Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1849

Electoral divisions may be united for the purpose of electing one guardian for the same. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 56.

8. It shall be lawful for the Poor Law Commissioners, as and when they shall see fit, by order under their seal, to combine two or more electoral divisions of a union into one district, for the purpose of electing one guardian for such district, anything in the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1838, to the contrary notwithstanding; and all the provisions of the said Act, and of the said Acts amending the same, which relate to the election of guardians, shall apply to the election of a guardian for such district of electoral divisions, in the same manner as if such district were a single electoral division formed under the provisions of the said recited Act for the election of a guardian or guardians: Provided always, that no such district shall be formed for the election of more than one guardian.