Register, Register.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1647, 1 March 1886, Page 2

Register, Register.

In view of the constant talk about! the imminence of a dissolution of the. House q£ Representatives, it behoves' every one who has the qualification to see that his name is on the electoral roll, "the. qualification is so wide that it prac-i tically includes every man of ihe age of; 21 years old. It is set forth as follows in section 2 of tjhe Act >— . : Every man of the age of twenty-onei years or upwards having, of hig own; right and not as a trustee, a freehold es-; ta'te in possession situated within any; electoral district of the value of twenty-: five pounds, whether -subject to incuui- ; brances or not, and of or. to which he has been seized or entitled either at law or in; , equity for at least six calendar months before the 'registration of his vote, is! entitled to be registered as an elector; and to vote at an election of members for such district for the House' of Representatives ;;or every man of the age of twenty-one years or upwards who has resided in the colony for one year and in the electoral district for which he claims. to .vote, during the six months immediately preceding the registration! of his vote, and is not. registered in respect of a freehold qualification under this Act for the same district, is entitled to be registered as an elector and to vote, at the election of members for such district for the House of Representa-; tives. . ; As to ithe. procedure to be taken by anyone who desires tp obtain the, fran-; chise' that' is' very simple. AH that is necessary is for the person claiming to obtain a printed form at the office of the registrar, fill it up according to the plain directions which it bears on its'face, and to hand it in : to the registrar. If any i person at a . distance unable to come into town will send us a stamped and addressed envelope we will see that he gets I the required form. For the , benefit i of those who may consider this too | much trouble we herewith - print - the j form and the directions for filling it up:— ! ' Claim for Enrolment, ■ To the Registrar of the Electoral District of ' "■'.-.■. 1 I hereby claim to have may name inserted on the Electoral Roll of ■'../' ; and I declare that my name, place of abode, and 'occupation [or addition] are; correctly stated at the foot hereof; and that I have resided within the colony of New Zealand for 'twelve months' and, -within"* the said district for the six months immediately preceding the date thereof.., v - . , " I ■[Note. — When the claim is ; in respect of a qualification other than Residence, state particulars of same, and omit reference to the residence.] Dated the . day of . 188, . I t "••■".'.. ■■ ■■ '!.-;^ .■■ | ! . (Address.) . T'.- '. : \ ; . - /■; i Signed an declared by the ) '■_ clainianfc'this ' day of f ' ' in the year 18, , C # ' ' before me. ' .') '■'■' V-.'XSign^d)' 5 " ': : ,' : i: " ' . ■■■ l'■ ! , 1;: An Elector, of th^ .District ,' ': = • .; ■ [or Registration 'Ofiicer or J.F.] There may. be, other persons who, jthough they, may have been on the roll in other districts, are not upon the roll for the district in which they.are;at present re-j---aiding, and it may be that, they have, not been, resident in the, latter district for the . past six^ months, but this need not prevent them quaiifring within a, Very shoVttime. All that they have to doj having been in the district one month, i8 to apply to the registrar for., the district in which they had been residing, ask for a transfer, obtain a certificate that they had been on the roll for another district; band in the certificate to the registrar of the district for which . they wish t6 qualify, and apply to be enrolled. l ;, The whole process is very Rimple,' and .the proportion of electors to population should be much larger than it is. We hope that all in this district who possess the necessary qualifiation will take steps to secure enrolment. It is a duty which they owe to themselves and their coup. try.'-'-HawerajSfar. - ' ,