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 A. D. 1745. Anno decimo odtavo Gr org n II. C. 18. 609 at Wejlminjler, wherein no EfTbin, Protection, Wager of Law, Privilege or Imparlance dial! be admit- ted or allowed ; and ill every fuch A&ion, the Proof fhall lie on fuch Pcrfon againft vvliom the fame was brought, unlefs the Fact on which fuch Aftion is grounded, be the having polled more than once at the fame Election. VI. And be it declared by the Authority aforefaid, That no publickjor Parliamentary Tax< County, No P'Miefc T* Church, or Parifh Rate or Duty, or any other Tax, Rate or Aflefl'ment whatfoever, to be affefTed or le- !?. , lr itemei * vied upon any County, Divifion, Rape, Lathe, Wapentake, Ward or Hundred, is or {ball be deemed gJ^aU^ ' or conftrued to be any Charge, payable out of or in refpect of any Freehold Eftate, within the Meaning and Intention of this Act, or of the Oath or folemn Affirmation herein before directed to be adminillered to, and taken by every Freeholder, if required, as aforefaid. VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty-fourth Booths tote Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five, at every fuch Election within that Part of Great " eaei " ,!,r Britain called England, and Dominion of Wales, the Sheriff", or in his Abfence the Under Sheriff, or fuch ^10"°! as he fhall depute, fhall appoint, make or erect, or caufe to be appointed, made or erected, at the Ex- pence of the Candidates, fuch Number of convenient Booths or Places for taking the Poll, as the Candi- dates, or any of them fhall, three Days at leaft before the Commencement of the Poll, defiic, Co as the proportioned to fame do not exceed the Number of Rapes, Lathes, Wapentakes, Wards, or Hundreds within the faid ^ " U j drc ^ s ' County, and not exceeding in the Whole the Number of Fifteen ; and fhall affix, or caufe to be affixed, Je',y™ t T. on the molt publick Part of each of the faid Booths or Polling Places, the Name or Names of the Rape, Wapentake, Lathe, Ward, or Hundred, or Rapes, Wapentakes, Lathes, Wards or Hundreds, for which fuch Booth or Polling Place is allotted or defigned ; and the faid Sheriff, Under Sheriff, or fuch sheriff to appoint Perfon as he fhall depute, fhall appoint a proper Clerk or Clerks at each of the faid Booths or Polling jT 1 /"^ Places, to take the Poll (which faid Clerk or Clerks fhall be at the Expence of the Candidates, and be jj°° at ° nc P c an _ paid not exceeding one Guinea per Day each Clerk) and the faid Sheriff or Under Sheriff 7, fhall alfo dida'es Expence ; make out a Lift for each of the faid Booths or Polling Places refpeitively, of all the feveral Towns, Vil- Lift of Towns, lages, Parifhes, and Hamlets, lying or being wholly or in part in the Rape, Wapentake, Lathe, Ward, ^ c - { ° T cach or Hundred, or in the feveral Rapes, Wapentakes, Lathes, Wards, or Hundreds, for which fuch Booth copies to Liv'* 1 or Polling Place is allotted or defigned; and fhall, upon Requeft made, deliver a true Copy thereof to at j S> eac hf any of the Candidates, or their Agents, who fhall defire the fame, taking for each of the faid Copies the Sum of two Shillings, and no more. VIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Sheriff, Under Sheriff, or Clerk p 0ti f| Eat '" h appointed to take the Poll at any of the faid Booths or Polling Places, fhall admit any Perfon to vote ^°ed b^UieLfft: for any Lands, Tenements, or other Freehold Eftate, fworn by the faid Oath to be lying and being at fome Parifh, Town or Place, or Parifhes, Towns or Places, which Parifh, Town or Place, or Parifhes, Towns or Places, or any of them, or any Part of them, is not, or are not mentioned in the Lift fo made out for fuch Booth or Polling Places as aforefaid, unlefs fuch Lands, Tenements, or Eftate lie or be in Exception. fome Town, Liberty or Place not mentioned in any of the Lifts fo made out for all the faid Booths or Polling Places as aforefaid. IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Sheriff or in his Abfence the AChequeBook (Under Sheriff, or fuch as he fhall depute, fhall at every fuch Election allow a Cheque Book for every BodcTiLwed Poll Book, for each Candidate, to be kept by their refpective Infpectors at every Place where the Poll for cacr | Candidate. fuch Election fhall be taken. or carried on. ' X. And whereas by an Act made in the feventh and eighth Years of the Reign of King William n ° Sheriff to ' the Third, intituled, An Aff for the further regulating Elections of Members to ferve in Parliament ; and f^™ x * £° UI1 * 1 for the preventing irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs, and other Officers, in the elecling and returning^ fuch iJ n ge",han * ' County Court, unlefs the fame fall out to be held within fix Days after the Receipt of the Writ, or thereof for the future, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid twenty- fourth Day of June, no Sheriff fhall in fuch Cafe take upon himfeif to adjourn fuch Court for longer than fixteen Days ; any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. ' fuch Members, fofar as the fame relates to the holding of County Courts; it is among other Things enacted, 4 the fame hath been found inconvenient,' Be it therefore ena,cted by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the faid .twenty-fourth Day of June, fo much of the faid Act, as is herein before recited, fhall be and is hereby repealed. Vol. VI. 4 I XII. And
 * Members ; it is enacted, That upon every Election to be made of any Knight or Knights of the Shire, I0 Days.
 * .the Sheriff of the County where fuch Election fhall be made, fhall proceed to Election at the next
 * upon the fame Day, and then fhall adjourn the fame Court to fome convenient Day, giving ten Days
 * Notice of the Time and Place of Election : And whereas Sheriffs have frequently in fuch Cafes, where
 * the County Court fell out to be held within fix Days after the Receipt of the Writ, or upon the fame
 * Day, made long Adjournments of the fame, in order to delay proceeding to Election ;' For Remedy
 * XI. And whereas by an Act made in the fixth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, Claufe of
 * An A3 to explain and amend an Ail made in the feventh and eighth Tears of the Reign of King William the 6 ^ e ,°', a ' e ' * 3 '
 * Third, intituled, An Act for the further regulating Elections of Members to ferve in Parliament ; and repea e '
 * for the preventing irregular Proceedings of Sheriffs, and other Officers, in the electine; and returning
 * That no County Court whatfoever, held within that Part of Great Britain called England, fhall be ad-
 * journed to a Monday, a Friday, or Saturday ; and that all and every fuch Adjournment and Adjourn-
 * ments, and all and .every Ait and Deed done or performed at fuch Courts fo adjourned, fhall be deemed,
 * .adjudged and taken to be utterly null and void, to all Intents and Purpofes whatfoever : And whereas