§ MR. FLYNNI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in view of the fact that the 21st February being the day fixed for lodging property claims to vote at Poor Law Elections fell upon a Sunday, whether these claims to vote were receivable on Monday the 22nd February; and, as four weeks will have elapsed between 22nd February and 21st March (the day for taking up the claims), whether claims lodged on 22nd February are valid, and if instructions to that effect have been issued by the Irish Local Government Board?
§ MR. JACKSONThe Statute provides that a calendar month shall elapse between the lodgment of claims and the collection of voting papers. Such a period could not elapse between the 22nd February and the 21st March.