A Treatise on the Law Relating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales

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Page 237 - 11. In case of equality of votes, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote. 12. Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting shall be drawn up and fairly entered in a book kept for that purpose, and shall be signed in manner authorized by this Act.
Page 373 - affirmation is required or allowed to be taken in place of an oath ; and where the subject or context requires it, every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied Singular, to several persons or things as well as one person or thing ; and every word importing the plural number shall extend and
Page 544 - Notices and documents required for the purposes of this Act, or of any regulation made thereunder, to be served by or on the Loan Commissioners, or to be made or issued by the Loan Commissioners, shall be in writing or in print, or partly in writing and partly in print. Sect.
Page 429 - (a.) As regards England, the Act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled " An Act to provide for the regulation of municipal corporations in England and Wales," and the Acts amending the same. ***** The expression "municipal election" means— (a.) As regards England, an election of any person to serve the
Page 123 - (2.) All such rules shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within three weeks after they are made, if Parliament is then sitting, and if not, within three weeks after the beginning of the then next session of Parliament, and shall, while in force, have effect as if enacted in this
Page 261 - misdemeanour, and be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour. 6. Nomination papers must be delivered by the candidate himself, or his proposer or seconder, at the town clerk's office before five o'clock in the afternoon of day the day of next.
Page 103 - mistake in the use of the forms in the Eighth Schedule, if it appears to the court having cognisance of the question that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the body of this Act
Page 379 - Reform Act, 1832," means the Act of the session of the second and third years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter forty-five, " to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales ;" The term " Municipal Corporation Acts " means the Municipal Corporation Act, 1835, and the Acts amending the
Page 271 - 2). 12 & 13 Viet. c. 82.—An Act to relieve boroughs, in certain cases, from contribution to certain descriptions of county expenditure. 13 & 14 Viet. c. 20.—An Act to amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty for the appointment and payment of parish constables
Page 487 - held by each person registered, and (2.) The date at which the name of any person was entered in the register in respect of any such security. The register under this section shall be evidence of any matters by this Act directed or authorized to be inserted therein.

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