| fifty-six have lately been p repa red in accordance wi th t h e " E lec to ra l Act of 1 8 5 1 " b u t such Elec tora l Rol ls do not comprise the said new | classes |
No. XXVIII.
An Act to provide for the preparation of the Electoral Rolls for the first Elections under the New Constitution Act. [22nd November, 1855.]
| WH E R E A S | in t he Session of t h e seventeenth year of H e r Majesty 's re ign |
| u n d e r | t h e Act | passed | by the | Legis la t ive | Council |
| in t i tu led " An Act to confer a Constitution | on New South | [Vales | and |
| to grant a Civil List | to Her Majesty''' | wh ich said A c t is expected |
shor t ly to be procla imed as hav ing received t h e Roya l assent cer ta in new classes of Elec tors a r e qualified to vote a t t h e Elec t ion of Member s to serve in t h e Legislat ive Assembly and cer tain new Elec tora l Dis t r ic t s a re created A n d whereas t h e Elec tora l Rolls for the year to
| expire on t h e | first | day of Sep tember one thousand e ight h u n d r e d and |
classes of E lec tors a n d no such Rolls have been prepared for t h e said newly created Elec tora l Dis t r ic ts A n d whereas i t is necessary to
| provide | for t h e p repa ra t ion | before t h e first | Elect ions | u n d e r t h e said |
Cons t i tu t ion A c t of new Elec tora l Rolls compris ing all t h e classes of Elec tors qualified unde r t he said Cons t i tu t ion Ac t for all t h e Elec tora l Dis t r i c t s for wh ich M e m b e r s to serve in t h e said Legislat ive Assembly
| a re to be r e t u r n e d | Be it therefore | enacted by H i s Excel lency | t h e |
| Governor | of N e w South W a l e s w i th t he advice and consent of t h e |
Legis la t ive Counci l thereof as follows :—
| Elec tora l l ists conta in ing the names qualifications and places of residence of all persons qualified to vote in t he Elec t ion of M e m b e r s | to |
| serve in t h e Legis la t ive Assembly unde r t h e said | first | reci ted | A c t | in |
| each E lec to ra l Dis t r ic t of t he Colony shall be collected signed | and |
| del ivered in t h e m a n n e r provided by t h e | said | Electora l | A c t | be tween |
| t h e first and twenty-first days of December now n e x t a n d t h e | same |
| after hav ing been p r in t ed or t ranscr ibed shall be h u n g | u p | for | publ ic |
| inspect ion as by t h e said Elec tora l A c t requ i red for t h e | fourteen | days |
| expi r ing on t h e twen t i e th day of J a n u a r y | now | nex t | and | all | notices |
from persons c la iming to have the i r n a m e s inser ted in any such list and all objections to t h e re ten t ion of t h e names of any persons the re in shal l be given on or before t h e said twen t i e th day of J a n u a r y now n e x t and lists of such claims and objections shall be exhibi ted for publ ic inspect ion as requi red by the said Elec tora l Ac t du r ing t h e ten days exp i r ing on t h e thirty-first day of t h e said m o n t h of J a n u a r y and t h e Revis ion Cour t s provided by t h e said Elec tora l A c t shal l all be he ld for t h e revision of t h e said lists be tween t h e first a n d twenty-first days of t h e m o n t h of F e b r u a r y now nex t a n d t h e lists revised by such Cour t s shall be delivered on or before t h e twen ty -n in th day of t h e said m o n t h of February to t h e several officers charged by t h e said A c t
| w i th t h e d u t y of p repa r ing the Elec tora l Rol l s from | t h e Revised List s |
| and such officers shal l in each distr ict m a k e out t he genera l | a lphabe t i |
| cal list r equ i red by t h e said A c t a n d such general list shal l be | t h e |
| E lec to ra l Rol l of E lec tors ent i t led to vote in such distr ict at | all Elec |
t ions t h a t m a y t a k e place of M e m b e r s to serve in t h e Legislat ive Assembly be tween the first day of M a r c h and t h e first day of Septem ber now nex t .