Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1890.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 470, 10 May 1890, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1890.

'This above all—to tlifne own self bo trna, And it must follow an the night the day Thou cangt not then be false to any man.' Siukksi*kai:k.

We would particularly direct the attention of nil local rosidt?nts, ratepayers, and others, to the fact that, if they have not yet carefully inspected the Rolls of County Electors and Defaulters Lists for the several Ridings, they ought to so do without furthe r delay. These Rolls and Lists are now open for inspection at a place in each Riding, already notified by advertisement, but according to the Counties Act, peed only he so kept open for public inspection until the fifteenth day of May—(Thursday next). Therefore those who have not yet attended to this matter have no time to lose. It is the duty of everyone wlto is interested in tiie progress and prosperity of their district to assist in the direction of having these Rolls as correct and representative as possible. It is not a matter that any should neglect, simply because they take it for granted, having pail their own rates, etc,, that they are pro-, perly entered thereon, and the proper number of votes allotted them. The County Clerks we believe as a rulejgo to a great deal of trouble to prepare the Rolls as accurately as possible ; but they cannot have that local knowledge iespecting those entitled to have their names on the several Rolls that local residents have, for which reason the law provides that the Rolls be kept open for! public inspection in each Riding for a certain period every year. It frequently happens that when a County election takes place, some person or persons journey a considerable distance to record their vote in favour of the candidate they would like to see returned, only 4 o -.find on arrival at the polling booth that the Returning Officer is unable to allow them to vote, owing to their name nutbeing on the Roll of electors provided for the occasion. This year it is specially important that every person entitled to vote should seo to it that) their names are properly' entered on the Rolls, ; and that all., names' improperly entered thereon , are :: erased.... therefrom, as the general County elections take place next November. It is jalrabst unnecessary to refer tta haw much /the general welfare aiid prosperity 'of any .district will be advanced or retarded, so

cording as to whether its represen f a l ivps j on the County Council are men of puiitv <>f motive, influence, and common sense, who will hnve the ear and command the respect of tln ir f< llow Councillors,nr —the reverse, For the j ifnnitathut of those of our readers who may not he conversant with the provisions of lip* Act respecting County Polls of elootors, w« now quote several clauses of the Conn lies' Act, 188(1, hearing on the question, as under 09, Any person who considers ,himself aggrieved hv his own name or that of. any other person‘being entered on or , omitted.from the roll of the riding, or by the number of votes allotted to him dr to anv other person thereon being more or fewer than that, to which he or such other person is entitled under this Act, or that any person is entered on the roll who hits not paid all the rides which he was liable to pay on or before the thirty-flint dav of Decemheiv previous ; and any holler of a .miner’s right, and any person who considers himself aggrieved by the name of the holder of a miner's right being- inserted on'the roll of county electors for! any . riding of u county, AVh n'ein such holder <1 .es not actually reside,..may, on oi .before the last day of May,- apple for relief to the Resident'Magistrate’s Court which is nearest to the place wli-rc the roll of th® riding is kept, 09, The' Resident Magistrate shall; by public notice, appoint n time and place, on or after the first dav of June, at which the said Court will sit to hear all such appUcations, and may summon the Ci.rk of the County Council, or any other person whose evidence may be deemed necessary in the case, to attend at such time nnd place, aiid, after making due inquiry, may order the. Clerk to erter any name on or erase fyom the roll of t|| i riding—(l ) Any pamo which it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court ought to he entered thereon or erased therefrom, or to alter the number of votes sot against any name on such roll which it is proved the satisfaction of the Court ought to he so altered { or (2.) The name of any holder- of a miners’s right who shall he proved to the satisfaction of the Court to he actually resident or non-resident within such t'ding, as the case may he, and whose name ought to he entered on or erased from such roll in consequence of such residence or non-residence, or (3.) The names of persons who have acquired or parted with their qualifications respectively, or of persons who are known to be dead. The Magistrate may also order the Clerk to correct any mistakes and supply any omissions proved to the satisfaction of the Court to existin the roll witli respectto t!ie name or abode of any person, or the description of any property, and also any clerical mistakes appearing therein. 71, If any person whose name is o> the defaulters’ list, or the entry of whose name on the roll is appealed against on tlie ground that he lias not paid his rates as above provided, pays such rates at any time before the roll is signed by the Clerk as aforesaid, his name shall be placed on the roll And erased from the defaulters’ list. .