18. London. clerk to admi oaths. declared to be, null and void, and as such shall 11 Geo. 1. c. be rejected and disallowed; and the presiding officers at all and every the respective elections aforesaid, and such sworn clerks as shall be by Presiding offithem appointed, are hereby respectively autho- cer and sworn rized and empowered to administer the above- nister the mentioned oaths and affirmations; and if any such presiding officer or officers, sworn clerk or clerks, shall neglect or refuse so to do, or shall Officers negotherwise offend in the premises, contrary to fusing, &c. to the true intent and meaning of this act, every forfeit 601. such officer and sworn clerk shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of sixty pounds, of lawful money of Great Britain, besides costs of suit. lecting or re falsely taking § 3. And it is hereby further enacted, that Penalty on if any person or persons shall wilfully, falsely, the oath, or and corruptly, take the said oaths or affirma- suborning. tions set forth and appointed in and by this act, or either of them, and be thereof lawfully convicted by indictment or information, or if any person or persons shall corruptly procure, or suborn any other person to take the said oaths or affirmations, or either of them, whereby he shall wilfully and falsely take the said oaths or affirmations, or either of them, and the person so procuring or suborning, shall be thereof convicted by indictment or information; every person so offending, shall, for every such offence, incur and suffer such penalties, forfeitures, and disabilities, as persons convicted. of wilful and corrupt perjury, at the common law, are liable unto. $4. "And to the intent that the poll at every "such election may be expeditiously and duly taken," Be it further enacted, by the authority 66 presiding offcer, how to act manded. if a poll be de 11 Geo. 1. c. 18. London. to begin and when to be finished, &c. aforesaid, that if a poll shall be demanded at any of the elections before-mentioned, after the said first day of June, in the year of our When the poll Lord 1725, the presiding officer or officers at such elections shall begin such poll the day the same shall be demanded, or the next day following at the farthest, unless the same shall happen on a Sunday, and then on the next day after, and shall duly and orderly proceed thereon from day to day, (Sundays excepted) until such poll be finished, and shall finish the poll at elections, by the liverymen, within seven days, exclusive of Sundays, and the poll at the wardmotes within three days, exclusive of Sunday, after the commencing the same respectively, and shall, upon adjourning the poll on each Regulations as day at all and every the elections aforesaid, to poll books. seal up the poll-books with the seals, and in the presence of such of the respective candidates or persons deputed by them as shall desire the same, and the said poll-books shall not be opened again, but at the time and place of meeting, in pursuance of such adjournment; and after the said poll is finished, the said pollbooks being sealed as aforesaid, shall within two days after, be publicly opened at the place of election, and be duly and truly cast up, and within two days after such casting up, the numbers of the votes or polls for each candidate shall be truly, fairly, and publicly declared to the electors at the place of election, by the officer or officers presiding at such clection; and if a scrutiny shall, upon such declaration made, be lawfully demanded, the same shall be granted and proceeded upon, and the respective candidates shall immediately nominate to the presiding officer, or officers at such elections, any number of persons qualified to vote at such If a scrutiny be demanded, scrutineers not to exceed six on each side, candidates. 18. London. on request, &c. when to begin, finished, on election by and when liverymen. election, not exceeding six, to be scrutineers 11 Geo. 1. c. for and on behalf of the candidate or candidates on each side, to whom the presiding officer or officers at such election, shall, within six days next after such scrutiny shall be demanded, Copies of poll upon request and at the charge of the candi- to be delivered date or candidates, or any of the scrutineers on his or their behalfs, deliver, or cause to be delivered to him or them, a true copy, signed by such officer or officers of the poll taken at 'such election; and all and every the scrutinies, Scrutinies to be had or taken upon any election to be made by the liverymen of the said city, shall begin within ten days after the delivery of the copies of the said polls, and be proceeded on day by day, (Sundays excepted) and shall be finished within fifteen days after the commencement of such scrutiny: and thereupon the presiding officer or officers, shall, within four days after the finishing such scrutiny, publicly declare at the place of such election, which of the candidates is or are duly elected, and the elections at number of legal votes, for each candidate, ap- wardmotes. pearing to him or them upon such scrutiny: and on the election of any officer or officers at the respective wardmotes of the said city, if a scrutiny be demanded, the candidates or scrutineers nominated on their behalf respectively, shall, within ten days next after the receipt of the copy or copies of the polls taken at such election, deliver or cause to be delivered to the presiding officer or officers, the names in writing, of the several persons who have polled in the said election, against whose votes they shall object, with the particular objections against each respective name; and the presiding officer or officers, shall thereupon, within three days then next following, at the request and charges Scrutinies on List of votes objected to, jections, to be delivered to officer. with the ob presiding 18. 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Who is to give true copies of the same, on request of candidates. 11 Geo. 1. c. of any candidate or candidates, or the scrutineers named on his or their behalf, deliver or cause to be delivered to him or them, one or more true copy or copies (signed as aforesaid) of the paper containing such names and objections as aforesaid; and the said presiding officer or officers, within ten days then next following, (exclusive of Sundays,) after having fully heard such of the said candidates as shall desire the same, or some person appointed by him or them touching such objections, shall, at or in the place of election, openly and publicly declare which of the said candidates is or are duly elected, and the number of legal votes for each candidate appearing to him or them upon such scrutiny; and if the said presiding officer or officers, or any other person or persons shall offend in the premises, every such offender shall forfeit for every such offence, the, sum Penalty 2001. of two hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain, with full costs of suit, over and above all other penalties and forfeitures inflicted by any other act or acts of parliament. with costs. A true list to be given of the voters disallowed. Proviso such list not evidence. § 5. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that after any election made and scrutiny taken, as herein before provided and directed, the presiding officer or officers at such election and scrutiny, shall deliver, under his or their hand or hands, a true list of the voters by him or them disallowed upon such scrutiny, to any of the candidates who shall, upon the final declaration of the election as aforesaid, demand the same within six days after such demand made, such candidate paying for the same: Provided always, that no such list as is hereby directed to be given, nor any thing therein contained, shall be admitted to be given in evidence on any action or occasion 11 Geo. 1. c. whatsoever. 18. London. by liverymen, precepts to the companies to mayor to issue bring in lists. § 6. And be it further enacted, by the au- At elections thority aforesaid, that the mayor of the city of London for the time being, upon request to him made by any candidate or candidates, his or their agent or agents, at any election of a citizen or citizens to serve in parliament for the said city, or of a mayor or any other officer or officers to be chosen by the liverymen thereof, where a scrutiny is demanded and granted, shall issue his precepts, as has been usual, requiring the masters and wardens of the livery-companies of the said city respectively, to cause their clerks forthwith to return to him two true lists of all the liverymen of their respective companies; and the said clerks shall return such their respective lists upon oath within three days after the receipt of any such precepts, one of which lists so returned, the said mayor shall, and he is hereby required forthwith to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the candidate or candidates on each side at such election, or to his or their agent or agents respectively. a Persons excluded from have not been voting who, on the livery a twelvemonth, 14. And it is hereby further enacted, that no person or persons whatsoever, shall, from and after the said first day of June, 1725, have any right or title to vote at any election of citizen or citizens to serve in parliament for the or have not said city, or of any mayor or other officer or paid their officers to be chosen by the liverymen thereof, received them who have not been upon the livery by the of twelve calendar months before such election, and who shall not have paid their respective livery-fines, or who having paid the same, shall have received such fines back again in part or space back, &c. |