The Public Sections three and four.

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APPENDIX I.

THE PARISH COUNCILLORS ELECTION

ORDER, 1894.

To the Overseers of the Poor of every Rural Appendix.
Parish in England and Wales having,
according to the Census of One thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-one,
a population of three hundred or
upwards ;-

To the County Council of every administra-
tive county in England and Wales,
except the Administrative County of
London;-

To the Clerk to the Guardians of every Poor
Law Union in which any such Parish

as aforesaid is situate ;

And to all others whom it may concern.

WHEREAS by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 1 of the
Local Government Act, 1894, it is enacted that—

'1. (1.) There shall be a

parish council for every rural parish which has a population of three hundred or upwards:

'(2.) For the purposes of this Act every parish in a rural sanitary district shall be a rural parish."

AND whereas by sub-sections (1), (2), (5), and (6) of section 3 of the said Act it is enacted that—

"3. (1.) The parish council for a rural parish shall be elected from among the parochial electors of that parish

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Appendix. or persons who have during the whole of the twelve months preceding the election resided in the parish, or within three miles thereof, and shall consist of a chairman and councillors, and the number of councillors shall be such as may be fixed from time to time by the county council, not being less than five nor more than fifteen.

"(2.) No person shall be disqualified by sex or marriage for being elected or being a member of a parish council. (5.) The parish councillors shall be elected by the parochial electors of the parish.

"(6.) The election of parish councillors shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be conducted according to rules framed under this Act for that purpose by the Local Government Board."

AND whereas by sub-section (4) of section 18 of the said
Act it is enacted that-

"18. (4.) In a parish divided into parish wards there shall be a separate election of parish councillors for each. ward."

AND whereas by sub-sections (1), (2), and (3) of section 48 of the said Act it is enacted that

"48. (1.) The election of a parish councillor shall be at a parish meeting, or at a poll consequent thereon.

"(2.) Rules framed under this Act by the Local Government Board in relation to elections shall, notwithstanding anything in any other Act, have effect as if enacted in this Act, and shall provide, amongst other things,

"(i.) For every candidate being nominated in writing by two parochial electors as proposer and seconder and no more;

(iii.) For preventing an elector at an election for a parish divided into parish wards from sub

scribing a nomination paper or voting for more Appendix. than one ward;

"(iv.) For fixing or enabling the county council to fix

the day of the poll and the hours during which
the poll is to be kept open, so, however, that
the poll shall always be open between the hours
of six and eight in the evening;

"(v.) For the polls at elections held at the same date
and in the same area being taken together,
except where this is impracticable;

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(vi.) For the appointment of returning officers for the elections."

(3.) At every election regulated by rules framed under this Act, the poll shall be taken by ballot, and the Ballot Act, 1872, and the Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884, and sections seventy-four and seventy-five and Part IV. of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, as amended by the last-mentioned Act (including the penal provisions of those Acts), shall, subject to adaptations, alterations, and exceptions made by such rules, apply in like manner as in the case of a municipal election. Provided that

"(a.) Section six of the Ballot Act, 1872, shall apply in

the case of such elections, and the returning
officer may, in addition to using the schools and
public rooms therein referred to free of charge,
for taking the poll, use the same, free of charge,
for hearing objections to nomination papers and
for counting votes; and

"(b.) Section thirty-seven of the Municipal Elections
(Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884, shall

apply as if the election were an election men-
tioned in the First Schedule to that Act."

AND whereas by section 49 of the said Act it is enacted
that-

"49. Where a parish meeting is required or autho

Appendix. rised in pursuance of this Act to be held for a ward or other part of a parish, then—

"(a.) The persons entitled to attend and vote at the meeting, or at any poll consequent thereon, shall be the parochial electors registered in respect of qualifications in that ward or part; and

"(b.) The provisions of this Act with respect to parish meetings for the whole of a parish.

shall apply as if the ward or part were the whole parish."

AND whereas by sub-sections (1), (2), and (4) of section 84 of the said Act it is enacted that

84. (1.) The first elections under this Act shall be held on the eighth day of November next after the passing of this Act, or such other later date or dates in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four as the Local Government Board may fix.

(2.) The persons elected shall come into office on the second Thursday next after their election, or such other day not more than seven days earlier or later as may be fixed by or in pursuance of the rules under this Act in relation to their election.

"(4.) Subject as in this Act mentioned the appointed day' shall,

"(a.) For the purpose of elections

be the

day or respective days fixed for the first elections under this Act, or such prior day as may be necessary for the purpose of giving notices or doing other acts preliminary to such elections."

NOW THEREFORE, we, the Local Government Board, in pursuance of the powers given to us in that behalf, do, by this our order, direct that the election of parish councillors in the present year in each rural parish which will be entitled to elect a parish council on the appointed day for the first election shall, subject to any directions