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... tenement within a borough worth ten pounds a year was rendered entitled to vote , provided that he duly paid rates and assessed taxes , and resided within seven miles of the borough . The large majority of the persons who came under ...
... tenement within a borough worth ten pounds a year was rendered entitled to vote , provided that he duly paid rates and assessed taxes , and resided within seven miles of the borough . The large majority of the persons who came under ...
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... tenements . In 1859 he insisted with equal earnestness that such a scheme was impracticable and unjust . The following is an ex- tract from his speech of Feb. 28 , 1859 : - Notwithstanding the Parochial Assessment Act , the rating of ...
... tenements . In 1859 he insisted with equal earnestness that such a scheme was impracticable and unjust . The following is an ex- tract from his speech of Feb. 28 , 1859 : - Notwithstanding the Parochial Assessment Act , the rating of ...
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... tenements , some by scores , some by hundreds , and some by thousands , they were so little independent of those around them that they could hardly be said to have a free will of their own . This language , addressed , be it remembered ...
... tenements , some by scores , some by hundreds , and some by thousands , they were so little independent of those around them that they could hardly be said to have a free will of their own . This language , addressed , be it remembered ...
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... Tenements Acts were prevented from being rate- payers , were debarred from the right of electors . The injustice of the ratepaying clauses of the statute of 1832 had long been felt by the comparatively small class of politicians who ...
... Tenements Acts were prevented from being rate- payers , were debarred from the right of electors . The injustice of the ratepaying clauses of the statute of 1832 had long been felt by the comparatively small class of politicians who ...
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... Tenement Rating Acts , in excluding large numbers of ' compound householders ' in various towns from the suffrage . The results with respect to the proportion of artisans on the register oc- casioned considerable surprise . It appeared ...
... Tenement Rating Acts , in excluding large numbers of ' compound householders ' in various towns from the suffrage . The results with respect to the proportion of artisans on the register oc- casioned considerable surprise . It appeared ...
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