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Limitation as to non-occupying ratepayers, &c. and proxies.
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16. No claim of a ratepayer to vote in the election of guardians, either in person or by proxy, in respect of any property not in his actual occupation, or to give a vote or votes in addition to the vote or votes to which he would be entitled as an occupier paying rent equal to the net annual value of the property in his occupation, shall continue in force beyond the period of five years from the date on which he or his proxy shall have given such statement as aforesaid: Provided, that every appointment of a proxy may be revoked at any time: Provided also, that no person shall be entitled to vote as proxy for more than twenty owners of property in any one electoral division or ward, unless he be a steward, bailiff, land agent, or collector of rents for the owners of property for whom he may be appointed to vote.
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