§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Fermanagh, N.)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Whether the Government in Ireland, having granted a patent for a Court of Petty Sessions in Tempo, county Fermanagh, he will see that the Court is held in that place instead of Lisbellaw, or in both places alternately; and, whether he will cause a polling booth to be in Tempo at the next election, so as to prevent men having to walk ten miles to record their vote in Lisbellaw?
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY (Mr. JOHN MORLEY) (Newcastle-on-Tyne), in reply, said, that Courts of Petty Sessions were established by order of magistrates at Quarter Sessions. There was no trace of Petty Sessions having ever been held in Tempo. The question of establishing a polling place at Tempo had been considered by the Law Officers, who advised that there was no jurisdiction for doing so.
§ MR. WILLIAM REDMONDasked, was it not a fact that great inconvenience arose from not having a polling station at Tempo, and would not the Chief Secretary do something to remedy that?
§ MR. JOHN MORLEYsaid, he did not know that they had jurisdiction or authority; but he would make inquiries.