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Publication of Notices previously to Election.
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XXIII. And be it enacted, That the said Chairman shall, before every such Election, prepare, sign, and publish a Notice, which shall contain the Particulars following: that is to say, the Number and Qualification of the Persons to be elected, the Persons by whom and the Places where the Nomination Papers herein-after mentioned are to be received, and the last Day on which they are to be sent, the Mode of voting in case of a Contest, and the Days on which the Voting Papers will be delivered and collected, and the Time and Place for the Examination and casting up of the Votes; and he shall also cause such Notice to be affixed on such Places in the Parts for which the Election is to be hold as are ordinarily made use of for affixing thereon Notices of Parochial Business: Provided always, that whenever the Day appointed for the Performance of any Act in relation to any such Election shall be on a Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, or any Day appointed for public Fast or Thanksgiving, such Act shall be performed on the Day next following.
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