Certificate to be signed by two Members, on a Vacancy happening during a Recess. (stat. 24 Geo. 3. c. 26.) WE, whose names are underwritten, being two members of the house of commons, do hereby certify, that M. P. late a member of the said house, serving as one of the knights of the shire for the county of (or as the case may be) died upon the day of (or is become a peer of Great Britain, and that a writ of summons hath been issued, under the great seal of Great Britain, to summon him to parliament; as the case may be ;) and we give you this notice, to the intent that you may issue your warrant to the clerk of the crown, to make out a new writ for the election of a knight to serve in parliament for the said county of (or as the case may be) in the room of the said M. P. Given under our hands, this day of To the speaker of the house of commons. Note. That in case there shall be no speaker of the house of commons, or of his absence out of the realm, such certificate may be addressed to any one of the persons appointed according to the directions of this act. (24 Geo. 3. c. 26.) Writ for a new Election of two Burgesses for the Borough of Ilchester, the former Election having been adjudged void. GEORGE the third, by the grace of God, &c., whereas, Thomas Plummer and William Hunter, ix esquires, were lately chosen burgesses for the borough of Ilchester, in your county, for the present parliament, summoned to be holden in our city of Westminster, the 31st day of August now last past, and from thence by our several writs prorogued to and until Tuesday, the 16th day of November, in the 43d year of our reign, and there now holden; and whereas the lower house of our said parliament have adjudged the election of the said Thomas Plummer and William Hunter to be void, as by the letter of our right, trusty, and well-beloved counsellor, Charles Abbot, speaker of our lower house of parliament, more fully and plainly appears; by means whereof our subjects of the said borough are deprived of two burgesses to treat for the benefit of the same borough in our said parlia ment; nevertheless, we being unwilling that the commonalty of our kingdom, in our said parliament assembled to treat of the business concerning us, the state, and defence of our kingdom and the church, from the aforesaid cause, should be diminished or lessened, where by those affairs may not have a due end, we command you, that in the place of the said Thomas Plummer and William Hunter, within. the borough aforesaid, two other fit and discreet burgesses of the aforesaid borough, (proclamation being first made of the premises, and of the day and place), freely and indifferently, by those who shall be present at the proclamation, according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided, you cause to be elected, and the names of such burgesses to be inserted in certain indentures to be thereupon made between you and them who shall be present at such clection, (whether at the said election they shall be present or absent,) and to cause them to come to the said parliament, so that the same burgesses so to be chosen may have full power and sufficient authority for themselves and the commonalty of the aforesaid borough, to do and consent to those things which in our parliament aforesaid by the common council of our realm (by the blessing of God,) shall happen to be ordained upon the aforesaid affairs, willing nevertheless, that neither you, nor any other sheriff of this our kingdom in any wise be elected; and the election so made distinctly and openly under your seal and the seals of them who shall be present at such clection, certify you to us in our chancery forthwith, remitting to us one part of the aforesaid indentures annexed to these presents, together with this writ. Witness ourselves at Westminster, the 30th day of March, in the 43d year of our reign. Bathurst and Bathurst. To the sheriff of the county of Somerset.. A. writ for a new election of two burgesses for the borough of Ilchester. Bathurst and Bathurst. See 2 Peck. 954. Precept from the Sheriff of Middlesex to the Bailiff of 'estminster, for the Election of one Citizen for the said City. MIDDLESEX. Sir C. A. knight, and sir R. G. knight, sheriff of the said county, to the bailiff of the liberty of the dean and chapter of the collegiate church of St. Peter at W. in the said county, greeting. Know, that I have re ceived a certain writ of our lord the king, to me directed, the tenor whereof followeth (here follows the writ verbatim;) and because the execution of the said writ belongs to you, therefore, by virtue of the said writ, I require you, that you forthwith cause a citizen to be elected for the said city, in the place of the said P. W. according to the command of the said writ; and how this my warrant shall be executed you shall make known to me immediately after the said election made; so that I may certify the same, together with the said writ, and this precept return to our lord the king, in his chancery forthwith. Hereof fail not. This is your warrant, given under the seal of my office, dated the day of one thousand seven hundred and R. S. and S. L. sheriff. To be indorsed when returned. THE execution of this precept appears in a certain schedule hereunto annexed. J. C. esqr. bailiff. Notice of Election for a Borough. I, A. B. bailiff Borough of Stockbridge of the said bo in the County of South ampton. rough, do hereby give notice that I shall proceed to the election of two burgesses to serve in parliament for the said borough at the town hall of the said borough, on Thursday next, the 30th day of October, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. Dated, this 26th day of October, 1806. The stat. 2. Geo. 2. c. 24. An Act for more effectually preventing Bribery and Corruption in the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament. (To be read at all Elections). legates in Scot "WHEREAS it is found by experience, that Extended to "the laws already in being have not been suf- elections of de"ficient to prevent corrupt and illegal practices land, by 16 "in the election of members to serve in parlia- Geo. 2. c. 11. "ment: for remedy, therefore, of so great an. evil, and to the end that all elections of mem"bers to parliament may hereafter be freely and "indifferently made, without charge or expence,' Be it enacted, by the king's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after. the twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of our lord 1729, upon every election of any. member or members to serve for the commons Electors of men to take in parliament, every freeholder, citizen, free- parliament. man, burgess, or person having or claiming to the following have a right to vote or be polled at such elec- manded. tion, shall, before he is admitted to poll at the same election, take the following oath, (or, being one of the people called Quakers, shall make the solemn affirmation appointed for Quakers,) in case the same shall be demanded by either of the candidates, or any two of the electors; that is to say, "I, A. B. do swear, (or being one 65 of the people called Quakers, I, A. B. do "solemnly affirm,) I have not received, or had Electors oath, "by myself or any person whatsoever in trust "for me, or for my use and benefit, directly or "indirectly, any sum or sums of money, office, place, or employment, gift, or reward, or |