§ MR. SEXTONasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1796 Whether the election, on Monday last, of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Deputy Vice-Chairman of the Tubbercurry (county Sligo) Board of Guardians for the ensuing year was a valid election; whether, before the election began, Mr. N. H. Devine, an elected guardian, drew the attention of the clerk to the fact that none of the elected guardians had received the Notice (Form A) of the date of election of Chairman, prescribed by Article 3 of the General Order of the Local Government Board of the 18th December, 1882; whether the clerk admitted he had not sent out the Notice (Form A), but nevertheless proceeded immediately to hold, and did hold, the election of Chairman, in contravention of the General Order; and, whether the Local Government Board will direct the clerk to duly perform the function assigned to him in Article 3, by forthwith furnishing to each guardian of the Union that Notice (Form A), and thereafter, in due course, proceeding to a valid election of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Deputy Vice-Chairman for the coming year?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, it is not a fact that the election took place in the evening, or that attention was called to the fact that notice had not yet been sent out. The clerk of the Union admitted that there had been some elements of oversight with regard to the election, which he regrets. As regards the latter part of the Question, I am informed that it is not valid owing to the right forms not having been used, and it is therefore intended to proceed to a fresh election.