REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 172, 22 April 1854, Page 14 (Supplement)

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.

We particular!} 7 invite the attention of the inhabitants of this Province to an advertisement in our first page on the subject of Registration. It will be seen, that unless claims are sent in before the end of the present month, parties neglecting to do so will be disqualified from voting. Claims must be in writing, stating the district for which the vote is claimed, and signed by the partj' himself, or some other person in his name, or by his authority; also stating the place of abode of the claimant, and the qualification in respect of which the claim may be made. The following are the necessary qualifications :— " Every man of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, having a freehold estate in possession, situate within the district for which the vote is to be given of the clear annual value of fifty pounds, above all charges and incumbrances, and of or to which he has been seized or entitled, either at law or in equity for at least sis calendar months next before the last registration of electors—or having a leasehold estate in possession situate within such district of the clear annual value of ten pounds, held upon a lease which at the time of such registration shall have not less than three years to run—or having a leasehold estate so situate and of such value as aforesaid, of which he has been in possession for three years or upwards next before such Registration— or being a householder within such district occupying a tenement within the limits of the Toxcn of the clear annual value of 10£.— or without the limits of a Town of the clear annual value of 51., having resided therein sis calendar months next before such registration as aforesaid, shall, if duly registered, be entitled to vote at the Election oi a Superintendent of the Province, or of a member or members of the Provincial Council thereof, or of a member or members of the House of Representatives."