c. 67. "be published by the said clerk of the crown, 39 & 40 Geo. 3. "in the London and Dublin gazettes, of the "issuing of such writs, and of the names and "titles of all the peers to whom the same are "directed; and to the said writs there shall be "annexed a form of return thereof, in which a "blank shall be left for the name of the peer to "be elected, and the said writs shall enjoin "each peer within fifty-two days from the "teste of the writ, to return the same into the "crown office of Ireland with the blank filled up, by inserting the name of the peer for "whom he shall vote, as the peer to succeed to "the vacancy made by demise or forfeiture as "aforesaid; and the said writs and returns shall "be bipartite, so as that the name of the peer "to be chosen shall be written twice, that is, ༤། once on each part of such writ and return, "and so as that each part may also be sub"scribed by the peer to whom the same shall "be directed, and likewise be sealed with his "seal of arms; and one part of the said writs "and returns so filled up, subscribed and sealed "as above, shall remain of record in the crown "office of Ireland, and the other part shall be "certified by the clerk of the crown to the "clerk of the parliament of the united king"dom; and no peer of Ireland, except such as "shall have been elected as representative peers on the part of Ireland in the house of lords "of the united kingdom, and shall there have "taken the oaths, and signed the declaration "prescribed by law, shall, under pain of suf"fering such punishment as the house of lords "of the united kingdom may award and adjudge, make a return to such writ, unless "he shall, after the issuing thereof, and before "the day on which the writ is returnable, have 66 c. 67. 66 66 66 39 & 40 Géo, S. "taken the oaths and signed the declaration "which are or shall be by law required to be "taken and signed by the lords of the united kingdom, before they can sit and vote in the parliament thereof; which oaths and declara"tion shall be either taken and subscribed in "the court of chancery of Ireland, or before "one of his majesty's justices of the peace of "that part of the united kingdom called Ire"land, a certificate whereof, signed by such justices of the peace, or by the register of the "said court of chancery, shall be transmitted by such peer with the return, and shall be "annexed to that part thereof remaining of "record in the crown office of Ireland; and "the clerk of the crown shall forthwith, after "the return-day of the writs, cause to be pub"lished in the London and Dublin gazettes, a "notice of the name of the person chosen by "the majority of votes; and the peer so chosen "shall, during his life, be one of the peers to "sit and vote on the part of Ireland in the "house of lords of the united kingdom; and in "case the votes shall be equal, the names of "such persons who have an equal number of votes in their favour, shall be written on 66 pieces of paper of a similar form, and shall "be put into a glass by the clerk of the par"liament of the united kingdom, at the table "of the house of lords, whilst the house is 'sitting, and the peer whose name shall be first "drawn out by the clerk of the parliament "shall be deemed the peer elected. And be it "enacted, that in case any lord spiritual, being "a temporal peer of the united kingdom, or being a temporal peer of that part of the "united kingdom called Ireland, shall be "chosen by the lords temporal to be one of the "representatives of the lords temporal, in every 39 & 40 Geo. 3. "such case, during the life of such spiritual 66 peer being a temporal peer of the united "kingdom, or being a temporal peer of that "part of the united kingdom called Ireland, so "chosen to represent the lords temporal, the "rotation of representation of the spiritual "lords shall proceed to the next spiritual lord, "without regard to such spiritual lord so chosen a temporal peer, that is to say, if such spiri"tual ford shall be an archbishop, then the "rotation shall proceed to the archbishop "whose see is next in rotation, and if such 66 spiritual lord shall be a suffragan bishop, then "the rotation shall proceed to the suffragan "bishop whose see is next in rotation. And "whereas by the said fourth article of union it "is agreed, that, if his majesty shall, on or "before the first day of January next, declare, "under the great seal of Great Britain, that "it is expedient that the lords and commons "of the present parliament of Great Britain "should be the members of the respective "houses of the first parliament of the united "kingdom on the part of Great Britain, then "the lords and commons of the present par"liament of Great Britain shall accordingly "be the members of the respective houses of "the first parliament of the united kingdom on "the part of Great Britain; be it enacted, for "and in that case only, that the present mem"bers of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, "and the two members for the city of Dublin, "and the two members for the city of Cork, "shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, 'by virtue of this act, members for the said "counties and cities in the first parliament of "the united kingdom; and that on a day and c. 67. 39 & 40 Geo. 3. " hour to be appointed by his majesty under the c. 67. great seal of Ireland, previous to the said first "day of January one thousand eight hundred "and one, the members then serving for the "college of the Holy Trinity of Dublin, and for "each of the following cities or boroughs, that "is to say, the city of Waterford, city of Limerick, borough of Belfast, county and "town of Drogheda, county and town of Carrickfergus, borough of Newry, city of "Kilkenny, city of Londonderry, town of Galway, borough of Clonmell, town of Werford, town of Youghall, town of Bandon Bridge, borough of Armagh, borough of "Dundalk, town of Kinsale, borough of Lis"burne, borough of Sligo, borough of Catherlough, borough of Ennis, borough of Dungarvan, borough of Downpatrick, borough "of Coleraine, town of Mallow, borough of "Athlone, town of New Ross, borough of "Tralee, city of Cashel, borough of Dungan"non, borough of Portarlington, and borough "of Enniskillen, or any five or more of them, "shall meet in the now usual place of meeting "of the house of commons of Ireland, and the "names of the members then serving for the "said places and boroughs, shall be written on separate pieces of paper, and the said papers being folded up, shall be placed in a glass or glasses, and shall successively be drawn "thereout by the clerk of the crown, or his 66 66 deputy, who shall then and there attend for "that purpose; and the first drawn name of a "member of each of the aforesaid places or "boroughs shall be taken as the name of the "member to serve for the said place or borough "in the first parliament of the united kingdom; "and a return of the said names shall be made 66 c. 67. "by the clerk of the crown, or his deputy, to 39 & 40 Geo. 3. 66 |