for the relief of the poor of your said parish, the sum of, being the proportion of your said parish for and towards the watch rate of the said borough. And herein you are not to fail on the peril that shall ensue thereof.

Given under my hand and the common seal of the

this election for

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I SOLEMNLY promise and declare that I will not at do anything forbidden by section four of the Ballot Act, 1872, which has been read to me.

NOTE. This section must be read to the person taking the declaration.

I, the undersigned, being presiding officer for the polling station for the borough of, 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.,

Presiding Officer for

day of

station for the borough of

polling

No. XXVIII. Directions for the guidance of the voter in Voting, which are to be printed in conspicuous characters and placarded outside every Polling Station and in every compartment of every Polling Station.

THE voter may vote for

candidates.

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

candidates,

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 are to be illustrated by examples of the ballot paper.

No. XXIX. Section IV. of the Ballot Act, 1872.

EVERY officer, clerk and agent in attendance at a polling station shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting in such station, and shall not communicate, except for some purpose authorized by law, before the poll is closed, to any person any information as to the name or number on the register of voters of any burgess who has or has not applied for a ballot paper or voted at that station, or as to the official mark, and no such officer, clerk or agent, and no person whosoever, shall interfere with or attempt to interfere with a voter when marking his vote, or otherwise attempt to obtain in the polling station as to the candidate for whom any voter in such station is about to vote or has voted, or communicate at any time to any person any information obtained in a polling station as to the candidate for whom any voter in such station is about to vote or has voted,

or as to the number on the back of the ballot paper given to any voter at such station. Every officer, clerk and agent in attendance at the counting of the votes shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting, and shall not attempt to ascertain at such counting the number on the back of any ballot paper, or communicate any information obtained at such counting as to the candidate for whom any vote is given in any particular ballot paper. No person shall directly or indirectly induce any voter to display his ballot paper after he shall have marked the same, so as to make known to any person the name of the candidate for or against whom he has so marked his vote.

Every person who acts in contravention to the provisions of this section shall be liable, on summary conviction before two justices of the peace, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.

The Ballot Act-Section IX.

If any person misconducts himself in the polling station, or fails to obey the lawful orders of the presiding officer, he may immediately, by order of the presiding officer, be removed from the polling station by any constable in or near that station, or any other person authorized in writing by the returning officer to remove him, and the person so removed shall not, unless with the permission of the presiding officer, again be allowed to enter the polling station during the day. Any person so removed as aforesaid, if charged with the commission in such station of any offence, may be kept in custody until he can be

brought before a justice of the peace. Provided that the powers conferred by this section shall not be exercised so as to prevent any elector, who is otherwise entitled to vote at any polling station, from having an opportunity of voting at such station.

No. XXX. Regulations as to Sanitary Officers.

MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH.

To the several Urban Sanitary Authorities in England and Wales, constituted by the Public Health Act, 1872,-And to all others whom it may con

cern.

WHEREAS by section 10 of the Public Health Act, 1872, it is enacted that it shall be the duty of every urban sanitary authority to appoint from time to time a medical officer of health, being a legally qualified medical practitioner, and that the local government board shall have the same powers as they have in the case of a district medical officer of a union, with regard to the qualification, appointment, duties, salary and tenure of office of a medical officer of health, any portion of whose salary is paid out of moneys voted by parliament :

And whereas it is thereby further enacted, that the same person may, with the sanction of the local government board, be appointed the medical officer of health for two or more sanitary districts, by the joint or several appointment of the sanitary authorities of such districts:

Now we, the local government board, deeming it