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and appoint under his or their hand or hands (subject to die appro-
bation of the Lord High Chancellor of Ireland) any number of bar-
risters, not exceeding Eight, of a standing at the bar not less than
years, to revise the lists first made,
under this act. and decide, in manner hereinafter provided, upon all
objections made thereto.
And be it enacted, that each barrister an appointed shall act in and
for such county city or borough, or counties cities and boroughs, as
shall in his appointment he specified, and shall give notice in some
newspaper or newspapers published or circulated within his district,
of his intention to make a circuit of such district for the purpose of de-
; Oiling upon the lists first made under this act, relating to places within
I the same respectively, and of the several times and places at which lie
will hold sittings for that purpose ; and each barrister shall accordingly
hold such sittings at such times and places.
And be it enacted, that such bertha.= shall hear and inquire
into and decide upon all objections, whether of omission or insertion,
made to the lists of voters hereby directed to be made next after the
passing of this act, and shall expunge (met each such list purporting
to ba a list of persons by this act qualified, the name of every
*son Om shall not have owned or held, in the case of a county,
for Thirty days, and in the case of a city or borough, for Sir
calendar months, at the least before the first day of the sitting at
which such list shall be considered, lands or tenement, or a dwelling.
house suilident under this act to qualify him to vote, or who shall be in
anywise incapacitated from voting at the election of members to serve
in Parliament, and shall insert therein the name of every person who
shall prove that he has owned or held any house, houses, 1. oils and
tenements of the value and for the length of time necessary under this
act to entitle him to vote at any such election, and who shall not be by
law disqualified from so voting ; and such barrister shall in like man-
ner expunge from each list purporting to be a list of persons now quali.
tied to vote, and whose right in that respect is hereby saved, the name
of every person appearing not to be so qualified or entitled, or to be le-
gally disqualified, and insert therein the name of every person omitted
therefrom who shall appear to be so entitled, and not to be disqualified
by any law from voting at elections.
And be it enacted, that no person's name shall be so expunged,
unless notice of the objection intended to be made against such
person shall have been given to such person, or left at his residence
within such County City or borough, One clear week before the
first day appointed for the sitting of the said barrister ; nor shall any
person's name be so inserted without week's clear notice
before such day, to be given to the person or persons by whom the
list shall have been originally framed, and also to be affixed upon
the doors of the principal churches, chapels, and other places of
divine worship, within the county city or borough to which the lists
shall relate.

And be it enacted, that the barrister appointed under this act to re.
vise such lists, shall have power to administer to any person professing
the Roman Catholic religion the oath now required to be taken by such
persons in order to entitle them to vote at elections ; and It shall not be
lawful for such barrister to insert or retain in any such list the name of
any person profesAng the Roman Catholic religion, unless such person
shall have taken such oath before him.

And be it enacted that each such banister shall, at his sitting
under this act, have power to administer an oath to, and examine
any person, touching any objection made to any list by him to be
decided upon ; and that any person wilfully swearing falsely on any
such examination, shall be deemed to be guilty of wilful and corrupt
perjury.
And be It enacted, that such sittings shall not be attended by
any counsel, solicitor or attorney, on behalf of any party ; and that
the banister shall at such sitting tinnily determine upon all claims,
questions or objections relating to such lists respectively, and shall in
open court write the initial letters of his name opposite each name
by him inserted or expunged, and also sign his name to each cor-
rected list.

And be it enacted, that such lists, when so corrected and signed,
shall be tacked together, so as that those belonging to each county,
city and borough may form one list for such county, city, or borough
respectively; and such entire list, so signed by such barrister, shall, in
case of a county, be transmitted by him to the Clerk of the Peace for
the proper county, and in case of a city or borough, to the proper re-
turning officer, who shall keep the same during his office, and shall,
upon the expiration thereof, hand the same to his successor; and each
clerk of the peace and returning officer shall cause copies of such re.
spective lists to be printed at the expense of such county, city, or bo.
rough, and a copy of such printed lists shall be delivered to any person
applying for the same, on payment of the sum of Sixpence.
And be it enacted, that the lists so transmitted to and lodged
with the clerk of the peace and returning officer respectively, shall
be the lists of electors to vote at elections of knights, citizens and
burgesses for the respective counties,' cities and boroughs for which
the same shall have been made at any election to be held within
Twelve months next after the First Day of December in each year;
that the persons whose names shall be therein contained, and no others,
shall be deemed to be duly registered within this Act; and that no
person shall be allowed to vote at any such election whose name shall
not appear in such lists.
And be it enacted, that no inquiry whatever shall be permitted to be
made at any election, as to the right of voting of any person thereat,
save only whether his qualification for voting has expired, and whether
the person claiming to vote be the same person whose nameappears in the
list deposited with the clerk of the peace or returning officer, and whether
such claimant has previously voted at the same election, all which in.
quirks the returning officer, sheriff, or his deputy, shall (if required on
behalf of any candidate) make from each voter at the time of tendering
his vote, and not after, upon the affidavit or affirmation of such voter,
to be snide in the form in the schedule to this act annexed; and that
any person wilfully swearing or affirming falsely in such affidavit or
affirmation shall be deemed to be guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury r
provided always, that the oath against bribery, which may now by law
be administered to any person tendering his vote at any election, may be
administered to such person at the desire of any candidate, in like
manner as the same might lawfully be administered before the pas-
sing of this act.
And be it enacted, that upon petition to the House of Commons,
complaining of an undue election of any knight, citizen, or burgess,
any petitioner shall be at liberty to question the correctness of the
lists settled by such barrister, and to prove that any nun or names
was or were improperly retained, inserted, expunged, or omitted
therein or therefrom, at the reFistration next preceding the return
complained of; and the committee to whom the merits of such
petition may be referred may inquire into the objection so made to
much list, and alter the poll taken at such election according to the
truth of the case, and direct the return to be amended accordingly.
And be it enacted, that no barrister nominated or appointed under
this act shall be eligible for twelve months next after the time of his
appointment to serve in Parliament for any county, city, town or bo-
, rough within the district in which he shall have acted ; and each such
barrister shall be paid a sum not exceeding each day of his sitting.
And be it enacted, with respect to any list made under this act
for any year after the present, that the assistant barrister at his
civil bill court in each county, and in each city town or borough
locally situate within or adjoining to such county, and in the
county of Dublin, the chairman of quarter sessions„.ehall have and
exercise all rights, duties, powers and authorities for the revision of
such lists, and shall be subject to such and the like liabilities, dine-
, dons, rules and regulations with respect thereto u are herein before
provided with respect to banisters nominated and appointed by the
lord lieutenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland.
And be it enacted, that in case of a county election, the clerk of the
peace, or in case of any other election the pper returning officer, shall
three days at the least before the day fixed- for such election, cause to
be made for the use of each booth employed at such de ction, a true
copy of the list of voters deposited with him, and shall under his hand
certify every such copy to be true and correct; and in case any clerk of
the peace or re•urni: g officer shall neglect to provide or certify any
%itch copy, or knowingly certify as true and correct any untrue
or incurrtct eqpy or document pqrporting to be a copy of any such
list, the person so offending shall for such offence forfeit the sum of
to be recovered by an information in any of
his Majesty', superior tours of record, in the name of his Majesty's
Attorney-00).rd. and to be ',rid to the use of his Majesty.
And be enacted, that at all centesied elections for a member
or members to serve in parliament for any city or borough, the
poll shall commence on the day of nomination or on the day next'
following (not being Sunday;) and that the number of hours during
which the poll shall continue open, shall on the first day be seven
and on the second day eight, and, that the poll shall on no account
be kept open later titan of the clock in the afternoon of
the second day.
And be it further eitacted, that the final stater of the poll at such
election shall be declared net later than two of the clock in the after.
noon of the third day, not including Sunday, after the opening of the
poll ; and the returning officer shall return the members to serve in
Parliament by virtue of such election immediately after the final state
of the pull shall be declared.