The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-03 00:00:00

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AS TO THE POLLING.

3.—That the returning officer shall provide, be-
•tween the day of receiving the writ and the day of
election, printed voting papers in the form pre-
scribed in schedule A, annexed hereto, and deliver
one of such papers to every elector, who shall apply
in person, or by agent, at the place of each polling
division or place appointed by the returning officer
for the delivery of such voting papers, &c. But no
elector shall have more than one such paper de-
livered to him, each voting paper to be signed by
the voter on delivery, and to be attested by the
clerk of such returning officer. A closed box to be
provided by the returning officer, and to be placed
in each polling place, and the returning officer's
clerk to enter in a poll book the number on the Fe-
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deposit it unopened in the box ; and, on the day
next after the election, the returning officer, at a
place appointed by him, to open the several boxes
in the presence of the candidates, and two of their
friends, if they think proper to attend, and com-
plete the poll book by inserting therein, from
each voting paper, the name of the can-
didate or the candidates for whom the
elector has voted; and, every voting paper
being so registered, the returning officer shall cast
up the poll, and, at his discretion, immediately after
the casting of the poll, or on the succeeding day, at
12 o'clock at noon, declare in open court, the num-
ber of votes given for each candidate ; and that the
candidate or candidates, as the case may be, having
the largest number of votes, shall be declared duly
elected.

Remuneration of under sheriff or the deputy of
any other returning officer, £lO5, independent of
all disbursement, to be paid out of the county rate
or borough fund. _ _

4.—Nomination day, previous to the election day, I
to be abolished, and no other nomination to take
place, except the candidates inscribing their names
in the book, to be provided as aforesaid.
s.—The candidate not to be liable to any charges
or expenses whatsoever. The returning officer shall
have, from first to last, the sole control and direc-
tion of the business of the election, and all the
charges and expenses to be paid him in every re-
spect, and he she.ll prepare a full account of the
same, and deliver such account to the treasurer of
the city, borough, county, or division of a county,
and, such account being verified by the sheriff and
under sheriff, or other returning officer and his
deputy, such treasurer shall pay the same out of
the borough fund or county rate, as the case may
be.

6. Within three days after the declaration of the
election, the returning officer, or his deputy, to
issue a printed notice, by handbill, distributed
widely in the said city, borough, county, or divi-
sion of a county, offering a reward of £25 to any
one, two, three, or four persons who can furnish
evidence of any bribery or corrupt practices, by, or
on behalf of any of the candidate 3 declared to be
elected, and the returning officer or his deputy, on
the advice of counsel, to be fully autLorisecl to peti•
tion the House of Commons against the return of
any such candidate, and proceed thereon to the
judgment of the committee to whom the petition
may be referred, and all the lawful costs of the re-
turning officer, or his deputy, to be a charge upon,
and paid out of the city, borough, or county rate, as
the case may be, the said rewards of £25 to be paid
after the full hearing and judgment of the House of
Commons.