Star.
London, England, 1831-03-28 00:00:00

And be it enacted, that if on the d.ty of election for any ccunty, nitre
candidates shall be proposed than the number of vacancies to be filled
up, and a poll shall be demanded, the polling shall at the hour of nine
in the forenoon of the day (not being Sunday) next but one after Qt,
day of nomination, commence in the several places to be appointed by
the justices for takingi polls as hereinafter provided ; aid the county
court shall meet again at noon of the sixth day (not including Sunday)
after the day of election.
And be it enacted, that the justices of the peace for e..ch coot tt
shall at a special sessions to be by them appointed at the rnetai
or quarter sessions of the peace to. be holden next after the passiN.
of Air act, and of whiciyen days ',minds wok" at the !cam to.sl; I
given, consider of the expediency of appointing, and shall liae •
power to appoint conveliient places, not exceeding fifteen in ,
for taking the poll at elections of members to serve in parliament Ito
such county, which places shall be so fixed as that no person shall 1.,
obliged, for the purpose of voting, to travel more than fifteen mil,b fit isi
the property in respect of which he shall claim to vote.
Ard be it enacted, that the Justices of each county shall have a...
thority, et the expiration of every two years from the first apponitii.. !;
of such places for polling, to fix, if they shall so deem it expedieni,
new or different places for such polling, not exceeding in number
fifteen ; such mu appointments to be made at any session to be for
that purpose appointed and notified in the manner herein provided
shit respect to such fist appointment , sad a list or such polling
places Atilt be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace; and the polling
at each county election rewatctively shall take place according to the
lists last so lodged.
And be it enacted, that at every election of members to serve in par-
liament for any city, town, or borough, the returning officer shall pre•
side at and superintend such election :t some cne place within such city
town or borough ; and shall provide tor taking tile poll at such electio9
different booths for different parishes, districts. or divisions, in such
number and at such places as to such fficer shall seem most convenient,
of which number and places the most public notice shall be given, 5,5
that to greater number than Six hundred shall be allowed to pull at any
one booth.

And be it enacted, That after the present Parliament, all tombs
for taking polls shall be provided by co.:tract with the candidates, or,
if they cannot agree, such booths shall be prnsided by the Sheriffs or
other Returning Officer, at the joint and equal expense of the several
candidates; and the dais employed in taking the poll shall be paid
one guinea by the day by each of the candidates.
A:id be it enacted, Teat it' any person shall be proposed as a candi•
date at any election without his consent, the person so proposing hut.
shall he liable to defray his share of all such expenses, and all other
expenses attending such election, in like manner as if he had been him-
ct f a candidate, and shall, with two sufficient sureties, give security by
rcc.•goirance to his Majesty, to be taken before the Sheriff or whet
fteiurnien.• Meer, in such sum, not exceeding one hundred pound,
as to such Sheriff or Returning Officer shall seem proper, conditioned
for the payment of all such expenses.
And be it enacted, that At each county election the numb,*
hours during which the poll shall be kept open shall on the first tidy
be Seven hours, and on the second day Eight hours ; and that no poll
shall be kept open longer than Four of the clock in the afternoon of Ow
second day.
And be it enacted, that each county election shall be holden st
such of the places appointed by the justices under this act for [akin,;
polls, as to the sheriffs shall seem fit, and shall be under the sit-
perintendence of such sheriff; and such sheriff shall cause booths to 1w
erected or provided at the said several places of polling, in like manner
as is hereinbefore directed with respect to each election for any city, tor. is
or borough.
And be it enacted, that at each county election the poll clerks shall
at the close of each day's poll enclose and seal their several books, slid
shall in open court deliver them to the shtriff or his deputy presidieg
at such poll, who shall give a rzccipt for the seine ' • and the sheriff or
his deputy shall on the commencement of the poll on the second day
deliver then: back, so enclosed and ecaled, to the person from whom he
shall have received them ; and on the final close of the poll in each
booth the sheriff or his deputy shall keep such poll books so enclosed
and seared, and shall on the re-assembling of the County Court
on the Sixth day, openly examine and cast up the numbet at
votes as appearing in such books, and openly declare the state et
the poll or polls, and make proclamation of the member or inenibers
chosen.

And be it enacted, 1 hat all laws, statutes, and wages, now in foie,
respecting elections of Members to serve in Parliament for any county.
city, town or borough in Ireland, shall, save so far as they are revp,e-
Lively repealed or altered by this act, remain, and they are bcrei,y tic
clared to be in full force.

And be it enacted, That if any Sheriff, Returning Officer, Barrister,
OT other person shall wilfully contravene or disobey any provisions of
this act, he shall for each such oftence be liable to he sued for the sub'
of onshutrised pounds, to be recovered by an action of debt or Ili-
formation in the name of his Majesty's Attorney General, or any oi
person, in any of his Majesty's superior courts of record at Dubin, ;
and the Jury may in any such action find a vittlict for such full
of one.hundred pounds, or for any sum not less unto nen pound...
they shall think just; and the defendant sgainst wh nu Stlell %et ,lic
I shall be found, shall pay the amount .hereof, wit:t furl c.J.sis of suit. .0
the use of his Majes r, or of the person suing.
And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall in ail
wise prejudice or affect the right of any party grieved by any such
misconduct of any sheriff; returning officer, barri,ter, or other persrrn,
to recover in an action on the case for a false return, or such other ac-
tion as such person may by law be then entitled to maintain.
And be it enacted, that if any person included in any list rrqurrtit
to be made under this Act, but who at the time of any election stroll Je
in the enjoyment of any ce disqualifying him from voting th.retet,
shall presume so to vote, whether includ:d in such list or not, Mi, it
person shall he liable to all penalties, fortiiieres and provisions to
which he would have been subject for such offence by any law in force
at the time of committing the same ; and in ca.e of a petition to the
House of Commons fur altering the return, or setting aside the electiiiii
at which such person shall have voted. his vote shall be struck off by
the committee, with such coats as to them shall stem meet to be paid by
him to the petitioner.
And he it enacted, that in addition to those persons now qualified
and cnzltled to vote at the election of a member to serve in Puha.
ment tor the University of Dublin, every person of full age, and not
otherwise by law disqualified, who shall have obtained a scholar-hip
in the said University, shall be entitled to vote at the electiim of a
member or members to serve for the said University in any fintire
Parliament • provided such n shall have continued his n one
upon the books of the said University up to the time of such elec.
don, or shall, in ease he shall have removed his name therefrom. To -
plate the same thereon within sir calendar months after the
of this der.

And be it enacted, that the words "city or borough," used in 1..:.
act, shall be construed to include all places, whether corporute or
otherwise,entitled to send a member or members to serve in parliament ;
and that the words " returning officer" used in this act, shall he Cll4.
strued to include every person by his office entitled to preside at dn.
election of a member or members to serve in parliament, and to include
several persons so entitled.
And be it enacted, that no clergyman shall be p' rinitted to vote as
such at any election for a member or members to serve in any future
parliament, unless his name shall have been duly registered pursuant to
the provisions of this Act.
And be it declared and enacted, that every person entitled to Aro
or more freehold estates or interests in any county in Ireland, the
annual value whereof shall in the aggregate amount to ten pounds.
according to the mode of valuing freeholds now by law prescribed for
the qualification of elector', and who shall be in all other retreetr duly
qualified, shall be entitled to vote at any election for members to sent.
in any future parliament for such county, although no one of
such freehold estates may be of such annual value of ten pounds, ac-
cording to such mode of valuation.

SCHEDULE.
Oath to be taken by voters, st polling, before returning officer, sheriff
or his deputy, if required on behalf of any candidate.
I, A, B. do swear [or, being a Quaker, do affirm] that I am the same
[A. B.] whose name appears registered in the election list of thiN
county for the year
and that my qualification as such registered voter still continues, and
that I have not before voted at this election.

In the great struggle for Reform, the merit of the PRO-
VINCIAL PRESS has been great and exemplary. It has vied
with that of the Metropolis, not only in sound principles, but
in energy of composition and argument. Of 250 Provincial
Papers, at least 230 have advocated the measure, and of the
remaining 20, half have been neutral, while not more than
10 have been agents of some grovelling local interest.
It affords us the highest gratification to hear of the pro-
gress and success of that desirable triumph of Mechanks-.
STEAM CARRIA(.ES for ordinary roads. One is running
several times a day between Cheltenham and Gloucester,
with expedition, certainty, and economy Another is
running from Whitechapel to Stratford. And a third is
announced between Glasgow and Edinburgh. We may
within the summer expect to travel by them on all the roads
out of London. The Stage Masters, attached to their routine
practice, will scoff at them, till other cepitals are directed
to this new invention, and then, as in all such cases, they
will complain of interference and injury. But as soon a,.
the public can obtain these cheaper conveyances, and tra. I
ten or twelve miles an hour, without having their fee:i..gti
lacerated by the whip, the Coachmaaters may depend on it
that their conveyances will be deserted.