§ MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Monaghan, N.)I beg to ask the Attorney General for Ireland whether it is the duty of clerks of unions and town clerks acting as overseers under the Franchise Acts for counties and boroughs respectively, when making out their supplemental lists of inhabitant house occupiers, to insert the name and qualification as they find them on the requisition form tendered by or on behalf of the person claiming to be put on the register of voters for successive premises; whether he is aware that although the Court of Appeal so directed in the case of "Lyons v. Chambers," in November, 1889, the Clerk of the Rathdown Union is adopting a different course, to the exclusion of a large number of persons entitled to the franchise; and whether he will direct him to act on the decision of the Court of Appeal?
§ MR. MADDENMy answer to the first paragraph is in the negative. As to the second paragraph I have to say that no direction was given by the Court of Appeal such as the hon. Member suggests. All that was decided in "Lyons v. Chambers," was that the clerk of the union would be within his right in placing persons whose qualification is by way of succession upon his list, if he is satisfied that the succession is direct.