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Qualification of Electors at Elections of Commissioners.
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XXII. At such First and every other Meeting for the Election of Commissioners in said Town as herein-after prescribed such Persons as next herein-after mentioned shall be admitted and entitled to vote, and no other Person whatsoever; that is to say, every Person of full Age who is the immediate Lessor of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments within such Town, or within such Boundaries of the same respectively as aforesaid, of the Value of Fifty Pounds or upwards according to the last Poor Law Valuation, and who shall reside within Five Miles of the Boundary of such Town, also every Person of full Age who shall have occupied as Tenant or Owner or joint Occupier, or shall have been the immediate Lessor (rated for such Premises to the Relief of the Poor to the net annual Value of Four Pounds or upwards, and in the Case of joint Occupiers rated in respect of Premises of the net annual Value of Four Pounds or upwards for each of such joint Occupiers) of any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments within such Town, or within such Boundaries of the same respectively as aforesaid, and shall have been rated in respect of such Premises for the Period of Twelve Months preceding the First Day of January in the Year in which any such Election shall be held, under the Acts for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, and shall have paid all such Poor Rates as aforesaid as shall have become payable by him in respect of such Premises and all Grand Jury Rates, and all such Rates as shall have become payable by him under any Local Act in force in the City or Town or under this Act, except such as shall have become payable within Six Months next preceding such Election; and of the Payment or Nonpayment of such Rate, a Receipt, Certificate, or certified List, under the Hand of the Collector of Poor Rate, the Barony Collector, and the Collector under any Local Act in force in the City or Town, shall for such Purpose be deemed sufficient Evidence, and which Certificate or certified List such Collectors and Barony Constables are hereby required to furnish to the Person or Persons presiding at such Election; and if any Controversy shall arise at such Meeting as to the Qualification or Right to vote of any Person claiming to vote or to be qualified, such Controversy shall be determined by the Person or Persons presiding at such Meeting upon reference to the Rate Book, which the Clerk of the Union is hereby required to produce at such Meeting.
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