Cities and Boroughs.

Lists of claimants to be made.

Registered electors and claimants

XVI. AND be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any person whose name shall be on any list of voters for the time being for any city or borough, or for any person who shall have claimed to have his name inserted in any such rate books for list, upon request made by such person, at any time between the hours of ten

may inspect

purpose of any claim or objection.

of the clock in the forenoon and four of the clock in the afternoon of any day, except Sunday, between the tenth day of August and the last day of August, to any overseer or other officer having the custody of any poor-rate book, to inspect such poor-rate book, and make extracts therefrom for any purpose relating to any claim or objection made or intended to be made by or against such person; and every such overseer or other officer as aforesaid is hereby required, upon such request as aforesaid, to permit such inspection, and the making of such extracts, without payment of any fee.

Notice of objection to be given to the overseers, or to the town clerk;

to be given to the town clerk of such city, borough, or place a notice, according to the form numbered (7.) in the said schedule (B.), or to the like effect; and the overseers and town clerks respectively shall include the names of all persous so claiming as aforesaid in lists, according to the forms numbered (8.) and (9.) respectively in the said schedule (B.)

and also to the person objected to.

Persons named

XVII. AND be it enacted, that every person whose name shall have been in the list may inserted in any list of voters for any city or borough may object to any other

object to others as not being entitled to be in the list.

person as not having been entitled on the last day of July next preceding to have his name inserted in any list of voters for the same city or borough; and every person so objecting shall, on or before the twenty-fifth day of August in that year, give or cause to be given a notice, according to the form numbered (10.) in the said schedule (B.), or to the like effect, to the overseers who shall have made out the list in which the name of the person so objected to shall have been inserted, or if the person objected to shall have been inserted in the list of freemen of any city or borough, except the city of London, then to the town clerk of such city or borough; and every person so objecting shall also give or cause to be left at the place of abode of the person objected to, as stated in the said list, a notice, according to the form numbered (11.) in the said schedule (B.); and every notice of objection shall be signed by the person objecting.

Lists of persons
objected to
to be made.

XVIII. AND be it enacted, that the said overseers shall include the names of all persons so objected to in a list, according to the form numbered (12.) in the said schedule (B.); and every town clerk shall include the names of all persons so objected to as freemen in a list, according to the form numbered

Such lists, and (13.) in the said schedule (B.); and the said overseers and town clerks respec

the lists of claimants, to be published.

tively shall sign each of the said lists, and cause copies thereof to be written or printed, and shall publish the said list of persons objected to, and the said list of claimants as aforesaid, on or before the first day of September in the

Copies of lists said year; and shall keep copies of the said lists, and shall allow the same,

and notices of
objection to
be kept for
inspection
and sale.

and also the notices of objection which they shall have received, to be perused
by any person, without payment of any fee, at any time between the hours of
ten of the clock in the forenoon and four of the clock in the afternoon of any
day, except Sunday, during the first fourteen days of September in the said
year, and shall deliver copies of each of such lists to any person requiring the
same, on payment of a price for each copy after the rate contained in the table
numbered (1.) in the schedule (D.) to this Act annexed.

Cities

XIX. AND be it enacted, that the said overseers shall, on or before the Boroug twenty-ninth day of August in every year, deliver to the said town clerk a copy of the said list of voters, made out by them as aforesaid, and a copy of Overseers the said list of persons who shall have claimed as aforesaid, and a copy of the of lists to list of persons objected to as aforesaid.

deliver co

town cler]

XX. AND be it enacted, that for providing a list of such of the freemen of Freemen : liverymen the city of London as are liverymen of the several companies entitled to vote the city of in the election of a member or members to serve in Parliament for the city of London. London, the secondaries of the said city shall, on or before the twentieth day of July in every year, issue precepts to the clerks of the said livery companies, requiring them to make out or cause to be made out, at the expence of the respective companies, an alphabetical list, according to the form numbered (1.) in the schedule (C.) to this Act annexed, of the freemen of London, being liverymen of the said respective companies, and entitled to vote in such election; and every such clerk shall sign such list, and transmit the same, with two printed copies thereof, to the secondaries, on or before the last day of July, who shall forthwith fix one such copy in the Guildhall and one in the Royal Exchange of the said city, there to remain fourteen days; and the clerks of the said livery companies shall cause a sufficient number of copies of such lists of freemen and liverymen of their respective companies to be printed, at the expence of the respective companies, and shall keep and allow the same to be perused by any person without payment of any fee, at any time between the hours of ten of the clock in the forenoon and four of the clock in the afternoon of any day, except Sunday, during fourteen days next after such lists shall have been published, and shall deliver the same to any person applying for the same, on payment of a price for each copy after the rate contained in the table numbered (1.) in the schedule (D.) to this Act annexed; and every person whose name shall have been omitted in any such list of freemen and liverymen, and who shall claim to have his name inserted therein, as having been entitled on the last day of July then next preceding to have his name inserted in such list, shall, on or before the twenty-fifth day of August in such year, give or cause to be given a notice according to the form numbered (2.) in the said schedule (C.), or to the like effect, to the secondaries and to the clerk of that company in the list whereof he shall claim to have his name inserted; and every person whose name shall have been inserted in any list of voters for the time being for the said city may object to any other person as not having been entitled on the last day of July then next preceding to have his name inserted in any such livery list; and every person so objecting shall, on or before the said twenty-fifth day of August, give to such other person, or leave at his place of abode, as described in such list, a notice, according to the form numbered (4.) in the said schedule (C.), or to the like effect, and shall also give to the secondaries, and to the clerk of that company in the list whereof the name of the person objected to has been inserted, notice according to the form numbered (5.) in the said schedule (C.), or to the like effect; and the secondaries shall include the names of all persons so claiming, and so objected to as aforesaid, in two several lists, according to the forms numbered (3.) and (6.) in the said schedule (C.), and shall cause such lastmentioned lists to be fixed in the Guildhall and Royal Exchange of the said city on or before the first day of September, and shall likewise keep copies

What shall be
publication
of notice.

thereof, and allow the same to be perused by any person without payment of any fee, at any time between the hours of ten of the clock in the forenoon and four of the clock in the afternoon of any day, except Sunday, during the fourteen days following the first publication of the said list, and shall deliver copies thereof to any person applying for the same, on payment of a price for each copy after the rate contained in the table numbered (1.) in the schedule (D.) to this Act annexed.

XXI. AND be it enacted, that for all the purposes of forming a register of voters for the borough of New Shoreham and for the borough of Cricklade respectively, under the provisions of this Act, all persons having a right to vote for the borough of New Shoreham in respect of any freeholds which may be situate in the borough of Horsham, or for the borough of Cricklade in respect of any freeholds which may be situate in the borough of Malmesbury, shall be inserted in the same lists of voters respectively in which they are to be inserted by the directions in that behalf of the said recited Act.

XXIII. AND be it enacted, that every notice, list, register, or other document herein required to be published shall be so published, except where some other mode or place of publication is herein expressly provided, by being fixed in some public and conspicuous situation on the outside of the outer door or outer wall near the door of the buildings herein-after named for that purpose; (that is to say,) in the case of publication by overseers, every church and public chapel in their parish or township, including places of public worship which do not belong to the Established Church, and in the case of publication by a town clerk, the town hall, or in either case, if there be no such building as is herein-before named for that purpose, then in some public and conspicuous situation within the parish or township, city, borough, or place respectively.

Time for
tion shall be.

XXIV. AND be it enacted, that in all cases in which any notice, list, which publica- register, or other document shall, pursuant to the provisions aforesaid, be

affixed on or near the door of any church, chapel, town hall, or other place, the same shall continue so fixed for a period including two consecutive Sundays at the least next after the day on or before which the same is hereinbefore required to be published; and in case the same shall be destroyed, mutilated, effaced, or removed before the expiration of such period the party herein-before required to publish the same as aforesaid shall, as soon as conveniently may be, publish in like manner in its place another notice, list, register, or other document, to the like purport and effect with the notice, list, register, paper, or document so destroyed, mutilated, effaced, or removed.

Fresh notices,
&c. to be put
up in place
of any de-
stroyed, &c.

XXII. AND be it enacted, that every precinct or place, whether extraparochial or otherwise, which shall have no overseers of the poor, shall, for the purpose of making any claim, and making out any list directed by this Act, be deemed to be within the parish or township adjoining thereto, and sharing in the right of election to which such claim or list may relate; and if such parish or place shall adjoin two or more parishes or townships situated as aforesaid, it shall be deemed to be within the least populous of such parishes or townships, according to the last census for the time being.

Penalty for destroying, &c. notices, &c.

XXV. AND be it enacted, that every person who shall wilfully destroy, mutilate, efface, or remove any notice, list, register, or other document so affixed as aforesaid, during the period during which the same is herein-before

required to remain so affixed, shall for every such offence forfeit any sum not exceeding forty shillings nor less than ten shillings to any person who will sue for the same, to be recovered in a summary manner before any two justices of the peace.

List not

validated imperfec

XXVI, AND be it enacted, that no list shall be invalidated by reason that it shall not have been affixed in every place and for the full time hereinbefore required for publication thereof, but that the barrister shall proceed to publicati revise and adjudicate upon every such list which shall have been affixed in any place and for any part of the time herein-before mentioned in that behalf; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt the overseer, town clerk, or other person charged with the duty of publishing such list as aforesaid from the penalties of his neglect or wilful default.

Cour

Cities

Boror

XXVII. AND be it enacted, that in case no list of voters shall have been If no list made out for any parish, township, or place in any year, or in case such list made out published shall not have been affixed in any place herein-before mentioned in that former lis behalf, the register of voters for that parish, township, or place then in force be in forc shall be taken to be the list of voters for that parish, township, or place for the year then next ensuing, and the provisions herein contained respecting any such list of voters shall be taken to apply to such register as aforesaid.

justice an judges of assize to appoint be risters for

revising li

XXVIII. AND be it enacted, that the lord chief justice of the Court of Lord chie Queen's Bench shall, in the month of July or August in every year, appoint so many barristers as he shall deem necessary to revise the lists of voters for that year for the county of Middlesex, and for the city of London, the city of Westminster, and the several boroughs in the county of Middlesex; and that the senior judge for the time being in the commissions of assize for every other county shall, during the summer circuit in every year, appoint so many barristers as he shall deem necessary to revise the lists of voters for that year for every such county, or for the ridings, parts and divisions of every such county, and for the several cities and boroughs in every such county, and for every city and town, and county of a city and town, next adjoining to any such county; and the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull shall for this purpose be considered as next adjoining to the county of York, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the town and county of the town. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne as next adjoining to the county of Northumberland, and the city and county of the city of Bristol as next adjoining to the county of Somerset; and the said lord chief justice and judge respectively shall in every year have power to appoint one or more barristers to revise the lists for that year for the same county, city, or borough, or other place as aforesaid, or one barrister only to revise the lists for several counties, cities, boroughs, and other places as aforesaid: Provided always, that, except as is herein-after Limitation provided, no greater number of barristers shall be so appointed in any year barristers. than as follows; (that is to say,) for the county of Middlesex, and for the city of London, the city of Westminster, and the boroughs in the county of Middlesex, three; for the counties, cities, boroughs, and places within the Home circuit, ten; for the counties, cities, boroughs, and places within the Western circuit, fourteen; for the counties, cities, boroughs, and places within the Oxford circuit, twelve; for the counties, cities, boroughs, and places within the Midland circuit, eleven; for the counties, cities, boroughs, and places within the Norfolk circuit, eight; for the counties, cities, boroughs, and places within

number of

Counties, Cities, and Boroughs.

Judges to
appoint addi-
tional barris-
ters in case
of need.

the Northern circuit, fifteen; for the counties, cities, boroughs, and places
within the North Wales circuit, six; for the counties, cities, boroughs, and
places within the South Wales circuit, six: Provided also, that no barrister shall
be so appointed who shall be
a member of Parliament, or who
shall hold any office or place of profit under the crown, except the office of
recorder of any city or borough; but no such barrister shall be so appointed
for any city or borough of which he shall be the recorder; and that no
barrister appointed as aforesaid shall for eighteen months from the time of
his appointment be eligible to serve in Parliament for any county, riding,
parts or division of a county, or for any city, borough, or other place as afore-
said for which he shall be so appointed.

Two or more
barristers
appointed for
same county,
&c. may hold
separate courts
at the same or

different times
and places.
Barrister to
notify his
appointment
to clerk of the

peace and

town clerks, who are to transmit to him abstracts and lists,

[XXIX. AND be it enacted, that, notwithstanding any thing herein-before contained, if it shall appear to the lord chief justice or judge who shall have appointed any barrister or barristers under this Act to revise any lists of voters that by reason of the death, illness, or absence of any such barrister or barristers, or by reason of the insufficiency of the number of such barristers, or from any other cause, such list cannot be revised within the period directed by this Act, it shall be lawful for such lord chief justice or judge, and he is hereby required, to appoint one or more barrister or barristers qualified as aforesaid to act in the place of or in addition to the barrister or barristers originally appointed for any county, city, or borough; and such barrister or barristers so subsequently appointed shall have the same powers and authorities in every respect as if they had been originally appointed by such lord chief justice or judge:

XXX. AND be it enacted, that where two or more barristers shall be appointed for the same county, riding, parts or division of a county, or for the same city or borough, they may hold separate courts at the same time and place for the despatch of business, or may hold separate courts at different times and places, as shall be deemed most expedient.

Barristers to
hold courts for
revising lists.
of voters for
counties within
a certain
period, and to

XXXI. AND be it enacted, that every such revising barrister shall notify his appointment to the clerk of the peace of every county and to the town clerk of every city and borough of which he shall be appointed to revise the lists; and each clerk of the peace shall as soon as possible transmit an abstract of the number of persons objected to by the overseers and by other persons in each parish and township in and for the same county, and the town clerk of every city or borough shall as soon as possible transmit an abstract of the said several lists of claimants, and the lists of persons objected to, in each parish or township in and for the same city or borough, to the said barrister, in order that proper times and places for holding courts for the revision of such lists respectively may be appointed.

XXXII. AND be it enacted, that the barrister appointed to revise the lists of any county shall make a circuit and hold open courts for such revision at each of the places which now are or hereafter may be appointed as polling places for such county, and at any other places within the said county which he shall think expedient, at convenient times between the fifteenth day of

[a So much of section 29 as relates to the appointment of additional barristers in case of the insufficiency of the number of barristers originally appointed, rep., 37 & 38 Vict. c. 53. s. 5.]