
in the forenoon of the next day but two after
day fixed for the election, unless such next
two shall be Saturday or Sunday, and then
Monday following, at the principal place of
also at the several places to be appointed as 11,
rected for taking polls; and such polling shall co:
two days, only, such two days being successive days ;
say) for seven hours on the first day of polling, and'
the second day of polling ; and no poll shall be kept
than four o'clock in the afternoon of the second day,
tute to the contrary notwithstanding.
62. And be it enacted, that the Justices of the
every county in England and %Vales, assembled at the
Sessions to be holden next after the passing of this
some Special Sessions to be appointed by them _
aforesaid (and of which there shall be given at least
public notice), shall divide their respective counties,
and parts and divisions of counties, into convenic
polling, and shall appoint in each district a conveni,
taking the poll at all elections of a Knight or Knights.
to serve in any future Parliament, in such manner that
shall have to travel more thanfifteen miles from'"
spect of which he claims to vote ; provided that
any riding, parts or division of a county, shall have
'fifteen districts and respective places appointed for
poll for such county, riding, parts or division; and
Justices of the Peace for every county in England
at the Quarter Sessions assembled, shall have power to
;if they shall so think fit) other and different
places for polling at the end of every two years from
spective preceding appointment to be made for that
and that a list of the districts and places for polling,
the first and each succeeding appointment under this .
be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace of each count
shall forthwith cause copies of such list to be pri..
to be fixed on or near the doors of the churches and
within each county, or the ridings, parts or divisions
county, according to the last appointment; and the
every election shall be taken within such districts and
places as shall have been named for that purpose in
pointment in force at the time of such election.
63. And be it enacted, that at every contested
any county or riding, parts or division of a county,
riff, Under-Sheriff; or Sheriff's Deputy, shall, if
thereto by or on behalf of any candidate on the day
the election, and if not so required, may, if it shall
him expedient, cause to be erected a reasonable .
booths for taking the poll at the principal place of
' and also at each of the polling-places so to be
aforesaid, and shall cause to be affixed on the .
cuous part of each of the said booths the names
several parishes, townships, and places for which such
is respectively allotted; and no person shall be
vote at any such election in respect of any property
any parish, township, or place for which any booth is
except at the booth so allotted; and in case any
ship, or place shall not happen to be included in
districts to be appointed by the Justices of the Peace
said, the votes in respect to property situate in
township, or place so omitted, shall be taken at
place of election for the county or riding, parts or
the county, as the case may be.
64. And be it enacted, that the Sheriff shall hart.
appoint deputies to preside and clerks to take the poll
principal place ofelection, and also at the several p.
for taking the poll for any county, or riding, parts c.
a county ; and that the poll clerks employed at those
rap places shall at the close of each day's poll, it,'
seal their several books, and shall publicly deliver
inclosed and sealed, to the Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, or .
Deputy, presiding at such poll, who shall give a receipt
same, and shall, on the commencement of the poll on t
day, deliver them back, so inclosed and sealed, to the
from whom he shall have received them; and on the'
of the poll every such deputy who shall have received
poll_books shall forthwith deliver or transmit the same
and sealed, to the Sheriff; or his Under-Sheriff; wh
ceive and keep all the poll-books unopened until the
bling of the Court on the day next but one after the
the poll, unless such next day but one shall be Sun,
then on the Monday following, when he shall openly
seals thereon, and cast up the number of votes as th,
on the said several books, and shall openly declare the
the poll, and shall make proclamation of the Me
Members chosen not later than two o'clock in the :.-
th• said slay.
GS. And be it enacted, That at every contested electio:ol\
Member or Members to serve in any future Parli'ALS sro
for any city or borough in England, except the borelev,P
Monmouth, the poll shall commence on the day fixed for
iPit,"tiSk2, far a,
election, or on the day next following, or at the latest ',l4', or al.
third day, unless any of the said days shall be SatureLy! Hie:
Sunday, and then on the Monday following, the particul.or sif c;1•
for the commencement of the poll to be fixed by the retti'6,l.,,it:tet,"o",
officer, and such polling shall continue for two days 0111 P/ Vrer,,
two days being successive days ; (that is to say) for tl't With
hours on the first day of polling, and for eight hours °n 9°
second day of polling ; and that the poll shall on no Acf,5r S,44Se
t 0f
be kept open later than four o'clock in the afternoon 01 l's4t4 as 2
second day, any statute to the contrary notwithstanding. 01°1,1
66. Anti be it enacted, that at every contested electieri jto.
Member or Members to serve in any future Parliatne°t ,titr
Verdi(
any city or borough in England, except the borough It`4
mouth, the returning officer shall, if required thereto by ° it+,l he
behalf of any candidate, on the day fixed for the electilies4 ip,l4llt in
if not so required, may, if it shall appear to him e%l'''.esol kkr,°4 Isa
cause to be erected for taking the poll at such election or 11,1
booths for different parishes, districts, or parts of such Cl pfin lt,Nsy
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sai.tmih utnhdererde returning officer reti uit'rt7k
An
appoint a clerk to take the poll at each compartment, and
c'l, ,tlNistir,
cause to be affixed on the most conspicuous part of estisNtte,
of
f such botohthe several
respectivelyparishes,
lio'ttuctitr:tisieti
and no person shall be admitted to vote at any 'tOotell be
election, except at the booth allotted for the parish, rii°DielS4bs,
or part wherein the property may be situate in respect of :ca 11111,4'rgs,e,
he claims to vote, or wherein his place of abode as desert ett,:, ,
the register may be; but in case no booth shall happen d.lisi"; or
provided for any particular parish, district, or part as afor'Plkitt have
the votes of persons voting in respect of property situate I:silts
parish, district, or part so omitted, or having their place of
,lit 7,t11 eOl
therein, may be taken at any of the said booths; and the„ po'sit't; sti,„
of freemen residing out of the limits of the city or borougi tD, 5,0411 y
within seven statute miles thereof, may be taken at any ° :4 tiato
said booths ; and public notice of the situation, division, fd 41,4:
allotment of the different booths shall be given two clays lie for ,
the commencement of the poll, by the returning officer; 10$ in pa
in case the booths shall be situated in different place*,e," 4104 sh,
returning officer may appoint a deputy to preside at 01, I 'on, el
place; and at every such election the poll clerks °frhOttr
close of each day's poll shall enclose and seal their 500.1
poll books, and shall publicly deliver them so enclosed.4°
sealed to the returning officer or his deputy, who shall git!)/
receipt for the same, and shall, on the commencement 01 Od
poll on the second day, deliver them back so enclosed ''‘S'
sealed, to the persons from whom he shall have received
same ; and every deputy so receiving any such poll-1)04V
the final close of the poll, shall forthwith deliver or transi
the same, so enclosed and sealed, to the returning °Meets

shall
n(l4 °
he
1. -ow
eats
qurn
ha,,

(4,Proclamatic
v o'clock
other
tny other
putt',
se said oath e person v 0 ding day,,,
h person's aY followinE
!, or that tatsit,.4l, the ,
election
t:ltt;:luelles:naani
~t tt;i4,
fit
tthde
scrutiny the return
e
his vote at.
,turning o 411„iosed:
iat aq el, 7; Election
kr
t.Paokl.li lig,
Ly future P 'in any chi
ntrary not .„Provided a
several bo
o'.',' ' and tl
I, that any `land East It
from any Q4a- in which
at upon pe 4 and a
Lisionof the
.1,h.a.1111. sie)sisii
which sueb for divide t
ftohrec e ,
recut' e S ::tuarrteetp: ts i
didite or Jostice arlia
o fpi
nao
nl
force -
undue
fld:: et. ,
tod er 2
from the t" every
Ventv to be
era to sere tt Of
such
re
erty to int' 14 teeth 11'
I_,. eral
i consequenv , t's Shall b
lave revised welt' as
shall have ' It 4 of such
:ed at such ~,4nd be it
in such regi se''et old an
his vote at ' I,:ttY of ai
.gister : ad
.t thett2e exp
of such peti the Sam
according to lo 9f this
tten,shall be
it determios
shall there', tY o.rhae SI
the return the poll Y ir,
as the case "4 for '
4 _ some
or such !4od if „,
En proper ; Zit'rruptic
I misconducsi;;4 office
iittee may fZ,,3-4:1, any
hall n
ter as suchu'el
%. Ztion „.
ffs of York'? ,pre,t'ednbe i
counties dirt 'lee
of tai
in to be old
t, 110!IPensel.
of a Knir 7, erect„
logs, parth, 'ink fit
I shall prenile ' at, eont
pu ties. , ttti-tiler ref
untested ale t or ats afore
,;141, her yet
oture Parlis
ci 11 and
or division al
t nine o'c 4 qeegutioinei
two after t.), . Witho:
1 next 414 "e liable 1
id then on ItltZ 4if h
of election, i tor erein cc
is hereinafter Other re
hall continue, 4 th4oses ,
e days ; (that:, li.lb.e.in, st
g, and for tie thr,tilities i
be kept open ,/ci, And to
:ond day, ani r shall be
Ar€ tit 14 thbef
sof the Pee, e tE,
led at the C 1,,, 14-:PY "
r of this Act, '`, 71.
i-very si
~.in so assemble: t't r„," be
n at least ten P Int its`nroin
unties, and ri illtit,:e oat
Q.
,go7hafptpluo
enient distrielf ions Cornr
nivenient pl,' 5h,,.41,, ma
.nights of the' toth-4 or
iner that no , ir,er Act
1 the propertr; k 4- every
:hat no countP• 44,e ~,T4l be
Ell have more the election'a&
ed for takini .
;ion; and the' „," the
,rigland and l' ,s' or I;
e power to al' htteb""iont
-,1
!rent district' 'eh Y an*
for that pt.
el 111.:tte tow,
polling, no, 141, Color,
cars from the Ith.oll has,
ider this Act, 144411g
'each count'', tatt ce, Iv
to be print—, personlis hr
irches and eh bar
r divisions of "'r for
and the pd sheer, Ne:
stricts and at ' it town
urpose in the 4t to say
each 01
on. the •
tested election •t. sal,
county, the `. No, and
shall, if re,l°,l si 4th, a
the day fix„_, ,tc)lum
it shall apP", dal fix
i
ttii,,,,l
onable nuroe. 41s;`,ced
place of eleete3l or-ort
t
obe appointo ts,t-thuoro
n the most c°koth res
the names ;:itt,ttito" t°'
which such Iph tIaYS
ill be admitt!, ts fsere
property sits 4'lll-° chi
the Peace as ' '
• booth is 311 C ktlt(laY ,
:.. any parish, ',.° 4,lo°Pen
ided in any e', 0 th 43r
tlyi :hall
ate in any, in the
th
1 :en at the PriliCo. th' depotthe
parts or divisi, ql thine
,Letti, to
hall have pole: 'llO, 'e el'
take the poll Pt, h : elect
7al places affei,,l'• h depot
parts or disiv map Mo:
! t,t b
yed at those ti trii e,
s poll, inclose I, t't ere
the
y deliver the°,yk tit (1.
iheriff, or Stlo.9ikt44 Lot
ye a receipt foredk;^ q„ Lot
poll on thesoAtithettY
led, to the Pc dilkti: -mi
1 cl` ' tti
don the final c;i: ePE
~,J ,ti na„,_ ,
, received an) ,' I kt for
he s ioe'*ill "r th
• ame,so Iv t,. all _
riff, who 511,2,1,01,, reap
intil the re-sY;+,,,,,tt tl
Le after the cla'',Alhtt.e'turn
l be Sunda'', 041,1,erf'4be
11 openly brelet; t'rrt°,l"n
des as they , 41. Andan
leclare the stn 4: ,ilO „
f the Meroh4e" 1 (tst.t.:'°ret
in the aftere' kNt
ild
ciktti to 1?
,tested electi°:o6"Yjoh be
...u. ,is th' of p

ore and keep all the poll-books unopened until the
day, unless such day be Sunday, and then till the
following, when he shall openly break the seals, thereon,
up the number of votes as they appear on the said
9, and shall openly declare the state of the poll, and
amation of the Member or Members chosen not later
o'clock in the afternoon of the said day : provided
that the returning officer, or his lawful deputy, may,
fit, declare the final state of the poll, and proceed to
return immediately after the poll shall have been
closed: Proyided aldd; thst nil nthriinatibn shall be
election holden, of any Member for any city or bd.
is I church, chapel, or other place of public worship.
rrOVided always, and be it enacted, that so far as relates
boroughs of New Shoreham, Cricklade, Ayles.
East Retford, the Justices of the Peace of the several
which the said boroughs are respectively situate, at
' Sessions to be holden next after the passing of this
ide the said several boroughs into convenient dis-
Qing, and shall appoint in each district a convenient
sing the poll at all elections of Members to serve in
Parliament for each of the said boroughs ; and that
'lie Peace of each of the said counties, assembled at
—.ions, shall have power to appoint (if they shall so
other and different districts and places for polling at
/cry two years from the respective preceding ap-
- to be made for that purpose ; and that a list of the
and places for polling named in the first and in each
appointment shall be lodged with the Clerk of the
the respective county, who shall forthwith cause
eh list to be printed, and to be fixed on the doors
telieraf churches and chapels within the respective
; and the polls at every election for each of the said
be taken within such districts and at such places
as shall be named in the appointment in force at
- such election.
4•11 d be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained
' any Sheriff or other returning officer, or the law-
of any returning officer, from closing the poll pre.
? expiration of the time fixed by this Act, in any case
same might have been lawfully closed before the
V this Act; and that where the proceedings at any
shall be interrupted or obstructed by any riot or open
• the Sheriff or other returning officer, or the lawful
Of any returning officer, shall not for such cause finally
`Noll, but shall adjourn the same until the following
some other convenient time as the occasion may re-
if necessary, shall further adjourn the same until
or obstruction shall have ceased, when the
officer or his deputy shall again proceed to take the
• any day whereon the poll shall have been so ad-
shall not be reckoned one of the:two days of polling at
lon within the meaning of this Act.
be it enacted, that from and after the end of
Parliament, all booths erected for the con-
• of taking polls shall be erected at the joint and
beer Pense of the several candidates, and the same
erected by contract with the candidates, if they
„
.'nk fit to make such contract, or if they shall not
)retract, then the same shall be erected by the She-
• returning officer, at the expense of the several can -
aforesaid ; and that all deputies appointed by the She-
ler returning officer shall be paid each two guineas by
and all clerks employed in taking the poll shall be paid
by the day, at the expense of the candidates at
• : Provided always, that if any person shall be
without his consent, then the person so proposing him
- _ to defray his share of the said expenses in like
a, if he had been a candidate : Provided also, that no-
t contained shall prevent the candidates or any She-
returning officer from using or hiring any one or
I or other buildings for the purpose of taking the
subject always to the same regulations, provisions.
in every -respect as are hereinbefore mentioned
• to booths for taking the poll.
be it enacted, that the Sheriff or other returning of-
, before the day fixed for the election, cause to be
the use of each bobth or polling place at such election,
of the register of voters, and shall under his hand
/ such copy to be true.
Atid be it enacted, that every deputy of a Sheriff or
officer shall have the same power of adminis-
ie ‘• is and affirmations required by law, and of ap-
Conunissioners for administering such oaths and affir-
. may by law be administered by Commissioners, as
• other returning officer has by virtue of this or
Act, and subject to the same regulations and provi-
asfrerY respect as such Sheriff or other returning officer.
-""d be it enacted, that from and after the end of this
trliament, every person who shall have a right to vote
of a Member for the borough of Monmouth, in
ie towns of Newport or Usk, shall give his vote at
• Usk respectively, before the deputy for each of such
'Om the returning officer of the borough of Monmouth
Ithorized and required to appoint ; and every person
Alive a right to vote in the election of a Member for
town or borough, in respect of any place named in
dump of the schedule marked (F.) to this Act an-
,ive his vote at such place before the deputy for
whom the returning officer of the shire town or
is hereby authorized and required to appoint ; and
. who shall have a right to vote in the election of
for the borough composed of the towns of Swansea,
, Neath, Aberaven and Ken-fig, shall give his vote
town in respect of which he shall be entitled to vote
to say), at Swansea before the Portreeve of Swansea,
of the other towns before the deputy for such town,
Portreeve is hereby authorized and required to
and at every contested election for the borough of
or for any shire town or borough named in the
of the said schedule (F.), or for the borough
the said five towns, the polling shall commence on
fixed for the respective election, as well at Monmouth
' and Usk respectively, and as well at the shire
,ugh as at each of the places sharing in the election
respectively, and as well at Swansea as at each of the
towns respectively; and such polling shall continue
aie Jaye only, such two days being successive days, ex-
Re e Sunday shall intervene (that is to say), for seven
Oh
the first day of polling, and for eight hours on the
maY of polling, and that the poll shall on no account
` later than four o'clock ie the afternoon of such
and the returning officer of the borough of Mon.
dive to the deputies for Newport and Usk respec-
the returning officer of every shire town or borough
the second column of the said schedule (F.) shall give
for each of the places sharing in the election for
town or borough, notice of the day fixed for such
election, and shall before the day fixed for such re-
-. cause to be made, and to be delivered to every
:y, a true copy of the register of voters for the bo-
40nrnouth, or for such shire town or borough, as the
be, and shall under his hand certify every such copy
5; and the portreeve of the town of Swansea shall give
the day of election to the deputy for each of the
tougher, Neath, Aberaven, and Ken-fig, and shall in
cause to be made, and to be delivered to every
a true and certified copy of the register of voters
~h composed of the said five towns ; and the re-
,ies for Newport and Usk, and for the respective
.t in the first column of the said schedule (F.) as
the towns of Lougher, Neath, Aberaven, and Ken-
'ively take, and conduct the poll, and deliver
,e poll-books in the same manner as the deputies
ling officers of the cities and boroughs in England ,
are directed Vicki, and shall have the same powers,
• the same duties in every respect, as are respectively
and imposed on the said deputies by this Act.
be it enacted, that all laws, statutes, and usages
,erce respecting the election of Members to serve in
for that part of the United Kingdom called Eng-
Wales, shall be and remain, and are hereby de-
be and remain in full force, and shall apply to the
Of Members to serve in Parliament for all the places
traPowered to return Members, as fully and effec.
those places had heretofore returned Members, ex-
as any of the said laws, statutes, or usages are re-
- altered by this Act, or are inconsistent with the pro-
thereof.
atettld be it enacted, that if any sheriff, returning officer,
,s tint N:s._overseer, or any person whatsoever, shall wilfully
) for - p ‘,1;;:s or disobey the provisions of this Act, or any of
oursoild° di respect to any matter or thing which such sheriff,
no
_,e It officer, barrister, overseer or other person is hereby
,
loon ofo ' it, to do, he shall for such his offence be liable to be
'ding. if tat ~,a° action of debt in any of his Majesty's Courts of Re.
dectiOtikel the
.ivelitminster for the penal sum of five hundred 'winds,
rhataen or 1,,,2.17 before whom such action shall be tried may find
gh of P 0 4s
rliet for the full sum of five hundred pounds, or for
et, by 011 4' sum which the said Jury shall think it just
lectiolk, t Should pay for such his offence ; and the de-
expepAel IQ 111 such action being convicted shall pay such penal
km dilirvif tot talsarded, with full costs of suit, to any party who may
such el, lost 4e lame ; without prejudice, however, to the right of
e place At, l' grieved by the same misconduct of such Sheriff, re-
into CW,, ft L,cer, barrister, overseer or other person, to recover
hveri;eo,# k itrges in an action on the case, for a false return or any
requi9 'NO retance, as he may be entitled to at common law or by
officeri bik 4° anY statute now in force.
it, and ~ 4 red be it enacted, that if any person named in any regis-
of esc'lo 1114,_°d• to be made under this Act, but who at the time of
• tv- --,10
les, MA); • tt shall be in the enjoyment of any office by law dis.
tb... ehi
Ey spa', •ve • him from giving his vote in the election of Members
4
k
any ,a, ',all ~.parliament, shall presume to vote in such election,
,sh, dlst!? btu* liable to all penalties and forfeitures to which he
ect of SS Ofiiilltbiect for the said offence by any law in force at the
descriv'' sfitnte oisli election, in case this Act had not been passed ; and
sppen t°. ji,CO es, a Petition to the House of Commons for altering the
as aforr;oltit'q hit; setting aside the election in which such person
:tate ll_t4jto tss, „e voted, his vote shall be struck off by the Corn-
ace of s'Ais Itith .7_ such sum shall be by him paid to any petitioner as
id the vvot .'rk Alls'so.s Mittee shall seem just.
orotigit; trot, tklly °be it enacted, that if any person shall falsely and de-
I any °I of h., ti2saUnte the name or character of any other person
ivisili t,h-cre shall be -inserted in any register required to be
days 0, (4r tot eer this Act, and shall thereby vote or attempt to vote
Alice; it eio ?Itch other person in the election of any Member to
place*"
eve
; or if any person after having voted at any
ide at 'ill ohs ..'ut again vote, or attempt again to vote at the same
erks id 04 .4ery Person so offending shall be guilty of a misdc-
heir 69 itZa and being convicted thereof, shall be for ever
aclosed,o/ 150 e,,,, disqualified from voting in any election
shall 0;0/ shell t Of any Member to serve in Parliament,
anent oy .. be liable to such fine, • not exceeding fifty
iclosed .9 to._°r to such imprisonment, not exceeding six months,
eceived I ill sate Court before whom he shall be convicted shall think fit ;
oll.boo, 5et,,,.._ of a petition to the House of Commons for altering
or t 01 tht;_e or setting aside the election in which such person
Aggro c voted, his vote shall be struck off by the Committee,.

that . raeeive and keel
m 'I day, unless
following, wh
• Colt that up the num'
books, and sh
'Proclamation of
o'clock in
• I; that the rett:
Cher think fit, declare
tiny the return imi
ag , 3' closed : Pro,
i elcic•Ction hol
!re . hi any church,
Provided alway
o 0
several boroug
Iliad East Retfos
ani
all Sh in which the
ute f
the -"11 r Sessions
divide the ss
I 11"`: ._ll4 polling, and
te a< ", taking the y
9 . Parliamen
or ' ' of the Pea
vet • Sessions,
• ut) other and d
the of every twc
t to be madl
pe,
,nag PPnda placesoint
:ndts ef the respec
ge 'V such list to
o knierai chug
•ce h; and the p
!clue • Its shall be tali
as shall
have •
-wke of such eles
sue' stud be it em
b re: *event any St
te at I to aI!Y
the expirati
ht a • the same mi
' qt this Act,
ling shall be rots
erild e. the Sheriff
the Of any retun
!tuna t 4 Poll, but s
t coo for some oth
,uch 1,414! lf necessi
per ; .`yrvUption or
midge/ .1 °fficer °r
elld any day
nay dial' not be
such Section within
Attel be it es
Yor present Park
es di • of taking
le isle e'cliense of
KrligP be erected
-.ink fit to
Ittcpath contract
'. • et
Pi ether returni
as aforesaid
`'other return!
Parr " t and all cle
guinea by
:e 0 goction : Pr
after Without h'
t del "e liable to dc
eo Lad if he ha(
gerein contai
nth)* other return
th_e houses or of
Cul 'IA subn jec
; (w 7 "%II , ties iev
for'Tard to boot
t op.- And be it en
aY' An'l
before
...LA he the use of
le rc7 tcPY of the
the
71. ,is erY such
4'" AOd be it
Est oft
tWI • the
• oaths
may by
aonftthP q*triettlerfr or othe
IA Act, and
at no
)1.
4teulery resp
opertl dbeit er
coo r Parli men
e woe , -.Dotson of s
,ntakid
t' of Qf the tows
and
or Usk re
veh
• -oln the x
r to authorize
"gall have ari
row tl.ls' kthire town
at Pu 'rteolutnn of
. 'hall give
Act+— "ace, whom
,
is hereby
person who
and - for the
ions 0.4
er, Neath,
the, Pgr_. town in rs
and
.9 to say), at
in P` *each of the
de the said Po
th er; and at
' h, or fo
if ea column of
19 fix of the a
11
bN
• axed for
nu
-I.e *Port and
of borough
spP011) th
most respect! h
tt:t,-er towns
sucb,to days "II
,ors *here Sundi
adroit the fir
ty 507 ktit
ar day of pc
i:514 ' 4°7:
anlatde'
any 'hall give
ace ' d the ref
any
111,'1 the tee,
:he PrAto , ..ePtlty for I
r .1111 town
're electio
,ve
,e election 4
le pew , , ‘lWety, a t
tlblo
itnhcol7o
,b„mote_.;. and
sersdll.°ll°' 444 Y be, nm°l
eand t
da:
,er the Of 'lb
Loughe
or Sh -mitt
(of d. cans
'eiPt llt;PtstY ato
n the borough
the ' e deputies
le final; " ed in t
,ed `o the to,
e,soitt .I,4,lllrrespect,i,
rho ell' t the ps
le re
Clo , Otiirming
the : I....rsbefore
fun_ct,jazi,' oven the:
!1Y "•-oj and im
theY„its' And be
the
force res
MeauLa t for t
after/w , '"'A Wales
to be
.4 and
eple:;" ?demi
aka Npower
b°r° r 44 if thaw
ft° far tho
'test °II or "
altered
Satur.',,Pl k thereof.
irticeti;ooo And be it'
le r o°, ()verso!
is wul'f4 ."erse or d
) for
__