XXXIXOath of Clerk biking Poll of Freemen ; his Duty.
And be it further enacted, That every Person whom any Returning Officer, at any Election for a Member to serve in Parliament for any County of a City or County of a Town, shall employ to act as a Clerk for taking the Poll of Freemen, shall, before his beginning to take such Poll, take an Oath in the Form following:
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Which Oath every Returning Officer is hereby authorized and required to administer; and every such Clerk shall enter in a Book to be provided for that Purpose, the Name and the Place of Abode of each Freeman who shall tender his Vote, or offer to poll at such Election, in the Booth for which such Clerk shall be appointed, the Place of Abode of such Freeman, and for whom he shall vote.