09/04/1938: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1937.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Seanad Electorate (Counting of Votes) Regulations, 1938, and shall be read as one with the Seanad Electorate (Voting by Councils) Regulations, 1938.

2. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Seanad Electorate (Councils) No. 2 Regulations, 1938, the said regulations shall extend and apply to the second and every subsequent Seanad election held in pursuance of section 37 of the Act in like manner as the said regulations applied to the first Seanad election held in pursuance of the said section, subject to the modification that in article 1 of the Schedule to the said regulations the words " Article 9 of the Seanad Electorate (Voting by Councils) Regulations, 1938 ", shall be substituted for the words " Article 8 of the first regulations ".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health this Twenty-fourth day of June, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-eight.

(Signed) SEÁN T. O CEALLAIGH.

Minister for Local Government and Public Health.

3. Any two former members of the Council may nominate a candidate.

4. A nomination can only be accepted in writing on a nomination paper in the prescribed form.

5. Nomination papers can be obtained by former members of the Council on application to me.

6. Nomination papers must be duly completed and delivered or sent by post to me at

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7. The last day for receiving nominations is the ......... day of ..........................., 1938.

8. On that day I will attend at the place mentioned above from eleven o'clock in the forenoon to one o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of receiving nominations and determining the validity of nominations received by me.

9. Any nomination paper which is not duly completed or which is not actually received by me before one o'clock in the afternoon of the last day for receiving nominations will be rejected.

The voting at the election will take place at a meeting of the former members of the Council to be held at ...... o'clock in the .................. noon of the ............... day of ....................., 1938, at ............... which meeting you are hereby summoned to attend.

If the number of candidates for whom nominations are accepted does not exceed seven the election will not be contested, no voting will be necessary and the election meeting will not be held. In such case a further notice will be given you cancelling the summons to the election meeting.

Signed ................................................

County Secretary

or

Town Clerk.

FORM B.

(Nomination Paper).

SEANAD ELECTION.

Council of the.................................

Election of electors to the Seanad Electorate.

We, the undersigned, being two (former) members of the above named Council (that is to say persons who were members of the said Council immediately before it was dissolved who have not since such dissolution suffered an adjudication in bankruptcy or a conviction of a crime or offence which would have terminated our membership of the said Council if the said Council had not been dissolved) do hereby nominate the undermentioned person being also a (former) member of the said Council (as so defined) as a candidate for the above-mentioned election.

Names of Candidate.

Place of abode.

Description.

Surname.

Other names in full.

Signature ..........................................

Place of abode ....................................

Signature ..........................................

Place of abode ....................................

FORM C.

(Return of uncontested election).

SEANAD ELECTION.

Council of the county (or county borough) of ........................... Election of electors to the Seanad Electorate.

Candidates Nominated.

Names.

Place of abode.

Description.

Surname.

Other names in full.

I certify that the candidates whose names are set forth above were duly nominated at the above-mentioned election, that no other candidates were duly nominated at the said election, and that the names, places of abode and descriptions of the said candidates set forth above are the names, places of abode, and descriptions by which the said candidates were so nominated.

Signed................................................

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County Secretary

or

Town Clerk.

FORM D.

(Notice of Uncontested Election).

SEANAD ELECTION.

Council of the county (or county borough) of ............................................................ .....

Election of electors to the Seanad Electorate.

This is to inform you that the above-mentioned election by the (former members of the) Council of the ................................. of ................................. has not been contested and that therefore the election meeting to which you were summoned by notice dated the day of , 1938, will not now take place.

Signed ................................................

County Secretary

or

Town Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

The Minister for Local Government and Public Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 37

of the

Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1937

, hereby makes in relation to the second and every subsequent Seanad election the following regulations for the carrying into execution of the said section 37 that is to say :—

10. (1) The presiding officer and every person present at an election meeting shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting at such meeting, and shall not, except for some purpose authorised by law, communicate any information as to the number of any voter on the voters' roll, or as to the official mark, and no person whatsoever shall at an election meeting, interfere with or attempt to interfere with a voter when completing hisballot paper or otherwise attempt to obtain information as to the candidate for whom any voter is about to express or has expressed a preference or as to the number on the back of the ballot paper delivered to any voter.

(2) A copy of the next preceding sub-article shall be exhibited in a prominent position at every election meeting.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health this Fourth day of June One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-eight.

(Signed) SEÁN T. Ó CEALLAIGH,

Minister for Local Government and Public Health.

SCHEDULE.

Forms to be used.

FORM A.1.

(Notice of the election of electors to the Seanad electorate by a Council).

SEANAD ELECTION.

To ............................................................ ............................................................ .......... of ............................................................ .................. being a member of the Council of the ............... of .................. This is to inform you that pursuant to

Section 37

of the

Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1937

, an election by the above-named Council of seven persons to the electorate for the Seanad election will take place forthwith and that you are entitled to vote at the election and to be a candidate if duly nominated. Your attention is called to the following directions :—

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

SEANAD ELECTORAL (PANEL MEMBERS) ACT, 1937.

The Minister for Local Government and Public Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Rules 23 and 24 of the First Schedule to the

Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1937

, and by section 7 of the said Act, hereby prescribes the forms set forth in the Schedule to this Order for the purposes specified in the said forms.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health this Ninth day of April, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-eight.

(Signed) SEAN T. O CEALLAIGH,

Minister for Local Government and Public Health.

SCHEDULE.

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF THE RESULT OF THE POLL.

SEANAD ELECTORAL (PANEL MEMBERS) ACT, 1937

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IN pursuance of Rule 23 of the First Schedule to the above-mentioned Act, the Seanad Returning Officer hereby certifies in respect of the Seanad Election held on the days and at the times appointed in that behalf by an Order made by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health on the day of , 19 , under section 6 of the above-mentioned Act and entitled the that the names of the candidates duly elected from the several panels are set out hereunder.

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and that the total number of votes given for each candidate (whether elected or not), every transfer of values made under the said Act and the total value credited to each candidate at the end of the count at which such transfer took place are set out for each panel in the result sheet annexed to this certificate and signed by the Seanad Returning Officer.

Dated this day of

(Signed) .........................................

Seanad Returning Officer.

RESULT SHEET.

Number of valid votes.....................................................

Full total value of valid votes.......................................

Number of members to be elected................................

Quota............................................................ ......

Names of Candidates (Note)

First Count

Second Count

Third Count

Fourth Count

Names of Candidates Elected

Number of Votes

Value of Votes

Transfer of

Result

Transfer of

Result

Transfer of

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Value of non-transferable papers not effective.

Loss of value owing to disregard of fractions.

Totals

SIGNED...................................................

Seanad Returning Officer.

Note.—The candidates should be divided into their respective panels by means of cross headings.

FORM OF STATEMENT FOR PUBLICATION OF RESULT OF ELECTION.

SEANAD ELECTORAL (PANEL MEMBERS) ACT, 1937

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In pursuance of Rule 24 of the First Schedule to the above-mentioned Act, the Seanad Returning Officer hereby certifies in respect of the Seanad Election held on the days and at the times appointed in that behalf by an Order made by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health on the day of , 19 , under section 6 of the above-mentioned Act and entitled the that the names of the candidates duly elected from the several panels are set out hereunder.

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Dated this day of

(Signed) ................................................

Seanad Returning Officer.

DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

THE SEANAD ELECTORATE (VOTING BY COUNCILS) REGULATIONS, 1938.

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.