, 1865-03-21

tive districts, but in respect to the re-
representatives. to be elected it is accord
Ing to the Colonial Law, s 10, not requisite
that they should be residents in the dis
trict which they represent. and therefore
a person named in any OF the lists IS eli
oibIe in all the. districts" Thus It was
clearly shewn, that the intent of publish
ING these lists was TO furnish the electors
with the most reliable information pos
sille of all Inhabitants that were eligible
for election, since eligibility did not de-
pend upon the persons's residing within
a particular municipality, for when ell
gi6les in one municipality he was eligible
in all, and it was so much more requisite
to have such q List as the Council could
only meet in one of the Islands, and as the
electors might find it advisable or neces-
sary to eject persons residing without
the municipality, they ought to have a
knowledge of all persons eligible to be
elected members. According to y y
and 10 Of the Colonial Law of 26th March
1882 eligibility as member of the Colo
NAL Council was considered generally TO
be based on the riaht of voting in any
one ofthe electoral districts, so that the
list Of voters could in general also serve
as a list Of persons that were eligible to
he voted for. This is, however, for the
greater part changed by the new Colonial
Law. In order to be eligible for election
it is now requisite, that the person shall
be residing within the same municipality
which he is TO represent ; and Just as 1t
has never been considered necessary that
the Burgher Councils should have caused
lists Of persons eligible for election to the
said Councils to be printed previous TO
elections, it does not appear, that there
is more reason to do this now, even II 1t
could he done, with reference to the new
Colonial Councils. But moreover it can
not be done at all, for 5 10 Of the new
Colonial Law expressly stipulates, that q
PERSONS eligibility does not at all depend
upon his name beng On the list Of persons
entitled to vote. All persons who other
wise possess the qualifications required
according to 10, but who, for Instance,
because they neglected 10 announce that
they have a yearly income of $500, have
for a certain period lost their right of
voting, are nevertheless eligible TO be vot-
Ell for, and should they be elected they
cannot decline accepting the election, eX-
cept they can do so in virtue Of ) 81.
Therefore if the Government had caused
to be printed lists of the voters, thereby
iuferriug that such lists could be used as
a guide in regard to persons eligible to be
eIected-and this could be the only good
motive for having such lists printed and
published, that would only have been
leading the voters astray, since 1t could
be the case, that the names of those very
men whom the voters may prefer to elect
as their representatives in the Council,
NAV not be on the lists. The voters
when considering what individuals are
most worthy to be elected, need certainly
have no list of the names of persons eli
gjbIe, but simply to search out those men
in the community, possessing intelli-
gence and responsibility, whom they could
consider worthy of their choice, and it will
bean easy matter for any voter to decide for
himself whether an individual for whom
he would like to vote is eligible or not,
in accordance with 5 Is of the Colonial
Law.
The "Tidende" for the 18th of Janu-
arv. No. 3, contains aG article, refer