Appendix. Schedules. Counterfoil No. SECOND SCHEDULE. Note. The forms contained in this schedule, or forms as nearly resembling the same as circumstances will admit, shall be used in all cases to which they refer and are applicable, and when so used shall be sufficient in law. Note. The counterfoil is to have a number to correspond with that on No. the back of the ballot paper. Form of back of ballot paper. Election for 18 county [or borough, or ward] Note. The number on the ballot paper is to correspond with that in the counterfoil. Note. This form of ballot paper is not to be used for the election of elective auditors, and revising assessors. (See Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, sched. 8, p. 264.) Directions as to printing Ballot Paper. Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with this schedule. The surname of each candidate, and if there are two or more candidates of the same surname, also the other names of such candidates, shall be printed in large characters, as shown in the form, and the names, addresses and descriptions, and the number on the back of the paper shall be printed in small characters. Form of Directions for the Guidance of the Voter in voting, which shall Appendix. be printed in conspicuous characters, and placarded outside every Schedules. Polling Station and in every compartment of every Polling Station. The voter will go into one of the compartments, and, with the pencil provided in the compartment, place a cross on the right hand side, opposite the name of each candidate for whom he votes, thus X The voter will then fold up the ballot paper so as to show the official mark on the back, and leaving the compartment will, without showing the front of the paper to any person, show the official mark on the back to the presiding officer, and then, in the presence of the presiding officer, put the paper into the ballot box, and forthwith quit the polling station. If the voter inadvertently spoils a ballot paper, he can return it to the officer, who will, if satisfied of such inadvertence, give him another paper. If the voter votes for more than candidate or places any mark on the paper by which he may be afterwards identified, his ballot paper will be void, and will not be counted. If the voter takes a ballot paper out of the polling station, or deposits in the ballot box any other paper than the one given him by the officer, he will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour. Note. These directions shall be illustrated by examples of the ballot paper. Form of Statutory Declaration of Secrecy. I solemly promise and declare, that I will not at this election for do anything forbidden by section four of the Ballot Act, 1872, which has been read to me. Note. The section must be read to the declarant by the person taking the declaration. Appendix. I, the undersigned, being the presiding officer for the polling station for the county [or borough] of Schedules. do hereby certify, that the above declaration, having been first read to the above-named A.B., was signed by him in my presence with his mark. Signed, C.D., polling station Presiding officer for day of Regulations REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS Borough of N. THE BALLOT ACT, 1872. Regulations for the Inspection of Documents. We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of N., for inspection acting by the council, do hereby by virtue of "The Ballot Act, of documents. 1872," prescribe the following regulations for the inspection of documents in the custody of the town clerk, and for the fees for the supply of copies of documents of which copies are directed to be supplied. 1. The documents in the custody of the town clerk, under the Ballot Act, 1872 (other than ballot papers and counterfoils), shall be open to public inspection in the manner hereinafter mentioned. 2. Any person desiring to inspect such documents shall give notice thereof in writing to the town clerk, and state therein an address in the borough to which a reply may be sent. 3. On the receipt of any such notice the town clerk shall, within one day, give notice in writing making an appointment for the inspection either at the town hall or at his office within two days after the receipt of the notice by him. 4. The town clerk shall also give notice in writing of the appointment to the mayor, or in his illness or absence to the deputy mayor, either of whom if unable to attend may request any member of the town council to do so on his behalf. 5. The inspection shall take place between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 6. The sealed packets of which inspection may be desired shall be opened, and after inspection shall be sealed up again, in the presence of the mayor, the deputy mayor, or the member of the town council attending the inspection. 7. The person making the inspection shall not be entitled to take copies of any documents at the time, but he may before the packets are resealed demand to be furnished with copies of any of the docu- Appendix. ments inspected by him, in which case the sealing of the packets in Schedules which such documents were contained shall be postponed until the copies have been made, and the packet shall be resealed as soon as practicable by the town clerk. 8. Any person may make a request in writing to the town clerk to be furnished with copies of any such documents, either with or without having made an inspection thereof: and the town clerk on obtaining a written authority from the mayor, or in his illness or absence from the deputy mayor for the time being, shall open the necessary packets, supply such copies with all despatch, and forthwith reseal the packets. 9. No packets opened under these regulations shall be resealed without a memorandum in writing, signed by the town clerk, being inserted therein on which shall be stated : a. The date of opening; b. The names of the person inspecting (if any); c. The documents (if any) of which copies were taken, and to whom they were supplied; and d. The date of the packets being resealed. 10. There shall be paid to the town clerk by the person making any such inspection a sum of one guinea for each day or part of a day during which such inspection shall last, as a remuneration for the duties imposed on him by these regulations. 11. The town council may at any time order any packets to be opened and resealed from time to time for such purposes and in such manner as they shall determine and prescribe in each case. 12. The town clerk is authorized to charge any sum not exceeding twopence per folio of seventy-two words for copies of documents made by him in accordance with these regulations, such charge to cover the cost of all necessary forms and paper used for that purpose. Given under our corporate seal this thousand eight hundred day of one L. S. I hereby consent to the foregoing regulations prescribed by the town council of the borough of N., for the inspection of documents and fees for the supply of copies of documents, of which copies are directed to be supplied under the provisions of sect. 64 (sub-sect. b.) of schedule 1 of the Act 35 & 36 Vict. c. 33. Home Office, (Signed) Appendix. Bribery de fined. CORRUPT PRACTICES. THE CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT, 1854. 17 & 18 VICT. CAP. 102. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bribery, WHEREAS the laws now in force for preventing corrupt prac- Sect. 1 is of no practical importance, and is therefore omitted. The 77th section of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, makes bribery, treating, undue influence, and personation include respectively anything done at or with respect to a municipal election, which if done before, at, or after, or with respect to a parliamentary election, would make the person doing the same liable to any penalty, punishment, or disqualification for bribery and treating at a parliamentary election. 2. The following persons shall be deemed guilty of bribery, and shall be punishable accordingly: 1. Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, give, lend, or agree to give or lend, or shall offer, promise, or promise to procure or to endeavour to procure, any money or valuable consideration to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person in order to induce any voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of such voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election: 2. Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, give or procure, or agree to give or procure, or offer, promise, or promise to procure or to endeavour to procure, any office, place, or employment to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : |