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London, England, 1831-03-16 00:00:00

tsg ;•• e en.inie.i, by re I. r. 11 r ovk lit r.hip or pois..s,ion of any
ffeehold, :easehold, or co., 0.'41, or cu.tomary lands or tenements
situate whilst such parish or township, to vote in any election for a
hright of the shire to serve for the county wherein such parish or town.
ip hr., and shall on or I cube the day if in the present
r, and on or before the day of in each suc-
ceeding year, cause such list to he affixed on the doors of all the churches
Of chapels within such p,..rish or township, or if there be no church or
chapel, this to l-e fix, LI up Us some public and conspicuous situation
wi•hin the .7.mr respectivtly on the first three Sundays in the month of
September in each ; and on or before the lwenty-Jifih day of
Sepu nber i.s ezch yeas sh .11 send such list to the high constable or
high constables an the hundred wherein such parish or township lies,
who sba:l forthwith transmit the same to the clerk of the peace of the
county.

And be it enacted, that the judges named in the last commission
of assize for each county, immediately after the l (using of this act,
and in each succeeding year the judges of assize for each county
when travelling the Summer Circuit, shill nominate and appoint
(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 to revise such lists, and decide upon all objections
to the omission or insertion of the names therein respectively ; and
that such b...rrister so appointed as aforesaid shall give public notice by
advertisement in the county newspaptrs, that he will make a circuit or
the county for which he shall h.: so nominated and appointed, and of the
'Lycral times and places at which he v. ill hold courts for that purpose,
:.ad he shall hold au open court for that purpose at the times and places
auto be announced; and that such barrister shall be paid for discharging
the duty so cast upon him, out of the at the rate of not
wore than or less than

for every slay that he shall be so employed: Provided always that no
barrister so nominated and appointed as aforesaid shall be eligible to
serve in parliament for twelve months from the end of such his appoint-
ment for the county for which he shall be nominated and appointed.
A^d he is enacted, that the said barrister shall enquire into and
t;etertnine all such objections as aforesaid, and shall expunge the names
of all persons who shall not have owned or held the landsur tenements
in respect of which he claims to vote for the space of Thirty days at the
least before the first day of holding the said caurt, or who shall be inca-
pacitated by any law or statute from voting in the election of members
to serve in parliament, and shall insert the name of any person who may
to the satisfaction of such barrister prove himself to have owned or held
such land.; and tenements as ;nay entitle him to a vote in the rcxt en-
suing election, and who shall not be proved incapable by law of voting
in the election of Members to serve in Parliament ; provided that no
name shall be expunged or inserted without such notice and publication
.•S is herein-before required in respect to the lists to be made for Cities
and B. roughs.
And be it enacted, That such returning officer and such barrister
so holding their respective courts as aforesaid, shall have power to ad-
minister an oath to all persons making objection to the insertion or
omission of.tnv LAOIS in such list as aforesaid, and tr all parsons ob.
jetted agaisst, and to all witnesses who may be tendered on either side,
but that the said bearings shall not be attended by counsel ; and that
such returning officer or barrister shall, upon the hearing in open court,
finally determine upon the validity of such claims and objections, and
sitall its open court write his initials against the names respectively
struck nut or inserted, and sign his name to the several lists so settled.
And be it enacted, that such lists shall, when so nettled and signed,
be tacked together and form one list for the County or Division, City or
Borough respectively ; and the list so signed by the said banister shall
be transmitted to the Clerk of the Peace of the County for which he
shall have been appointed ; and the list so signed by the said returning
officer shall be by hint kept and handed over at the expiration of his
office to the person succeeding hint in the same; and that the Clerk of
the peace and the returning officer respectively shall cause copies of the
sante to be printed at the expense of the county (which shall be deli.
s creel to all persons applying, on payment of Sixpence for each copy,)
and that such lists shall be the lists of Electors to vote after the end
of this present Parliament, in the choice of knights, citizens and bur-
gesses for the several counties, and divisions of counties, cities and
boroughs for which such lists shall be made respectively at any Election
which may be holden after the said
day of in the present year, and before the first day of
December in the next year, and the lists to be made in each succeeding
year shall be the lists of the electors to vote at any election to be holden
after the first day of December in each succeeding year respectively.
And be it enacted, that in all elections whatever of Members to serve
in any future Parliament, no inquiry shall be permitted at the time of
polling, except as to whether the person claiming to vote be the same
whose name appears in such list, and whether such persons shall have
previously voted at the election, and uo such person shall be excluded
from voting at any such Election, except by reason of his refusing to
take the oaths or make the affirmation required by law.
Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted, that by petition to
the House of Commons, complaining of an undue election or return of
any Knight, Citizen or Burgess, any petitioner shall be at liberty to
question the correctness of the lists which shall have been settled by
such barrister or returning officer, and to prove that names were im-
properly retained, inserted, expunged or omitted at the registration
that shall have taken place next before the election or return com-
plained of; and the Committee before whom the merits of any such
petition shall be tried may inquire into the same, and alter the poll
taken at such election according to the truth of the case, and direct the
TC:11T11 to be amended accordingly ; and in case of corruption, partiality
Cr wilful misconduct, may order such costs to be paid to the peti-
tioner by such barrister or returning officer as such Committee shall
think reasonable.

And Pe it enacted, that the sheriffs of the counties directed hereby to
be divided, shall fix the several days of election for knights of the shire
for the several parts, ridings and divisions of their said respective
counties, and shall preside at the same by themselves or their lawful
deputies.
And be it enacted, that at all contested elections of Members to
serve in all future Parliaments, except elections for counties and divi-
sions of counties, the poll shall commence on the day of nomination,
or on the day next following, or at the latest on the Third day ; and
that the number of hours during which the polling shall proceed shall
on the first day of polling be seven, and on the second day eight ; and
that the poll shall en no account be kept open later than four o'clock
in the afternoon of such second day ; and the final state of the poll shall
be declared not later than two o'clock in the afternoon of the third day
after the poll shall be opened ; and the returning officer or officers shall
return the member or members to serve in Parliament by virtue of such
election immediately after the final state of the poll is declared.
And be it enacted, that if on the day of election of a knight to serve
in any future parliament for any county or division more candidates
shall be proposed for the choice of the electors than the number of va-
vancies to be filled up, and a poll shall be demanded, the polling shall
commence at nine o'clock in the forenoon of the next day but one after
the day of election, in the several places to be appointed as hereinafter
directed by the magistrates for taking polls; and the final state of the
poll shall be declared at noon of the firth day after the said day of
election.

And be it enacted, that the justices of the peace for each county as-
sembled at the general quarter sessions to be holden nest afrer the pass-
ing of this Act, and after such proclamations as hereinbtfore men-
tioned, making known the divisions and incorporations of the said
counties for which, after the passing of this act, knights of the shire
shall be elected, to serve in all future parliaments, or at some special
sessions to be by then: appointed, and of which at lean there shall be
givtn tot days public notice, shall consider and shall have full power
to appoint convenient places within such counties and divisions for
taking the poll at all future elections of knights of the shire to serve
in parliament .or the said counties and divisions respectively, in such
manner that no person shall have to travel more than fi teen wiles from
the property in respect of which he claims to vote; provided that no
county or division of a county now entitled or by this act empowered to
send knights of the shire to serve in parliament shall have more than
fig teen places appointed for taking the poll for the same respectively.

And be it enacted, that the said justices of the peace shall have the
like authority to appoint different places, at the end of tiro years from
the first appointment to he made for that purpose, and that a list of
the polling places to be so appointed shall he lodged with the clerk of
the peace of each county ; and ►hat the names of such places so ap.
pointed shall he inserted on lists to be affixed on the door of the
churches and chapels within each county and division immediately after
they are so made according to the last appointment, and the polling at
election, shall take place according to the list last lodged, in conformity
to this enactment, with the said clerk of the peace.

And be it enacted, that every election of members to serve in all
future parliaments for all cities and boroughs in England shall be held,
carried on and concluded in some one place, and under the superintend.
rice and controui of the same returning officer or officers ; but there
shall be appointed for raking the poll at such election different booths
for different pari.hes districts nr places, so divided and allotted as to the
returning officer or officers shall seam most convenient, of which diet.
sion and allotment public notice shall be given, so that no greater num.
bcr than sir hundred shall be required to poll at any one booth.
And be it enacted, That, after the end of this present parliament,
all booths to be built for the convenience of taking polls shall be erected
by contract with the candidates, or if they cannot agree, such booths
shall be erected by tlle sheriff or other returning officer or officers at
the joint and equal expense of the several candidates; and that the
clerks employed in taking the poll shall be paid One guinea by the
day by each of the candidates at such election : provided always, that
if any person shall be proposed without his consent, then the person so
proposing him shall be liable to defray his share of the said szpenses in
like manner as if he had been a candidate.

And be it enacted, that the number of hours during which the poll
for any county or division, than be taken on the first day shall be seven,
and on the second day shall be eight; and that no poll shall be kept
open later than four o'clock in the afternoon of the mond day.
And be it enacted, that the poll-Jerks, at the close of each day's
poll of an election for any meaty or division, shall enclose and seal
their several books, and shall its open court deliver them so sealed to
the sheriff or to his deputy presidlag at such poll, who shall give a re-
ceipt for the same; and the sheriff or his deputy who so receives, shall,
on the commencement of the poll on the second day, deliver them back