The qualification of a burgess or county elector is substantially the
occupation of rated property within the borough or county, residence
during a qualifying period of twelve months within the borough or
county, and payment of rates for the qualifying property. A person so
qualified is entitled to be enrolled as a burgess, or registered as a
county elector (as the case may be), unless he is alien, has during
the qualifying period received union or parochial relief or other
alms, or is disentitled under some act of parliament such as the
Corrupt Practices Act, the Felony Act, &c. The lists of burgesses and
county electors are prepared annually by the overseers of each parish
in the borough or county, and are revised by the revising barrister at
courts holden by him for the purpose in September or October of each
year. When revised they are sent to the town clerk of the borough, or
to the clerk of the peace of the county, as the case may be, by whom
they are printed. The lists are conclusive of the right to vote at an
election, although on election petition involving a scrutiny the vote
of a person disqualified by law may be struck off, notwithstanding the
inclusion of his name in a list of voters.
The qualification of a county councillor is similar to that required
of a councillor in a municipal borough, with some modifications. A
person may be qualified in any one of the following ways: viz. by
being (1) enrolled as a county elector, and possessed of a property
qualification consisting of the possession of real or personal
property to the amount of £1000 in a county having four or more
divisions, or of £500 in any other county, _or_ the being rated to the
poor rate on an annual value of £30 in a county having four or more
divisions, or of £15 in any other county; (2) enrolled in the
non-resident list, and possessed of the same property qualification
(the non-resident list contains the names of persons who are qualified
for enrolment in all respects save residence in the county or within 7
m. thereof, and are actually resident beyond the 7 m. and within 15
m.); (3) entitled to elect to the office of county councillor (for
this qualification no property qualification is required, but the
office of a councillor elected on this qualification only becomes
vacant if for six months he ceases to reside within the county); (4) a
peer owning property in the county; (5) registered as a parliamentary
voter in respect of the ownership of property in the county. Clerks in
holy orders and ministers of religion are not disqualified as they are
for being borough councillors, but in other respects the persons
disqualified to be elected for a county are the same as those
disqualified to be elected for a borough. Such disqualifications
include the holding of any office or place of profit under the council
other than the office of chairman, and the being concerned or
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