THE

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

(CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES)

ACT, 1883.

EDITED

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND FULL EXPLANATORY
AND LEGAL NOTES,

BY

HENRY HOBHOUSE, M.A.,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

TOGETHER WITH

TABLES OF THE LEGAL MAXIMUM EXPENDITURE FOR
ALL CONSTITUENCIES;

AN APPENDIX OF ELECTION ACTS;

W. MAXWELL & SON, 8, BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR,
Law Booksellers and Publishers.

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1883.

LONDON:

BRADBURY, AGNEW, & Co., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

Dedicated

TO

SIR HENRY JAMES, Q.C., M.P.,

HER MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY-GENERAL,

THE PRINCIPAL AUTHOR OF THE NEW PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ACT,

WHOSE GREAT TACT, ABILITY, AND PATIENCE WERE NEVER MORE

CONSPICUOUSLY SHEWN THAN IN HIS CONDUCT OF THAT

MEASURE THROUGH THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

(JUNE 4-AUGUST 11, 1983).