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1 & 2 Vict c. 56. s. 84.
Owners and their proxies to make their claims one month before voting.
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24. And whereas by the said first-recited Act it is provided, that no rate-payer shall be entitled to vote, either in person or proxy, in respect of any property not in his actual occupation, or to give any vote in addition to the vote or votes to which he would be entitled as an occupier paying rent equal to the net annual value of the property in his actual occupation, unless he or his proxy shall, one week at the least previous to the day on which he shall claim to vote, have given a statement in writing of his name and address, and the description of the property in respect of which he claims to vote, and of his interest therein, and, if such proxy shall claim to vote, the original or an attested copy of the writing appointing such proxy, to the guardians, or some person acting as the returning officer of the election of guardians: And whereas the period of one week between the giving of such statements, descriptions, and writings, and the day of the voting, is not sufficient for the due examination of such statements, descriptions, and writings: Be it enacted, that no rate-payer shall be entitled to vote as aforesaid, or to give such additional vote as aforesaid, until one calendar month after the said statement and description, and, in the case of a proxy, until one calendar month after the said original or copy of his appointment, have been given to the guardians or other person as aforesaid.
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