USEFUL COLLECTION OF FORMS, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR NEWLY
INCORPORATED BOROUGHS.

BY

LOUIS GACHES, L.L.M., B.A.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ., BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

LONDON:

BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET STREET,
Law Publishers to the Queen's most excellent Majesty.

DUBLIN: HODGES, FOSTER & CO. EDINBURGH: T. & T. CLARK; BELL & BRADFUTE.
CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK & CO. BOMBAY: THACKER, VINING & CO.
MELBOURNE: GEORGE ROBERTSON.

1875.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY C. ROWORTH AND SONS,

NEWTON STREET, W.C.

PREFACE.

THIS Work has been prepared on the suggestion of several professional gentlemen by whom I have been engaged in relation to municipal matters. Up to the present time no cheap work furnishing a simple exposition of the municipal and sanitary functions of the Council has been published. This volume will be found to supply the necessary information in a popular form at a fourth of the outlay which has hitherto been required. The powers of the Council, with respect to the supply of water and drainage, I have stated fully; also the proceedings connected with the poll, corrupt practices, and election petitions.

I have added information required for the purpose of obtaining the grant of a charter of incorporation, and the forms necessary for the purpose, together with a general collection of forms, which will be found especially adapted for newly-incorporated boroughs.

1, ELM COURT, Temple,

January, 1875.

LOUIS GACHES.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

I. Of Corporations-Incorporation-Boroughs when

Sanitary Authorities

II. Of Burgesses and the Burgess List

III. Of the Revision

IV. Of the Council-Election of Councillors-Mayor

and Aldermen-The Poll-Corrupt Practices-

Election Petitions-Disqualifications - Resigna-
tion-Amotion

V. Of the Powers and Duties of the Council

VI. The Election and Duties of Auditors