8 PARLIAMENTARY Fictitious Votesf Reports, 1837- 8— continued. Bernard, J. C. ( Analysis of his Evidence)— continued. Kanturk to register, 86- 92 There is a recorder's court at Cork which sits weekly, with civil and criminal jurisdiction to any extent, 93- 104 It gives great satisfaction, 105- U0' The registry should be made there, 111 The expense of going to Kan- turk to register is unnecessary, and greatly complained of, 112- 117 There is an appeal by the Irish Reform Act in favour of claims rejected, but none against those admitted, 118- 121 Many persons are on the register who are not included in the city valuation as having 5/. houses, 122- 134 Mode in which the premises outside the line separating the liberties from the suburbs are assessed ; effect of the Grand Jury Act upou the Locai Act, ISS- MS' Duties of the treasurer in. the applotment, 144- 146 In the city and suburbs the taxation is upon houses; in the liberties the taxation is by ploughlands, 147, 148 The last valuation before the Reform Act was in 1828, 149- 151 The next was taken in 1832, immediately after the first registration, by order of the grand jury, 152- 156 Houses are exempted from taxation if let out in tenements to poor persons, or if waste or unoccupied, 157- 161— The oath as to the payment of rates required by the Reform Act may be taken by persons whose taxes have been remitted by the grand jury, 162— 171 - Many so circumstanced have exercised the elective franchise, 172- 181 Houses are generally assessed below their value, 182 Certificates of registry are pro- duced by persons coming to vote, 183- 185—- There are many freemen; several country voters cannot sign their name, nor speak English, 186- 196 The same oath is taken on voting as at the registration, with respect to the payment of rates, 197- 201 Mode in which the grand jury examine claims to exemption from municipal taxes, 202 208 — Circumstances under which appeals maybe made to the grand jury against the valuation, 211- 218. The confusion of the register occasions great expense and vexation to the candidates, 219- 222 The number of booths adds to the expense, 223- 225 There were 10 booths at the last Cork election ; at a former election the voters at one of the booths were not all polled, 226- 234 The arrangement at the election is subject to the same con- fusion as the registration, for want of district classification, 235 The English law respecting the registration and election should be adopted, 236- 247 The list should be revised annually as respects deaths and parting with qualifications, 248- 251 The names should be furnished, as in England, by a public officer, and written notices of objection required, 253 The register remaining in force for eight years, this check is the more necessary, 254- 257 Opinions as to raising or lowering the franchise ; igno- rance of some of the Cork constituency, 258- 275 Many forty- shilling freeholders have been improperly admitted to the register, not being possessed of 40s. above their rent, 276- 282. Freedom is obtained by birth and servitude ; no property qualification is required, 285- 291- Roman- catholics are sometimes admitted to the freedom, but not at all in proportion to the Catholic population, 292- 297 Very few freemen have been admitted by special favour since the Reform Act, 298- 301 The grand juries are nominated by the sheriff; there never has been a Roman- catholic sheriff, 302, 303 Influence of the Friendly Club in the nomination of the sheriff, 310- 317 Construction of the charter; whether the mayor must have been sheriff, 318- 323 No Roman- catholic has ever been a number of the Friendly Club, 324- 330 The sheriff is elected by the court of D'Oyer Hundred ; the freemen might out- vote the Friendly Club, but never have, 331 — 341 Applications have been made to the King's Bench to set aside election of mayor; the legality of the bye- law has been maintained, 342- 352 Origin of the Friendly Club, 353 Common council, how constituted ; election and functions of the common speaker, 354- 367 Salary of the mayor ; persons are desirous of being sheriffs in order to become eligible to the mayoralty, 368- 373. The valuators may not have assessed ail houses at 5/. which are worth as much, but they would not have omitted in their list any so high as 10/., 374- 383 Imperfect specification of residence by claimants in the liberties of Cork, 384- 394. 449,450 They are not required by any section of the Reform Act to specify the townland or parish. 395- 403 The schedule is not referred to in the Act, and the form there pre- scribed is disregarded, 404- 417—— The recorder is elected for life by the freemen, 418, 4* 9 Number of freemen resident and non- iesident; none are considered non- resident within seven miles, 420- 430 Freemen are not admitted to the grand panel until they are sworn, 431- 439 Further examination as to the reference made in the Reform Act to the schedules ; it applies to registrations subsequent to 1832, 440- 445 Number of parishes, or parts of parishes, in the city and liberties of Cork, 446- 448. [ Second Examination.]— Explanation relative to the valuation and assessment of his own house, 5008, 5009. [ Third Examination.]— The principle of the English law should be adopted in all cases in the Irish registry, 6246 Difference in the two countries with respect to the consti- tuencies of counties; of cities, 6247- 6257 The liberties should either be trans- ferred to the counties, or the voters should vote for the city on a county qualification, 6258- 626! The inhabitants of the city and liberties of Cork are anxious for such a measure, >