DUTIES OF RETURNING OFFICER. 133 
issues a Proclamation stating the place and time for the 
nomination of candidates, the day on which a poll will be 
taken if necessary, the polling stations fixed by him and the 
place and time where he will count the votes. 
Before issuing the proclamation it is the duty of the Duties of 
Returning Officer, after ascertaining the number of persons oy tng 
qualified to vote, to see that there are a sufficient number 
of polling districts, and power is given him to subdivide 
the districts appointed by the Legislature or by the local 
authorities so that there may be one polling district for 
every 200 voters. 
Proclamation. 
Electoral District of to wit. 
Form of 
Proclama- 
tion. 
Public notice is hereby given to the Electors of the 
Electoral District aforesaid, that, in obedience to Her 
Majesty's writ to me directed and bearing date the day 
of , I require the presence of the said Electors at 
in the County [or City or Town] of on the 
day of month of from noon until two of the 
clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of nominating a 
person [or persons] to represent them in the House of 
Commons of Canada: and that in case a Poll be demanded 
and allowed in the manner by law prescribed, such Poll 
will be opened on the day of the month of 
in the year from the hour of 9 in the morning till 5 of 
the clock in the afternoon, in each of the Polling Districts, 
that is to say: 
For the Polling District No. 1, consisting of 
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And further that on the day of 
I shall open the ballot boxes, sum up the votes given for the 
several candidates and return as elected the one having the 
majority of votes. 
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