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The Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and Provisions of the Ballot Act and Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts Applicable to Municipal Elections,
The Municipal Corporations Act 1882 and Provisions of the Ballot Act and Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts Applicable to Municipal Elections Author:Great Britain Title: The Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and Provisions of the Ballot Act and Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts Applicable to Municipal Elections, and Other Statutes Subtitle: With Notes General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1883 Original Publisher: Knight Subjects: Municipal corporations Local elections ... more »Law / General Law / Constitutional Political Science / General Political Science / Political Process / Elections Political Science / Government / Local Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Division of Act into Parts. 2. This Act is divided into Parts, as follows : Part I. -- Preliminary. Part II. -- Constitution and government of borough. PART III. -- Preparations for and procedure at elections. PART IV. -- Corrupt practices and election petitions. PART V. -- Corporate property and liabilities. Part VI. -- Charitable and other trusts and powers. PART VII. -- Borough fund : borough rate: county rate. Part VIII. -- Administration of justice. Part IX. -- Police. Part X. -- Freemen. Part XL -- Grant of charters. PART XII. -- Legal proceedings. PART XIII. -- General. Extent. 3. This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland. Commencement. 4. This Act shall commence and have effect from and immediately after the thirty-first of December one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. Repeals. 5. The enactments described in the First Schedule are hereby repealed, subject to the exceptions and qualifications in this Act mentioned. See sec. 260 (saving clause as to repealed enactments); also sees. 250 and 251 as to savings for existing corporations and local acts. Application. Q, This Act shall apply to every city and town to which the Municipal Corp...« less