Ridgway's parliamentary manual. Also the principal laws regulating parliamentary elections ed. by A.M. Sullivan1884 |
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... presiding in any court held for the revision of the lists of voters , or his deputy in Ireland , and a sheriff or sheriff's court of appeal in Scotland , and every other person whose duty it may be to hold a court for the revision and ...
... presiding in any court held for the revision of the lists of voters , or his deputy in Ireland , and a sheriff or sheriff's court of appeal in Scotland , and every other person whose duty it may be to hold a court for the revision and ...
Page 166
... presiding at the trial may adjourn the same from time to time and from any one place to any other place within the county or borough , as to him may seem expedient . 13. At the conclusion of the trial the judge who tried the petition ...
... presiding at the trial may adjourn the same from time to time and from any one place to any other place within the county or borough , as to him may seem expedient . 13. At the conclusion of the trial the judge who tried the petition ...
Page 184
... presiding at the polling station ( in this Act called " the presiding officer " ) after having shown to him the official mark at the back . Any ballot paper which has not on its back the official mark , or on which votes are given to ...
... presiding at the polling station ( in this Act called " the presiding officer " ) after having shown to him the official mark at the back . Any ballot paper which has not on its back the official mark , or on which votes are given to ...
Page 199
... presiding officer to pre- side at each station , and the officer so appointed shall keep order at his station , shall regulate the number of electors to be admitted at a time , and shall exclude all other persons except the clerks , the ...
... presiding officer to pre- side at each station , and the officer so appointed shall keep order at his station , shall regulate the number of electors to be admitted at a time , and shall exclude all other persons except the clerks , the ...
Page 200
... presiding officer . ” The said declaration , in this Act referred to as " the declaration of inability to read , " shall be made by the voter at the time of polling , before the presiding officer , who shall attest it in the form herein ...
... presiding officer . ” The said declaration , in this Act referred to as " the declaration of inability to read , " shall be made by the voter at the time of polling , before the presiding officer , who shall attest it in the form herein ...
Common terms and phrases
31 Victoriæ aforesaid amend appointed April ballot paper bart burgess lists candidate census of 1881 City or Borough claim Colonel county or borough day of July declaration deemed Duke Earl Eastern Division Edward election agent election court election petition enacted entitled to vote George guilty Henry House illegal practice Ireland James judge June Lancashire Lincolnshire list of voters Lord manner member or members members to serve municipal borough Northern Division notice of objection occupier offence Overseers paid parish or township parliamentary borough Parliamentary Elections Parliamentary Registration Act Parliamentary voters payment persons entitled Place of Abode polling districts polling places polling station Population according premises provisions purpose pursuance qualification Re-elected register of voters relating Resigned respect returning officer revising barrister Right Right Hon Schedule Scotland Sept serve in Parliament thereof town clerk Vict Viscount Viscount Castlereagh voting paper William William IV Worcestershire Yorkshire
Popular passages
Page 134 - Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election; 5. Every person who shall advance or pay or cause to be paid, any money to or to the use of any other person with the intent that such money or any part thereof shall be expended in bribery at any election...
Page 314 - ... any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce any voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of such voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : 2.
Page 271 - ... for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a Candidate...
Page 315 - ... (3.) Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, make any such gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure or endeavour to procure the return of any person to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election.
Page 200 - ... voter to be marked on a ballot paper in manner directed by such voter, and the ballot paper to be placed in the ballot box, and the name and number on the register of voters of every voter whose vote is marked in pursuance of this rule, and the reason why it is so marked, shall be entered on a list, in this Act called " the list of votes marked by the presiding officer.
Page 302 - Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that Schedule mentioned : Provided that...
Page 277 - ... not be subject to any of the consequences under this Act of the said act or omission, the court may make an order allowing such act or omission to be an exception from the provisions of this Act which would otherwise make the same an illegal practice, payment, employment, or hiring, and thereupon such candidate, agent, or person shall not be subject to any of the consequences under this Act of the said act or omission.
Page 140 - Every man shall, in and after the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, be entitled to be registered as a voter, and, when registered, to vote for a member or members to serve in parliament for a county, who is qualified as follows; (that is to say,) 1. Is of full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity...
Page 243 - ... the clock in the forenoon, and four of the clock in the afternoon of any day except Sunday...
Page 197 - Printing-House, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St.