OF ELECTION.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue I, 30 April 1842, Page 32

OF ELECTION.

Burgesses. — 9. Every male inhabitant of a borough of full age shall, being duly inrolledin manner hereinafter mentioned, be qualified to vote at the election of the council.

Time for claiming to vote. — 10. His Excellency the -Governor shall, by such proclamation as aforesaid, prescribe a period within which all claims to the right of voting at the election of the first council of such borough shall b« made, and shall appoint a fit person to receive tsuch claims add act as returning officer at such elections.

Form ofCtoim.— -11. Every claim shall be in writing, according to the form to this ordinance annexed.- ' < , Payment beforeEnrohnent. — 12. And whereas there may be persons interested in the good government of a borough, and qualified to nave a voice therein, but who may not have property rateable under this ordinance; and it is not fitting that any man should have (directly or indirectly) any pbwer of taxing the inhabitants of any borough, or any share in the management 6f,the funds thereof, who shall not himself contribute thereto : be it enacted that every person claiming the right of voting as aforesaid at the tune of preferring such claim, pay to the returning officer the sum of twenty shillings, which sum shall be accounted for, deducted, or returned 1 , as the case may be, from any rate which may afterwards be assessed upon such claimant. Burgess 2&«.— 13. T he names of all persons whb shall have made such claim and payment as aforesaid shall be entered forthwith, by the returning officer as aforesaid, upon a roll, which shall be called the "Burgess Roll" of the borough. The names which shall appear upon the burgess roll shall be forthwith arranged by the returning officer in alphabetical order, in a written or printed list, which shall be affixed upon the outer door of the Town Hall. A copy of the list shall be delivered by him to any person applying for the same, on payment of the sum of one shilling. First Election. — 14. On the first Monday of the month next but one succeeding the time appointed for the making out of the burgess roll, the burgesses of the borough shall proceed to elect eighteen persons being burgesses. List of Persons elected. — 15. The returning officer shall arrange the names of the eighteen persons so elected on a list, according to the number of votes given for each, so that the name of every person who shall have received a higher number' of votes shall be placed before the name of every person who shall have received a lower number of votes. Aldermen. — 16. The twelve burgesses whose names shall stand highest upon the list, shall be declared by the returning officer to be the aldermen of the borough. Mayor. — 17. The mayor of the borough shall be one of the aldermen thereof, to be determined in manner hereinafter provided. Reserved List. — 18. The name's of the six remaining burgesses shall form a "reserved list," out of which all extraordinary vacancies in the council, until the next general election thereof, shall be supplied. Mode of voting. — 19. The election of the eighteen persons before mentioned shall be conducted in the manner following : every burgess may vote for any number of persons not exceeding the number then to be chosen, by delivering to the returning officer a voting paper containing the Christian names and surnames of the person for whom he votes, with their respective places of abode and description, such paper being signed with the name of the burgess so voting, and setting forth his place of abode and description.

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