22. Pursuant to the Provisions of the above recited Act, every man of the age of Twenty-one years and upwards, having a freehold estate in possession, situate within the District for which the vote is to be given, of the clear value of Fifty Pounds above all charges and incumbrances, and of of to which he has been seized or entitled, either at Law or in Equity for at least six calendar months next before the last Registration of Electors—or having a Leasehold Estate in possession situate within such a district, of the clear annual value of Ten Pounds, held upon a lease which at the time of such Registration shall have not less than three years to run—or having a Leasehold Estate so situate and of such value a: aforesaid, of which he has been in possession for three years or upwards next before such Registration—or being a householder within such district occupying a Tenement within the page 112 limits of the Town, of the clear annual value of Ten Pounds —or without the limits of a Town, of the clear annual value of Five Pounds, having resided therein six calendar months next before such Registration as aforesaid, shall, if duly registered be entitled to vote at the Election of a Superintendent of a Province, or of a Member or Members of the Provincial Council thereof, or of a Member or Members of the House of Representatives, Provided that he is not an alien—and that he has not at any time heretofore been attainted or convicted of any treason, felony, or any infamous offence within any part of Her Majesty's Dominions, unless he shall have received a free pardon, or shall have undergone the sentence or punishment to which he shall have been adjudged for such offence.

23. No person shall be qualified to vote at the Election of any Superintendent of a Province, or of any Member of the House of Representatives, or of the Members of the Provincial Council of any of the Provinces as aforesaid, unless he shall prefer a claim to the right of voting, and unless such claim be duly enrolled as hereafter prescribed.

24. Every such Claim shall be in writing, and shall state the name of the District or Districts in respect of which it shall be made, and shall be signed by the Claimant, or by some other person in his name and by his authority, and shall state also the place of abode and calling or business of the Claimant, and the qualification in respect of which such Claim may be made.

25. No such Claim as aforesaid shall be received unless it be made between the 15th day of April next and the 15th day of May next, or in the month of April in some succeeding year.

26. Every person claiming a right to vote for the Election of the Members of the House of Representatives—of the Superintendent—or of the Members of the Provincial Council in the following Districts:—