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A copy of such Ward List to be posted in some conspicuous place in the Ward to which the said List shall relate; and shall subject thereto a Notice, that all claims to be added to such List, and all objections thereto, will be heard and determined at an adjourned meeting of the said Justices, open to the public, and to be held on a day to be specified in such notice, not being more than ten days after the date thereof.

17. The said Justices shall have power, at such meeting so to be open to the public as aforesaid, after hearing such objections, to strike out of the said List the names of all persons who may be found by them not to be so qualified as aforesaid; and also 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.

21. 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.

22. The Polling Place for the following Wards, viz.:

23. Onehunga Ward,

24. Panmure Ward,

25. Otahuhu Ward,

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

23. 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.

24. The Polling Place for the following Wards, viz.:

25. Howick Ward,

26. Tamaki East Ward,

shall be some convenient place in the Settlement of Howick to be determined by the Returning Officer.

25. 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.

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

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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:

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

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

34. 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.