§ MR. HARRINGTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether Mr. Robert S. Clements, of Curr, Beragh, in the county of Tyrone, is an ex-officio guardian of the poor for the union of Omagh; whether he is also an elected guardian for Dervaghroy electoral division of the same union; in which capacity (whether as ex-officio or elected guardian) does he vote at the meetings of the board; and, if in the capacity of an ex-officio, why the electoral division of Dervaghroy is obliged to remain disfranchised; whether the clerk of the union in making his return of the guardians elected on the 25th March last was aware that Mr. Clements was returned on the ex-officio list in September previous; and, if so, why he returned him as elected guardian for the Dervaghroy division; and, did he (the clerk) notify the Local Government Board that Mr. Clements was on the ex-officio list?
§ MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANIt is quite lawful for a person to act in the dual capacity of elected and ex officio Guardian, provided he does not give two votes. The Clerk to the Union fulfilled his duty in this case by returning the person elected. The choice of the individual rests with the electors.