§ MR. HEALYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is the fact that the Local Government Board decided that Poor Law votes were correctly rejected in the Kilkeel Union (County Down), because voters signed as marksmen, who, it is alleged, were able to write; if so, upon what is this view of the law founded?
§ MR. TREVELYANSir, the Local Government Board advised the Returning Officer that the votes of the persons who placed a mark upon the papers and who were able to write should be rejected. The General Order regulating the election of Poor Law Guardians is explicit on this point.
§ MR. TREVELYANIt is a General Order made by the Local Government Board under their statutory powers upon the point, and is well known.
§ MR. HEALYI beg to give Notice that I shall call attention to the fact that people are deprived of their right to vote, under powers which have not been granted by the Statute.