Monarch

GEORGE III

Year

1795

Title

35 Geo. III, c. 29,

Description

An Act for regulating the Election of Members to serve in Parliament and for repealing the several Acts therein mentioned.

Classification

Parliament - lists previous statutes (2 Geo. I, c. 19; 19 Geo. II, c. 11; 21 Geo. II, c. 10; 3 Geo. III, c. 13; 15 & 16 Geo. III, c. 16; 21 & 22 Geo. III, c. 21 & 63; 23 & 24 Geo. III, c. 13; 25 Geo. III, c. 52; 26 Geo. III, c. 22 & 23; 28 Geo. III, c. 33; 29 Geo. III, c. 29; 30 Geo. III, c. 17); repeal and reorganisation of election procedure, duties of Sheriff and Returning Officers defined, rioting not an excuse to close poll, rioters face seven years' transportation as felons, value of freehold to be registered if £50 not 40s or £20, only specific number on writ to be returned or £2,000 fine, Returning Officer casting vote, Returning Officer no fee or reward, candidate to offer no entertainment, cockades, etc. or election void, fictitious freeholders - void, making conveyances £100 fine, voters must have been in possession of a freehold worth a clear 40s p.a. for at least six months, voters and MPs to be 21, sample poll book [p]