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Credit: Guide to local government in counties, parishes, and burghs. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![^remuneration as may be reasonable; and lie >sliall also, by himself or througU tlie collector .aforesaid, at any time before or during the col- lection orscriitinyof the voting papers, appoint • suuli number of assistant collectors as may be necessary for carrying out the procedure herein ^specitied. (5.) The chief magistrate or the sheriff, as the case may be, shall, at least three days previous ■ to the day of tlie poU, intimate such day and : the place or places and hours fixed for collect- ing such votes by advertisement in one or more : newspapers published or circulating in the burgh or parish ; and the said advertisement •sliall also specify the name of the collector ■appointed as aforesaid, and an address where ' voting papers may be received from such col- 1 lector, in terms of the immediately succeeding sarticle. (0.) The collector, or an assistant collector, ,-shaU attend at the address specified in such iadvertisement for at least three specified hours I of each of the two lawful days immediately ipreccding the day of the poll, and shall, on the application of any houseliolder, and on being -satisfied that sucli householder has notalready :-received a voting paper, supply a voting paper tto such applicant; and the collector, or any aassistant collector, shall, at any time after the ■issue of the voting papers, and before seven ■ o'clock afternoon of the day of the poll, on i being satisfied that a voting paper lias been ::inadvertently lost, destroyed, or rendered use- less, have power to supply a duplicate voting I paper, which shall be marked duplicate before beuig issued. (7.) Voting papers duly filled up and sub- -scribed by the liou.seholders, to whom the same are respectively applicable, may be transmitted :by post to the collector, at the address speci- fied in the foresaid advertisement, provided that such voting papers reach the collector before eight o'clock of the afternoon of the day of the poll, and that the householders so transmitting prepay the postage thereof, other- wise the same shall not be received. (S.) On the day of the poll the cliief magis- nrate, or the sheriff', as the case may be, shall -oause the place or places specified in the inti- iimation accompanying the voting paper to be k'iept open from eight o'clock morning till eight I'clock afternoon, and such place, or each of mch places, if more than one, shall be under .he charge of the collector, or of an assistant jollector, who shall give his personal attend- ance during the hours specified for the purpose )f receiving all voting papers which may be landed to him. (9.) In the case of a burgh divided into wards, -.here shall be at least one place for tlie coUec- .ion of voting papers in each ward, and in any jurgh or parish where more than one place for •oUection shall have been appointed, the col- ecticn in all of such places shall take place on 'he .same day, and the intimation accompany- ng the voting paper shall specify the parti- nlar place where such voting jiaper is to be ollecled. The collector, or assistant collec- or, in charge of any such place lor collection hall not be bound to receive a votin:; paper vhieh shall have been directed to be lodged at ome other such place. (10.) Where any householder is unable to write, he may attach his mark to the voting paper, provided that such voting paper bfe signed by a witness, whose address shall be appended to his signature. (11.) Auy person fabricating a voting paper, or presenting or returning a fabricated voting paper, or any voting paper, knowing that the same does not bear the true signature of the householder to whom such voting paper is intended to apply, shall be guilty of persona- tion, and shall be liable to the penalties of that I oft'ence as set forth in the Ballot Act, 1S72. (12.) No voting paper shall be received after eight o'clock afternoon of the day of the poll; and in the event of there being more than one place for collection, each assistant collector shall immediately after the close of the poll transmit the voting papers received by him to the collector, and the whole voting papers shall thereafter be under the charge of the col- lector subject to the directions of the chief magistrate, or of the sheriff, as the case may be. (13.) The collector, subject as aforesaid, shall, as soon as may be after the conclusion of the poll, proceed to a scrutiny of the voting papers, and shall, with such assistance as may be necessary, compare the same with the muni- cipal register, or with the copy roll, or list of householders, as the case may be, and shall ascertain how far the voting papers have been filled up in terms of the directions thereon, and have been duly signed by thehouseliolders to whom such voting papers were respectively issued ; and immediately on the conclusion of such scrutiny he shall report to the chief magistrate, or to the sherilf, as the case may be, the number of householders who have voted for the adoption of the Act, and the nunioer wlio have voted againstits adoption. He shall also report the total number of voting papers received, and the number, if any, which have been rejected by him, and the cause of such rejection. (14.) Upon receiving the report of the col- lector, the chief magistrate, or the sherilf, as the case may be, shall, if satislied of the accuracy of such report, cause the result of the poll to be made public in such manner as he shall think most e.xpedient. Form of Intimation. Public Libraries ConsoHdatioiL (ScoHaiid) Act, 1SS7. Burgh [or parish] of No. [iiLsert number of householder on register, roll, or list], [Insert place and date of issue]. To [insert name of householder]. In terms of the Public Libraries Consolida- tion (Scotland) Act, 1SS7, I have to intimate that a requisition having been pre.sented tome by the pntscribed number of householders of the burgh [or parish] of to take the opinion of the lionsehoMera as to wlieiher the Act should be adojited in .said biu'gli [or parish], I have caused thesubjoincd [fraccom- panying] voting paper to be i.ssued to you as a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21905678_0653.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
