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BOROUGH OF DOVER. |
THE BALLOT ACT, 1872. |
REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION OF
DOCUMENTS, &c |
We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and
Burgesses of the Borough of Dover, acting by the Council, do hereby,
by virtue of the Ballot Act, 1872, prescribe the following Regulations
for the Inspection of Documents in the custody of the Town Clerk,
and for the fees for the supply of copies of Documents, of which
copies are directed to be supplied. |
| 1. The persons entitled to inspect Documents in the
custody of the Town Clerk, under the Ballot Act, 1872, (other than
Ballot Papers and Counterfoils) shall be as follows:- |
| a. |
A Candidate at the Election to which such documents
relate; |
| b. |
An appointed Agent of a Candidate at such Election; and |
| c. |
Any four or more persons who voted or had a right to vote at such
Election. Such persons may be represented at the Inspection by an
Agent nominated by them in writing for the purpose. |
| 2. Any such persons desiring to inspect such documents
shall give notice thereof in writing to the Town Clerk, and state
therein an address in the Borough to which a reply may be sent. |
| 3. On the receipt of any such notice the Town Clerk
shall within one day give notice in writing, making an appointment
for the inspection, either at the Town Hall or at his office, within
two days after the receipt of the notice by him. |
| 4. The Town Clerk shall also give notice in writing
of the appointment to the Mayor, or, in his illness or absence, to
the Deputy Mayor, either of whom, if unable to attend, may request
any member of the Town Council to do so on his behalf. |
| 5. The inspection shall take place between the hours
of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. |
| 6. The sealed packets of which inspection may be desired
shall be opened, and, after inspection shall be sealed up again in
the presence of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor, or the member of the
Town Council attending the inspection. |
| 7. The persons making the inspection shall not be entitled
to take copies of any documents at the time, but they may before the
packets are re-sealed demand to be furnished with copies of any of
the documents inspected by them, in which case the sealing of the
packets in which such documents were contained shall be postponed
until the copies have been made, and the packets shall be re-sealed
as soon as practicable by the Town Clerk. |
| 8. Any persons entitled under these Regulations to inspect
documents may make a request in writing to the Town Clerk to be furnished
with copies of any such documents, either with or without having made
an inspection thereof, and the Town Clerk, on obtaining a written
authority from the Mayor, or, in his illness or absence, from the
Deputy Mayor, for the time being, shall open the necessary packets,
supply such copies with all despatch, and forthwith re-seal the packets. |
| 9. No packets opened under these Regulations shall be
re-sealed without a memorandum in writing signed by the Town Clerk
being inserted therein, on which shall be stated |
| a. |
The date of the opening; |
| b. |
The names of the persons inspecting (if any); |
| c. |
The documents (if any) of which copies were taken, and to whom they
were supplied; and |
| d. |
The date of the packets being re-sealed. |
| 10. There shall be paid to the Town Clerk by the persons
making each such inspection a sum not exceeding one guinea, as a remuneration
for the duties imposed on him by these Regulations. |
| 11. The Town Council may at any time order any packets
to be opened and re-sealed from time to time for such purposes and
in such manner as they shall determine and prescribe in each case. |
| 12. The Town Clerk is authorized to charge any sum not
exceeding 6d. per folio of 72 words for copies of documents made by
him in accordance with these Regulations, such charge to cover the
cost of all necessary forms and paper used for that purpose. |
Given under our Corporate Seal,
this 24th day of September, 1872. |
(The Seal of the Mayor, Aldermen,
and Burgesses.) |
RICHARD DICKESON, |
Mayor. |
| I hereby consent to the foregoing Regulations prescribed
by the Town Council of the Borough of Dover for the Inspection of
Documents, and fees for the supply of copies of Documents of which
copies are directed to be supplied under the provisions of Section
64 (Sub-section 6) of Schedule 1 of the Act 35 and 36 Vic.,
cap. 33. |
H. A. BRUCE, |
One of Her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State. |
Whitehall, 7th October, 1872. |
| Regulations for the Inspection of Documents. |