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Right of payers of fishery rate to vote at elections.
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14.—(1) Where—
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(a) a person who is the rated occupier of a fishery (the valuation of which under the Valuation Acts is less than fifty pounds) situate in a particular electoral division has paid the fishery rate on such fishery for the fishery year next preceding a fishery year in which an election of the conservators for that electoral division is held, and
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(b) the amount of such fishery rate is one pound or more,
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the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
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(c) such person or an attorney or agent duly appointed under section 3 or 4 of the Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1850, shall be entitled to vote at such election and to have, thereat the following number of votes, that is to say:—
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(i) if the amount of such fishery rate is less than three pounds, one vote,
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(ii) if the said amount is less than six pounds but not less than three pounds, two votes,
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(iii) if the said amount is less than ten pounds but not less than six pounds, three votes,
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(iv) if the said amount is not less than ten pounds, four votes;
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(d) the production of a receipt for the second moiety of such fishery rate shall be sufficient evidence of the right of such person or attorney or agent to vote at such election.
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(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) of this section shall affect the right of any person to vote at an election of conservators in accordance with the amount of licence duty paid by him.
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