§ MR. MOLLOYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether a returning officer to a Poor Law Union has any power to prevent a solicitor, representing candidates seeking election as guardians of the poor, being present at the counting of the votes given at such election?
§ MR. TREVELYANUnder the General Orders of the Local Government Board, which have been in force for the last 20 years, a returning officer has a discretion as to the admission or exclusion of strangers on such occasions. I do not understand that the candidate or his proposers were excluded on this occasion, however. A complaint has been made to the Local Government Board that in a recent case in the King's County the returning officer declined to admit a solicitor, and the Board have asked him to state the reasons which influenced him in so doing.