No. 31/1938:

SEANAD ELECTORAL (CHARGES OF RETURNING OFFICERS IN UNIVERSITY CONSTITUENCIES) ORDER, 1938.

SEANAD ELECTORAL (CHARGES OF RETURNING OFFICERS IN UNIVERSITY CONSTITUENCIES) ORDER, 1938.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act, 1937 (No. 30 of 1937), that the Minister for Finance shall prepare a scale of maximum charges for returning officers in university constituencies :

NOW, the Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 15 of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act, 1937 (No. 30 of 1937), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby orders as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Seanad Electoral (Charges of Returning Officers in University Constituencies) Order, 1938.

2. The scale of maximum charges for returning officers in university constituencies shall be the scale set out in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE.

SCALE OF MAXIMUM CHARGES.

A. (1) In a contested election.

(a) To the returning officer for conducting the election and performing all the duties which a returning officer is required by law to perform, including the cost of all necessary legal assistance—£30.

(b) Clerical and other assistance, including the counting of the votes and miscellaneous outlay :—

For every complete 100 electors or fraction thereof exceeding one-half on the Register of electors—£2.

(c) All postal services (including registration services) in relation to the issue and return of ballot papers—actual and necessary charges.

(2) In an uncontested election.

(a) To the returning officer one-half of the fee mentioned in paragraph (1) (a) above.

(b) Clerical and other assistance, including miscellaneous outlay :—actual expenses as supported by vouchers, but not exceeding one-sixth of the sum mentioned in paragraph (1) (b) above.

B. Returning officers' travelling expenses in connexion with the conduct of the election :—

First class railway expenses or, where railway service is not available, actual and necessary cost, with subsistence allowance at the rate of 16/- a night for not more than four nights if necessarily absent from home on account of duty.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this twenty-third day of February, 1938.

(Signed) ARTHUR D. CODLING,

An Assistant Secretary,

Department of Finance.