Bill to amend Law relating to Election of Poor Law Guardians in Ireland

[48 Vict.] 
JBoor Law Guardians (Ireland). 

A BILL 

TO Amend the Law relating to the Election of Poor Law a.d. 
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Guardians in Ireland. 
T> E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and *-* with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 5 1. 
This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Poor Law Short title. 

Guardians Election (Ireland) Act, 1884. 
2. 
This Act shall not extend to England or Scotland. 
Application 

of Act. 
3. 
In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the Definitions, following words and expressions shall have the meaning hereby 10 assigned to them respectively; that is to say, 

i( Poor law election" means any election of a guardian or guar¬ dians for any electoral division or ward, or any district of electoral divisions in a union for the relief of the destitute poor, within the meaning of the Act of the first and second 15 years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter fifty-six, 

and the Acts amending same : " Local Government Board " 

means the Local Government Board for Ireland: "Electoral division" includes "ward" or district of electoral 20 divisions: 

"Agent" includes counsel or solicitor: "Days" means clear days, exclusive of Sunday, Good Eriday3 and Christmas Day. 
" Prescribed " 

means prescribed by order made and issued by the 25 Local Government Board pursuant to this Act. 

Any words or expressions in this Act which are not hereby defined, and are defined in the said Act of the first and second years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter fifty-six, or in any Act amending said Act, shall, unless there is something in the 

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