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September.

32, 33, 40, 43, 44, and 45 of this precept,
respecting claims and objections in re-
lation to an ownership qualification* ; and
(b) in any other case as is directed by para-
graphs 41 to 45 of this precept respecting
claims and objections in relation to the
lists of occupation voters,*

but any list made under this paragraph must
be kept separate from any other list.

Attendance upon Revising Barrister.

47. You are to attend the court to be holden by the revising barrister for the revision of the lists of voters for your parish [or township]; and notice will be sent you of the time and place of holding such court.

You are, at such court, to deliver to the revising barrister holding it the following documents,-

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(d.) all notices of the withdrawal or revival of objections received by you,

*and you are there to produce the rate books of your parish [or township] containing the poor rates made and allowed during the period between the 5th day of January in last year and the 15th day of July next.*

If you fail to comply with this precept you will be liable to the penalties in that case provided.

Given under my hand this day of (Signed) A.B. Clerk of the peace for the county of

GENERAL FORMS.

PART I.

FORMS FOR OWNERSHIP VOTERS.

Note. The following forms No. 2 to No. 7 refer only to ownership voters.

FORM NO. 2.

NOTICE as to OWNERSHIP CLAIMS to be

given by the OVERSEERS.

We hereby give notice, that all persons entitled to be registered as parliamentary voters for the [ division of the] county of in respect of the ownership (whether freehold, copyhold, or leasehold) of any property situate wholly or in part within this parish [or township], who are not upon the register of voters now in force, or who, being upon the register, do not retain the same qualification or continue in the same place of abode as described in such register, and who are desirous to have their names inserted in the register of voters about to be made for the said county [or division], are hereby required to give or send to us or any of us, on or before the twentieth day of July in this year, a notice in writing signed by them, in which their name and surname at full length, their place of abode, and the particulars of their qualification, must be legibly written, according to the form hereunder set forth.

Any person who is upon the present register in respect of such ownership of property as above mentioned may also make his claim, if he thinks fit; but it is not necessary that he should do so if he has the same qualification and place of abode now described in the register.

Dated this

day of June in the year
(Signed)

C.D. Overseers of the parish [or township] of

FORM of NOTICE OF CLAIM to be given to OVERSEERS by CLAIMANTS in respect of OWNERSHIP

To the overseers of the parish [or township] of

I hereby give you notice, that I claim to be inserted in the list of parliamentary voters for

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Note. The description should specify the street, lane, or other like place in the parish [or township] (if any), and number of house (if any), where the property is situate, or name of the property, if known by any, or name of the occupying tenant; or if the qualification consists of a tithe rentcharge, of the name of the rectory, vicarage, chapelry, or benefice to which the rentcharge belongs, and if it consists of any other rentcharge, then the names of the owners of the property out of which such rent is issuing, or some of them, and the situation of the property, and a statement of the registration of the claimant in respect of such rentcharge in the register in force in the year 1884.

County of

FORM NO. 3.

FORM OF LIST OF OWNERSHIP CLAIMANTS.

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The list of persons claiming to be entitled to be registered as
parliamentary voters for the [
division of the]
county of
, in respect of the ownership of property

situate in whole or in part within the parish [or township] of

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A.B. Overseers of the said
C.D. parish [or township].

Note. In this form the particulars are to be copied from the claim sent in. Overseers must insert in the foregoing list the name of the Parliamentary Division in which their parish is situate.

FORM No. 4.

NOTICE of OBJECTION to OWNERSHIP VOTERS to be given to the OVERSEERS.

To the overseers of the parish [or township] of

I hereby give you notice that I object to the name of the person mentioned and described below being retained in the list of ownership voters for the [ division of the] county

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NOTICE of OBJECTION to be given to Persons whose Names are in the Ownership portion of the Register when objected to by any Person other than Overseers, and to the occupying Tenant of the qualifying Property, where notice is required to be given to the occupying

Tenant.

To Mr.

of

[here insert the name and place of abode of the person objected to as described in the register, and in the case of notice to the tenant of the qualifying property insert his name and place of abode as described in the register].

Take notice that I object to your name [in the notice to the tenant instead of the words " your name," insert the name of the person objected to] being retained in the [here insert the name of the parish or township] list of ownership voters for the [ division of the] county

of

And I ground my objection,

on the 1st column of the register,

or on the 2nd column,

or on the 3rd column,

and the objection relates

to the nature of your interest [in the notice to the tenant instead of the words "your interest," insert "the interest of," here insert the name of the person objected to,] in the qualifying property;

or to the value of the qualifying property

or on the 4th column.

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Form (b).

NOTICE of OBJECTION to be given to Persons whose names are on the list of ownership claimants objected to by any Person other than Overseers, and to the occupying Tenant of the qualifying Property, where notice is required to be given to the occupying Tenant. To Mr. [here insert the name and place of abode of the person objected to as described in the list, and in the case of notice to the tenant of the qualifying property insert his name and place of abode as described in the list].

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Take notice that I object to your name [in the notice to the tenant instead of the words "your name," insert the name of the person objected to] being retained in the [here insert the name of the parish or township] list of ownership voters for the [ division of the] county

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LIST of PERSONS objected to as OWNERSHIP VOTERS to be published by the OVERSEERS. The following persons have been objected to as not being entitled to have their names retained in the [name of parish or township] list of ownership voters for the [

the] county of

division of

Name of each Person objected to at full Length, the Surname being first.

Place of Abode.

Nature of the supposed Qualification.

Description of qualifying Property as given in the Register

or List of Ownership Claimants.

(Signed)

A.B.Overseers of the parish [or
C.D. township] of

Note. In this form copy particulars from Register of Voters or ownership list of claimants.

FORM NO. 7.

FORM OF DECLARATION by VOTER as to his Place of Abode.

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I, A.B., of [place of abode] on the list of ownership voters for the parish [or township] of in the [ division of the] county of do solemnly and sincerely declare that I possessed on the last day of June now last past the same qualification in respect of which my name has been inserted in such list, and that my true place of abode is now

Made and subscribed by me, the in the year

day of

(Signed) A.B.
[Place of abode.]

C.D.
[Signature of justice, &c.]

[Statement of his quality as justice, &c.]

PART II.

FORMS FOR OCCUPATION VOTERS.

Note. The following forms (A.) to (O.) refer only to occupation voters.

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omitted in 1885. FORM OF REQUISITION by OVERSEERS requiring NAMES of INHABITANT OCCUPIERS. To E.F.

You are hereby required to fill up accurately the under-written form.

If this form is not returned to us [or me], accurately filled up, within twenty-one days after the service hereof, you will be liable, under the Representation of the People Act, 1884, to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

Dated this

day of

18

A.B.
C.D.

Overseers [or assistant overseer] for the parish [or township] of

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Note. The description of the property in the first column should be a copy from the rate book, and should be filled in by the overseers, and if it is a house numbered in a street should specify the street and number.

Such of the following instructions as are suitable should be annexed to the form, with such alterations, if any, as the overseers think necessary for adapting them to the circumstances of the parish or of the property to which the notice refers.

INSTRUCTIONS for filling up a FORM.

Instructions where Property consists of several Buildings; for instance, Cottages let by the Owner.
In the second column insert "cottage in
Lane," or otherwise describe its
locality.

In the third column insert, opposite to the description of the cottage in the second column, the name of the man who now inhabits it, and has inhabited it since the fifteenth day of July last.

If it has not been so inhabited state so, or omit the cottage from the second column.

The head of the family alone is considered to be the occupier.

Instructions in case of what is commonly called the Service Franchise.

The dwelling-house in the second column may be either

(a.) A separate house-for example, a schoolmaster's house; or

(b.) A part of a dwelling-house separately occupied as a dwelling-for example, a room or rooms over a stable, or caretaker's rooms in an office.

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