General Assemvig.

Taranaki Herald, Volume 1, Issue 36, 6 April 1853, Page 3

General Assemvig.

Number of Members to be Elected. The House of Representatives for the Islands of New Zealand shall consist of Thirty-seven Members. Number of Electoral Districti. The said Islands, for the purposes of the

Election of the Members of the House of Representatives shall be divided into Twen-ty-four Electoral Districts, to be named as, follows : — ■ 1. The City of Auckland. 2. The Suburbs of Auckland. 3. The Pensioner settlements. ■ 4. The Northern Division. 5. The Southern Division. 6. The Bay of Islands, 7. The Town of New Plymouth. 8. The Grey and Bell Districts. 9. The Omata District. 10. The City of Wellington. 11. The Wellington Country District. 12. The Hutt District. 13 The Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay Disliicts. ' 14. The Wbanganui and Rangitikei Dis- . tricts. 15. The Town of Nelson. 16. The Waimea District. 17. The Motueka and Massacre Bay Districts. 18. The Wairau District. 19. The Town of Christchurch. 20. The Christchurch Country District. 21. The Town of Lyttelton. 22. The Akaroa Disttict. 23. The Town of Dunedin. 24. The Dunedin Country District. The Boundaries of the said Districts being particularly set forth and described in the Schedule, and delineated on the Maps or Plans hereunto annexed. Number of Members of the House of Re-

presentatives for each District.

The number of Members to be elected to serve in the House of Representatives for the said several Districts shall be as follows,

vie. : — 1. For the City of Auckland Three Members. 2. For the Suburbs ot Auckland Two Members. 3. For the Pensioner Sett'ements Two Members. 4. For the Northern Division two Mem • bers, 5. For the Southern Division Two Members. 6. For the Bay of Islands One Member. 7. For the Town of New Plymouth One Member. 8. For the Gray and Bell Districts One Member.

9. For the Omata District One Member. 10. For the City of Wellington Three Members. ! 12. For the Hutt District Two Members. 13. For the Wairaiapaand Havvke's Bay Districts One Member, 14. For the Whanganui and Rangitikei Districts One Member. 15. For the Town of Nelson Two Members. 1 6. For the Waimea District Two Members. 17. For the Motueka and Massacre Bay Districts One Member. 1 8. For the Wairau District One Member. 19. For the Town of Christchurch One Member. 20. For the Christchurch Country DisI trict Two Member. 21. For the Town of Lyttelton One Member. 22. For the Akaroa District One Member. 23. For the Town of Dunedin One Member. 24. For the Dunedin Countiy District Two Members. Section 11. Superintendent ant Provincial Councili. PROVINCE OF NEW PLYMOUTH. Number of Memberi of Provincial Council. The Provincial Council of the said Province shall consist of Nine Members. - Number of Electoral Districts. The Province of New Plymouth, for tbe purposes of the election of the Superintendent and tbe Memberi of the Provincial Council thereof,

shall be divided into Three Electoral District!* and shall be as follows, viz. :— 1. The Town of New Plymouth. 2. Tbe Grey and Bell Diildcts. 3. The Omata District. The boundaries of the said district! being par* ticularly set forth and deiorlbcd in the schedule, and delineated on the map or pUns hereunto an* nexed. Number of Members of tho Provincial CoanoH for esch District. The number of mombers to be elected to serve in the Provincial Council for the said several dit» tricts in the Province of New Plymouth shall be as follows :— 1. For the Town of New Plymouth Two Mem- ' bers, 2. For the Grey and Bell Districti Four Members. 3. For the Oiuata District Three Memberi. Section 111. General Regulations. Qualification of Voters* Pursuant to the provisions of the above rcolted act, every man of the ago of 21 years and upwards, boving a freehold estate in jwssesilon, situate within the dlitriot for which the voto is to be given, of Ihe clear value of £50 abovo^all charges and incumbrances, and of and to which he has been seized or entitled, either at law or in equity for at least six calendar months next before th« last registration of eleotors— or having a leasehold estate so situate and ol such value as aforesaid, of which he bas been in possession for three years or upwards next before such registration— or heing a householder within such dUriot, ocoupyiug a tenement within tho limits of tho town, of tbo clear annual value of £10— or without the limits of a town, of a clear annual value of ,£6 having resided therein six calendar months neit before «uch registration as aforesaid, shall, if duly registered, be entitled to vote at tbe Election of a Superintendent of a Province, or of a Member or Membots of the Provincial Council thereof, or of a Member or Members of the House of Reprcientalive*, Pro* vided that he is not an alien, and that he has not at any tiinehetetufore been attainted or" convicted of ary treason, felony, or any infamous offence within any part of her Majesty* Domlnioni.unleta he shall have received v free pardon, or shall have undergone ilia sentence or punishment to which he shall have been adjudged for such offence.

Claim to be preferred. No perion shall be quulifi.d to yote at the election of any Superintendent of a Province, or of any member of the House of Representatives, or of tho Members of the Provincial Council of any of Ihe Provinces as af»res«id, unless be shall prefer • claim to Ihe ri^ht of voting, and unless luch claim lie duly enrolled as bereaflcr prescribed. Form, &c. of Claim, Every such Calm shall bs in writing, and shall stae the name of tlia district or districts in respect of whUh i- shall bo made, and iball be signed by the claimant, or by some other person in his name and by hit authority, and (.hull state also the place of abode, and cillitiß or business of the claimant, and the qualification in respect of which such claim may be made. When to be preferred. No iucli claim as aforesaid shall be reoelred unless it be made betwetu the 15th day of April next and the 15th day of Mtty next, or in the month of April in some succeeding yearWhere to be preferred for certain District!. Every person claiming a right to vote for the election of the Members of tho House of Representatives—of the Superintendent— or of the Members of the Provincial Council in the Province of Nkw Plymouth 1. Tho Town of New Plymouth, 2. The Grey and Bell Districts, 3. The Omata District, shall deliver his claim, or cause the tame to be delivered, at tho Police Office, New Plymouth. List of Claims to be prepared. On the 15'ImIoj of May next, and on the 30th day of April in every succeeding year, or as soon after at conveniently may be, the Resident Magil* trate, or some other fit person or persons to bs appointed by the Governor in that behalf, at etch of the nbove named offices in the respective district! in tho islands of New Zealand and several Provinces as nforcinid, ihall respectively cause a list to be prepared uf the Claims which have been delivered at such respective offices as aforesaid, in pursuance of this proclamation, setting forth the Christian and Surname of every Claimant at full longth, together with his place of abode, calling, or busi* nest, and the ground on which his claim may bt made, and arranging the names in alphabetical order, and classing them for the several distiicts for which they may respectively claim to be entitled to vote. And to be published. On or before the lfitb day of June next, every such Resident Magistrate or uther person as aforesaid, ahull, as soon as conveniently may be, causo a copy of the List of Claims/ md in the month of June in every miceeding year, shall cause a copy of the List of Claims which may have been preferred In pursuance of tbia proclamation, together with a copy of the Electoral Roll then in force, to be posted in some conspicuous place in (he district, to which the said List and Roll shall especially relate, and shall subjoin thereto a Notice that all objections thereto will be heard and determined at a meeting of Justices open to the public, and to be . held on a day to be sp;clficd iv such uollce, not being more, than one calendar month after tbe date thereof 1 . Juslioes to prepare Electoral Roll, Each such Resident Magistrate or other person •hall call a special meeting of the Justice* of. lit Peace, residing within, the D.strict or Districts, to - which the slid Claims may relate, to be* held on° tbe day so to be specified si aforis*id,"for"the ! pirr» poie of hearing and determining objections to mcfc

%M m& Eoll ao &(otcnU, and of forming the Roll; for ikfi anaulw feat of ptrtons qualiflcd to rote unfair fbi pr OTli(ona of tho ««id reoited Ordinance. .' r , ObjecUonß to Clalmi* / Any pouon wlio«e nnmo shall bfl p# anyinoh* Wst >r f Uol! iriajrobjeot to flitoy other ptrsoa ai, not entitled to Imvo hla imrne retained on the Electoral Roll ; But the person co objecting shall, ten days at lebt before the day appointed for the formation of »i oh Electoral Roll, cause notice in writing of suflb objection, and of the ground thereof jto tie givaij to thu Rcoitleni Magistrate or other the per* eon ootfn« for tho dUfrlct, and also, to the person ohjeded lvi i , Electoral Roll how to "lie formed. At the meeting to bo held for the formation of the laid Electoral Roll, or at some adjournment of ouch imeetlog, the Just ices (any two being a quo* rum] nliail retain on the LUt of Claims, end on the i oil then in force, the names of all peroons to tvhon no objection ahull httve been duly mode, end shall also r»tntn on the laid IMS and J&olifl tlie • num< of every pr roon who shall have been objected to, unlctt/i the pnrty objecting shall appear in pureon li i support of tmch objections, and &h*U uUo profi due tier vice of hit notice q( objection* P oof of Qualification in what cane required* incaMtho puny objecting «uatt wake hla objectless hi person, and shall provo suoh icrvice of pnlk | an aforesaid, the Court shall require, proof of thu qualification of tho pcroou ao objected to, i and 111 1 raw the qualification of auch person shall not In proved to the flnthfaotlon of tho Court, the name of such person shall h$ expunged from the hUt c r Hot). The Court shall also expnngo therefrom the name of every person who shall bo proved , to bo Jead, and ihall correct any mistake, or shall ,«uppb any. oobifliion, which should be proved to hrnfc )ocn made therein respeoiively, In respeot of the mime or the place of abode of any person who •ball l)o Included therein, or in respect of the local deiori ulon of hit property) and the Lists and Roll ' no corrected shall form the Electoral Roll foi the ennuit g year, and shall be signed by the Iteeldont 1 Magli tratc, or other tho ponon presiding at such $a«ttl i 0 of justices as aforesaid* The Electoral Roll how long in force* The persons whose names shall be so enrolled therefln dthail bo deemed rtnd taken to be the Electors i if the District until tbo completion of tho Electoral Roll shnll be deemed nnd token to be duly h ->ttlifi«3«jl to vote for the district in respect of which hlo namo almll appear upon such Roll with* out any further or other inquiry* revision, or soru* tiny whataior. And when the narno of any per* sou oh iming to be placed upon such 801 l shall once I ftve been duly enrolled thereon, such numu ahnil fijom year to year oonifnue to bo published as afore* Id, and bo rotoined on the Rlcotoral Roll for tbu tloie being without any further cliim on the port oftha Elector, until bis name be objected to ond «h til ha duly eipunged in manner hercinbdlore i [To bo continued in our next]