THE COMING GENERAL ELECTION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2329, 14 June 1887, Page 2

THE COMING GENERAL ELECTION.

The view of the general election soon to be upon us, the 4 follo\ving extracts from the statutes affecting the subjects should be of interestßoll of the Colony. ' The Qualification of Electors' Act, 1570,' says (Sec. 2, Sub-Sees. 1, 2, and 3) :— 1. Every man at the age of twentyone years or upwards having, of his own right and not as a trustee, a freehold estate in possession situate within any electoral district of the value of twentyfive.pounds, whether subject to encumbrances 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 next 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 2. Every man at the age of twenty-one years or upwards who has resided for one year in the colony, 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 nn elector and to vote at the election of members for such district for.the House of Representatives. 3. Every male Maori of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, whose name is enrolled on a ratepayers' roll in foroe within the electQral district in re-

speetof which he claims to vote, or who is seized hi severalty of a freehold estate of the value of twenty-five pounds, whether subject to encumbrance or not, is entitled to be registered as an elcctor and to vote at the election of tne'mbers for such district-for the House of Representatives. i •'.7 he Registration of Electors? Act, 1870," (Sections 7, 8, 9 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 29} also provides as follows :— 7. Every person qualified to |bei''an elector, desiring to have his name placed on the roll of any district, may ihake a claim and declaration in the form or to the effect set forth in the second schedule to this Act. Such claim and declaration may be delivered at the office of the registrar, or sent through the post directed to him. Any person who wilfully false declaration in rcspcct of any of the particulars required to be stated in any such claim and declaration shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. S. It shall be the duty of the registrar, during the fifteen days following the receipt of any such claim, to make enquiries as to the truth of the particulars therein stated. If he shall satisfy himself that the particulars stated in the claim are true, he shall at the expiration of the said fifteen days, add the name of the claimant to the roll. If he shall satisfy Wiimfilf that any of the particulars require pnrtf, he shall, within the said fifteen days, cause notice in writing to be given to the claimant, setting, forth the particulars of which proof is required. 9 If the claimant satisfy the Registrar that his claim is valid, the Registrar shall forthwith place the name of the claimant on the roll. It-shall be lawful for the claimant by writing to withdraw his claim. If within ten days after, proof shall be required as aforesaid the climant shall fail to satisfy the Registrar that his claim is valid, and shall fail to withdraw his claim, the Registrar shall, asisoon as conveniently may be there-after,-apply to a Resident" Magistrate or a Justice of tlie Peace for a summons. 12. It shall be lawful for the registrar or claimant to appear and act personally, or by an agent, or by a barrister or solicitor of the Supreme Court holding a certificate to practice. 18. The registrar, or any person whose name is on the electoral roll of any district, may object to the name of any other person being retained thereon, by giving notice in writing to the person objected to, setting forth the objection and the grounds thereof, in the form or to the ' effect specified in the fourth schedule to this Act. If the person objected to shall not, within.fifteen days after the service of such notice, cause his name to be removed from the roll, the objector may apply to a Resident Magistrate or a Justice of the Peace for a summons. 19. The person objected to shall be required to prove his claim to have his name retained on the roll. If at the time and place specified in the summons the registrar fails to appear, the case shall be dismissed. If the person objected to fails to apppar, the Resident Magistrate shall make an order that such person's name shall be struck off the roll. If both registrar and person objected to appear, the case shall be heard and determined by a Resident Magistrate, and the roll amended, if necessary, according to such determination. No grounds of objection shall be entertained, except such as are specifically set forth in the summons. 20. If the objector be other than the Registrar, he shall deposit with the clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court the sum of one pound, as security for any costs that may be awarded by the Resident Magistrate against him ; and such one pound may be applied in payment or part payment of such costs. 21. Whenever any person whose name is on any roll of any district in respect of a residential qualification shall have removed therefrom and resided in another district for one month, he may make a written application in the form or to the effect set forth in the sixth shedule to this Act, to the registrar of the district in which he has ceased to reside, for a certificate in the form or to the effect set forth' in the seventh schedule to this Act, which shall be granted accordingly. 24. Any person who knowingly and willingly makes a false statement in any application, certificate or declaration mentioned in sections twenty-one and twenty-two of this Act shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 25. The Registrar shall remove the name of every person from, the roll who requests in writing that his name shall be | removed therefrom, and tiie name of ! every person whose death shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar.; but no name shall be so removed from the roll of any district, after the issue of a writ for the election of a member for the said district, until the completion of the said election.

29. Auy person desirous of inspecting the roll shall be entitled to do so without any payment on. at least two (lays in every week, between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon, of which days notice shall be painted or affixed as aforesaid. And shall be entitled to copies thereof or extracts therefrom on prepayment of one shilling for every copy or extract containing less than seventy-two words, and of one shilling for every seventy-two and fraction of seventy-two words additional. Forms of application can be obtained from Mr.Kirk,, the Registrar of Electors for this district.