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Nomination and Election of Candidates.
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XXIV. And be it enacted, That any Person entitled to vote may nominate for the Office of Member of the Local Board of Health himself (if qualified to be elected), or any other Person or Persons so qualified (not exceeding the Number of Persons to be elected); and every such Nomination shall be in Writing, and shall state the Names, Residence, Calling, or Quality of the Persons nominated, and shall be signed by the Party nominating, and be sent to the said Chairman; and if the Number of Persons nominated shall be the same or less than the Number of Persons to be elected, such Persons (if duly qualified) shall be deemed to be elected, and shall be certified accordingly by the said Chairman under his Hand; but if the Number so nominated exceed the Number to be elected, the said Chairman shall cause Voting Papers, in the Form contained in the Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed, to be prepared and filled up, and shall insert therein the Names of all the Persons nominated, in the Order in which the Nomination Papers were received, but it shall not be necessary to insert more than once the Name of any Person nominated; and the said Chairman shall, Three Days before the Day of Election, cause One of such Voting Papers to be delivered by the Persons appointed for that Purpose to the Address in the Parts for which the Election is to be held of each Owner and Proxy, and at the Residence of each Rate-payer entitled to vote therein: Provided always, that if any Person put in nomination shall tender to the Officer conducting the Election his Refusal in Writing to serve as a Member of the Local Board of Health, and if in consequence of such Refusal the Number of Persons nominated shall be the same as or less than the Number of Persons to be elected, all or so many of the remaining Candidates as shall be duly qualified shall be deemed to be elected, and shall be certified as such by the Chairman under his Hand.
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