The English Municipal Code: Being the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Victoria, Chapter 50): With Historical Introduction, Notes, Comments, and References; the General Orders of the Judges Under the Corrupt Practices (municipal Elections) Act, and Also Under this Act; a Statistical Appendix, and a Comprehensive Index |
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... body of burgesses or non - residents qualified for election as councillors , to the exclusion of members of the Council ( See section 15 ( 1 ) at page 34 ) . All questions at , and acts of a Council , are to be decided by a majority of ...
... body of burgesses or non - residents qualified for election as councillors , to the exclusion of members of the Council ( See section 15 ( 1 ) at page 34 ) . All questions at , and acts of a Council , are to be decided by a majority of ...
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... body politic under a special denomination , and are vested by the policy of the law with the capacity of perpetual succession , and of acting in several respects , however numerous the association may be , as a single individual . The ...
... body politic under a special denomination , and are vested by the policy of the law with the capacity of perpetual succession , and of acting in several respects , however numerous the association may be , as a single individual . The ...
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... body . The Anglo - Saxon forms of local organisation were legitimate ramifications of the common - law rights of the free population . It is at all events certain that at that time , while the county districts or shires were under the ...
... body . The Anglo - Saxon forms of local organisation were legitimate ramifications of the common - law rights of the free population . It is at all events certain that at that time , while the county districts or shires were under the ...
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... body of resident inhabitant householders , being freemen , paying scot and bearing lot , and doing suit and service in the court - leet of the town or city . Notwithstanding the slight interference of the Conqueror and his immediate ...
... body of resident inhabitant householders , being freemen , paying scot and bearing lot , and doing suit and service in the court - leet of the town or city . Notwithstanding the slight interference of the Conqueror and his immediate ...
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... bodies within the boroughs , and ultimately pro- duced the gravest and most intolerable abuses , which were not swept away until the year 1835. In the year 1439 the first charter of incorporation to a municipal body was granted to ...
... bodies within the boroughs , and ultimately pro- duced the gravest and most intolerable abuses , which were not swept away until the year 1835. In the year 1439 the first charter of incorporation to a municipal body was granted to ...
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1835 is preserved 36 Vict 42 Vict aforesaid aldermen amend apply appointed authority barrister borough fund borough rate burgess roll bye-law candidate charter Cinque Ports clause Commissioners constables copy coroner corrupt practice costs county borough county council county of London court of quarter declaration deemed deputy disqualified district division duties effect of section election court election of councillors election petition electors enacted entitled expenses Government Board grant guilty held High Court illegal practice judge jurisdiction justices liable Local Government England London LONDON WALL Majesty manner mayor municipal borough Municipal Corporations Act municipal election petition nomination paper notice offence overseers paid parish burgess lists Parliament parliamentary borough parliamentary election payment peace person petitioner poll powers proceedings provisions purposes pursuance qualified quarter sessions recorder relating repealed respect returning officer rule Schedule scheme thereof tion town clerk Treasury trial trustees vote voters ward watch rate
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Page 284 - ... remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid ; and any such investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture, or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing Act had not been passed.
Page 260 - No person shall, for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a candidate at any election, be engaged or employed for payment or promise of payment for any purpose or in any capacity whatever, except...
Page 99 - Part, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds for every day during which the default continues.
Page 183 - Where after the commencement of this Act any action, prosecution, or other proceeding is commenced in the United Kingdom against any person for any act done in pursuance, or execution, or intended execution of any Act of Parliament, or of any public duty or authority, or in respect of any alleged neglect or default in the execution of any such Act, duty, or authority...
Page 73 - Where an equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates at an election for a county or borough, and the addition of a vote would entitle any of such candidates to be declared elected, the returning officer...
Page 272 - ... or by any other Person on his Behalf, receive, agree, or contract for any Money, Gift, Loan, or valuable Consideration, Office, Place, or Employment, for himself or for any other Person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting, at any Election: 2.
Page 261 - ... arose from inadvertence or from accidental miscalculation or from some other reasonable cause of a like nature, and in any case did not arise from any want of good faith...
Page 217 - ... the following sums], (that is to say) the said CD the sum of £ , the said EF the sum of £ , the said...
Page 22 - into effect the reports of the Commissioners appointed ' to consider the state of the Established Church in ' England and Wales, with reference to Ecclesiastical ' Duties and Revenues, so far as they relate to epis' copal dioceses, revenues, and patronage...
Page 273 - 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...