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Letter - Issues of franchise and the qualification of a Councillor, 1844

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Unique IDA-00505451SeriesLetters Sent by the Mayor, 1843-1848Date26th September 1844Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionLetter number 100: Letter from WC Wills (Secretary, Office of the Mayor) to W C Wentworth MC (Member, Legislative Council): Instruction to communicate with you on the subject of the two measures contemplated, by yourself, to be introduced into the Sydney Corporation Amendment Act, as reported in this morning's Herald. First, as to the Franchise - a Clause rendering necessary 12 months continuing residence and the payment of 6 months' rates - Section 12 of the Act of Incorporation already provides that every person entitled to vote shall have occupied a house etc of the annual value of £25, within the City, during one whole year and also, during the time of such occupation, shall have been an Inhabitant Householder within the City, or within 7 miles of the same. His Worship therefore conceives that this proposition would be very arbitrary, and the Note, herewith enclosed, will perhaps be a better exemplification of this idea, than any argument which can be adduced in support of it. Second, the Qualification of a Councillor - to do away with the £50 rate qualification, and leaving it simply a qualification of £1,000 - His Worship sees no objection to do away with the £50 rated qualification, but would, with deference, suggest that £500 might be judiciously proposed instead of £1,000. [The Note alluded to, dated 23 Sept 1844, from Michael D'Arcy, requests that the Town Clerk place his name on the Citizen List for a house in Hunter Street, having been compelled to leave his house, in Bridge Street, on account of the adjoining premises falling down.].LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Page number44Volume number1

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Letter - Issues of franchise and the qualification of a Councillor, 1844