5. That all nomination papers must be delivered to the town clerk on or before the

day of October instant, and must be sent so that the same shall be received before five o'clock in the afternoon of that day.

Dated this

Municipal Office.

day of October, 187-.

Town Clerk.

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** In notices for the election of one councillor, or of auditors and assessors, alter the form so as to adapt it to the nomination of one person only.

of

No. VI. Nomination Paper.

as

I, THE undersigned, of, in the parish -, being a burgess for the borough of do hereby nominate the following person proper person to serve as councillor ward in the said borough: :

for the

I hereby give notice that I have received the nominations of the persons above mentioned. The poll will open at nine and close at four o'clock.

Town Clerk.

October, 187-.

No. VIII. Notice of Election on Extraordinary

Vacancy.

Borough of

Ward.

I, THE undersigned, being the alderman of the ward, in the borough of - -, do hereby give notice, that the election of a councillor for the said ward, in the room of now an alderman

(or, as the case may be), will be held on the day of instant, and that if more than one person shall be nominated for the office of councillor for the said ward under the provisions of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1859, due notice will be given of the place or places within the said ward at which the poll will be taken.

Given under my hand this

187-.

day of

Alderman.

No. IX. Notice of Appointment of Polling Places.

Municipal Election.

Appointment of Polling Places.

Borough of P

NOTICE is hereby given, that the aldermen of the several wards within the borough of P— have

appointed the poll on the

next, for the election of

day of November councillors for the

the said borough, in the event of a poll being required for any of such wards, to be taken at the several places hereunder mentioned, that is to say :

[Here set forth the stations in each ward, and with particularity the district attached to each polling station.]

Dated the

day of October, 187-.

Town Clerk.

Town Clerk's Office.

No. X. Appointment of Presiding Officer.

Municipal Election.

(Appointment of Presiding Officer.)

By virtue of the authority contained in an act of parliament made and passed in the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth years of the reign of her majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to Amend the Law.relating to Procedure at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections," and of any law in this behalf enabling me, I, returning officer for the ward of the

borough of P———————, do hereby appoint

-,

pre

siding officer at the ensuing election, to preside at the

Borough of P

"The Ballot Act, 1872."

Instructions for the use of Presiding Officers and their Clerks.

The duties of the returning officer and of the presiding officer are distinct; but the returning officer may, if he think fit, act as presiding officer at any polling station in his ward.

1. General Instructions.

The poll will open at 9 o'clock a.m., and close at 4 o'clock p.m. Immediately before the commencement of the poll the presiding officer will show the ballot box empty to such persons as may be present, and will then lock the box and seal it, so as to prevent its being opened without breaking the seal, and he must keep it so locked and sealed.

The presiding officer will keep order in his station, and regulate the number of electors to be admitted at a time.

The properly appointed agents of the candidates and the constables on duty may be present in the station.

Any candidate may himself undertake the duties which any agent of his might have undertaken, or may assist his agent in such duties.

On a voter coming to the table the presiding officer or his clerk will ask his name, and refer to the register, and call out the number, name and description of the voter as therein stated.

The presiding officer will then—

(1.) Mark the number of the voter on the counterfoil of the ballot paper immediately

below the printed number.

(2.) Tear the ballot paper from the counterfoil and fold it.

(3.) Stamp the ballot paper with the official mark, so that it is seen on the front and back, and hand it open to the voter.

(4.) Cause a mark to be made against the number of the voter in the copy burgess roll,