The Star. SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1868.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 92, 29 August 1868, Page 2

The Star. SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1868.

Tw oui» iriatio of Wodnoaday, wo gavo ■omo information regarding tho mode of nominating candidafcoa for tbo .Borough Council. Wo now procoed fco atato ■what nrovifliona nro rnndo in tlio Act ior polling. When tbo numbor of candidafcoa nominated ahull oxecod fcho numbor of vacancies fco be filled up, fcho -Returning Officer ia onjoined to cause voting jinpora to bo printed according to n preacribod form, or fco a liko oflbcfc, and to forthwith— that ia immediately aflor iho expiration ot tlio timo allowed for nomjnafcion— givo public notico by advertisement; in aomo nowapnpor generally circulating in tho borough, Minting tho names of tho poraona nominnfcod, tliafc a poll will bo takon on n certain day, and that auch and auch plncoa havo bcon appointod polling tiootlia. Tlio llofcurning O/ficor muafc -tUo notify to tho ratopnyoru w'^oro

thoy may procuro voting "paper**, and tho poll shall bo takon botwoon tho houra of eight in tho morning and four in tlio afternoon. Aflor a poll in appointod fco tako placo, any oandidate nifty withdraw, if lie doairoa to do ho, nnd if hia nominators uloo agroo. But notico of withdrawal must bo given according fco a certain form, nofc inter than two eloar daya boforo tho polling day. Tho Jtaturning Oflloei* lias tho powor, if ho thin leu ftt, to online polling booths fco bo ot'oefcod, or roomu fco bo hired and used na booths. Thoro shall be afc every polling plaoo at least ono booth for ovenim) hundred burgesses enrolled on the burgess roll. Thoao bootha rnunt bo uutnoorod in arilluno* tieal ordor, and initial lottor** placed over tho onfcraneo to oaoh uh a diroefciou for voters, No voter can voto in any booth anvo that denoted by tlio initial letter of hia aurnnmo, The Bofcu ruing Officer, or ono of his dopufciou^—to bo appointod by writing undor bin hand— ahull proaido afc each polling booth, Each oandidato may np* point, in writing, two ngontH to bo pro* j nont in oaoh polling booth. Tho .Ro* turning Ollicer or bin deputy havo powor and authority to maintain and | enforce order und '/coop tlio poaco ; | and, without any warrant except tho Act, thoy may caiiHO fco bo nrrcatod uud takon boforo a J'ualico any por* j hou' reasonably cmapoctod of knowingly and wilfully malting n lame nnawoi* to any of tho quonUona authori/.ed fco be put to him, or nny portion who .ihall pei'rionuto or ivUompfc to porsonato any voter, or who üball attempt unlawfully to voto moro than onco, or who almll eatiflo a diufctirbaneo, or obafcrucfc fcho approaches to tho bootliH, or conduct himaelf in n diaordorly manner, Por fcho convonionoe of doctors, tbe Returning Oil! cor, or hia deputy, ahull provido ponclln, or pons and ink and blotting papor, and a Huflleient supply of blunk forma of voting papora, at oaeh polling boofch. And tho samo officer"!* must deliver to any voter who ahull require tlio namo ft blank voting pnpor in tbo form proacribod, or to a liko eft'oofc. Tho Mayor ia enjoined to supply ovory deputy returning oiMcor nnd ovory poll dork witlv a written or prin tod copy of tbo biirgosn roll, authenticated by tho eignufcuro of tho M'avor, If any diaputea ariao, ovory auch copy of tho roll ahull bo doomed miiiloionfc fco determine, nil quoafciona in roferoneo fco anything containod in ifc. Tho clauno regulating tho proaonoo of poraona in the polling booth iv atringent. Tlio persona wlio may bo present nro an folio wh :-— 1, Tho Returning OJllcor or hia j deputy. 2, Tbo nocoaanry poll clorka, 3, Not exceeding two agents at oaeli boolh for each oandidato. i 4s. A aufllcioiit. nutubor of conafcablca to keep ordor, No other poraona may remain in tlio booth. And no poraon whafcovor, oxeopl; the Itoturning Oilioor, or hia deputy, and tho poll clerk to whom any vofco shall bo tendered, " shall \ speuh lo any elector after he shall ham' entered the nulling, boolh, and before he 1 shall have adiueped Ms voting 'paper '."j Any poraon ( offending Against nny of tbo proviaioiiH of tbia aoefcion ie liublo to forfoifc a sum nofc oxoooding ;fi2o, 1*0)1 elorka aud ngontH, before tliey aro permitted to be proaonfc in n booth, muafc mako nnd aubaoribo a corfcain declaration boforo fcho Itolurn* 1 ing OfUeot' or liin deputy. Tlio ninety-eighth olaiißO providoa that tho atato of tbo poll ahull not be docinrod until ita cloao. Wo givo ifc in full:—" Tho numbor of voton which may bo given for any oandidato at any iiueli polling booth almll not bo published or mado known until aftor tho cloao of tho poll. And ovory Itoturning Oificor, poll olork, agont, or eonafcablo, who ahull directly, or indirectly, by any moana wbalaoover, publish or mako known boforo tbo cloao of tho poll tbo numbor of votoa which may have boon given for ' any candidate, ahull forfoifc, and pay, fox ovory ouch oflonco, a autn not decoding fifty pounda, to bo rocovorod in a summary way before any two .Tuaticos of tlio Poaco," Aa tho day of election draws noar, wo shall givo our roadora furthor informatiou regarding tlio mode in whioh, according to tho Acfc, tho election is to bo conducted, "Wo aro glad to know that considorablo. interest is manifoatod in tho ovont,