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Third Report from the Select Committee on Fictitious Votes, Ireland

30/07/1838

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Third Report from the Select Committee on Fictitious Votes, Ireland

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' 54 P A R L I A M E N T A R Y [ ^ F i c t i t i o u s votes, Reports, 1837- 8— continued. Lindsey, Henry John. His name appears on the panel as being admitted to the freedom of Cork in September 1832, Meagher 4774 It should be September 1830, Besnard 4775- He voted at the last election for Cork, Colburn 4776. Lineham, Daniel Dyer, Cove- street, Cork; registered in November 1832; was valued in the supplementary valuation at 5 I. and appealed, and was struck out; he has not been rated since, Lane 884. Lineham, Patrick. Eason's- hill, Cork; 10/. householder, registered in November 1832; no trace of him in the valuation books, Lane 885, 886. " Linnies." Explanation of the term " linnies;" in merchants' stores they are of con- siderable value, Lane 536- 540. Lisduff. Its boundaries are not well known; it is a sub- denomination of Farrenastig, Deeble 5487, 5488. Lisnana, Lands of. An abatement of rents has been made to the Roman- catholic tenants on the lands of Lisnana; one- half of the rent specified in the leases only taken, Courtenay 13394- 13406 There are more Roman- catholic rent- payers on the lands of Lisnana than Protestants, Courtenay 13399- 13406 No Roman- catholic tenant has been turned off the lands of Lisnana since witness commenced managing the property, Courtenay 13399-' $ ee a^ so Leases. LIST OF CLAIMANTS TO REGISTER : I. In Cork: 1. By whom prepared; Evils arising from the confused manner in which prepared. 2. Suggestions for remedying the Evils complained of. II. In Longford: 1. Evils of the present System. 2. Suggestions thereon. III. Papers laid before the Committee. I. In Cork: 1. By whom prepared; Evils arising from the confused manner in which prepared. By whom prepared ; the list is published ten days before the registration ; impossibility of investigating the rights of freemen, Besnard 38- 42, Lane 623- 631, Barber 6192 - The names of freemen, freeholders, and householders were promiscuously inserted in this list; the townlands not always specified, Besnard 43- 47.52, 53 Complaints were made of the confined nature of the lists, Besnard 48- 51—.— The confusion of the register occasions great expense and vexation to the candidates, Besnard 219- 222 Imperfect specification of residence by claimants in the liberties of Cork, Besnard 384- 394. 449, 450 Claimants to register are not required by any section of the Reform Act to specify the townland or parish, Besnard 395- 403 The schedule is not referred to in the Act, and the form there prescribed is disregarded, Besnard 404- 417 Further examination thereon, Besnard 440- 445. The list of persons claiming to register being made in alphabetical instead of parochial arrangement, was productive of great difficulty and perplexity, Lane 825- 837. 2. Suggestions for remedying the Evils complained of. Suggestions as to the manner in which they should be prepared ; officers in cities and towns that might prepare the same, Besnard 6295. 6302. 6332 In towns where there are no officers to furnish lists of persons who pay rates, the revising barrister should take the 60th section of the Poor Law Bill as the standard of value, Besnard 6311, 6312 If the lists of claimants were made out with reference to parishes or districts, the labour of identifying parties would be diminished, Colburn 1282- 1290 It would be con- venient to all parties if the claimants were classed as to the locality, Colburn 1304- 1307 - That the registry should be numbered, beginning with No. 1, in each parish; the certificate of registry to bear the same number, also stating the parish, Lane 4606 A list or lists should be made out previous to the time of registering, which should contain not only the names of the parties, but also the parishes or ploughlands on which they reside, Deeble 5517~ 5521' They should be classified, and a longer time given for investigation, Barber 6192. II. In Longford: 1. Evils of the present System. Great delay and confusion caused from the mode in which the list of claimants was made out, Courtenay 6595- 6605 The same difficulty and confusion will occur at anv subsequent registration; there is nothing in the Reform Act which will obviate it, Courtenay 6614- 6623. 2. Suggestions
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