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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 740, 18 May 1853, Page 2 (Supplement)

shew of hands, shall declare th- person or persons ou whom lire Election has fallen, and ■hall return tire same accordingly, unless a Poll be demanded by someone of the Candidales, or Ly not less than six ) hectors on his behalf. 43. —In case a Poll he demanded. On such a demand as aforesaid being n a l ''- for a Poll, tire Pol n g shal 1 ' be taken on the da\ so to he fixed as fo/esaid, 'he votm ■ to commence at any time after mm o’clock ot the said day, and to close a four o'c ock in tiie afternoon of the same day. 44. — The P Cling. The polling shal' take p! ce before the Returning Officer or his Deputy, a> d the voti g shall he conducted in the mannet following that is to say, — 45. —Mode of Voting. Every elector for the Dis ricf may vote for ; i n y man! er of persons not exceeding the number of persons then to lie chosen, by dein ring to the Returning Officer or his Deputy a Voting Paper containing the Christian names and Surnames of the persons for whom he votes, together with their place of abode and description, and signed with the name of the Elector so voting, and setting forth his own place of abode and description. 40 — JF'hat enquiry may he made. No enquiry shall he permitted at any such Election as to the right of any person to vote except only as follows ; that is to say the Returning Officer or his deputy shall, if required by any two Electors for the District, put to any voter at the time of his delivering in of his Voting Paper, and not afterwards, the following questions, and no others: 1. Are you the person whose name is signed as (A.H.) to the Voting Paper now delivered in by you ? 2. Are you the person whose name appears as (A.ID) on the Electoral Roll now in force for the District of ( ) ? 3. Have you already voted at the present Election ? And no person required to answer any of the said questions shall he permitted or qualified to vote until he shall have answered the same, th - first two affirmatively, and tire last negatively. 47. —State of the Poll in certain cases to he declared . As soon as convenienTy may he after the Election of Members of the House of Representatives, and of Members of the Provincial Council, shall have been held, the Returning Officer for the District shall, at the place of nomination, openly declare the state of the Poll, and shall at the same time declare the name or names of the person or persons who may have been duly elected at such election. And in the event of the number of votes being found to have been equal for any two or more Candidates, he shall by his casting vote declare which of the said Candidates shall he elected : Provided that no returning Officer shall vote at any Election of which he is tire Return! g Officer except in the case of an equality of votes as aforesaid. 48. —JV allies of Persons elected iff embers of the House of It cprcsentatives or of a Provincial Council to he inserted in JI nt , The name or names of the person or persons so elected as Member of a Provincial Council, or as Member of the House of Representatives, shall be inserted in or endorsed upon the W r;t by the Returning Officer; and such V> rit shall be returned by him to the Governor or to the Superintendent, in the case of an Election to supply a vacancy in the Provincial Council within the time by which such Writ may be returnable. 49. —State of the Poll in certain cases to be declared As soon as conveniently may he after the | voting fur the Election ol a Superintendent of a Province has closed in any Electoral District the Returning Officer of such District shall openly dec! re the state of the Poll, and shall as soon as conveniently may be, transmit ac rtitied copy of the same to the Principal Returning Officer of the Capital Town of the Province foi which such Election may have taken place ; and such Principal Returning Officer, so soon as he has received from the several Return ng Officers of each Electoral District in the Province, certified copies of the slate of the Poll in each District, shall openly declaie and pub- | lidy notify the same ; and shall at the same I time openly declare and publicly notify the name of the person who may have been i u y elected at such Election, by a majority of tlie voters of the whole Province, lobe .'Superintendent thereof : And, in the event of the number of votes being found to have bcu n equal for any two or more Candidates, such Principal Returning Officer sir.ll by his casting vole declare which of the said Candidates shall be elected ; provided that such Principal Returning Officer shal! not vote at the E eclion lor the Superintendent ot the Province ol which he is Principal Returning Officer, except in the case of an equality of votes ns aforesaid.