intelligences, 135—Attraction of sympathy, 137—The ballot compared with this system, 139—Practical difficulty of effectual concealment without falsehood, 143—Necessity of faith or trust, 146—Christian principle of individuality, 148—Special consecration of the national act of electing representatives, 149.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF RETURNING OFFICERS.
General duties, page 152—Number and distribution of polling-places, 153—Residential registration, 153—Poll-clerks and polling-places, 154—Tendering, receiving, and entering votes, 155—Tabular book of the poll-clerk, 156—and of the Registrars, 156—Appropriation of votes, 159—Where a candidate has more than the quota, 160—One candidate for several constituencies, 163—Certificate and transmission to the registrars of the unappropriated voting papers, 164—Example in a supposed Aberdeen case, 164—Ashburton, 166—Return of candidates having local majorities, 167—Computation of local majorities, 168—Supposed Norwich case, 169—Appropriation of votes from other constituencies, 170—to other constituencies, 172—Subsequent disposition of unappropriated votes, 173.
THE DUTIES OF THE REGISTRARS.
General functions, page 175—Registrars' fund, 176—Officers and clerks of registrars, 177—Appropriation of votes polled for the same candidates in different constituencies, 180—Preservation of family, territorial and traditional connection, 182—Process when no more quotas can be made up, 183—by eliminating the candidates having the smallest number of first and contingent votes, 185—or on unappropriated votes only, 185—or those having votes of less relative value computed by their position, 186—or by selecting comparative majorities, 187—Method of selection adopted, 188—Suggested alternative of transfer, 189—no candidate having a quota and no local majority, 192—Mr. Morrison's Bill, 193, 196—Quota applicable to a system rigidly local, 197, 200—Occasional vacancies, 200.
THE DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS AND CONSTITUENCIES.
Several constituencies represented by one member, page 201—Multiple return of titular member for any number of constituencies 203—Operation of such law, 204—Distribution of members to constituencies, 204—
