§ MR. W. ABRAHAM(for Mr. FINUCANE) (Limerick, W.)asked the President of the Local Government Board for Ireland, If, in a Poor Law Union, in which the rating qualification for a guardian is £20 per year, and two ratepayers are jointly rated at £27 yearly, whether either or both of those ratepayers are qualified to act as guardians?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne), who replied, said, if either of the two ratepayers referred to was liable to contribute on a proportion which amounted to a rating qualification—that was to say, £20—he would be eligible for the office of elected Guardian. The two ratepayers in the example put by the hon. Member would not be eligible.