The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-30 00:00:00

FORMS OF QUESTIONS AS TO THESE POINTS.

1. Are you the person whose name is signed as A.B. to
the voting paper now delivered in by you ?
2. Are you the perscn whose name appears as A.B. on
the burgess roll now in force for this borough, being
registered therein as rated for property described
to be situated in ? [Here specify the
street, &c., as described in the burgess roll.]
3. Have you already voted at the present election ?--
And no person required to answer any of the said questions
shall be permitted or qualified to vote, until be shall have
answered the same ; and if any person shall wilfully make
a false answer to any of the questions aforesaid, he shall he
deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and may be indicted and
punished accordingly.

RESULT OF ELECTION, lIONY TO BE DECLARED.
35: And be it enacted, that the mayor and assessors shall
examine the voting paperssso delivered as aforesaid, for the
purpose of ascertaining which of the several persons voted
for are elected ; and so many of such persons, being equal
to the number of persons then to be chosen, as shall have
the greatest number of votes shall be deemed to be elected ;
and in case of an equality in the number of votes for any
two or more persons, the mayors and assessors, or any two
of them, shall name from amongst those persons for whom
the number of votes shall be equal co many as shall be ne-
cessary to complete the requisite number of persons to be
chosen ; and the mayor shall cause the voting papers to be
kept in the office of the town clerk during six calendar
months at the least after every such election ; and the
town-clerk shall permit any burgess to inspect the voting
papers of any year, on payment of one shilling for every
search ; and the mayor shall publish a list of the names or
the persons so elected net later than two of the clock in the
afternoon of the day next but one following the day of such
election, unless such day be Sunday, and then on the Mon-
day following.
AN ALDERMAN TO BE CHOSEN TO PRESIDE ATE ELECTION
IN CASE OF THE DEATH OR INABILITY pF THE

MAYOR.
33. And be it enacted, that if the mayor of any borough
shall, at the time when it shall be necessary to execute the
powers and duties herein provided with respect to elections;,
he dead, absent, or otherwise incapable of actin, the coun-
cil of such borough shall forthwith elect one of the alder-
men to execute all such powers and duties in place of the
mayor ; provided, that in the first election of councillors
and of auditors and assessors, as hereinafter provided, the
mayor alone shall act with all the powers and dutiesherein-
before enacted concerning the Mayor and assessors jointly in
such elections.

ELECTION 07 AUDITORS AND ASSESSORS.
37. And be it enacted, that on the Ist day of March, is
the year 1836, and in every succeeding year, the burgesses
of every borough shall elect from the persons qualified to
be councillors by a majority of votes, two burgeisei, who
shall be and be called auditors of such borough, and two
burgesses, who shall be and be called assessors of such bo-
rough ; and every such auditor and assessor shall continuo
in office until the Ist day of March in the y ear following
his election ; and the election of such auditors and assessors
respectively shall be in form and manner herein-before
provided for the election of councillors : Provided, never-
theless, that in every such election of auditors or assessors
no burgess shall vote for more than one person to be art
auditor or assessor : Provided also, that no burgess shall
be eligible to he or be elected such auditor or assessor as
aforesaid who shall be of the council, or the town-clerk or
treasurer of such borough.

EXISTING MAYORS AND COUNCILLORS TO GO OUT OF OFFICE{

ON ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS UNDER THIS ACT.

38. And be it enacted, that after the declaration of the
first election of the councillors under the provisions of this
Act in any borough, the mayor, aldermen, and common
councilmen, and all other members of the common council
or governing body of the body corporate named in conjunc-
tion with such borough in the said schedules (A.) and (B.),
by whatever name or style they may be known or called,
then in.oflice, shall go out of office, and their whole powers
and duties shall cease : Provided nevertheless, that any of
the persons so going out of office shall be eligible to be
elected and appointed under the provisions of this Act :
Provided also, that such persons as are justices of the peace
in any borough at the time of passing this Act con-
tinue to have and exercise all the powers which at the time
of passing this Act they have as justices of the peack,runtil
the Ist day of May, in the year 1836,,and no longer.:::Troo