INDEX.

RETURNING OFFICERS' EXPENSES,

At County Council Elections,
limit of, 195, 411.

what are, 195.

account of, when to be sent to county council, id.
when claims in respect of, to be sent in, id.

must be included in account, id.

account of, how taxed, 196.

review of taxation of, id.

to be paid out of county fund, 195.

At Municipal Elections,

to be paid out of borough fund, 194.

in City of London, how paid, id.

Parish and District Councils, Guardians, Vestrymen, &c.,

limit of, 199.

scale of, 720.

how paid, 199–202.

where joint elections, 199-201.

where parish divided into wards, 200.

where united parishes, id.

School Board Elections,

limit of, 202.

how paid, id.

decision of disputes as to, id.
account of, id.

what allowed, id., 203.
when may be taxed, 204.

REVISING ASSESSOR,
no longer to be elected, 3.

how made, 206.

for first election of parish councillors, 556-595.

rural district councillors, 596-615.

urban district councillors, 616–636.
guardians, 637-660.

metropolitan vestrymen, &c., 661-674.
Woolwich local board, id.

for poll consequent upon parish meeting where no parish council,

701-719.

as to scale of returning officers' expenses, 720-725.

for election of London School Board in 1894..675-680.

RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL,

established under Local Government Act, 1894..20.
chairman of. See Chairman of Rural District Council.
councillor. See Rural District Councillor.

if unable to act, 149.

RURAL DISTRICT COUNCILLOR,

qualifications for being

parochial electors, 21.

residence for twelve months, id.

sex or marriage is no disqualification, 22.
disqualifications for being, id.

vacancy in office of. See Vacancy.

rules for first election of, 58, 596-615.

day of first election, 59.

nomination at first election of. See Nomination.

use of schools at elections of, 61.

returning officer at first election of. See Returning Officer.
poll at elections of. See Poll.

counting of votes at elections of. See Counting of Votes.
declaration of first election of. See Declaration of Election.
no return or declaration of expenses at elections of, 184.
election expenses of. See Election Expenses.

expenses of returning officer at first election of. See Returning
Officers' Expenses.

removal of difficulties at first election of, 534.

at elections of, 528.

corrupt practices at elections of, 277. See Corrupt Practices.
illegal practices, &c., at elections of, 344. See Illegal Practices.
agency at elections of, 367. See Agency.

elections of, how questioned, 205. See Petition. Scrutiny. Trial.

SCHOOL BOARD,

R.

chairman and vice-chairman, from whom chosen, 28.

elected for three years, id.

when elected, id.

no qualification required for, 28.

disqualifications for, id. See Disqualifications for being Elected.
members elected at, for three years, id.

ordinary vacancies on, 77.

casual vacancies, id.

how caused, id.

filling of, 79.

notice of election, 80.

form of, 682.

returning officer at election of, 81.

poll at election of. See Poll.

Ballot Act, 1872, applies to election of, 150.

Part IV. of Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, applies to, 205.
Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884,
applies to, 205.

with modifications, id.

provisions as to return and declaration of expenses do not
apply, 200.

corrupt practices at election of, 279.

illegal practices at election of, 345.

no corrupt and illegal practices list at election of, 480.

where meetings at election of, allowed on licensed premises, 359.
expenses of taking poll at election of, 202.

petition as to, same as municipal election petition, 205.

parliamentary rules as to agency apply to, 367.

rules for election of London, in 1894, 675-680.

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SCHOOL RECEIVING GRANT,

at county council elections may be used for hearing objections to

nominations, 504.
for taking poll, 38.
for counting votes, 158.

so also at parish council elections, 53.

SCHOOL TREAT,

rural district council elections, 61.
urban district council elections, 67.
elections of guardians, 74.

of metropolitan vestrymen, &c., 527.
poll consequent upon parish meeting, 712.

when not treating, 312.

SCRUTINY,

only when seat claimed, 250.

parliamentary principles and rules as to, apply, 207.
list of votes to be objected to at, 233, 250.

heads of objection to each vote at, 233.

when to be delivered, 233.

votes to be added at, 252.

form of, 696.

respondent may give recriminatory evidence at, 256.
deliver list of objections, 234.

evidence at, confined to particulars, 253.

tendered vote may be added on, 252.

votes to be struck off on, 250–252.

if voter voted twice, 252.

in two divisions, 250.

if defects in ballot paper, 159, 252.

within what time, 234.

form of, 696.

if given to disqualified candidate, 108, 252.
if voter subject to personal disqualification, 251.
what are disqualifications, id.

procedure on, 253.

taken before recriminatory case, id.

enquiry into each vote a separate trial, id.
amendment of particulars allowed at, id.

voter may not be asked for whom he voted, id.
evidence at, 254.

production of ballot papers, id.
where counterfoil missing, id.

by statements of voters, id., 255.
respondent may continue, though unseated, 255.
petitioner may continue, though disqualified, id.
if votes equal at end of, election void, id.

whether recount allowed at end of, id.
how recount made at, id.

SECRECY,

declaration of, by returning officer, 98, 144.

by officers, clerks, agents at polling station, id.
form of, 408.

and at counting of votes, 93, 144.

to be maintained by all who have made declaration, id.
whether defective arrangements for, avoid election, 97.

SECRECY-continued.

compartments in polling station to be constructed for, 97.
duties of deputy returning and presiding officers with regard to,
98, 144.

to be observed as to official mark, 39, 53, 61, 68, 75.

duties of returning officer as to, at counting of votes, 158, 180.
after counting of votes, id.
and of other officers, agents, &c.,

id.

of ballot papers and counterfoils, after election, when allowed to
be violated, 175, 184.

of rejected ballot papers, when allowed to be violated, id.

at municipal elections City of London, provisions of Ballot Act
as to, apply, 492.

in companies not disqualified for municipal office as contractor,

10.

or for school board office, 78.

or for other offices, 26.

SHORTHAND WRITER,

to attend trial of election petition, 242.

examination of witness on commission, 238.

SIGNATURE,

to nomination paper, 88, 116, 126, 132, 138, 151, 662.

SOLICITOR,

reported guilty of corrupt practices, 303.

punishment of, id.

SOLICITOR TO TREASURY. See Public Prosecutor.

SPECIAL CASE,

application to turn petition into, 227.
made by summons, id.

form of summons, 694.

counsel heard on argument of, 227.

decision of, final, unless leave given to appeal, id.

to be certified to Secretary of State, id.

copy of, to be sent to town clerk, id.

SPECIAL REPORT,

by commissioner on trial of election petition, 269.

SPOILT BALLOT PAPER,

paper inadvertently marked may be, 103, 112.
to be sealed up, 112.

STAMP. See Official Mark.

documents admissible on trial of election petitions without, 249.

SUBPOENA,

not issued until notice of trial, 236.

notice to attend on, id.

must specify documents to be produced, id.

if witness out of jurisdiction, 245.

SUBSCRIPTIONS,

to charities, when bribery, 292.

to Orange Lodge not bribery, id.

SUMMARY CONVICTION,

for illegal practice, 362.

when facts prove an indictable offence, id.

for illegal payment, employment, or hiring, id.

application of procedure under Summary Jurisdiction Acts, 362.

appeal from, to Quarter Sessions, id.

none from, by Election Court, id.

includes conviction by Election Court, 264.

for omission of printer's name on placards, 351.

for infringement of secrecy, 99.