Legislative Council Act 1851 (SA)

appointed by Her Majesty ucd tleetcd by the iiilmhitnnts of' the Colonv as tlierein nlentioned: trial I i L ~t it should be lawful for such Legislature, by sucli T.am or Orilimnces as aforesaid, to make all necessary provisions for thkihg the said Cololiy illto convenient Electord Districts, and fbr nlpint ing acd declaring the

uurnber of members of' Couilcil t'o be elected for e:-zch such District,

and for the compilation and revision of' lists of all persons ynalificd to vote a t tlie &xtions to be holdm within such Districts,-and tbr

the appointing of re t~~rning officers, and for the issuing, executing,

and returning the necessar-.y writs f'or such elections, mtl for t: ~ l < i u ~

the poll therest, and t'or detcn~liiiing the validity of' all disputetl r e t ~ ~ m s, and otlicrwise for eiisuritlg thc orclcrh, ef3ective, allcl + . . .

irnpmtial conduct of such ekctions: A i d it was f i l r t h crlacted

(sec. l?.), that all thc prorisions therein contained ( '02ir~~ll i l l~ the qualification and discjua1ificnt:r~n of clcctola, and, subject to tllc

5 s 6 Vict, c. 76.

provisions therein contztined, all tlie p~w~.~isioils of' the t i w & n firstly

rpcitud Act of the Sixth year of tllc w i p ol' Hcr ai:iji.atv,. ., :<S explained and nirmiciccl by the therein sccordly recited Act oi' thp

7 & 8 Vict., c. 74.

Eigllth year of lIer Siajestv, coucenLiug tile scvcrd iuattcrs th~. r. cb i~r

particularly emmerateh, &ould apply to slid be ill ibrcc ill tl~cd

Colouy of South Australia:

A umber qf Be it therefore Enacted, by tl:e Governor of' SOIL^^ Austr;A:&

Council. with the advice ailcl consent of' tIlc Legislative Coulncil tllewof. L,

Legislative Council to That, for &c p ~ ~ r ~ o s e s anlid suh'ect $L- - to the pmvisiOns of the Gt;ltutrs

be courtituteri oi. X before menticmcd, &crc s1m -.- be within tllc ~'Gvi:ice ui' Soot l l

menhers, one-thid	Australia	LZ	Legid:lti+e	Couud, which shall comist of L w t l t y - h i r
nominated by Her
j e t
thirds elected by the

U W -	nrcrnbers; ind eiglrt of the nlcn!l)vrs 01' llle wid Connrii s M I 7
from t h e to time, be aypoirlt~d by her M:~jc;.ty; a i d sistccn of

inhabitants.

thc ~~eanbevs of the said Cotmcil :jllail fi-0111 t i i ~ ~ e to time be elected

by t l i ~ inllabitants of tlie said P r o v i w ~.

Electoral Dis- 11. And be i t Enacted, That the I?ovince of Sontil Australia

t r i ~ t s. shall be divided into bixteen Electoral IXnt;icts, for the pnqmw of

Province tobe divided returning members to serve in th c? Lcg~~ht ivc3 ('oun cil; am1 ever\

into 16 Electoral Dis-	tricts, each to return snch Electoral District s l d l return ouc ~::c.nlhcr to scrve in th;.
a Member. said Legislntivc Council, and that the Coutk.;, pnrth of C'ountiec.

or other divisions, Towns, and plnces speciftcd in tllc Schcdul~~

Schedule h hereto annexed, marked A, shall respccti\-ely fbm1 I ' :k~toml IXS-

tricts,	the same are respectively nmmd sud sot fort11 in the mid
Schedule.

III. And whereas the boundaries of Co~uities and IIandrctlh

haw

have :i!rl~tly bccil chly established by ProclmlM,ion of tllc Governor,

I)~blisilcJ iil t h South Austrrrlion Government Gazette, Born

timc to t i m c h: 1Ze it tliercfbre Eimctctl, Tliat for the purposes of this BoundariesoSCountmi and llunttrcds to hc as

(Prclli~al~ce the boun[lwies of the mid C'oaxntics aid I-Iu~iclr~ds h l l defined, by the Go-

I)c dcorncd m d take11 to 1~c	the I>ounclaries set fbrth i11 the said	vornnr by Pruclaiw-
tion.

Proch~ntions respectively: I'rovidcd, that in case of any doubt

or d i ~ p t, ~ allsing a~ to illly ~11~11 boundari~s, the same l i d 1 l,c

clc.enlec1 t o be wttled n d liiuited i l l such im,imcr &S the Governor

may by I'roclamttioi~ set forth :mtl ilcscrihc.

Returning Officers tor

E1ector:~I Districts.

. 1 1 it I';lEil~tCl. Tll;lt for tl;?i'il of' the Electoral Dis- Pulling places.

r.rir:ts tl:e:.c ,J~;.ill be a j;oll.;!~g p h c e \\.ithill t he Pi tv of A(lclnide;

a11rI nlho ;by ~: i c i l smh Elwtoral i)iiicl*ict t l w c d d l fie, witllin such

l)istrit:t, such odicr poilii~g 1~1:iccs as d d be dcc1:tri.d by ;~ilv

I'npclan;:~tiolt, to he i:,:;ned i ~ y tlic Gavel-nor, fuurteeu days ;it

leZLbt Il::;;n'p (;,3g' of niiy clcctioll.

Electoral L*ts.	part in such District to deliver or transmit to some such collector?
Schedule B.	on or before the first day of April in every year, a notice of their

Collectors to give no- claim as such voters according to the hrnl of Schedule D. or to

tice annually, requir-

ing electors to send	the like effect: Provided always that after tllc formation of the
in their claims.	register to be made in cach year as hereinafter mentioned, no

Schedule D. y;&on d o s e m e shad1 be on such register for the time being shall be reqnired thereafter to make any such claim as afbresaiil,

so long as hc shall retain the same qualificntiou described in such

register.

Electoral Lists to be

delivered to Local VII. And be it Enacted, That the collectors shall on or before

courts.

the first day of April in every year, make out a list. to bc

Schedule C.

called the electoral list, according to the form of the Sd ledu l~

hereto annexed, marked C, of all persons entitled to vote ill

elections for Members of Council for sudl District, and shall sign

such list, and deliver tllc same to the Clcrk of' tlw ~lctircst Local

Court, or to such person as the Governor W R ~ in t jmt h e i d '

appoint a s Electoral Clerk; and each CoUcctor shall keep a tnir

copy of' the list so rleliwred by l~iin, to JJC perused by every

person, without payment of any fee, at all rensonnlJc I~ours.

No. 14, of 1849, and

15, of 1800. WIT. And be it En:~ctcd. That tlic Clerks and Collectors of the

Clerks and Collectors

several District Kond Bo:~rds, appointed nnder tile Ordinmccs ilk

of District Road

Boards to be collec-

that behalf, shall ex offcio be Collectors urlder this Ordinnncc., i > l l t i

tors of Electord Lists.

sball witlrii~ the time herein provided, in cvery year, give i~oticcc

and make out Electoral Lists as aforesaid of all persons entitlod to vote in tlle election of Members of Council within their respccth-F Districts, and shall do and ye*brm in respect to tllc sniil T)istricts

all the duties respectively rv11~~r:rcwitl~ t.11~ Collectors of Electonll

Lists are hereinbcfbre cllarged.

Electoral lists where

Clerks are appointed IX. And bc it Enacted, That whenevcr the precincts for the poiuted shall form portions of two or more &llcetor:d Ditsicts, such clerks shall make separate lists for eael~ precinct which may be comprised within a separate Electoral District.

~ ~ r t w o o r ,,. ordinary duties of which Electoral Clerks have been np-

Electoral Districts-

Electoral liets to be	X. And be it Enacted, T h t thc electoral lists	delivered	t o
printed or fairly trans-

the diferent electoral clerks shall he hy them either printed or fairly

crib&, hung up

for ~ u ~ l i c i n s ~ e c t i o n and legibly transcribed, and huna up for the period of sevw

by the clerks.

days ending on the eighth day of April, in every veal; at the Court House, or place of rnectiiig of the Local ~ " u r t, and in such conspicuous places in the Electoral District to which the

68111e

same relate as may be directed by any 1M;~p;istrste sitting at

( 'ourt.

SIX. h-nd 1111 i t bhtlctcti, Tllat the ueveral I,ocal Co~wt-;	~ i ~ l l r + s f i ~ ~ r ~ ~ i s i o n o i
electoral lists to be the

holtlcn hrfbre :I S p c l h l 84a8qistmte ;tnd two Ju-t8i(-cs of t h ~ Peiicc, rlr~artst Lucal Court.

sltdl hold :ul upru ~ u u r t fo r tilr parposc. of revising the Mectom1 rate of "lecia1 anti two ala:is- Justices

OY such 1-evisions t,o take place at sucll tiiw :W the said Court s h l l ;q)yoint, between tlle twenty-fiftlr day of April i ~ d a s i v e, and eighth day of May, inclubive, in e;ich and every

Lists of the District Districts witliil~ or uetwcst i o wllicll s:rcl~ in this b c l d f appoint;

w a r, tllwy l w i n g first giren ten clear days' notice of the lloldiug of

B such

Electoral ,&t~.	such Court, such notice to bc placed on the outer doors respectively of some public u~id corqspieuo~~s )Juilding within cncli sudl District, and the clerk, or persoli acting as soch, shall, at the openin:; of the Court, produce the said Electoral Lists, and a copy of the lists of
thc persons so claiming, and of the persous so objeked to, inado out
in the mczrlrlcr aforesaid; ancl all collectors of' mtm, ancl persons acting as collectors under this Ordilimce, s l d l, 011 being thercu, sumnioned, attend the Court, and s l~nl l answcr up011 ontli :ill such questions as the Court may put to tlicm, or ;lny of them, louchi~:..
any matter rreccssarv for revising the 1Slcctor;tl i,ists; wl~i l tm saiil
Court s l d insert iii such lists rcspcrtively, the ixmc of cvcry per- son who shall bc proved to the sntistkctiou of the Court to bc cnti- tled to be inserted therein, allcl dial1 rctjzin on the s d lists t l r c h
names of all persous to ulloiu ~ i o o!tjection s l ~ ~ l l I1iis.e been clullu
made, and shall also ret& on the s; d lists t l ~ c name 01' c w r y Twrsi~~
who shall have, been objected to by m y pcrson, ud::ss tiic p i l ~ t y so
objecting shall appear by himself; or by h o ~ t l c. oue on liis bellall', ill
support of such objection; u r d wbeu tlie name of' person invi*-
ted in either of thc said lists s l d l hiwe beeu duly ol$xte(l to, m d
the person objectia~ shall appear by ilir~~self or bv seine one OH hi.;
bclialf in support of suwh objection, t l~c Court s l d l require pouf cif
the quidification of the person so objected to; ard ill casc the qwli-
fication of s u d ~ person shall not be proved to the sntidiiction of t l ! ~
Court, the said Court sliitll expunge tlre mnlc of cwry sudr pcrsorl from the said lists, and shall also expunge th:rc?froni tlw I:nulc ol' every pcrson who shilll be proved to the ('olrrt to he dead, 01. to have becoinc: disqualified or inc:lpacit:lted, and shdl corrwt 2 1 1 ~
mistalic, or supply al ly omission wiliel~ sllall be prowd io the ('ox&
to lmve been made in ally of the sxid lists, in respect of thc w m ~ or
place of abode of any pcrsori who shall hr ilrcluded therein, or ill respect of the local drscril)ti on of his proycrt: l ' r o d e d n h w vs,
that no pcrson's name shall be inserted by tili 3 d Court iu n i l y
such lists, or shall be expunged t l lndiom, except in t l ~ case of
deat4h7 unless notirt h11a11 have beeu gircnj as is hcreinbcfbre required
in each of the said cases.

Power to the Court to

adjourn, and order the XIIT. And be it Enacted, That errvy such Court or any

productirin of books,	Magistrate thcn and there sitting for the irviaion of' the said li&
and administer the
oath.	shall have power to adjourn fi.0111 time to time, pruvided that 1 1 0
such adjourned Court shall be held brgoi~d tlio said eight11 <4 day of Nay and the said Court or m y llayjstmt~e as afore-
said shall have power to require m y person hiivii~g the custody of
any book containing any rate made for any wch i%xtor:d District,
during that or the preceding year, to yroduco the said book and

a110 w

XV. And be it Enacted, That thc clerk shdl c m s e copicls COP;C.S ~f thee~ectmal

hri ng r.r3c\rr ircd s ld l furnish to every M agistratt. residing in the bution.	of the clcctornl roll in every yew to be written or printed, a d on ~'n~~~;b:$~~-Q
several Jhtriets to whirh the same respectidy relate one copy ot t l ~ c clcctoral list of such District and f'urther copics to all persons

applying

Electoral ~ i ~ t s.	applying for the same on payment of a reasonable price for each
COPY L

NO. 11. of 184% Aile XVII. A d whereas all Urditl,mcc 16:~s ~ m s e d o!; tiit.

"lector'l	of then1 ss shnll bc desip;l ted by &e G ori.lbiio~	i l l this be11:ili.;
collectors of electoral

lists.	and, after the estxhlirhnwllt of a Coruonitioll z d c r tllc tket
recited Ordinance, tlio Mayor or somc of ' the A1cleru:en c!eaiguatri
by tlre City Council shall be returning oGccrs for the wid
City, or suclr wards or divisions thcreof as shall fixm put ul'
separate Electoral district,^: And some o m of the s; d ('it?
Commissioners together with two of 1Irr $ 1 ~ jestv's Jus ticrs of' the
Pctwc, designated. by the Goverrlor in this );elAf, or an Alilcnne~l and two assessors chosen in inamer mciltiol~pd 1 y the first rerite!i Ordinance, as the ease may be, dlall form a Court for the revinion
of electoral lists in each ward with the powers i ~ e ~ t. ?, ~ givcu to the
Local Courts; and the collectors of rates within tile City sh:d
have the powers and dutirs l i ~ ~ r l - r y given to adlectors of eiectord
l i s t ssubjec t always to the hrreol': And when iud
as often as any town or district s l d lmwf'ter he ii~corpo~nt~cd, the

M w o q

Mayor, Wardcn, or Cllief Dl~ulicip;tl Oflicer of such Corporation shall Elrrtornl Lists.

bc tllc returninq officer of srrzh town or district: And the powers and dolies of coll~rt~llg ijlld rwisiup the electoral lists for such tow11 or district a d other tbc powers and duties of executing this Ordirlnncc shall bc had and exercised bv such persons, as sliall have corres- ponding dutics, or as sllall be i~l~poillt&l by or in virtue of the Act

or rk4tc.r~ Patent constitutillg sucli C'oq101":1tio?1.

thc clcct' " lolls.

SS. Ad he it Enacted, That i l l 1 w i t s to be issued for Fonnofwri ts.

the election of' nlcinhers of Conncil ~ulder this Ordinancc sllall hc

fh rucd in any iiimner and fbrm whicll may be neccss:wy and SUE-

riellt for carrying tlic provisionb hereof into effkct,.

):XI. h d be it Knnctcd, That, at evcry ulection in any Booths may be erected or hlred for tak~ng the

pulling pliicc, tile w t u r ~ h ~ g officer, if it slltlll ;ippear to llinl expe- l,,ll.

dimt tor taking the poll at such election, may causc booths to be

erected, or rooms to bc llired and used 3s S U C ~ booths iu nlle plil~e

or in several p1:tccs at each place as occasion m a y require; aid the same sllall Be so divided and allotted into conqxlrtnients, as to the returning officer allall secin most convc.~-itmlt, and the retunr-

C ing

iFZections.	i n s officer shall appoint. a clerk to t'ake the poll at each compaxt- ment, and shall before the day fixed for the electioli, if t h e be a contest, cause to be furnislled for the use of enr:h hoot.ll or polliuig place, it copy of' the rlcctoral list of the District and s l d l uilder
his hand certify such copy to hc trw.

Where clcctors to XXTT. And Fe it Enacted, That every elcctor sl~all bc rcyuirccl

vote.	to vote at tlw polling place situate within tlle Electold District wherein the property sliall he situtrted in respect to which his name shall stand on the electoral roll; or, wit,hill the City of Acleldde, at ally polling place appointed for snch Electoral Dib- trict.
Electoral Districts
Polls for difikrent	XXIII. And be it Enacted, That notllinpr herein contained Electoral Districts a t the same polling place withill the City of Ablaide: Providcd that a deputy and such pollillg clerk ill. dcrlzs as may be necessary, shall be appbinted for encll Electoral District; and that the name of such Electoral District be affixtd on t,l~e most
may be taken at the	s l d l be construed to prevent tlie taking of polls fbr diff'crwt
mmc place in Ade-
laide.
conspicuous part of the comparti~~ent of the polling room or booth,
allotted to such District.

Returning officer to	XXIV. And be it Enacted, That the rcturnin,rr oficm* of cacll	L
preside at one polling ~1

plsce, and tippoint ectoral District shall iweside at ouc polling place within or

deputies to preilide at allotted to his district, and that he m y nppoii~t	a ckputy to act for
the others.

him and take the poll at each of the other polling pl:~cc;s: Provided that such denutv he annointcd bv R v-ritinir under the Ilancl of' tile A d L A I_)

said returning officer, and such kritiug bc posted up at the Court Hoosc within or nearest to the District for allicl~ the said polling, place may be allotted, at least seven dam bchre tlw tlt-IV of

election: " And provided, that ill case of hilure of the r c t u l h i i ~ ~

officer d ~ d y to appoint ally such deputy, the :~ppointmeut m:iy be

made by thc Governor.

Adjournnlent of no- XXV. And be it E ~ t c t c d, T l ~ a t wllcre the ~roccedi~lgs at

m'"'ti0n* Or	poU,	a,ny uleetion shall be interrupted or obstructed by &lv riot o;	open
in case of riot.

violence whether such wroceedin~ ~ 1 ~ 1 1 consist cif the ';lominntion of candidates or *of the &king thki poll tlie returning officer, or the deputy of any returning officer, sliall not for such cause, terminate the business of such nomination. nor finally close the poll,, but slinll adjourn the nomination or the t a k i n ~ tlrr poll at the particular

polling place a t which such intermptiou or ohtixction shall haw

happeued, until the fbllowing day, and, if ncceslinrv s l d f i~r t l~cr

adjourn such nomination or poll, as the case h a y be, until

such

snch interruption or 0b~tr'l~ti011 shall h a w ceased, when the re- Ebctinns.

tornii~g oficrr or his depnty sliall a p i n proceed with the business of' the noinination or wit11 the ta,ki~ig tlie poll, as the case inay be,: ~ t the 1)lnce ilt which tllc same respectively may have been iotrnnpted or ol)struetetl; and tllc day on wliich the bushess of the rlo:r~iliation shall I m v. bee11 col?'clu(led sllzlll be deemed to

XxVII. A I I ~ be it ~a:lctc.d, That 011 t h day of nomination, hfo,ler,i proeecIiiug

wllich shall be on tllc clay of elcdoll imnlecl ill the writ, the rc- at el~'' 'ticrl-

tunlins officw shall preside at a meeting to be Iioldcn ;lt noou at tl;e chief polliq place of' each Elrctor;~l District, mid slinll declnro

the pwpox for wllicli such mceti~ig. is 11eld; a d if t l w e be a t

W (.l) uwt i~ lg 110 INOW tllmr om ca~rclltlate proposcvl, tl )c. rt4~mlillg

of Eccr sh:d l ekd;ire such cxlzdid:~t~ nlalie Iiis retani nccorilingly; a i d that in tilt! rvrut of there to he duly electd, m c i	hcing move candihtes the rctowiop officer slid1 call tbr a.
show of 11,mt'is sel~arately in favour of each cnucliclxte, a d after suuli sllow uf llands s l d l cldare tlw 13ers011 011 tvhonl the
election 112 s fhllcn, i ~ l l t l shad l return the same accurdii~gly u~iless
a poll bc demanded h some of the candidates or by ioot less than
six electors on 11ix i~~ha l f; and on such dcluarld being made for a poll, the polling sli:dl comulellee at the cliffereut polling places for the District, R P nearly as may be at nine o'clock iu the forenoon of the day appointed by the Governor in the writ for taking the poll
at the difkrent polling places, and no poll shall be kept open later than four o'clock in the afternoon..

I XXVIII And

Elections.

XXVIII, And Fc it Enacted, That the election of nlcmbers of

before Council at each polling place slrall bc Lcld bcforc the retunliuz

returning officers and officer or his deputy, and the voting at every nueh d e c	tiorl sh:$
their deputies.

commence at nine o'clock in the forenoon, aud sl1all finally cluw

M	O V ~.	vote by dcliveriiig to the said returnillg otficor or his deput';
s voting p p c r con tailliog the Cllriijtii~ 11 llilllle and sur.~~at~l(: C t'
the person thr wlroi~l lle votcs, s u r h paper bcillg 1)reviously sigi.r!c I
with tlle name of the elector ~ ~ o t i n g and with the ilim~c of' tllc 1)1;11,1
in which tile property for which hc appcws on the elcctm-d roll i:. situated, and the returninge officer or his dcprity sliall c a i w t !. lb
clerk o p ~ o l y to record every sn(41 rote iil ;L p o l l - l ~ ~ k, to iw 1<;1>)~
by him fbr that purpose.

Form of questions to	F I ~ I S T L ~ ~ ~ ~ ~	you thP ]wrson W~~~~sCL	1l:Ullth is higllr~l	:L$ AI*	13" t o i l l ~
bc put as to theDu

points. voting paper now tielivered ilil b v you'?

THIRD--1Iavc you already voted at tllc ~ r r e s ~ ~ l t clcction ?

Puni~hment	for MM	And no person required to answer any of the sitid questions s l d l bc
answer.
pernlittcd or qualified to vote until hc slr;lll )I:IY(~ :mswcrcci the mwc, and if any person s l d l wilfully make a false answer to any of the questions aforesaid, lie shall bc deemed grilty of a misdeine:mour, and may be' indicted and pumislzed xecorclingly; and the retunling

officer or his deputy shall, if required, on behalf of any u~rr:lid;hb or*

his agent, at the time af'orcwd, adnliuister an oath, or ~ ~ E I W M h i on,

as

ns tlic case may be, to any voter in tlie following form, that is to i!?Zeclions.

hay :-

I' You do swear (or being a person authorised by law to affirm, Oat1' to be R ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -

tered if required.

do affirm) that you arc the smile person 1~11ose name apl":ws& A D. " on the register iiow ill forcc for the Electoral 1)istrict of (as the case may be).

SO HELP YOU GOD !"

talic an oatli or afimlation, except as xfnrc?said, either in proof of his Qu:~lificntion.	And no elector slrall liereafter, at any such election, be reyuised to No other oat1 as to
f reeldd or of' his residence, age, or qnitlification, or right to votc.,
ariv law or stat,utc, local or gewml, to the contrary iiot~-ithstandii~g,
i l l 12 no person ~li~illlill '~ to vote at any such election s l d be exelu-
cled flwu voting tllcrear, except 133' reason of its appearing to the ?
returning ollioer or his depntv, upon putting such q~wtioiis as aforesaid, or any of them, that the person so claiming to votc is not
the same person 11-110s(~ ilr,lue appc:~rs 011 sucli vwihtcr as aforesaid, P
or that he 112s prrviouxlr vdcd at the same electlou, or Llmt lie has not tlie same qualification fbr which his uarne was originally inscrted in such register, or except by reworr of wcli person refi&ug to take the said oath, or i d w the sikl affiri~'lnntlo~, or to take or make the
hllowing 03th or ;if-hmn.i.im agnii~st bribery :-

S S X. Alld h(? it Eilracted, Tlmt each deputy r e t u n h g nrlmties tosealbook and voting ppers and

otiicer sliall irlmediatcly on the close of the poll, publicly enclose dpliv2r hrti,-

and sed the poll-book, and collect :ud seal up all the voticg papers wit11 ru rct~tllming

wlricll 11ave beell taken at tlie polling place wllcreat lie presided, officers.

and shall with the least delay possible deliver or cause the same to

be delivered to the returning officer of the Electoral District.

XX-";I. h 1 d be it Enacted, That tllc retucilit~g officer of' each Na~nesof~ersons ekc.

tcd to bc dcc~larcd hp

Ii,lectoral District shall at the place of noinii~ntion mid as soon r,,,r,i.g oiOcer.

21s wily Lc p c ~ i e; i b l e after the election s l d l have beco held openly

tlc.clsl*c the gei~cra~l state of the poll at the close of the election, as the same shall have been made up by l h u from the poll-books ;id votiilg pnpcrs kept at the se\-era1 polling places; and hc 4 d l a t the same tilue and plilce declare the liniile of the person who inay have been duly elected at such election; and in the eveut

of thc nmnber of vote; being found to have been equal for any

D ~ W O

I .

Elections. two or more candidates, he shall by his casting ~ ~ t i: ! l; -: i t a, >

keturning not which of the same csndidaies shall be elected: Provided. 1io;t ~ v e r

to vote except iu case that no returning officer shall vote at any election for the Elsctornl

of eqaality of votes, Dist~.ict of' which he is tbe returning officer except iil t he c:we of

au equality of votes as aforesaid: provided adso ilmt it shall aiid may be lavful for any Mayor or other Magistrate of the City of

Adelaide, not beinq the returning officer thercof, and hi the del- pnty of any returnme; officer in any other ~ ~ e c t o r a l Dktl.lct, to vote

at duv election for the Electoral District in like manner as if he

had not been appointed and nctcd as such deputy.

Return of writs with XXXII. And be it Enacted, That the name of the person ,so namarofelected~er- elected shall be inserted in or endorsed on the wrL by the sons endorsed thcreon.

returukg officer, and the wit returned to the Governor withiu the time by-wlxich according to the povisioils hereof the same may

be returnable.

POU B O O ~ S and XXXIII. And be it Enacted, That all poll-I~ooks and voti~rg

Voting to be papers shall be sealed up by the returuiilg officer and transmitted

sealed and transmitted

withthe ,vrit to the	with the writ to the Governor.
Go1 ernor.

Voting paper not to XXXIV. And be it Enacted, That votillg pnpers shall be

bo rejected far rant	SuRleient in thc form of	Schedule H, but no voti lip paper sliau be
of funn.

Schedule II. rejected by the retrnrtlirlg officer for illere wr~ut of form: I'ruvlderl

that the name and designation of the p r t y sionirlg the pspnl; :tlld -2

the mmc of the party contailled in it be illtefiigibly expressed slid

in a manner to bct commonly understood.

L~isputed Returns. XXXV. And rv11ere.a~ it is eqedicrlt and necessary to provirle

- a Court for the trkd of any complaints which msv be m;vle ;~gai:lst

Court for trial of com- d,

plaintr against rl,c v-a- tllc ~ ra l id i t~ of any returns mnde by the r~tnr lnng officers of tllc

lidity of returns to

consist of two mem- several ~ l & t o r d Districts hereby ere:.ted: I h it Ihactecl, Tllnt

bers, appointed bythe for	the	131lI~)OSe of	f ~ l m i n g	such Court the Governor. shall ~ziitllin
Governor-

bcrs clectcd by l l ~ e rnCm- three days after tllc first meeting of the sirid Legislative Council

Council and fie to be constituted as nforcsixid, name t ~ o persol;s to be menrbuls: of

by

the Supreme Court,

the said Court, such two persons uot being members of the said

or n Judge thered

Council; md that also within three days after the said first meeting

of the said Council, the Council shdl deet out of its onu body

two persons to be members of the said C o u ~ t; and that also withiil the same period the Supreme Court or aiy Jodgc thereof slr:tll nominate one person to be president of the said court, who sl~all

be a barrister of the Supreme Court, of' at lmat five years &aiding,

and shall rrot be a menhcr of the said Council.

Proceedings where

Menhers shall not be XXXVI. And be it Enacted, That if the said Governor s l d fail

nominated a pre- to nominate the two members as aforesaid, with~n the said three

scrild. days, the right of nomination of the said two incrnbem to be nsli~ed

by the Governw, may at my time afterwards be exercised by the n+utedRe*m

said Council according to tlie majority of their votcs; and that if

the said Council, or tkc mid ~ u i r e n l e Court, or a Judge thereof, shall fail to elect or nouimte the said other two members and the

prcdident ci' the said Court withiu the said three days, such other

two meux~bcra and such president may be nonhated at any time

afterwards by the said Governor.

XXXTII. And be it Enacted. That if after the fill number Nomination of M e w

of the Court shavll have been completed, any member shall be 6UPPIyYBcmcieB,	bsrs of Court to
incanacita,ted to :a,%tend a meeting of the Court bv rcason of C: &at%, sickness, or any other mmpedirnent, his @ice sltdl be supplied by n pcrwn nbminated for that purpose by the person, or the authority whereby the meinhcr so dyiug, or so rendered unable to attend, was nominated, or ilz detjznlt; of such nomillation,
by the Governor.

XXXVI?IT. And be it Enmi;ecl, That tllc record of the nomination

Record of nowination

of members to be

or election of' the mid i;icmbers of tlie mid Conrt shall be entered proof of mn-

by the ( 'lerk of the Co!r rlcil on the proceedings of the Council; btitution of court.

a d that proof of such entry ll:wing been made, slid1 be sufficient authority for tlLc proper couutitutioil of such Court.

XXXIX. Provided however, a,nd be it Enacted, That the said Court not to proceed

Court shall not proceed to any business unless convened by order venedby the to business unless con-

of the Governor. or of the Coixncil. nor until each member corn- or Council.

&isiug it shall take the followini oath or sfiirmation as the casc may be, which shall be administered by tllo president to each of tile members, mid aftcrwards by any member to tllc president :-

" T, (A. R.) do smear or affirm, as the case may be, that I will oath to be taken by

duly adininistcr justice in all matters which may be Mcrnbers of the Court.

broudlt before t ik Court, ,?nd that I will decide in all

suck'matters accordiog t; the principles of good faith

a d equity, without partiality, fi~vor, or afFection, and

according to tire best of my uderst;mding..

' L SO HELP ME GOD."

XL. And be it Enacted, That the Court thus constituted Pbwera O ~ C O ~

shall have power to enquire into all cases which may be brougllt before it by the Governor, or the Council, rcspccting disputed returns of mem-

bers to serve in the said Legislative Council, whether such disputes arise out of an alleged erro;in the return of'the returning offick, or out of the allegation of bribery, or corruption against any person con-

cerned iu any election, or out of aiy other allegation calculated to

afI'ect the validity of the return.

XLI, And

~ ~ ~ p t r t e d ~ w m. XLI. And be it Enacted, That in the trial of any complaints

,,,, be pnided as aforesaid, the members of the said Court shall be guided by the

b ~ t h e r ~ j ~ ~ c e real justice and good conscience of the case, witl~out regard to

mbgwd c o m m c e

of each case. legal forms and solemnities, and shall direct themselves by the best evidence that they can procure, or that is laid before them, whether the same be such evidence as the law would require in other cases or not.

Court may regulate XLII. And be it Enacted, That the said Court shall be an open

the fom of its own	Court. and shall have Dower to adjourn its sitting from time to time.
proceedings.	as in its discretion it 'may think dproper, provided U that the interval of adjournment shall not in any instance exceed two clays, :tnd that the said Court shall be competent to regulate the form of its own proceedings, but that such proceedings shall in 110 one case extend beyond th;e period of five Gttiog- da$; and that if nu decisiou be

necisious within fire to days, given and adopted by a majority within five sitting days, the president of the

to be final, without	Court shall. on such evidence as mnv then be before the Court,. pronounce a decision, and that everyddecision, wllether so pro- nounced by the president, or by the Court, s l d l bc final and conclusive without appeal.
Enqaes by con* to

be restricted to idcn- XLIII. And be it Enacted, That the Court shall not have power

aty of roterh and pro- to enquire into the correctness of the register of ~ I I Y li:lectoral

P + ~ Y of admis8i0n or District, or into tlie qualification of persons alloso votes may on

rejecclon of votes. the day of election have been either admitted or rejected, but simply

into tlie identity of the persons, and whether tllcii* votes were iio-

properly admitted or rejected, assunling the register to be correct.

Remmeration to pre-	XLIV.	And be it Enacted, That tlm president of the Court s l d i
sident of Court.

be paid five guineas for each day the said Court shall sit, and tlie two members not being of the Council shall be paid two guineas for

each such day, the other members serving gratuitously; and that the said sums be defrayed, in the first instance, by the candidate or other	party presenting a petition against the return, who shall be entitled
to recover that amount, and any other costs or expcuses that may be awarded to him by the Court, under the hand of' the president,
by action of debt, from the candidate against whose return the
petition shall hme been presented, if he shall succeed in setting aside the return, otherwise all such costs, charges, a d expenses

E ~ n c e s by whom

pay able.	must devolve on the petitioning candidate, or other party petitiouing
against the return.

ComPkta of rmdue	XLV. And be it Enacted, That all complaints of the undue
~IU-II~

petition to the Go- return of members to serve in the said Legislative Council shall be

Tmor camd addressed in the form of a petition to the Governor or the Leqis-

b & v e

DisputedRchrm. candidate at the election whereof it may be alleged that an undue return has been made, or by a number of persons who either voted or were q~mlified to have voted at the said. election, amountiug to not less than one-tenth of the whole number on the list of electors; and no petition shall be noticed which shall not be received by the Governor or the Legislative Council within twenty-one days from the day of clcction.

lative Council; and that no petition shall be noticed, nor any pro-

cccdings had thereon, unless it shall havo been addressed to the

XLVI. And be it Enacted, That the Governor, or the Legislative petition tobe referrod

Council, within ten days after any such petition shall have been duly to Court by Governor and copies presented

the the Council.

received bv him. if the Lecrislative Council be then itt tin^. or if to following the receipt of the said petition, shall cause the same to be ref'erred to the Court above-mentioned; and the Governor, if such petition be addressed to him, shall cause a copy of the s ~ m e to be at the same time presented to the said Legislative Council.

XLVII. And be it Enacted, That the said court, in hearing Roeeedinga or Gun

and deciding on the merits of every such petition, shall be guided Onpe"tionR

by the principles of good faith and equity, and shall receive or re-

ject at their discretion any evidence that may be tendered to them,

and shall have power to compel tlie attendance of witnesses, and to

examine them on oath; and if the said court shall declare that any

person was not duly elected, who was returned as elected by the

returning officer of any Electoral Uistrict, the person so declared to

have been not duly elected, shall cease to be a Member of the Coun-

cil; and if trhe said court shall declare any person to have been duly

elected who was not returned by any returning officer, the person

so declared to be duly elected shall be sworn a Member of the said	Council, and take his seat accordingly; and if tlie, said Court shall
declare any election to have been absolutely void, it shall be lawful for the Governor, on the same being certified to him by the president of the court, to issue a new writ for the holding of another election, such writ to be issued within ten days after such certificate shall have been made to the G overnor.

XLVIII. And for the prevention of bribery and corruption, General pm-

be it Enacted, That all and each of the following acts shall be visions.

deenicd and takm to be acts of bribery and corruption on ~ h ~ ~ ~ b ~ l l, , ~ d ~ ~ ~ ~ d

the part of any candidate, whether committed by such candidate Act8 of BBriber). a d

or by any agent authorised to act for him, that is to say, the Cormption.

giving of money or any other article whatsoever, cockades in- 7 & 8 Geo. W,	upw
duded, to any elector, with a view to influence his vote, or 37 8. 2.

E the

the holding out to him any promise or expectation of profit, advance- ment, or enrichment in any shape, in order to iirfluence his vote, or

making use of any threat to any voter, or otherwise in timid at in^ him	in any manner with a view to influence his vote; the treatiug of any
voter, or the supplying him with meat, drink, lodging, or horse or
wrri~ge hire, or conveyance by steam or otl~erwise, whilst a t such
election, or whilst engaged in coming to or going from such election; t>hc pnyinent to any elector of any sum of money for acting or join-
ing in any procession durir~g such election, or before or after the
same; the keeping open, or allowing to he kept open, any public house, shop, booth, or tent, or place of entertainment, whether liquor or refreshment of any kind be distributed at sucll place of entertain- ment or not; the giving of ally dinner, supper, breakfkst, or other entertainment, at any place whatsoever, by a candidate to wly m m -
ber of persons, with a view of influcneiig 'their votes.

Any of the above XTJIX. And be it Enacted, That tllc comnlission of my one

acts to diuqualiQ.

of the ahove-mentioned acts ~ h d, on proof tllcreof. bv the deeiaion

of the above-n~cutioaed court,' be held to render voi i the election of the person committing such art, nud to disqualif7- him from sitting and voting in the said Lc$slative Council, cluringUtlle whole period that may intervene between the comuission of the same and the time of the next general election.

Wncipds bound by

acts of their Agcnts. of a candidate or meruber shall, in rrlsttws conneetctl with L. And be it Enacted, That the acts of all authorised agcnts

elections, he held to be the acts of their principal, provided that it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the above-nmltiond court that) such acts were committed with his knorvledge, powep, or consent.

acts of b r i h e ~ corruption by persons and LI. And be it Enacted, That if any of tire above ii~enf~ioned

acts, hereby declared to be acts of bribery a i d comnpt~iou, slinll

not being the &U-

thorised agents.

be committed by m y person not the authorised agent of any

candidate or member, the person so couliuitting or l aving com- mitted them, shall be deemed quilty of a misdemeanour, a n d may

be indicted for such act as fop a misdemeanour, in the Supreme

Court and punished with fiue nut exceethg TWO Ku~idrecl

Pounds or imprisonment not exceeding six calenckir mmths at

the suit or on the plaint of Her Majesty's Attor or Advocate-

act of bribery or corruption shall be alleged to h a w been com- General, or of any registered deetor of tlle?Distric 9 wherein such

mitted.

Yendtyon pemns

receiving or offering LIT. And be it Enacted, That if any person who sliall have

Evara for v&iai.g or 0' claim to have any right to vote in m y electio~l of a hkmher

withholding votc. o f

of Council for any Electoral District shall directly or GencraZRo-

indirectly ask, receive, or take any money or other reward by way visions.

of g&, employment, or other reward whatsoever for himself' or for

any of his f&ily or kindred, to give his vote or to abstain from giving his vote in any such electiotl, or if any person by himself, his fiiends, or by any person employed by him, shall by any gift or reward or by any promise and agreement, or security for any gift or reward, conupt or procure any person to give his vote in any such election, or to abstain from giving the same, such offender s l d l for such offence forfeit the sum of fifty pounds sterling to the person who shall first sue for the same to be recovemd with full costs by action of debt, bill, plaint or infor1~1n-

tion i11 the Supreme Court.

LTTJ. And be it Enacted, That every person who shall poll Puoistunent~orvoting

a secoud time, or offer to poll a second time at the same elec-	twice, or personating
tion, for any Electoral District, or who shall personate any other person for the purpose of polling at such election s h l l be guilty of a nlisclemeanon., and upon b e i q tlmcoi' convicted shall be im- prisoned for any term not more than two years, at the discretion of the Court who shall try such person.

LIV. And be it Enacted, That for the remuneration of the Expenses ofcollec- tors. how to be paid.

collectors, e~-ei.y~ person, upon giving notice of his claim as an elcctov to the collcrtor as lmeinbefore rnentioncd, shall pay, or cause to be paid to the said collector, for his own use, the sum of One Shilling, and such notice of claim sliall not be dcemed valid until such sum shall have been paid.

hired for the convenience bf taking polls, s l d be it the joint nithuut his oonsnt,to proposing a candidate

and equal expense of the several canclidntes, and tllc same shall be at the e4pense of

be by contract with the candidates, if' they shall thinlr fit to booths and ~ o I I. c I ~ & ~.

nlake such contract, or if they shall not l;lalie such contract, then the same shall bbe erectcd or lked by the Returning Officer, at the expense of the several cnnclic~atcs as aforesaid, subject to such liinitation as is hereinafter nest mentioned, tlrnt is to say-

that the expense to be incurred shall not exceed the sum of Twenty pounds in respcet of anv oiie polling place, and that all

Returning Officers, and Deuuty etu urn in^ Officers, &all bt, paid

each Two Guineas by the day; and all Clerks ernpl~yed in taking

the poll sliall be paid'each One Guinea by the d q, at the expense

of the cnmlidates at such election: provided always, that if any per-

son s l d l be proposed without his consent, then the person so pro-

posing him shall be liable to defhy his share of the said expenses? in ,

like rnanrw as if Ire had been a candidate.

LYI. And

General PTO- LVI. And be it Enacted, That all necessary and reasonable

visions.	expences which shall be incurred by aby persons ap-
Payment of other ex-	pointed under and by virtue of this Ordinance, for the purpose of
penses incurred.	carrying into effect the several provisions hereof, and not otherwise provided for, shall, if allowed by the Governor, be paid and dis- charged out of the general public revenues of the Province by warrants under the hand of the Govcrllor directed to the Colonial Treasurer.
Proviaion in the event

of impediments of s, LVII. And whereas divers of the Electoral Districts above

formal nature

named are far distant fiom the seat of Govcrnnlent, and ~u l -

foreseen delays or difficulties may arisc in currying illto efTect the

several provisions hercinbefore mentioned, in regard to the elections

for the said Districts: Be it therefore Enacted, Tlmt no clection

for any of the said Districts sha,ll be held to be void ill consequence

solely of any such delay in the holding of snch election at the time

appointed, or in the rcturn of the writ, or of any impcdimeut of a

mere formal nature: Provided that the validity of such election

shall be declared by the Governor, with the advice of the Executive

Council, within tl3irty days from the dng on which such election

was held or ought to have been held: Provided d;o, that witliin

the period of twenty days before or after the day appointed for the

holding of any election, it shall bc lawfkl for the said Govemw, with the advice of the said Executive Council, to extend the time allowed for the holding of such election, or for the rcturn of the

writ issued for the same, and to adopt or cause to be adopted such

measures as may be necessary to reinovc m y obstacle by which tllc due course of any election may be impeded, ancl to supply any deficiency that may otherwise affect the same: Froviovided furtlier, that any measures so adopted by the Governor with the aclvicc of' the Executive Council shall be duly fiotificd in the South Aus-

tralian Government Gazette.

Council may proceed

to business when sum- LVIII. And whereas in consequence of the great extcnt of

moned, when there	the Province of South Australia delays may occur in the return of
are not more than two
members deficient by	the writs from some parts of the samc, and by the non-return of

the non-return of such writs the number of the C~uncil may not be conlpleted

writa	on the day whereon it may be summoned to meet for the dispatch of business, and it is expedient to remove doubts which might otherwise arise as to the power of the said Council, in its incom- plete state to proceed to business: Be it Enacted, That notwith-
standing the non-return of any writs on or before the day whereon
such writs are returnable, the Council shall be competent to proceed to business if duly summoned thereto, and provided the number of members deficient in consequence of the aou-rcturn of such w i t s
be not greater than two, LIX. And

4 + LIX. And be it Enacted, That it shall and mav be lawful Gemat FM-

for the Governor to assign to 'the persons appointed toperform any

office or duty in execution of this Ordinance such remuneration for Governor may order	remuneration for
their services as to the said Governor may seem proper.	officers.

LX. And bc it Enacted, That the said Governor shall and power^ of Governor

may have power to delegate to any other person the performance ~	~	~	G	~	v	~	~
of any act or thing which he is hereby empowered to perform: dolegate 3 to lootha Provided such delegation be made under his hand and the Public Seal of the Province, and be duly announced by Proclamation in the South Australian Government Gazetie.

LXI. And be it Enacted, That any and every person who Declaration to be

may, under the provisions hereof be appointed a returning ~ ~ & ~ ~ f f i ~ ~ h

officer, or deputy returning officer, or appointed to perform any transmitted to COIO-

other duty under this Ordinance shall before he enters on the nial Sacretary.

yerformanee of any duty under the same, make and subscribe before

a Justice of the Peace, thc followhg declaration, and the Justice

before whom such declaration may be made, is hereby required to transmit the same by the first convenient opportunity to the Colonial Secretary of South A~~stralia.

bLI,

(A.B.) do hereby declare that I accept the office of

and I do hereby promise and

declare that I will faithfully perform the duties of the

same, to the best of my understanding and ability."

LXII. And be it Enacted, That if any retyruine; C. officer, or ~ e n a ~ t y onoiiicersre-

any deputy returrring officer, after having accepted office as such, g;;gorneglGng

or m y mayor or magistrate shall neglect or refuse to perform

any of the duties which by the provisions hereof he is required

to perform, every such returning officer, deputy returning officer,

mayor, or magistrate, shall for every such offence, forfeit and pay

any sum not less than ten nor exceeding two hundred pounds; and in like manner if any clerk or other officer or person ap- pointed under this Ordinance, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the dutics which by the provisions hereof he is required to perform, every such clerk or other officer or person shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not less than five and not exceeding fifty pounds.

LXIII. And be it Enacted, That the respective penalties before R~COV- ~ppli-

mentioned shall be recovered with full costs of suit by any person	pndtiw
who shall sue for the same within three calendar months after the commission of such offence, by action of debt or on the case, in

F the

tobe

done fall on n holidny. LXIV. And be it Enacted, That when any matter or thing

shall be hereby directed to be pm-formcd on a ce:'tain day, and tlrat V '

dav hq.m to be Sunday, ~ o o ' d Friday, Christ~uas Day, or other

publie Holiday, the said matter or tl1iig may bo perfonncd ou the

next succeedjllg day.

Commencement. LXV. And be it Enacted, That this Qrdinrtnce shall coilmencc

and take effect from and after tile passing thereof.

H, E. F. YOUNG.

Lieutenant-Governora

Passed the Legislatiae Council, this

tloen&$rst day of Febrtm-9, One

Thousand	~; ,gh t Hundred	and
Fyy-one.

F+ C. SINGLETON,

Actiq Clerk of Councill.

SCIPEDULES REFERRED TO.

A,

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.

l. D ~ ~ I C T OF NORTH A 4 ~ ) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ) ~. - C ~ i n p ~ i s i l l g all that POII~OII

of tllc City of A t l d d e to the North of the River Torrens, withill the exterior X~uv~r~daries of the Pwk Lands to t l ~ of the Kiver 'l'orreus.

2. DISTMCT OF EAST A I ~ E I, A I D E, - C O I ~ P ~ ~ ~ S ~ ~ ~ ~ all that portion

of' the City of Adel&de witlliil the exterior boundaries of the Park

hinds SO& CC the l-tiver 'l'omos, bounded on the West by n right

line w i n g Ko~rll a i d South through the centre of King I~i l l iam-

street, a d	produced both ways to the exterior bourdnries of South
Adelaide.

3. DISTRICT OF ~ ~ E S T ADELAIDE. -Comprising all that portion

of the City of Adelaide within the exterior bouur1;tries of tlx Park L a d s to h e South of the Eirer Tomeus, bounded ou the East by s r i ~ h t line running North and Sout l~ tlirough the centre of lihg Vhliam-street, a i d produced both n-nys to the exterior boundaries

of South Adelaide.

4. DXST~ICT OF POET A D E L A I I ) E. - ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s ~ ~ ~ the Hundred of

Port Aclelnide, and all that portion of the Hundred of Yatala beinq C to the West of the North Road, passing along tllc East boundaries of $ectio:ls 2064, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, and 360.

5. ~ ) I S T ~ I C T OF k ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. - C o m p r i s i n g 811 that portion of the

Hundred of Yatala to the East of the Kortli R o d, passing along

the East boundaries of Sections 2064, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353,

354, 35% 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, together with the Hntdreds of*

31 unno Para, Talmga, :init Para llTirra.

6. DISTRICT OF EAST TOKRETS.- -Conlprisillq all that portion of the

Hundred of Adelaide being to tLe East of the 6ity of Adclaide :md to the North-east of the Great Eastern Road, pa~sicg through Glen ()smoad, together with all that pot-tioll of the Hundred of' Ouknpa- rioga, beilig to the North of tllc South homidnrv liws of Sectious 5593, 5594, 5.595, and 5390, and to the J\'e;st of the East li,ourid:niea of' Sections 5595, 5545, 5544, 5590, 5589, 5602, and 5C03.

7. Z)~STIUCT OP 1 3 T ~ ~ ~ TUli~~~s.-C011i1)1'i8ii~g all that portion of

the IIuclred of Adelaide bciug to thc M'cst :and Sonth of' the C i h of Adelaide, and to the South-west of' the Grmt i l s t ~ r n lhd p:tssing tllroagh Glen Osnmnd.

8. I h s ' m ~ c ~ OF Noa~:~u~o~.-Compkii ig the IInndreds of No-

arlunga oud Willu~~ga.

9. DISTI~ICT

9. DISTRICT OF MOUNT B~Rm~.-Comprising all that remaining

portion of the Hundred of Onkaparinga not included in thc Electoral

District of East Torrens, together with the Hundreds of R n u m ~ ~ ~ t o o

and Monarto, and all that adjoining portion of the Hundred of

Mncclesfield being to the North of the Esstcrn Road, passing by

Hahndorf, Section 3810, and between Sections 4463, and 4459, where

if	enters the Hundred of Stmthdbyn.
10, DISTRICT OF H x m i ~ h ~ ~ ~. - C ~ m p r i s i n g all that remaining

portion of the Hundred of Macclesfielcl not included in the Elec- toral District of Mormt Barker, together with thc Hudred of Kuitpo, and all that remaining portion of the C o ~ u t y of Hindmarsh not included in any other Electoral District.

11. DISTR~CT OP B~xoss~.-Cornpri&l~ the Hundreds of

Barossa and Moorooroo, aucl the Town of Crawleu. and Suburbs being Sections numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 24.

12. DISTRICT OF V ~ ~ T ~ ~ ~ ~. - C o r n p r i s i ~ r g all that remaining

portion of the County of Sturt not included in any IIundred, to- b vether with the Counties of Russell, Robe, and Grcy, aud all re- maiuing portions of the Provincc to the South-East of River Murray, being to the South of tlie 35th parallel of Latitude.

13. DISTRICT OF LIGHT.-T~~ County of Light except the

Hundred of Moorooroo, together with the Comty of Eyre, and all thajt North-Eastern portion of the Province being to the Ihst US the Counties of Stnrt and Eyre, and East of a meridian liiie ruil- ning Nortlmards fiom thc Great Rend of the Murray, a id bouuded on the South by the 35th porallcl of Latitude.

1 4. DISTEICT OF ST~hTL~~.-Compl.ising the County of Gnwler

except the Town of Gawler and Suburlm, bciug sections imiilbered

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 24, the County of Stmlcy iwd all that

Northern portion of the Protiilce to the North of the Colu&s of Stanley, Light, and Eyre, except the Electoral District of the Dmm,

and of a line running from the South-west angle of the County of	Stanley to Point Riley, bounded West by the East Cmst of
Spencer's Gulf, and a meridian line Northwards from tlie Hcsd of Spencer's Gulf, and bounded East by a meridian line running North from the Great Bend.

15. DISTRICT OF TIIE B U K R A. - C O ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ S ~ Y - ~ K o ~ r i q p, Redruth,

Aberdeen, together with all that remaining portion of the Province

, hounded South by a line passing Wcst horn the Great Bend of thc

River Murmy alollg the North boundmy of the County ofEyre, thence along the Nortliern boundary of the Coulity of Light as fiir as its in- terscction with the East b o u ~ ~ d q of the County of Stanley, bowded on the West by a line passing North from this last-named intersection along the East boundary of the County of Stanley as far North as a trigonometrical station called " Bald EIi11," North, on the North-west by a line connecting the trigonometrical station of Bald Hill, North,

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a i d Mount Colic, North; an t?re R'orth by a line producc.d clue East

from Nonnt (Tone, Korth until it inter~cct~s n meridian line produced North from the Grra t 13czid of the River Murruy, and on the East by the said mcridim line.

16. I)ISTRI~T OF F~rhv~ns.-Comyrising tlie County of Flinders,

and all those po~tions of the Province to the Westward of thc Wcst

Co:~st of Spencer's Gulf, and of a nieritlian lint: drtnvn ilortliwarcls

from the Head of Spencer's G df, tosetllcr with all that portion of

Porke's Yeninsula being South of' a llne from Point Riley to the

So&-west angle of the County of Stanley, together with K:tngaroo ls lmd a i d all lslends West of ille meridian of C a p Jarvis.

SOTICE BY THE COLLECTORS.

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We 11c~cby give notice, that we shall, ou or hcfore the first. c l~v

of April in illis yc:~r, make out a lid of' all persons cntitletl to vot;! it1 the election of =t Mcrrlbcr of' Couiicil to serve for the IXstrict of

in respect of property situate w l d l y or in p r t

within mcll District: And nlr persons so entitled, 'are herely

required to delive~ or tmismit to LW, or m e of US, 011 or before the

s: d first day of April in this year, a claim in writing, cont~itiuiu~ tlleir

Chktiatl Ilwme find s~~rnmie, their place of' a h k, the nature of

their qualifici~tiou, and the rlanic of tlic place, ancl number of' the

s x t i o ~ q wlrerein the property i l l rcspct:t of' which tliev claim to

vote is situate; n ~ d each Of' such ~ ~ c r s o i a ~ SO cI:hiiiig must also at the same time pay the sum of uw shilling: I'crsuus omitting to deliver or tmnslrljt snclr claim, or to make sncll paynietlt, (not

bciug already re@terd) sill bc excluded from the registw of' voters

for t l ~ said District. C.

LISrI' OF ELEC11'0RS FOR TKE ELEC'I'QRAL DISTRICri' OF

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:Christian name and sumamme Xature of' Qaalifia~tion. ! Whew the propcrty affording the

jof each person at full 1engt.h. qnalification is situated.

(Signed) ** 1 D. collectors.

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Dated at day of

Schedule D,

D*

NOTICE OF CLAIM.

To the g

I hereby give you notice that I claim to have my name

inserted in the Electoral List of in virtue of' the

freehold property which I possess at (or of the

dwellinghouse which I occupy at , as the case may be.)

Dated at dsy of in the year 18

(Signed) JOHN S T ~ E S, of (place of abode).

B,

NOTICE OF OBJECTION.

To the Clerk of (and fo the person ohjected to.)

I hereby give you notice, that I object to the name of

of (nnmc and describe the person objected to as in the

dectoral list), being retained on the electoral list of the

Dated this

(Signed) John Stiles of (here state the dwrlling-house,

or pmperty for which he is included in

the elcctorial list).

F,

LIST OF CLAIMAKTS.

The following persons claim to have their naincs ii~serted in the

electoral list of the

Christian name and Surname

of eacl~ Claimant.

( Signed) AB., Clcrlr of' the

Dated at this day of'

Scldulc G-

LIST OF PERSONS OBJECTED TO.

The following persons have been objected to as not bein8 entitled

to hmc their names retained on the ~ i e c t o r d list for the District of

Nature of the property or quali,

Christian name and surname of Place where the property or

ficntion for ,vhicl, nlllne is

each person objected to. * on the Electoral List. qualification is situated.

(Signed) A. B., Clerk of

this day of'

V O T I N G P A P E R.

I, ( A.B.), being a Qualified Elector in respect of the under- mentioned property, do hereby rote fbr t 0

] he a Member of Council for the Electoral District of

(Siguetl) A. B., Knme of Elector, and place

where qualification is situate,

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ADELAIDE: Printed by authority by W. C. Cox, at the Government

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