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 A.D. 1707. Anno fexto Ann^ Rdginae. C. 35. 329 neareft Market Town to the Center or Middle of the faid Eajl Riding, to be managed and executed by a jit and able Perfon, to be from time to time eledted and appointed in Manner herein after diredled, or his fufficient Deputy, and to continue in the faid Office for fo long Time as he (hall well demean himfelf therein. III. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That all Eleftions of a Regifter to be made Reglfter to be or appointed by virtue of this A<S, fhall be performed by balloting, in Manner following j that is to fay, eleaed by baUot. AH the Freeholders that at the Time of anyfuch EleiEcion have an Eftate of Freehold of or in any Lands, ""^' Tenements or Hereditaments within the faid Eq/l Riding, and the faid Town and County of the Town of King/ion upon HuH, or in either of them, of the yearly Velue of one hundred Pounds, to be deter- mined by the Oath of the Eleftor, before the Scrutators herein after mentioned, if any Doubt arife touch- ing the fame (which Oath they are hereby impowered to adminifter) fhall be eleftors of the faid Regifter; and that the Juftices of the Peace for the faid Eq/i Riding, in that Behalf aflembled, or the major Part of them, or any five of fuch Juftices to be appointed by fuch major Part, fhall be Scrutators of the Ballot, who fliall meet on the Day and Place of Eleftion, and there in the Prefence of the Eleftors, fhall place one or more Glafs Vefiels to be provided for that Purpofe, into which each elector prefent ihall put one open Paper, containing the Name of fuch Perfon as he approves of to be Regifi-er; which Papers fhall be taken out again in the Prefence of the faid Scrutators, by a Perfon by them in that Behalf appointed ; and the Name or Names of every Perfon therein fhall be once tranfcribed in Diftinct Columns, and under each Name fhall be fet down the Number of their Electors, which fliall be deliberately caft up by the faid Scrutators, and the fame fhall be read over in the Hearing, and fixt up in the View of the Electors then prefent, and the Perfon upon v/hom the Majority fhall fall, fhall be declared Regifter. IV. And be it further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That the Eleftion of aPerfon to be the firfl TimeofEIec- Regifter fhall be made at Beverley aforefaid, upon the thirteenth Day of July in the faid Year of our Lord tion. one thoufand feven hundred and eight, in open Court, between the Hours of nine in the Morning and three in the Afternoon. V. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That when and as often as, the faid Office On Death of Re- fhall become vacant by the Death, Forfeiture, or Surrender of any fuch Regifter, the Juftices of the Peace &^^" ^ newone for the faid Eq/i Riding affembled at the General Quarter-Seffions of the Peace, next after fuch Vacancy "''^'le^'^- Ihall happen, or the major Part of them, fhall in open Court declare the faid Vacancy, and by Order of the fame SefTions fhall appoint and prefix a certain Day and Time within the Space of one Calendar Month, and above three Weeks enfuing the End of fuch General Quarter-Seflions, for the Eleftors to aflemble at Beverley aforefaid, to choofe a fit and able Perfon in the Manner aforefaid, to fupply the feid Vacancy ; and to the Intent that all Perfons qualified to be Eledlors may have due Notice of fuch Vacancy and Time of Eledion of a fucceeding Regifter, the Clerk of the Peace for the Time being for ' the faid Eq/i Riding, fhall forthwith caufe Copies of fuch Order, for the prefixing the Time of fuch Eleftlon, to be delivered to the refpeftive Chief Conftables of the feveral Wapentakes within the faid Eq/I Riding, who fhall and are hereby required to publifh the fame in full Market in every Market Town within their refpeiftive Wapentakes, on the next Market Day after the Receipt thereof, and to affix the fame in the moft publick Place of Refort there. VI. And be it further enafted. That every fuch Regifter before he enter upon the Execution of the who Hiall b: • faid Office, fliall be fworn before the Juftice* of the Peace for the faid Riding, or any three or more of fworn. them that fhall be prefent at his Eleftion (who are hereby impowered and required to adminifter fuch Oath) in thefe Words : ' "^7" OU fliall duly and faithfully perform and execute the Office and Duty that is directed and re- Reglfter's Oith. ' Jl quired by you to be done by Adl of Parliament, intituled, Jn Aci for the publick regijiriiig of all ' nors, Lajids, Tenements, or Hereditatne7its ivithin the t.aft Riding of the County a/" York, or the Town and ' County of the Toivn ij/"Kingfton upon Hull, after the nine and twentieth Day s/'September one thoufrnd feveit ^ hundred and eight ; and that you have not given or promifed directly or indireclly, nor authorized any ' Perfon to give or promife any Money, Gratuity or Reward whatfoever, for procuring or obtaining the ' faid Office for you. So help you GOD. VIL And that when and as often as the faid Regifter fhall appoint any Deputy to execute the faid Of- Regifter's Depu- fice, fuch Deputy fhall, before he enter upon die Execution thereof, take the faid Oath appointed to be ty to take faid taken by the faid Regifter, before two or more of the Juftices of the Peace for the faid Riding, who are ^^''^• hereby impowered and required to adminifter fuch Oath. VIiI. And be it further ena£led. That upon the Death of any fuch Regifter, and until another Elec- Executors of tJe- tion of a fit Perfon to execute that Office fhall be made in Manner aforefaid, the Executors and Admi- "afed Regifter c« niftrators, of the Regifter deceafed, together with the Sureties for the faid Regifter, or their Executors ej^.^^^t^'o^^j*" and Adminiftrators, fhall appoint a proper Perfon to execute the Office of Regifter, for whofe Demeanor uiitil a new one in the Execution of the faid Office the Security given for fuch Regifter deceafed fhall be anfwerable. beeJefled. IX. And be it further enafted. That the Perfon to be appointed, as aforefaid, upon the Death of any And take the Regifter, to execute the faid Office during the Time the fame fhall be vacant, as aforefaid, fliall, before Oarfa ptsicribed. he enter upon the Execution thereof, take the Oath herein before appointed to be taken by fuch Regifte'r and his Deputy, before two or more Juftices of the Peace for the faid Riding (who are hereby im- I powered to adminifter the fame Oath) and that if fuch Perfon fo appointed fhall be lawfully conviiSted of Pwalty on Ne- any Negleit, Mifdemeanor or fraudulent Praftice in the Execution of the faid Office, during fuch Va- sle-""*- ■ Vol. IV. U u cancy,
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