CONTENTS. Abstract of the Election Laws... Act to limit the Poll of all Borough Elections in Scotland to One Day -to limit the Poll of all Borough Elections in Ireland to One Day -to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bribery, Treating, and undue influence at Elections PAGE 146 76 83 66 131 133 9 93 Appeals,-Points decided, in the Common Pleas, in County cases.. 171-176 Qualifications, p. 171;-Building and Land Societies, p. 171;Description in the Lists, p. 172;-Time of Possession, p. 172;-Place of Abode, p. 173;-Incapacities, personal, p. 173;-Service of Notices, p. 173;-Notice of Objections, p. 173;-Service by Post, p. 174;-Appeals, p. 175; -Splitting Act, p. 175. Archbishops and Bishops (The) Army (The). Bribery at Elections, Schedules A. & B.. Borough or City Registration 141 134 125 127 129 152 170 Census of the Population of Great Britain, taken in 1851. Claims and Objections, according to the Registration of Voters' Act.. Controverted Elections' Bill-7 & 8 Vict., cap. 103 Counties, Boroughs, and Universities, with the Numbers returned by each: 177 128 127 Notices applicable to Counties, Cities, Towns, Boroughs, Cinque Ports, &c. 177 Oaths of Electors. 150 Paymaster-General 135 Places which formerly sent Members to Parliament, and now do not.. Population of Great Britain, according to the Census of 1851 President, Lord of the Council 101 62 114 Privilege of Parliament Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Privy Seal, Lord..... 166 136 115 Peers of Ireland Qualification of Members-2 Vict., cap. 48. Reform Bill, 2 William IV., Schedules A. & B. Registration of Electors' Act-6 & 7 Vict., cap. 18.... Voters, in Counties and Boroughs Representative Peers of Scotland... Schedules A., B., &c. of Act 2 William IV., cap. 45. Secretaries of State, Home Department 160 190 167 6 102 102 190 120 Summary of Acts 2 William IV., cap. 45, England Table of the Duration of Parliaments, from the Reign of Henry VIII. 103 Trade, Board of Treasury (The) 129 116 ADVERTISEMENT. HIS Edition contains a List of the past and present House of THIS Commons, with a Summary of the New Acts to amend the Representation, and the Registration of Electors; it also shews the Changes made since the General Election of 1852. The unsuccessful Candidates are invariably marked in Italics. Respecting the List of Changes in all the great Offices, the Rule laid down and pursued in this Book, is, to give, first, the Person or Persons who held this or that Department at the close of the last Century, and then the Changes, or Alterations, in the Administration, which have been since made, with their Dates. No pains have been spared to render this Work as accurate as possible; but Notice of any Errors will at all times be thankfully received by the Publisher, together with any hints for improvement. [The late Parliament was dissolved July 1, 1852; the Writs were returnable on the 26th August, 1852; and it was summoned to meet on Thursday, 21st October, 1852, for the First Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.] The Houses meet for the dispatch of business, January 31, 1856. N.B.-By Act 5 and 6 William IV., cap. 36, the time of taking the Poll in Boroughs, at all contested Elections in England and Wales, is limited to One Day. By Act 5 and 6 William IV., cap. 78, § 5, the time of taking the Poll at all Borough Elections, in Scotland, is limited to One Day. By Act 10 and 11 Victoriæ, cap. 81, the time of taking the Poll at all Borough Elections, in Ireland, is limited to One Day. By Act 16 and 17 Victoriæ, cap. 15, the time of taking the Poll at all County Elections, in England and Wales, is limited to One Day. By Act 16 and 17 Victoriæ, cap. 28, the time of taking the Poll at all County Elections in Scotland (except Orkney and Shetland), is limited to One Day. By Act 16 and 17 Victoriæ, cap. 68, § 3, all Elections in England to take place within Six Days after receiving the Writ, giving Three Days' clear Notice. By Act 6 and 7 Victoriæ, cap. 18, Electors resident in one part of the County, and claiming to vote for property in another, may now vote near their place of residence, on claiming according to the correct form. -[Vide p. 180.] PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS.-By the Act 11 and 12 Victoriæ, cap. 90, (1848,) it is declared that " after the 1st of January next no person shall be required, in order to be on the list of voters for members of Parliament, to have paid any poor-rates or assessed taxes, except such as shall have become payable from him previously to the 5th of January, in the same year; and that no person shall be entitled to be on any such list of voters unless the poor-rates and assessed taxes payable from him previously to the 5th of January shall be paid on or before the 20th July next following." Reform Act, Registration of Voters. Boroughs. |