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to add to the said List the names of such persons as may have been accidentally or improperly omitted.

18. The Lists so corrected as aforesaid shall form the "Burgess Roll" of the said Borough, and the persons so enrolled thereon shall be deemed and taken to be the Burgesses of the Borough until the completion of the Burgess Roll for the year then next ensuing; and every person whose name shall appear upon such Burgess Roll shall be deemed and taken to be duly qualified to vote for the Ward in respect of which his name shall appear upon such Roll, without any further or other inquiry, revision, or scrutiny whatever.

19. The Annual Election of Common Councillors for the said Borough shall take place upon the eighteenth day of the month of November in every year, except such day shall be on a Sunday, in which case the election shall take place on the Monday following; and the first of such Elections shall take place on the eighteenth day of the month of November next.

20. The Polling Place for the following Wards, viz.:—

21. East Ward,

22. Middle Ward,

23. West Ward,

24. Suburban East,

25. Suburban South,

26. Suburban West,

27. Epsom East Ward,

28. Epsom West Ward,

29. Tamaki West Ward,
    shall be in some convenient place in the Town of Auckland to be specified by the Returning Officer.

30. The Returning Officer for the said last mentioned Wards shall be the Resident Magistrate for the time being acting for the Town of Auckland, or such other person as the Governor may from time to time appoint in that behalf.

31. The Polling Place for the following Wards, viz.:—

32. Onehunga Ward,

33. Panmure Ward,

34. Otahuhu Ward,
    shall be some convenient place in the Settlement of Onehunga, to be determined by the Returning Officer.

35. The Returning Officer for such last mentioned Wards shall be the Resident Magistrate for the time being acting for the Settlement of Onehunga, or such other person as the Governor shall from time to time appoint in that behalf.

36. The Polling Place for the following Wards, viz.:—

37. Howick Ward,

38. Tamaki East Ward,
    shall be some convenient place in the Settlement of Howick to be determined by the Returning Officer.

39. The Returning Officer for such last mentioned Wards shall be the Resident Magistrate for the time being acting for the Settlement of Howick, or such other person as the Governor shall from time to time appoint in that behalf.

40. The General Returning Officer for the Borough shall be such first mentioned Resident Magistrate, or other person, as aforesaid.

41. The Electors of each of the said Wards into which the said Borough shall be divided, shall return one Member to serve in the Common Council thereof.

42. The person so to be elected as aforesaid, for each of such Wards, shall be an enrolled Burgess of, and shall have his usual place of abode in the Ward for which he shall be elected.

43. Provided always, that no Member of the General or Provincial Legislature, no Officer in Her Majesty's Army or Navy, or Marine Forces on full pay, and no Judge, Clergyman, Priest, or regular Minister of Religion, shall be liable to serve the office of Common Councillor without his own consent.

44. The Election of Common Councillors shall be conducted in manner following: Every Burgess so enrolled as aforesaid may vote for one Member to be chosen for the Ward in respect of which he shall be entitled to vote, by delivering on the day of election to the "Returning Officer" a Voting Paper containing the Christian and Surname of the person for whom he votes, together with his place of abode and description, and signed with the name of the Burgess so voting, and setting forth his own place of abode and description.

45. No enquiry shall be permitted at any such Election as to the right of any person to vote, except only as follows; that is to say—that the Returning Officer shall, if required by any two Burgesses, put to any voter at the time of his delivering in his Voting Paper, and not afterwards, the following questions, and no others:—

46. Are you the Person whose name is signed as [A. B.] to the Voting Paper now delivered in by you?

47. Are you the Person whose name appears as [A. B.] on the Burgess Roll of — Ward, now in force for the said Ward?

48. Have you already voted at the present election?
    And no Person required to answer any of the said questions shall be permitted to vote until he shall have answered the first two affirmatively, and the last negatively.

49. The voting shall commence at nine of the clock in the forenoon, and shall finally close at four of the clock in the afternoon of the same day.

50. At the close of the Election the Returning Officer shall ascertain the number of votes given for every person whose name shall appear upon the Voting Papers, and shall make out a list of such persons, shewing the number of votes given for each, and distinguishing the Wards for which such votes shall have been given.

51. The Returning Officer shall immediately publish such list as aforesaid, and forthwith forward a copy thereof to the General Returning Officer, accompanied by a certificate under his hand that the said return is correct and true.

52. The General Returning Officer shall, as soon as conveniently may be, publish copies of the said lists, and the several persons who shall have the greatest number of votes for each such Ward shall be deemed to be duly elected for the same accordingly.

53. Such Voting Papers as aforesaid shall be kept for the space of six calendar months after the election by the respective Returning Officers, who shall permit any Burgess to inspect the same upon payment of one shilling.

54. In case of an equality of votes at any such election the General Returning Officer shall determine by lot the priority between the persons for whom an equal number of votes shall have been given.

55. The General Returning Officer shall forthwith give notice, in writing, to the several persons elected of such their election, and shall require them severally within one week to declare whether they accept or decline the office to which they may have been respectively elected.