The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

ELECTION BY THE DOCK RATEPAYERS OF FOUR
MEMBERS OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.
TO THE MERCHANTS. OWNERS, AND PART OWNERS
OF SHIPS, AND OTHER PERSONS DULY QUALI-
FIED TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF LIVERPOOL
DOCK RATEPAYERS, TO BE MEMBERS OF " THE
COMMITTEE FOR THE AFFAIRS OF THE ESTATE
OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE LIVEROOOL DOCKS."
T CHARLES TURNER, Esquire, Chairman of
19 the said Committee, in pursuance of the powers and pro-
visions of " The Liverpool Dock Act, 1851," do by this public
advertisement, duly published as required by the said act,
convene a MEETING of the Dock Ratepayers of Liverpool
(duly qualified as hereunder mentioned) to be holden on
WEDNEsnAy the 3d day of August next, between the hours of
Eleven of the clock in the forenoon and Four of the clock in the
afternoon, at the Dock-office, in Liverpool, for the purpose of
Electing, Nominating, and Appointing Four Liverpool Dock
Ratepayers to be MEMBERS of the said COMMITTEE, to
supply the vacancies to be occasioned by the then retirement
from the said Committee of Thomas Bold, Henry Steele,
William Healing, and William Nicol, Esquires, at present
members of the said Committee, but who will on the said last-
mentioned day cease to be such, pursuant .to a determination,
by lot, to that effect, already had in the said Committee, in
manner prescribed by the said Act.
CHARLES TURNER, Chairman.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 2181 July, 1853.

QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES AT THE SAID ELECTION.
Candidates for election to the said office must not be members
of the Town Council of Liverpool, must be natural born or
duly naturalised subjects of the United Kingdom, must have
resided within the borough of Liverpool or within eight miles
therefrom for fire years previously to the day of election, and
must each have paid dock rates and duties to the amount of
.t'2s on his individual account, or as agent for others residing
not less than eight miles from Liverpool, or of '5O, if paid by
any house of trade in Liverpool in which he may be a partner
within a year immediately preceding such election, and must
not be a director or other officer of any other dock, basin,
wharf, quay, pier, or landing-place within the port of Liver-
pool now exempt by law from the payment of a portion of the
Liverpool dock rates.

QUALIFICATION OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT THE
SAID ELECTION.—The (lock ratepayers qualified to vote at
the said election are those persons who respectively paid, either
as principals or agents, dock rates and duties to the amount
of .410 within one year previously to the 25th of June last, and
whose names now appear on the annual alphabetical printed
list of persons so qualified, which list has been duly published
and revised according to law, and may at any time be inspected
at the dock-office.
The said retiring members are re-eligible.

AT a large MEETING of STEAM-PACKET
AGENTS, and OWNERS. of STEAMERS, convened by
circular, and held in Mr. Lamont's Office, on Friday, the 29th
July, 1853,—
ROBERT LAMONT, Esq., in the Chair,—
It was proposed by Mr. FULTON (of Langtrys and Co.),
seconded by Mr. ORFORD, and resolved unanimously,—" That
the Steam-trade of this Port is of that magnitude and impor-
tance that it is fairly entitled to be represented in the Dock
Committee, and this Meeting pledge themselves to use every
effort to attain that object."

It was proposed by Mr. FAT RCLOUGH, seconded by Mr. R ETD
and resolved unanimously,—" That J. K. Rounthwaite, Esq.,, be requested to consent to allow his name to be brought for-
ward at the ensuing Election as a Candidate to fill one of the
vacancies in the Dock Committee."

Mr. Rounthwaite having consented to act, if elected, it was
unanimously resolved,—" That a Sub-committee be at once
appointed to take active measures for canvassing the Dock
Ratepayers by issuing Voting Cards, Circulars, &c. ; and this
Meeting pledge themselves to use all means in their power to
ensure Mr. Rounthwaite's election."

The thanks of the Meeting were unanimously given to Mr,
Lamont for his conduct in the chair.

FREDK. A

TAINIPLIN, Honorary Secretary

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