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Hawkers and pedlars
a clergyman and two householders of the parish of residence, or a justice of the peace or a district superintendent or inspector of police. There are exemptions for the sale of fish, fruit, victuals, or coal, and … Revenue on the production of a certificate of good character from a clergyman and two householders of the parish of residence, or a justice of the peace or a district superintendent or inspector of police. There are
Council
Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), ss. 10-14. As to Army Council, county councils, district councils, and parish councils, see those titles. … 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), ss. 10-14. As to Army Council, county councils, district councils, and parish councils, see those titles.
Bribe
to county council elections by s. 75 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888; and to parish and district council elections by s. 48(3) of the (English) Local Government Act, 1894. See (English) Local Government Act, 1933 … Act, 1884; to county council elections by s. 75 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888; and to parish and district council elections by s. 48(3) of the (English) Local Government Act, 1894. See (English) Local Government
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Ballot
489. The system thus introduced into Parliamentary and Municipal Elections was applied to School Board Elections, County Council, District Council, and Parish Council Elections by various subsequent Acts. The form of voting is by making a cross … thus introduced into Parliamentary and Municipal Elections was applied to School Board Elections, County Council, District Council, and Parish Council Elections by various subsequent Acts. The form of voting is by making a cross opposite the name
annex
[a greenhouse ed to the building] 2 : to incorporate (as a territory) within a political domain [the district es only shards of 24 additional parishes "Hays v. Louisiana, 839 F. Supp. 1188 (1993)"] an·nex·ation [a-nek-sā-shən] n
Precept
Local Government Act, 1933, s. 193, for power of a parish council to issue precepts to its rural district council to meet certain expenses. … general rate to a specified amount; and see Local Government Act, 1933, s. 193, for power of a parish council to issue precepts to its rural district council to meet certain expenses.
War Office
an alderman or, in some cases, a councillor, not the mayor, is returning officer (s. 28). As to district councils, see ss. 36 and 37. Parishes may be divided into wards by the county council (s. 52).
District Boards (UK)
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Township
Township, the district of a town, tithing, or vill, which three are of the same signification in law.-Steph. Com., vol. 1, … constitutional machinery in England (Stubbs's Constitutional History of England, vol. 1, p. 82), and the boundaries of the parish, and the township or townships with which it coincides, are generally the same (ibid.), 'parish' being properly the
Vestry, or vestiary
They were called a Select Vestry. The non-ecclesiastical functions of vestries are now exercised by borough and urban district councils under orders of the Ministry of Health: see (English) Local Government act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. … also, a parochial assembly commonly convened in the vestry, to transact the parish business. By custom in some parishes, and by the (adoptive) Vestries Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4 c. 60), in others, a select
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