General Committee from Time to Time to refer more Petitions to the Preliminary Committee; 61. General Committee shall correct List of Petitions; 62. No further Proceedings to be had on disallowed Petitions; 63. Appointment of Election Committees, &c. Committees to be chosen for Petitions according to their Order in the List; 64. Committees to be appointed for Petitions standing over on a Prorogation of Parliament; 65. Notice of Time, &c. when any Committee will be chosen shall be published with the Votes. Notice of Suspension of Proceedings to be published, and sent to Returning Officer by Post; 66. Where Notice of Vacancy, or that the sitting Member declines to defend his Return, is received by the General Committee, Proceedings to be suspended; 67. Provision for Cases where the sitting Member does not defend, and no Party has been admitted to defend; 68. Provision for Cases where more than One Petition; 69. General Committee empowered to change the Day for choosing Election Committee; 70. Notice of Petitions and Panels; 71. List of Voters intended to be objected to shall be delivered to the Clerk of the General Committee; 72. Sitting Member, when required, shall deliver Account of Election Expenses; 73. Sitting Member failing to deliver Account not to be admitted to defend Return; 74. General Committee to choose Five Members to be the Committee to try Petition, and to appoint one of them Chairman; 75. In case General Committee do not agree in choosing a Committee to try the Petition, they shall adjourn; 76. When Committee chosen, the Parties to be called in to hear the Names read over; 77. Within a certain Time Parties may object to Members on account of Disqualification; 78. If General Committee allow the Disqualification, a new Committee to be chosen; 79. In the new Committee, Members not before objected to may be included; 80. When When Committee chosen, Notice to be sent to every Member thereof; 81. If any Member chosen proves a Disqualification, another Committee to be chosen; 82. General Committee to assign an Assessor to Election Committee; 83. Election Committee to be reported to the House; 84. Members of Election Committee to be sworn; 85. Members of Committee not present within One Hour after Four o'clock to be taken into Custody by the Serjeant-at-Arms; 86. If any such Member is not present within Three Hours after Four o'Clock, the Proceedings to be adjourned; 87. If all the Members do not attend after Adjournment, the Committee to be discharged; 88. Proceedings of Preliminary and Election Committees. Petitions and Lists to be referred to the Election Committee, and Time and Place of Meeting appointed by the House; 89. Committees not to adjourn for more than 24 Hours without Leave of the House; 90. No Member of Committee to absent himself; Committee not to sit until all be met; on Failure of all meeting within One Hour, to adjourn; 91. Absentees to be directed to attend the House; 92. When Committee is deliberating the Room to be cleared; 93. Questions to be decided by a Majority; 94. Names of Members voting for or against any Resolution to be reported to the House; 95. Committee empowered to send for and examine Persons, Papers, and Records; Witnesses misbehaving may be reported to the House, and committed to the Custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms; 96. Preliminary Committee not to be dissolved by Death or Absence of any Member; 97. Election Committee not to be dissolved by Death or Absence of Assessor; 98. General Committee, on receiving Notice of Death of Assessor, to meet and assign another in his Stead, &c.; 99. General Committee on receiving Notice of Absence of Assessor, to meet and assign another Assessor, if they think fit; 100. Proceedings of Election Committee not invalidated by Death or Absence of First Assessor; 101. Election Committee not to be dissolved by the Death or Absence of not more than Two Members; 102. Committee reduced to less than Three by Nonattendance of its Members to be dissolved, unless by Consent; 103. Committees to be attended by a Short-hand Writer; 104. Assessor to consult with and advise Committee, but not to vote; 105. Election Committee to try Merits of Petition, and, where the Return is complained of, to report as to its Validity; and also, where corrupt Practices are alleged, report whether corrupt Practices extensively prevailed, and the Names of Persons guilty of Bribery, &c.; 106. Committees may report their Determination on other Matters to the House; 107. Committees not dissolved by the Prorogation of Parliament; 108. 4 & 5 Vict. c. 57., Evidence may be given as to Bribery, &c. without previously proving Agency; 109. Committee may call for further Evidence as to whether corrupt Practices extensively prevailed; 110. No Evidence to be given before Election against Validity of any Vote not included in the List of Votes objected to; 111. Member's Account of Expenses to be Evidence against him; 112. Any Payment by Members for Election Expenses beyond what appears in the Account to be deemed illegal; 113. Petitioner may object to an Account as insufficient; and if Committee determine that it is so, Member shall not be permitted to defend Return; 114. Where sitting Member is unseated for Bribery, &c. a Candidate having polled Two Thirds of Number of Votes polled for Member, to be deemed duly elected; 115. How Petitions may be withdrawn; 116. Where Petitioner refuses to prosecute, or does not bonâ fide prosecute, Committee to inquire and report upon such Conduct; 117. The Speaker in certain Cases to appoint an Agent to prosecute Petition. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 102. s. 2. ;-118. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 102. s. 14. Treasury to advance Money to Agent for Payment of Expenses; 119. Notice of Time and Place appointed for Meeting of Committee to be published with the Votes; 120. Costs. Party withdrawing a Petition to pay all Costs, unless Committee otherwise direct; 121. Member declared not duly elected to pay Petitioner's Costs, unless Committee otherwise direct; 122. When When Petition is not opposed, and Member declared not duly elected, Members to pay Petitioner's Costs, unless Committee otherwise direct; 123. Petitioner to pay Costs of Agent appointed by Speaker, &c.; 124. Petitioner duly prosecuting his Petition shall receive his Costs from the Treasury; 125. Committee may order Costs to be paid by such Party as they think fit. Proviso that Petitioner duly prosecuting shall not be ordered to pay Costs, unless Allegations of Petition are groundless; 126. frivolous Objections to Voters; 127. Costs upon Costs, how to be ascertained; 128. Persons appointed to tax Costs empowered to examine on Oath; 129. For Taxation of Costs between Agent and his Client; 130. Recovery of Costs when taxed; 131. Persons paying Costs may recover a Proportion from other Persons liable thereto; 132. Recognizances when to be estreated, &c.; 133. Monies received under Recognizances to be paid into the Bank, and applied in payment of Costs; 134. Surety may pay Money into the Bank in discharge of his Recogni zance; 135 Where Money has been paid into the Bank, the Examiner of Recognizances to order Payment of Expenses, and transfer the Residue to the Account of the Party; 136. Disqualifications, &c. Persons reported guilty of Bribery, &c., incapable of being elected or sitting as Members of Parliament for certain Periods, and their Names to be entered in Book of Parliamentary Disqualifications; 137. Where Committee reports Member or Agent guilty of Bribery, &c., Speaker to send Copy of Report to Attorney General, who shall prosecute Offender; 138. Commissions. 15 & 16 Vict. c. 57; where Committee reports that corrupt Practices extensively prevailed at an Election, Speaker to send Copy of Report to Secretary of State, to be laid before the Queen, and She may thereupon appoint Two Commissioners to inquire into such Practices; 139. Qualifications of Commissioners; 140. Commissioners to be sworn; 141. Secretary and Clerks to be appointed; 142. Place of Meeting; 143. Commissioners may hold Meetings in London and Westminster; 144. Reports to be laid before Parliament; 146. Persons implicated in corrupt Practices who may be examined, and Witnesses examined not to be indemnified unless they shall have a Certificate from the Commissioners; 149. Commissioners to examine on Oath, &c.; 150. Penalty for Non-attendance, or refusing to give Evidence; 151. How Oaths to be administered; 156. The Speaker may make Rules respecting Parliamentary Agents; 157. Giving false Evidence to be Perjury; 159. Returning Officer may be sued for neglecting to return any Person |