not to act until he has taken oaths and made declaration,
169; form of oaths, 163; form of declaration, 257; may
make affirmation in lieu of oath, 163; to have precedence
after mayor, 169; disqualified to serve in parliament for
borough, 169; cannot be member of town council, 169; or
stipendiary magistrate, 169; his salary, 169; council to
approve of increase of, 169.
may be appointed for two or more boroughs, 170.
to hold sessions once a quarter, 170; or oftener if he thinks fit,
or Secretary of State directs, 170.
sole judge of court, 171; his jurisdiction, 171.
to appoint deputy, 172; qualification of, 172.
in the absence of, and of deputy, mayor to open and adjourn
court, 172.
may form a second court, 172; may appoint assistant recorder to
preside therein, 173; powers of assistant recorder, 173.
at request, clerk of the peace, to appoint assistant at second
court, 174; to appoint additional crier for second court, 173;
remuneration of assistant recorder, assistant clerk of the
peace, 174, 248, 249; not to form second court without
consent of council, 173; Secretary of State to approve of
deputy to be appointed, 173.
powers of, as to forming second court, may be exercised by
deputy recorder, 174.
remuneration payable to assistant recorder, assistant clerk of the
peace and crier, to be certified by, 248.
remuneration of, to be paid out of borough fund, without order
of council, 249.
town clerk to have custody of, 72.
of freemen, for parliamentary elections, 197.
See THE PARLIAMENTARY REGISTRATION ACT, tit. LIST OF
FREEMEN.
See THE PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION ACT,
tit. FREEMEN.
of births, deaths, and marriages. (See EXEMPTIONS.)
to make returns of deaths to overseers, 376; such returns to be
made four times a year, 377; fees to be paid therefor, 377;
returns to be made to the sanitary authority, 378.
REGISTRATION OF BOROUGH CIVIL COURT,
appointment of, 178; what matters may be taken before, 178;
not to practise as a solicitor in borough civil court, 179;
his partner or clerk not to so practise, or act as agent, 179.
to summon juries, 181; how summons to be served, 181; by
whom to be signed, 181; to make list of jury, 181.
for inspection of documents under Ballot Act, 436, 437.
union or parochial, disqualifies burgess, 62; to father of a
burgess, 62; to wife or children under 16, 63; to children
of widow, 63; receipt of parochial relief to be ascertained
by overseers, 63; when education of child not relief, 84;
where medical or surgical assistance not relief, 84; removal
to a hospital under Public Health Act not relief, 84.
RESIDENCE,
qualification by, 61, 64, 163.
of corporate office, 86; fine to be paid, 86; council to declare
office vacant, 86; how to be published, 86; refusal on con-
scientious grounds to make declaration, 86; resignation
without payment of fine, 86; how, if council refuse to
declare vacancy, 86.
RESERVED FORCES.-See EXEMPTIONS.
RESPONDENTS.-See BURGESS LISTS.
for a whole borough, who to be, 94, 293; for a ward, 94, 293;
when to publish lists of councillors when elections not con-
tested, 95; where there is equality of votes to give casting
vote, 96.
illness, &c., of, 101; may be made a respondent in an election
petition, 111; when mayor is not, for this purpose, 112; at
parliamentary elections, in boroughs, other than cities, and
towns being counties, 222; in Berwick-upon-Tweed, 222;
in parliamentary boroughs where there are more mayors
than one, 222.
if mayor absent, or incapable, council to choose an alderman to
act as, 222.
duties of, at municipal election, 309, 310.
duties of, at close of poll, 310.
duties of, in counting the votes, 311-317.
RETURNING OFFICER-continued.
duties of, as to rejection of ballot papers, 317-328.
illustrations of good ballot papers, 322-325; illustrations of
bad ballot papers, 325, 326.
duties of, as to declaration of poll, 328.
no person to be appointed who has been employed by another
person in or about the election, 431.
See BALLOT ACT, 1872, tit. ELECTION OFFICERS.
to Local Government Board, 79; when to be made, 79; in what
form, 79; penalty for non-compliance, 79.
in what boroughs, 80; number of, 80; qualification of, 80; not
to be member of council, 80; or town clerk, or treasurer, 80;
term of office, 80; to appoint deputy, 80; appointment to
be signified to council, 80.
to accept office by making required declaration within five days, 85;
or pay fine, 85; amount of fine, 85; who exempt from serving, 85.
declaration of acceptance of office to be subscribed before acting, 86.
may resign, 86; fines to be paid, 86; resignation to be accepted
by council, 86; how signified, 86; refusal on conscientious
grounds to make declaration, 86; resignation without pay-
ment of fine, 86; what is the remedy if council refuse to
declare vacancy, 86.
eligible for re-election, 86.
acts and proceedings of, to be valid notwithstanding disqualifica-
tion, 89; title to office not to be questioned for defect in
title of person for whom election held, 89.
to hold revision court with mayor, 239; may be compelled to
hold court, 239; powers of court, 240, 241.
time and mode of election, 99; one voting paper to be used at
election of, and of elective auditors, 99; how candidates to
be therein distinguished, 99; each voting paper to be deemed
a separate voting paper in respect of each office, 99; an
elector not to vote for more than one, 99; where election to
be held, 99; when the provisions of the Municipal Corpora-
tions Act, 1882, to apply, 100.
casual vacancy, when to be filled, 101.
practice at election of, 330.
neglect of duty punishable by fine, 104; within what time fine
recoverable, 105.
in non-parliamentary boroughs to be held before mayor and
assessors, 240; when, 240; notice of, 240; powers of, 240,
REVISION COURT-continued.
241; to examine on oath, 241; to determine after hearing,
241; mayor to adjourn, 241.
See PARLIAMENTARY REGISTRATION ACT, 1843, tit. REVISION
COURT.
See PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNICIPAL REGISTRATION ACT, 1878,
tit. REVISION COURT.
non-compliance with those in the third schedule to the Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, not to invalidate election, 103.
for meetings of council, 235-238.
non-compliance with those in first schedule to the Ballot Act
not to invalidate election, 420.
general, as to procedure in municipal election petitions, 452-468;
additional, 465, 466.
for inspection of documents under Ballot Act, 436, 437.
See COUNCIL, MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS OF.
SALES OF LAND.-See TREASURY.
as to investments made before 1860, 142; of scheme respecting
mortgage debts incurred before 1860, 143; on consolidation
of debts incurred before 1860, 143; of sales, &c., in pursu-
ance of contracts made before 1835, 144; in respect of rates
to pay past debts, 144; in respect of rights of creditors over
tolls or dues before 1835, 144; for lawful debts contracted
before 1835, 144, 145; for deed or obligation incurred be-
fore 1835, 145; against new liability to debts contracted
before 1835, 145; for borough civil courts, 180; for the
Borough and Local Courts of Record Act, 1872, 181; of
Promissory Oaths Act, 1868, 219; of rights of lord warden
of cinque ports, 228; of Cinque Ports Act, 1869, 225; of
rights of Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, 225; of local Acts,
226; of charters, 225; of existing rights of corporations,
225; of existing boundaries, 226; collection of borough and
watch rate by corporate officers, 226; of respective jurisdic-
tions of county and borough magistrates, 226; of certain
boroughs to have a separate commission of the peace, 226;
for Prison Acts, for military and naval officers, &c., 227; for
dockyards, barracks, and other naval and military estab-
lishments, 227; for Admiralty, 228; for the universities,
228; for jurisdiction over cathedral precincts, 229; for the
royal prerogative, 229; as to past effect of repealed enact-
ments, 229; for elections, declarations, appointments, bye-
laws, rates, tables of fees, and regulations made, or in the
course of being made before the commencement of the
Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, 230.
SCHEDULE,
definition of, 60.
to the Municipal Corporation Act:-to be read as part of that
Act, 60.
first schedule, 231.
second schedule, 235.
third schedule, 238.
non-compliance with rules in, not to invalidate election, 103.
fourth schedule, 248.
fifth schedule, 249.
sixth schedule, 256.
seventh schedule, 256, 257.
eighth schedule, 258.
mistake in use of forms in, not to invalidate election, 103; may
be varied, 220.
ninth schedule, 270.
to the Parliamentary and Municipal Registration Act, 396.
to the Ballot Act, 1872.
non-compliance with rules contained in, not to invalidate elec-
tion, 420.
mistake in the use of the forms in, not to invalidate election,
420.
to the Public Works Loans Act, 1875, 539.
public or endowed, child of burgess admitted to, does not dis-
qualify, 84; as to effect of remission of fees in school board
schools, 85.
votes obtained by corrupt practices to be struck off, on, 110.
to be provided under the Ballot Act, 1872, 286. (See COR-
PORATE SEAL.)
SECRETARY OF STATE,
definition of, 60; bye-laws to be sent to, 77.
to appoint commissioner to prepare scheme for division of
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