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At such Meeting, Persons rated for One Year to Poor Rates for Premises of the Value of 8l. within the Town to have Votes.
Eight of voting to be decided by Chairman.
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VII. At any such Meeting convened as aforesaid such Persons as next herein-after mentioned shall be admitted and entitled to vote, and no other Person whatsoever; that is to say, every Person of full Age who is the immediate Lessor of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments within such Town, or within such Boundaries of the same respectively as aforesaid, of the Value of Fifty Pounds or upwards according to the last Poor Law Valuation, and who shall reside within Five Miles of the Boundary of such Town, also every Person of full Age who shall have occupied as Tenant or Owner, or shall have been the immediate Lessor (rated for such Premises to the Relief of the Poor) of any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments within such City or Town, or within such Boundaries of the same respectively as aforesaid, and shall have been rated in respect of such Premises for the Period of Twelve Months preceding under the Acts for the Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland, as Occupier of such Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, at a net annual Value of Eight Pounds or upwards, such Right of voting to be evidenced by the Rate Book of the Union, which the Clerk of the Union is hereby required to produce at such Meeting; and if any Controversy shall arise at any such Meeting as to the Qualification or Right of voting of any Person claiming to vote, or to be qualified, such Controversy shall be determined by the Person or Persons, as the Case may be, presiding at such Meeting, by Reference to the Rate Book which the Clerk of the Union is hereby required to produce at such Meeting.
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