the names of the persons elected.' He shall also forthwith transmit a copy of such notice to the Education Department, and shall keep the ballot papers for six months, subject to the directions of the Education Department. 20. The expenses of the election and of taking the poll, and the remuneration to the returning officer and his assistants (if any), shall be paid by the school board out of the school fund. Provided that if any question shall arise between the returning officer and the school board as to such expenses or remuneration, such question shall be referred to the Education Department, whose decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.2 21. Notices and other matters required by these regulations to be published shall be published in like manner as public notices are usually published in the parishes to which they relate.3 Parish of F. R. SANDFORD, Secretary. FORM OF NOTICE. ELECTION OF A SCHOOL BOARD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN— 1. That the election of a school board for this parish will take place on the day of 187 . 2. That the number of persons to be elected as members of the school board is 3. That any two ratepayers entitled to vote in this election may nominate any one person of full age, but no more, as a candidate, by sending to or delivering at [office or place to be specified] a nomination paper. A ratepayer may not join more than once in nominating a candidate in the election. The nomination paper must be dated and subscribed by the two ratepayers, and must contain the Christian names, surnames, places of abode, and descriptions of the subscribers, and of the candidate nominated. No nomination paper will be received after 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the day of 4. That public notice will be given of the list of candidates on or before the day of That any candidate may be withdrawn by delivering at place to be specified, not later than 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the day of [office or a notice of withdrawal signed by the candidate and addressed to the returning officer. 5. Notice of the boundaries of the polling districts, and of the number and 1 As to publication of notices, see Rule 21. See Circular Letter of the As to expenses of returning officer, see pp. 219, 425. 3 Notices are not to be published in newspapers. Education Department, p. 425. situation of the polling stations, will be published on or before the day of Each voter must vote in the polling district in which the property in respect of which he is rated is situate, and if it is situate in more than one polling district, in any one of such polling districts. P.M. 7. Every ratepayer of the parish, whose name appears in the book containing the rate made on the day of is entitled to vote in the election. Paragraph I. (c) of the second schedule to the Elementary Education Act, 1873, provides that "in a parish which is not situate in the City of London or in a borough, other than the borough of Oxford, the book containing the last rate made for such parish more than one month previously to any date shall be the register of the ratepayers entitled to vote in such parish at that date; and every ratepayer whose name appears in such rate book shall be entitled to vote unless he is disqualified for voting, and no person shall be entitled to vote whose name does not so appear." 8. The voting shall be by ballot. 9. That in this parish each voter has votes, all of which he may give to one candidate, or he may distribute all or some of them among the REGULATIONS AS TO TRIENNIAL ELECTIONS IN PARISHES. AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, Whitehall, the 3RD DAY OF October, 1873, BY THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. THE Lords of the Committee of Privy Council on Education, by virtue and in pursuance of the powers in them vested under the said Acts and of every other power enabling them in this behalf, do order, and it is hereby ordered as follows: With respect to the triennial election of a school board in a parish: 1. The number of members of the school, board for a parish is the number determined in the first instance by the Education Department, or thereafter by the resolution in force for the time being, which has been duly passed by the school board and approved by the said Department. 2. The returning officer shall be the clerk of the union of which the parish forms part, or the person for the time being discharging the duties of such clerk. 3. The members of every school board shall hold office for three years, and the day for the triennial retirement of members shall be the same day of the year as that which was fixed for the first election of the school board. The election of members of a school board to fill up the vacancies to be caused by every such retirement shall be held upon some convenient day to be fixed by the returning officer in the notice to be issued by him in pursuance of this order, provided that such day of election shall be not more than fourteen clear days and not less than four clear days before the day hereinbefore fixed for such retirement. 4. Fourteen clear days at least before the day fixed for the triennial election, the returning officer shall prepare, sign, and publish such notice of the election as is hereinafter prescribed.' 5. The notice shall specify the number of members to be elected, with the day fixed for the triennial election; and shall also specify a place for the reception of the nomination papers hereinafter mentioned. The notice shall be in the form annexed to this order, or to the like effect. 6. After publication of the notice, but not less than ten clear days before the day fixed for the triennial election, any two persons who are ratepayers of the parish and entitled to vote in the election of members of the school board for the parish may nominate as a candidate any one person, of full age, by sending to, or delivering at, the appointed place, a nomination paper, subscribed by such two persons as aforesaid, and stating the Christian name and surname, As to publication of notices, see Art. 21. 2 As to persons entitled to vote in the election of a school board, see notes, pp. 107, 226. with the place of abode and description of each subscriber and of the candidate nominated; and the returning officer shall send, forthwith, notice of such nomination to each candidate. A ratepayer shall not join more than once in nominating a candidate in the election. 7. No nomination paper shall be received after 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the last day upon which such paper may be received, and no person shall be a candidate unless he has been nominated within the time and in the manner aforesaid. The returning officer shall have power to decide whether any nomination is valid, and his decision shall be final.1 8. Eight clear days at least before the day fixed for the election, public notice shall be given of the names, places of abode, and descriptions of the several candidates nominated as aforesaid. 9. After delivery of a nomination paper, but not less than six clear days before the day fixed for the election, any candidate may be withdrawn by delivering at the place appointed, a notice of such withdrawal, addressed to the returning officer, and signed by the candidate. Such notice shall not be delivered later than 4 o'clock in the afternoon. 10. If no more persons are nominated, as aforesaid, than there are members to be elected, such persons shall be deemed to be elected on the day fixed for the election, and the returning officer shall, on the said day, publish a list of the names, with the places of abode, and descriptions of the persons so elected, and such publication shall be conclusive evidence of the election. 2 The returning officer shall forthwith transmit a copy of such list to the Education Department. 11. If after the time hereinbefore limited for the withdrawal of any candidate more persons remain as candidates than there are members to be elected, the returning officer shall forthwith publish the names, places of abode, and descriptions of the several candidates, and give notice that a poll will be taken on the day fixed for the election between the hours specified in such notice. 12. The returning officer shall determine the number and situation of the polling stations, and, for the purposes of this election, may cause any parish to be divided into polling districts. The said officer shall cause the boundaries of such districts, and the number and situation of the polling stations, to be published not less than three clear days before the day fixed for the election.❜ No public-house shall be used for a polling station, or for the purposes of an election. 13. If the parish is divided into polling districts, each voter shall give his vote in the polling district in which the property in respect of which he is entitled to vote is situate, and if it is situate in more than one polling district, he shall vote in any one of the polling districts in which it is situate. 14. The returning officer, or some person or persons appointed by him for 1 As to decision of returning officer being final, see note, p. 331. 2 As to the publication of notices, see Rule 21. As to number of polling stations, see p. 425. this purpose, shall preside at each polling station, provided that only one person shall preside at the same time.1 15. The poll shall commence at such an hour, not earlier than 8 A.M., and close at such an hour, not later than 8 P.M., as shall be fixed by the returning officer, but the poll shall be open for seven hours and no longer. 16. Subject to the provisions of this order, the poll shall be conducted in like manner as a poll at a contested municipal election is directed by the Ballot Act, 1872, to be conducted; and, subject as aforesaid, the provisions of that Act shall apply to the election in like manner as if they were contained in this order, with the substitution of the term "school board election" for the term "municipal election": Provided that; 2 (a) Every voter shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of the members of the school board to be elected, and may give all such votes to one candidate, or may distribute them among the candidates as he thinks fit. (b) The voter may place against the name of any candidate for whom he votes the number of votes he gives to such candidate in lieu of a cross, and the form of directions for the guidance of the voter in voting, contained in the Ballot Act, 1872, shall be altered accordingly.3 (c) The provisions of secs. 3, 4, 11, and 24 of the Ballot Act, 1872, shall be deemed to be regulations contained in this order, which involve a penalty within the meaning of section 90 of the Elementary Education Act, 1870.* 17. The person presiding at the poll may, and if required by any two voters shall, put to any voter at the time of his applying for a ballot paper, but not afterwards, the following questions, or one of them, but no other: (1.) Are you the person whose name appears as A. B. in the book containing the rate made on the therein for the property described as property in rate-book ? day of (2.) Have you already voted at the present election? , and rated [specify date and And no person required to answer any of the said questions shall be permitted or qualified to vote until he has answered the same. 18. In case of an equality of votes, the returning officer shall determine by lot the persons to be elected. The election shall be deemed to have taken place on the day fixed for the election. 19. The returning officer shall publish notice of the result of the poll and of the names of the persons elected. He shall also forthwith transmit a copy of such notice to the Education Department, and shall keep the ballot papers for six months, subject to the directions of the Education Department. 1 As to remuneration and duties of presiding officer, see note, pp. 332, 350. 2 See notes, p. 223. 3 As to the entry of the votes in the ballot papers, see note, p. 223. With regard to the rate book which constitutes the register of voters, see p. 226. The sections referred to will be found in the note to sec. 90 of the 33 & 34 Vict., c. 75, ante. |