A safe and easy way to obtain free and peaceable elections, without imposition, noise or charge proposed to consideration now the regulation of elections is under debate. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A59401 of text R13591 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing S282A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A59401 Wing S282A ESTC R13591 13135668 ocm 13135668 97930 2240870754

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A59401) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 97930) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 750:16) A safe and easy way to obtain free and peaceable elections, without imposition, noise or charge proposed to consideration now the regulation of elections is under debate. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1679] Broadside. Imprint from NUC pre-1956. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. eng Election law -- England. Elections -- England. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century eebo A safe and easy way to obtain free and peaceable elections, without imposition, noise or charge: proposed to consideration now the regulation of elect [no entry] 1679 1 434 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-10 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-03 Sampled and proofread 2009-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A safe and easy way to obtain free and peaceable Elections , without Imposition , Noise or Charge : Proposed to Consideration now the Regulation of Elections is under debate .

THat none , upon Penalty of being made uncapable to be elected , do by himself , Friends , or Court-Letters , seek to impose himself upon the Freeholders .

That the Writ being issued forth , and broken up by the Sheriff in the County Court , the Freeholder being sworn , or otherwise attesting his Right to Elect , by having a clear Freehold Estate of Forty Shillings per Annum , and his Name , and place of abode taken by the Clerk .

Let the Free-Holder put into a Box the Names of the Knights he judgeth most meet to serve in Parliament , writ in a small Scroll of Paper , roll'd and seal'd up ; then let the Judges of the Poll with the Sheriff open the Box , search and sort the Papers , and find who by this Suffrage are the Elected Knights , who are then to be proclaimed by the Sheriff , and Indentures being seal'd by the Sheriff and the Judges aforesaid , to be return'd accordingly .

Let these Judges of the Poll be one or two of the most substantial Freeholders out of every Hundred , chosen for that purpose by the Freeholders of the Hundred , at the Summons of the High Constable , to some convenient Place in the Hundred , eight or ten days before the Election , and sworn to be faithful to their Trust .

To avoid Charge or Trouble , the Court may be adjournd to so many Places in the County as may be most convenient , provided at the end of every Court the Box be seal'd by the Sheriff , and five or six of the Judges .

Whereby the Sheriffs miscarriages in Delays , false and double Returns , will be prevented .

The vast profuse and intollerable Expences of Competitors in Elections , avoided .

The undue Impositions of Land-Lords and great Men , disappointed .

The shameful Drunkenness and unneighbourly Quarrels and Feuds , prevented .

The chargeable and troublesome Contests in Committees of Elections , removed .

And an Obligation laid upon the Gentry to live vertuously , to gain the Affections of their Country .

After this way may the Elections in Corporations be regulated , the Right of Election being settled by Act of Parliament in the Freemen , paying Scot and Lot .