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CI. That throughout this Act, in the construction thereof, except there be something in the subject or context inconsistent with or repugnant to such construction, the word "county" shall extend to and mean any county, riding, parts or division of a county, respectively returning a knight or knights of the shire to serve in Parliament; and the words "city or borough" shall extend to and mean any city, borough, town corporate, cinque port, district, or place within England and Wales, returning a member or members to serve in Parliament, other than counties at large, and ridings, parts, and divisions of counties at large, and to every place sharing in the election of a member for any city or borough, and shall also include the town of Berwickupon-Tweed; that the words "clerk of the peace" shall comprehend and apply to any deputy or other person executing the duties of such clerk of the peace; and the words "town clerk" shall, except in regard to the cities of London and Westminster and the borough of Southwark, extend to and mean any person executing the duties of town clerk, or if in any city or borough there shall be no such officer as town clerk, then to any officer executing the same or like duties as usually devolve upon the town clerk, or if in any city or borough there be no such person, then to the returning officer of such city or borough, or to such person as the returning officer may appoint for that purpose, which he is hereby authorized to do; and the words "barrister" or "barristers" shall respectively be taken to include a serjeant or serjeants-at-law; and the words "returning officer" shall apply to every person or persons to whom by virtue of his or their office, under any law, custom, or statute, the execution of any writ or precept doth or shall belong for the election of a member or members to serve in Parliament, by whatever name or title such person or persons may be called; and the words 'parish or township" shall extend to and mean every parish, township, village, hamlet, district, or place maintaining its own poor; and the words "overseers" or "overseers of the poor" shall extend to and mean all persons who by virtue of any office or appointment shall execute the duties of overseers of the poor, by whatever name or title such persons may be called, and in whatsoever manner they may be appointed, and that all matters by this Act directed to be done by the overseers of a parish or township may be lawfully done by the major part of such overseers; and that wherever any notice is by this Act required to be given or sent to the overseers of any parish or township, it shall be sufficient if such notice shall be delivered to any one of such overseers, or shall be left at his place of abode, or at his office or other place for transacting parochial business, or shall be sent by the post free of postage, or the postage thereof being first paid, addressed to the overseers of the particular parish or township, naming the parish or township, and the county, city, or borough respectively, to which the notice to be so sent may relate, without adding any place of abode of such overseers; and that wherever by this Act any notice is required to be given or sent to any person or persons whatsoever, or public officer, it shall be sufficient if such notice be sent by the post in the manner and subject to the regulations hereinbefore provided with respect to sending notices of objection by the post, free of postage, or the postage thereof being first paid, addressed with a sufficient direction to the person or persons to whom the same ought to be given or sent, at his or their usual place of abode; and that all provisions in this Act relative to any matters to be done by or with regard to Justices of the Peace for counties, or sessions of the peace for counties, or clerks of the peace for counties or treasurers of counties, shall extend to the Justices, sessions, clerks of the peace, and treasurers of the several ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lincolnshire; and that the town clerk for the time being for the borough of Newport in the Isle of Wight shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed and taken to be the clerk of the peace for the county of the Isle of Wight; and that all the said respective Justices, sessions, and clerks of the peace should have power to do the several matters required by this Act, as well within places of exclusive jurisdiction as without; and that no misnomer or inaccurate description of any person, place, or thing named or described in any schedule to this Act annexed, or in any list or register of voters, or in any notice required by this Act, shall in anywise prevent or abridge the operation of this Act with respect to such person, place, or thing, provided that such person, place, or thing shall be so denominated in such schedule, list, register, or notice as to be commonly understood; and that the word "oath" shall include affirmation, where by law such 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 to several persons or things as well as one person or thing; and every word importing the plural number shall extend and be applied to one person or thing as well as several persons or things.

CII. That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session of Parliament.

County of

to wit.

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SCHEDULES to which this Act refers.

SCHEDULE (A.)

FORMS FOR COUNTIES.

No. 1.

PRECEPT of the CLERK of the PEACE to the OVERSEERS.

To the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of In pursuance of the Provisions of the Act of Parliament of

[or of the Township of

J.

Victoria, c. I require your Attention to the following

INSTRUCTIONS:

On or before the Twentieth Day of June you are to publish a Notice, signed by you, according to the Form marked No. 2, among the printed Forms herewith sent.

The Manner in which you are required to publish that Notice is as follows; (that is to say), you are to fix one of the printed Copies (each Copy being first signed by you) on or near the Outside of the outer Door or of the outer Wall near the Door of every Church and public Chapel in your Parish or Township, including Chapels which do not belong to the Established Church, or if there should be no such Church or Chapel, then in some public or conspicuous Situation in your Parish [er Township], and it must remain there during a Period including Two Sundays at least.

On or before the last Day of July you are to make out an alphabetical List of all Persons who, on or before the Twentieth Day of July, shall have delivered or sent to you their Claims as Voters for the County [Riding, &c.] in which your Parish [or Township] lies, in respect of any Property situate wholly or in part within your Parish [or Township]; and in making out such List you are to write or cause to be written, in the proper Column of the printed Form of List (herewith sent) numbered 3, the Christian Name and Surname of every such Person, with the Place of his Abode, the Nature of his Qualification, and the local or other Description of the Property, and the Name of the Occupier, accordingly as the same shall be stated in the Claim. If you have reasonable Cause to believe that any Person so claiming, or any Person whose Name shall appear in the Copy of the Register for your Parish [or Township] herewith sent, is not entitled to have his Name on the new Register about to be made, you are to add the word "Objected" before his Name in the Margin of the Copy of the Register or List in which his Name appears; and you are also to add the Word “Dead" before the Name of any Person whom you shall have reasonable Cause to believe to be dead. Having done this, you are to sign the List of Claimants, and also the Copy of the Register herewith sent, and to cause a sufficient Number of Copies of such Register and Lists with your marginal Additions to be written or printed, and then, on or before the First Day of August, you are to publish the said Lists on every Church and Chapel in your Parish [or Township] in the same Manner as before mentioned with regard to

the Notice.

You are to keep a Copy of the List of Claimants and of the said Register sent to you, with your marginal Additions thereon, signed by you, and to allow them to be perused by every Person desirous of perusing them, 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 after you have published them, without Payment or Demand of any Fee; and you are also to deliver Copies of the List of Claimants and of the said Register, signed by you, to every Person applying for the same, on Payment of a Price for such Copy after the Rate contained in the Table marked Schedule (D.) No. 1, herewith sent.

You are to make out a List, according to the Form numbered 6. (herewith sent), containing the Name of every Person against whom a Notice of Objection shall have been given to you or any one of you, on or before the Twenty-fifth Day of August; and you are to publish Copies of such Lists on or before the First Day of September on every Church and Chapel in your Parish or Township, in the same Manner as before mentioned with regard to the Notice; and you are to keep a Copy of such List of Persons objected to, to be perused by any Person, without Payment or 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, both inclusive; and you are to deliver a copy of such List to any Person requiring the same, on Payment of a Price for such Copy after the Rate contained in the Table marked Schedule (Ď.) No. 1, herewith sent.

And if you shall find any such Notice, List, Register, or other Document published by you as aforesaid to be destroyed, mutilated, defaced, or removed, you are forthwith to place another to the same Effect in its Place.

On or before the Twenty-ninth Day of August you are to deliver to the Clerk of the Peace of the County [Riding, &c.] wherein your Parish [or Township] is situate, the Lists of Claimants, the Copy of the Part of the Register (herewith sent), and also a Copy of the List of Persons objected to, signed by you.

You are to attend the Court to be holden by the Barrister appointed to revise the Lists relating to your Parish [or Township], of the Time and Place of holding which Notice will be sent to you; and you are there to deliver to the Barrister holding such Court the original Notices of Claim and original Notices of Objection given to you as aforesaid. Herein if you fail you will be liable to the Penalties in that Case provided. Given under my hand, this Clerk of the Peace for the County of

Day of

No. 2.

NOTICE to be given by the OVErseers.

WE hereby give notice, That all persons entitled to vote in the Election of a Knight or Knights of the Shire for the County (or for the Riding, &c.] of in respect 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, shall 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 Riding, &c.], 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 by them signed, 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 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

VOL. XXI.-STAT.

(Signed)

A. B. Overseers of the Parish

C. D.
E. F.

[or Township] of

E

I HEREBY give you Notice, That I claim to be inserted in the List of Voters for the County of
Riding, Parts, or Division of the County of

of my Place of Abode and Qualification are stated in the Columns below.
Dated the

Day of

in the Year

].

[or for the

as the Case may be], and that the Particulars

No. 3.

THE LIST of PERSONS claiming to be entitled to vote in the Election of a Knight [or Knights]
of the Shire for the County of
County of

within the Parish of

[or for the

Riding, Parts, or Division of the as the Case may be], in respect of Property situate in whole or in part [or Township, as the Case may be].

No. 4.

NOTICE of OBJECTION to be given to the OVERSeers.

of

To the Overseers of the Parish [or Township, as the Case may be,] I HEREBY give you Notice, That I object to the Name of the Person mentioned and described below being retained in the List of Voters for the County [or for the Division of the County] of

Christian and Surname of the Voter objected to, as described in the List or Register.

Riding,

Place of Abode

as described.

Parts, or

NOTICE OF OBJECTION to be given to Parties objected to by any Person other than OVERSEERS, and to the occupying Tenant of the qualifying Property. To Mr.

of [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.] 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] List of Voters for the County of

[or for the Dated this

Riding, &c.]
Day of

LIST of PERSONS objected to, to be published by the OVERSEERS.

THE following Persons have been objected to as not being entitled to have their Names retained in the List of Voters for the County of

Christian Name and Surname of each Person objected to.

[or for the

Place of Abode.

Riding, Parts, or Division of the County of

Nature
of the supposed
Qualification.

].

On or before the Twentieth Day of June you are to publish a Notice, signed by you, according to the Form marked No. 2, among the printed Forms herewith sent.

The manner in which you are required to publish that Notice is as follows; (that is to say,) you are to fix one of the printed Copies (each Copy being first signed by you) on or near the Outside of the outer Door or of the outer Wall near the Door of every Church and public Chapel in your Parish [or Township], including Chapels which do not belong to the Established Church, or if there should be no such Church or Chapel, then in some public and conspicuous Situation in your Parish [or Township], and it must remain there during a Period including Two Sundays at least.

On or before the last Day of July you are to make out an alphabetical List of all Persons who may be entitled to vote in the Election of a Member [or Members] to serve in Parliament for this City [or Borough], in respect of the Occupation of Premises of the clear yearly Value of Ten Pounds, situate wholly or in part within your Parish [or Township], and another alphabetical List of all other Persons (except Freemen) who may be entitled to vote in the Election for this City [or Borough] by virtue of any other Right whatsoever; and in making out each of the said Lists you must write or cause to be written the Christian Name and Surname of every such person at full Length, together with the Place of his Abode and the Nature of his Qualification; and when the Qualification of any Person shall be in respect of any Property, you must state the Name of the Street, Lane, and Number of the House, if any, or other Description of the Place where such Property may be situate. And on or before the First Day of August you are to publish written or printed Copies of the said Lists, signed by you, on every Church or Chapel in your Parish [or Township], in the same Manner as before mentioned with regard to the Notice. You are to keep also a Copy of such Lists, signed by you, 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 after the said Lists shall have been published.

You are to make out a List, according to the Form numbered 8, containing the Name of every Person who shall have given or have caused to be given to you or any one of you, on or before the Twenty-fifth Day of August, his Claim to have his Name inserted in any List of your Parish [or Township], and also another List, according to the Form numbered 12, containing the Name of every Person against whom a Notice of Objection shall have been given to you or any one of you, on or before the Twenty-fifth Day of August, as not being entitled to have his Name retained in any List for your City [or Borough]; and on or before the First Day of September you are to sign and publish each of such Lists on every Church or Chapel in your Parish [or Township], in the same Manner as before mentioned with regard to the Notice.

You are to keep a Copy of these Lists, signed by you, and you are to allow the same, and also the Notices of Objection, 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, both inclusive; and you are to deliver a Copy of each of such Lists to any person requiring the same, on the Payment of a Price for each Copy after the rate contained in the Table marked Schedule (D.) No. 1, herewith sent.

If you shall find any such Notice, List, Register, or other Document published by you as aforesaid to be destroyed, mutilated, effaced, or removed, you are forthwith to place another in its Room to the same Effect.

On or before the Twenty-ninth Day of August you are to deliver to me a Copy of the List of Voters, a Copy of the List of Claimants, and a Copy of the List of Persons objected to, so respectively made out and signed by you as aforesaid.

You are to attend the Court to be holden for the Revision of the List of Voters for your City [or Borough], of the Time of holding which Notice will be given; and at the opening of such Court you are there to deliver to the Barrister before whom the same shall be holden the several Lists made out by you, and signed by you, and the original Notices of Objection and the original Notice of Claims given to you.

Herein if you fail you will be liable to the Penalties in that Case provided.

Given under my Hand, this

Day of

One thousand eight hundred
(Signed)

A.B.

Town Clerk for the said Borough.