of of SIR,-In pursuance of an Order of the Poor Law Commissioners, I do hereby give you notice, that on the , 18 , you were returned as having been duly elected a Guardian of the Poor for [the Electoral Division, or the Ward of the as the case may be], in the The next Meeting of the Board of Guardians will be held on day Electoral Division, or the District comprising the Electoral Divisions Union, for the year ending 25th March, 18 day, the , 18 day of nominated for the SIR,-In pursuance of an Order of the Poor Law Commissioners, I hereby give you notice, that no Candidate having been Electoral Division [or the District comprising the Electoral Divisions of ], for the year ending the 25th March, 18 , and that you having been the Guardian [or one of the Guardians] for that Division [or District] last year, have been returned, in pursuance of the provisions of the 24th section of the Act 25 & 26 Vic., c. 83, as the Guardian [or one of the Guardians] for the said Electoral Division [or District], for the year ending 25th March, 18 he next Meeting of the Board of Guardians will be held on o'clock. at Το day, the day of (Signature) Clerk to the Guardians of the Poor of the , 18 Union. ELECTION SCHEDULE 2 JAN. 1863. Containing the Names of the Unions to which the foregoing Order applies. Sealed with our Seal, this Second day of (Signed,) MAZIERE BRADY, C. A. POWER, J. M'DONNELL. We, the LORDS JUSTICES, General Governors of Ireland, do approve this Order. By Command of the Lords Justices, THOS. A. LARCOM. [CIRCULARS. ELECTION ORDER: 2 JAN. 1863. CIRCULARS. CIRCULARS OF INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF GUARDIANS AND TO THE FOREGOING ORDER. 1. It having been deemed necessary, in consequence of the changes made in the law relating to the election of Guardians, by the Act of last Session, 25 & 26 Vic., c. 83, to revise the General Order relating to the election of Guardians, dated 26th January, 1852, the Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Ireland, now transmit to you a sealed copy of an amended General Order dated the 2nd instant, regulating the conduct of future elections of Guardians in the several unions in Ireland. 2. This Order rescinds the Order of the 26th January, 1852, as well as all previous Orders, except such portions thereof as may have appointed the Clerk for the time being to be the Returning Officer, and may not have been rescinded by any subsequent Order; and except such portions thereof as may have fixed the value of the qualification for the office of Guardian, and may not have been rescinded or altered by any subsequent Order. Under Article 1 of the enclosed Order, therefore, the Clerk for the time being (except in cases where the Order appointing the Clerk may have been rescinded) will continue to be the Returning Officer, and the same Article, it will be seen, provides for the performance of Union as Re Officer: the duties of Returning Officer, in case of CIRCULARS. vacancy in the office of Clerk, or in case of the Instructions Clerk being prevented by sickness or accident, or to Clerk of other sufficient cause, from the performance of his turning duties, the Guardians being empowered, in either 16th January of those events, to appoint some person to perform 1863. such of the duties imposed by the Order upon the Returning Officer as shall then remain to be performed. 3. Under Articles 3, 12, 14, 22, and 34, of the accompanying General Order, the Collectors of poor rate in the union are to assist the Returning Officer as heretofore in the election, at the times and for the purposes therein indicated. These Regulations impose no fresh duties on the Collectors, but it will be proper for you to call the attention of each of them to those Regulations before the next election takes place. 4. The Police who may be employed as heretofore, in posting the notices of the election and in distributing and collecting voting papers, will receive their instructions from their own superior Officers; but in case their services in any instance should not be available in sufficient number for the latter duty, the Returning Officer should take care to furnish any other persons who may be employed by him, in pursuance of Article 2 of the General Order, for the distribution and collection of the voting papers, with proper lists and instructions for their guidance, in accordance with Articles 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, and 28, of the Order. 5. Where it has happened in previous elections that the assistance of the police has not been available, or has not been available to sufficient extent, for the distribution and collection of voting papers within the prescribed period, the Commissioners have in some instances received applications for their sanction to the employment of the Collectors of poor rates or their assistants, and of Relieving Officers, in this service, where it may be necessary to issue voting papers. It is desirable that, where practicable, this duty should be performed by responsible officers; and as it will, |