INDEX.

ABERDEEN. See UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS.
ABSENCE

of candidate, when proposed or elected, 68
ADJOURNMENT

after nomination, when election contested, 70
in case of death of candidate, before poll taken, 71
in case of riot, 76

when preparations for taking poll not complete, 99
AFFIRMATION. See DECLARATION.

AGENCY,

bribery inquired into before, 136

if proved, liability of candidate, 136
definition of, 137

what specific facts will establish, 140, 141
when it ceases, 143

AGENT,

neither returning officer nor partner may act as, 75

for what purposes to be appointed, 72

appointment of fresh, in case of incapacity to act, 74

declaration of secrecy to be taken by, 74

candidate may act as, for certain purposes, 72

appointment of scheduled briber as, 75

may not vote, 76

for counting votes, service of notice upon, how effected, 76

to be present at counting of votes, 100

-verification of ballot paper account, 103

bills for election expenses to be sent in to, 116
liability of candidate for acts of, 136

AMENDMENT
of return, 112

APPOINTMENT

of staff by returning officer, in England, 35

in Scotland, 52

in Ireland, 59

APPOINTMENT-continued.

of presiding officers, 36

of poll clerks, 40

of additional clerks, to count votes, 40
of constables, to keep order, in England, 41

of deputy, by sheriff, 42

in Ireland, 60

of returning officer in English counties, if post vacant, 43
of substitute, in Scotland, 52

of commissioners to administer oaths, in Ireland, 60

of assessor, in Ireland, 60

of agents, by candidates, 72

of fresh agents, by candidates, 74
of scheduled briber as agent, 75

ARREST

of any person in a polling station, for personation, 97

for misconduct, 41

political, members of, when agents, 141

ATTORNEY,

when agent of candidate, 140 note (7).

BALLOT ACT,

35 & 36 Vict. c. 33, lxxxiii

rules of, cii

forms prescribed by, writ, cxvi

nomination paper, cxvii

notice of election, exvii

ballot paper, cxix

direction of guidance of voters, cxx
statutory declaration of secrecy, exx
declaration of inability to read, cxx

acts repealed or amended by, for England, cxxii

BALLOT BOXES,

by whom to be supplied, 25

construction of, 29

number of, 38, note (4)

for Scotland, cxxviii

for Ireland, cxxxii

to be exhibited empty before poll commences, 36

to be sealed up after close of poll, 38

BALLOT PAPERS,

by whom to be supplied, 32

form of, 29, cxix, cxli

for tendered votes, 31

BIRKENHEAD,

returning officer for, 13

BLINDNESS,

if voter incapacitated by, how ballot paper is to be marked, 37

BOOTHS,

not now necessary to erect separate, 26

polling, now the same as polling station, 58, note (4)

BOROUGHS,

returning officer in, 15

notice of election for, 43

preparations for election in, in England, 45

BRIBER,

in Scotland, 54

Ireland, 61

appointment of scheduled, as agent, 75

who is, by statute, 135

what kinds of, not reached by common law, 130

its civil consequences, 131

how punishable in Parliament, 131

BRIBERY-continued

at common law, its effect upon seat of member, 133
its effect upon electors, 135

by statute, 135

who is a briber, 135

criminal liability for, 136

inquired into, before agency, 136

by stranger, how far candidate affected by, 143
of any person whatever, is a statutable offence, 144
premium held out in, 144

before and after vote given, 145

definition of, after vote given, 145

intention to violate law inmaterial in, 147

unconditional payments not, 152

subscriptions not, 152

charity not, 152

lavish household expenditure not, 152

payment for admission of freemen not, 155

overpaying agent not, 152

payment of rates, when, 154

by offer to procure place in town council, 144, note (8)
colourable payments, 155

purchase of influence, when, 155

procuring return, 156

supplying money for past or future, 157

penalties for, 157

person bribed guilty of, 160

before or during an election, 145

after election, 161

personal knowledge of, of candidate, 159

BUILDINGS

for polling-station, may now be hired, 27
CAMBRIDGE. See UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS.

CANDIDATE,

form of nomination of, 25

consent of, necessary for taking poll at inn, 28

contract by, as to polling stations, 34

liability of, for expenses of election, in England, 34

in Irish elections, effect of gift by, to sheriff, 56
is entitled to be present at nomination, 65
in polling station, 36

neither presence or consent of necessary, 68
withdrawal of, 69

death of, before poll taken, 71

may undertake duties of agent, 72