CONDUCT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ELECTION.

MAXIMUM EXPENSE.-The sum which a candidate may expend in the conduct and management of an election is regulated under the Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884, by a scale which allows a maximum of £25 for the first 500 electors, and threepence for each elector above that number. The limit of expenditure therefore, will be as follows:

And so on, at the rate of threepence for each elector.

These sums must not be exceeded, or the ELECTION WILL BE VOID.

(In London, if two candidates stand jointly, the maximum amount for each must be reduced by one-fourth.)

COMMITTEE ROOMS.-One committee room is allowed to be hired for each electoral division, or if the number of electors exceeds 2,000, one additional committee room for every additional 2,000, or part of that number. The use of committee rooms voluntarily lent is not limited, provided they are not in prohibited premises.

The following premises, or any part of the same, MAY NOT BE USED either as a committee room or for holding a meeting to promote the election of a candidate, viz. :

Premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor for consumption on or off the premises:

Premises where refreshment of any kind, whether food or drink, is ordinarily sold for consumption on the premises:

Premises where any intoxicating liquor is supplied to the members of a CLUB, SOCIETY, or ASSOCIATION.

N.B.-The use of Public Elementary Schools is not prohibited. EMPLOYMENT.-The number of persons who may be employed for payment, as clerks or messengers, or in either capacity, in connection with the election is as follows:-Not more than 2,000 electors

2 persons.

3,000 4,000 5,000

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and so on, one additional person being allowed for every 1,000 electors, or part of that number.

There is no provision authorising the payment of an election agent, as such.
One polling agent is allowed for each polling station, and agents (unpaid) to attend the
counting of votes on the candidate's behalf may also be appointed (see form, post).
Electors who are employed for payment may not vote.

ELECTION EXPENSES.-Claims in respect of the election expenses of a candidate must be sent in within fourteen days after the election, or they will be barred and cannot be paid.

All such expenses must be paid within twenty-one days of the election.

Every agent must send in to the candidate, within twenty-three days after the election, a return, in writing, of all expenses incurred by him in the conduct and management of the election (under a penalty of £50).

Every candidate must, within twenty-eight days after the election, send to the Clerk of the County Council, a return of all expenses incurred by him or his agents, together with bills stating the particulars, and receipts for all sums over twenty shillings.

A declaration, according to the presented form (post), must accompany the return.

A candidate who fails to make the return, is forbidden, under a penalty of £50 a day, to sit or vote in the Council.

The penalties and disqualifications attending the commission of corrupt or illegal practices at the election of a County Councillor, are similar in most respects to those which follow the same offences at Parliamentary elections.

NOMINATION PAPER.

County of

Election of Councillor for the

said County, to be held on the

day of

Electoral Division in the 18

WE, the undersigned, being respectively County Electors, hereby nominate the following person as a Candidate at the said Election.

WE, the undersigned, being respectively County Electors, hereby assent to the nomination of the above-named person as a Candidate at the said Election.

* Not Business Address.

Electoral Division
Polling District

ti.e., Rank, Profession, or Calling,

The number on the Register must be accurately stated.

APPOINTMENT OF AGENT.

County of

To the Returning Officer at the Election of a Councillor for theElectoral Division, in the said County, to be held on.

of

I,

18 and to the Clerk of the County Council of the said County.

at the said Election, do hereby appoint.

the proceedings before the Returning Officer on my behalf, on

the.

APPOINTMENT OF POLLING AGENTS AND COUNTING AGENTS.

County of

To the Returning Officer at the Election of a Councillor for theElectoral Division, in the said County, to be held on

of

I,

18

having been duly nominated as a Candidate

at the said Election, do hereby appoint the following persons to act as my Agents at the Polling Stations at the said Election, namely:—

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Polling Station of

Polling Station of

I,

for the

day of

having been a candidate for the election of councillor electoral division of the county of.

on the

[and my agents] do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that I have paid for my expenses at the said election, and that, except as aforesaid, I have not, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, no person, nor any club, society, or association, has on my behalf, made any payment, or given, promised, or offered any reward, office, employment, or valuable consideration, or incurred any liability on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election. And I further solemnly and sincerely declare that, except as aforesaid, no money, security, or equivalent for money, has to my knowledge or belief been paid, advanced, given, or deposited by anyone to or in the hands of myself, or any other person, for the purpose of defraying any expenses incurred on my behalf on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election.

And I further solemnly and sincerely declare that I will not at any future time make, or be a party to the making or giving of any payment, reward, office, employment, or valuable consideration, for the purpose of defraying any such expenses as last mentioned, or provide or be a party to the providing of any money, security, or equivalent for money for the purpose of defraying any such expenses.

Signature of declarant.

Signed and declared by the above-named declarant on the

Justice of the Peace for.

before me,
(Signed).

-day of

COUNTY COUNCILS.

The following list shows the complement of members allotted to the various County Councils which have been established under the Local Government Act :

The following boroughs are, under the Local Government Act, constituted administrative counties of themselves :

CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY COUNCILS.

NORTHUMBERLAND Sir M. White Ridley, Bt., M.P. Blagdon, Cramlington.