TRACTS FOR THE TIMES

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 2, Issue 60, 13 November 1858, Page 3

TRACTS FOR THE TIMES

"Dare hicem et dare servem." A No. 3. — Take time by the fobeloch:. Every well-wisher to good government amongst us should feel obliged to the Editor of the ''Hawke's Bay Herald" for his gratuitous publishing of the Electoral Roll of the District, and thus giving extra publicity to a. public . document ■which can never be too well known. That Roll, however, is not what it should be—what it mtist : ■. he in order to be complete. As it now is it does ; not fully represent: the county of Hawke in' its i entirety. For, Ist, there are not a few. names inserted on wrong qualifications ; and, 2nd, there are many settlers whose names are not on it. And as the beginnings of Responsible Government in its integrity Bpring from the correctness of the Roll, it behoves every elector to see that the Roll be made as perfect as possible. . Of course it will be the positive duty of the Revising Officer (who will shortly be appointed by the Governor,) to look after all men of straw and all false qualifications ; but every qualified settler, whose name is not already on the Roll, should consider it to be his duty (as well as privilege) to get his name Bpeedily inserted. As sundry important alterations have been recently made by the General Assembly in the Acts relating to electors. and elections, some of which it is highly heedful, should be early known by all settlers "whose names are riot on the Roll ; and as the time is short — when viewed in connection with the ever busy summer season of shearing and harvest and sperm-whaling, and our ihany scattered dwellings^ — not to mention our present imperfect postal communication, and that great colonial weed of putting off till to-morrow what ought to be done to-day, — all these considerations combined, urge me to call upon my fellow-settlers to take time by the forelock and see to it that their names are enrolled. A few of the more important alterations in the above-mentioned. Acts I will here briefly state : — 1. The Kay in which a claim to be enrolled as an elector is. to be made; every such claim must now fee accompanied by a declaration on the part of the person so claiming, to be signed by him before a Magistrate or the Registration Officer, to the truth of his claim, and any false declaration is liable to a fine of £20, to be recovered summarily : — 2. The time for making such claim is now limited to the month of March (instead of April, as for-, merly,) in each year : — 3. The manner qf voting at elections is altogether altered ; the system of voting papers containing the name of the candidate is wholly abolished, and now each elector is to name the candidate when his vote is recorded ; and, further, the elector may also then be sworn, (if the Returning Officer thinks fit,) that he has not received any bribe or consideration for his vote, and the penalty for such false-swearing is that inflicted for perjury: — and, 4. The Revising Officer will have full power to strike off all false or insufficient claims from the Roll, even if not by any one objected to. Now it is not unlikely that our general election may come off during the approaching autumn, so that there is time enough for every un-enrolled yet. qualified settler to get his name enrolled, and thus he ready to serve his country in the very best way — by voting for proper persons only to carry on its government I would once riiore remind all such settlers, — particularly those residing in the riiore northerly parts of the province (such as Wangawehi, Table Cape, Te Mahia, Waikokopu, .Nuhaka, Te Wairoa, and other spots near,) as well as several others dwelling within 10 miles of Napier,—to look to this, and: be very sure to send theirclaims in to the Registration Officer in time. And my chief reason for -more particularly mentioning those, parts is, my certain knowledge of many settlers resident therein whose names are not on the roll ; while T scarcely know of one in the moire ..southern -parts of the province whose -name has* been ? omitted. And, further, I would Bugges-t'tb: those electors;whp.se names" are already enrolled,- m welhaLS to those, who shall.straight^ay ; proceeSLtQ ;Beiad. in their muhs,— ta stir " up all ;tlMirie%iu^BSs -th'j3o their duty a,nd to consider A-'itffaj*^ *hisiip%r';i tient' thAt:had-Sore sure^i'sd^thah un^yottr^sightitf wine, is • gooa.".*! JiißCß6,^'fella Asu^fiittlin^^^^ Asb%ol«^ •^ggK^Aim

should things turn out contrary to your desires. Remember the old' sajinjg,— - . - v -^- - - aiiiail the^shqe wm IqsJ^'A^.l. >? ;J .JFor. want .of >,sho3 the .horse was lost, ........ For want of a horse the rider wa3 los-., * Being overtaken^and 'slain by the enemy, "A iSrd aU'foriranfr df a fhoiseifihob nail-."; -.-■■ --Av-v .... . A, Will Coiaarspi.', Waitangi, , Nov. 2, 1858.