Dundalk Harbour and Port Act, 1925

Qualification of Commissioners.

9.—Every person who at the time of such election—

(a) shall be resident within the urban district of Dundalk or within five miles from the courthouse of the said town as measured in a straight line on the ordnance survey of Ireland; and

(b) shall be in actual occupation of lands or houses rated to the relief of the poor at the net annual valuation of £20 within the said urban district and shall for each of the two years next immediately preceding the date of such election have paid rates due on lands or houses of the net annual value of £20 situate as aforesaid except such as shall have become payable within three months next before the date of such election

shall subject to the provisions of this Act be qualified for election as a Commissioner:

Provided that the premises in respect of the occupation of which any such person shall be qualified as aforesaid in any year shall not be required to be the same premises but may be different premises occupied in immediate succession by him within the said urban district.