time being shall have any voice or be entitled to vote in any such election.
Councillors how to be elected.25. And be it enacted That upon the first day of November next after the passing of this Act the citizens so enrolled in every ward shall openly assemble and elect four persons qualified as hereinafter mentioned to be the Councillors of such City.
One Councillor in each ward to go out of office annually.26. And be it enacted That on the first day of November in every succeeding year one Councillor in each ward shall go out of office by rotation and that an election be held in each ward to supply his place provided however Chat the Councillor so going out of office may be re-elected if still duly qualified.
Way in which Councillors are to go out of office by rotation.27. And be it enacted That the Councillors first elected under the provisions of this Act in each ward shall go out of office in the following order that is to say the Councillor who was elected by the smallest number of votes shall be the first to go out of once the Councillor who was elected by the next smallest number of votes shall be the next to go of office and so on and that afterwards the Councillor to go out of office shall always be the one who has been longest in office without re-election Provided however that no Councillor who may be elected to be an Alderman or Mayor shall be, compelled to go out of office as Councillor earlier than is hereinafter provided.
Election to be held before Alderman and Assessors.28. And be it enacted That the election of Councillors within each ward according to the provisions of this Act shall be held before the Alderman and Assessors for the time being of each ward except as hereinafter is excepted and the voting at every such election shall commence at nine o'clock in the forenoon and shall finally close at four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day and shall be conducted in manner following that is to say every citizen entitled to vote in the election of Councillors may vote for any number of persons not exceeding the number of Councillors then to be chosen by delivering to the said Alderman and Assessors or other presiding officer as hereinafter mentioned a voting paper containing the Christian names and surnames of the persons for whom he votes with their respective places of abode and descriptions such paper being previously signed with the name of the citizen voting and with the name of the street lane or other place in which the property for which he appears to be rated on the Citizen Roll is situated.
Booths to be erected or rooms hired for taking a poll if expedient.29. And be it enacted That at every election in any ward the Mayor if it shall appear to him expedient for taking the poll at such election may cause booths to be erected or rooms to be hired and used as such booths in one place or in several places within each ward as occasion may require and the same shall be so divided and allotted into compartments as to the Mayor shall seem most convenient and the Mayor shall appoint a clerk to take the poll at each compartment and shall cause to be affixed on the most conspicuous part of each of the said booths the names of the wards or parts of wards for which such booth is respectively allotted and no person shall be admitted to vote at any such election except at the booth allotted for the part wherein the house warehouse counting-house or shop occupied by him as described in the Citizen Roll may be but in case no booth shall happen to be provided for any particular part as aforesaid the votes of the person voting in respect of property situate in any part so omitted may be taken at any of the said booths and public notice of the situation division and allotments of the different booths shall be given two days before the commencement of the poll by the Mayor and in case the booths shall be situated in different places the Mayor may appoint as many persons to act as deputies for the Alderman and Assessors as may be necessary Provided always that no election shallbe
