The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,

1. That the number of Guardians of the Poor to be elected
for the said Parish is Twenty-five. _ _ _ . . .

2. That any person not otherwise disqualified by law, who
shall be rated to the Poor-rate in the Parish in respect of
hereditaments of the annual value or rental of Forty Pounds,
is qualified to become a Candidate for the office of Guardian
at the said Election.

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-3. That any Ratepayer nho shall have been rated to the
Poor-rate in the said Parish, for the whole year immediately
preceding his voting, and shall have paid the Parochial Rates
and Assessments made and assessed on him for one whole
year, as well as those due from him at the time of voting,
except those which have been made or become due within
six months immediately preceding such voting, will be enti-
tled, on the Election of Guardians for the said Parish, to the
numhcr of votes following, (that is to say,)--:

It he be rated at any-istina under £2-06, he will have one
vote.
If he be rated at £2OO, but under £4OO, he will have two
votes.

And if rated at £-100, or more, he will have three votes.
And that any Owner of Rateable Property situate within 4he
said Parish, who shall have given to one of the Overseers
thereof, previous to the day on which he shall claim to vote,
a statement, in writing, of his Name and Address, and the
description of Property in the Parish, as owner whereof he
claims to vote, will be entitled to have the number of votes
at the Election of the Guardians for the said Parish as fol-
lows, (that is to say,)—
If the aggregate amount of the Assessment, for the time
being, of any Property btlonging to such Owner, or
on any person or persons in respect of the same, to
the Poor-rates, shall not amount to £5O, he will have
one vote.
If the same shall amount to £5O, and not to £75, he will
have two votes.
If the same shall amount to £75, and not to £lOO, he
will have three votes.
If the same shall amount to £lOO, and not to £125, he
will have four votes.
If the same shall amount to £125, and not to £l5O, he
will have five votes.
if the same shall amount to £l5O, or upwards, he will
have six votes.
Any Owner of such Property may, by writing under his band,
appoint any person to vote as his Proxy, but such Proxy
must, previous to the day on which he shall claim to vote,
give to one of the Overseers of the said Parish a statement,
in writing, of his own Name arid Address, and also the Name
and Address of the Owner appointing him such Proxy, and a
description of the Property as Proxy to the Owner whereof
he claims to Vote, and also an original or attested copy of
the writing appointing him such Proxy.

4. Thatthe'last day on which nominations can be received
is the Fourteenth day of March instant. Nominations of
Guardians must be made according to the form prescribed by
the Poor Law Commissioners, printed copies of which may
be had on application to me, and shall be received by
WILLIAM CARTMALE, Master of the Clarendon-rooms, No.
1, South John-street, Liverpool.
5. That I shall, if more than Twenty-five Guardians shall
be nominated for the said Parish, cause Voting Papers to be.
delivered on the Twenty-first day of March instant, to the
address in the Parish of each Ratepayer, Owner, or Proxy
qualified to vote, which Voting Papers will contain full in-
structions as to the mode of voting ; and that on the Tw%ntr)7
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fourth day of March I shall cause such Voting Papers t
collected.
6. That on the Twenty-sixth day of March,
I
at the Parish Office, Fenwick-street, in Liverpool, attend
at
hour of Ten in the Forenoon, and that I shall on that, and,
if necessary, the following days, proceed to ascertain the num-
ber of votes given for each Candidate:
Given under say hand this Seventh dayof:
LAWRENCE,NIarch, 1842.
HENRY
Noy:ping Officer of the Parish of Liverpool.