latter for the elucidation of the case, and they shall also be exempt from using stamp-
paper; a lawyer must be appointed to defend the elective board in the suit. Should the
party concerned obtain a judgement warranting his right of voting, his name shall be
entered on the list, on his presenting a copy of the judgement.

 27. The lists of those entitled to vote, which must be corrected and
 completed every year in the manner prescribed, are valid from the 1st of April to the
 31st of March ensuing. According to these lists all elections during this interval are to
 take place, but it must be observed that those persons whose names appear on the
 supplemental list ( 23) are only entitled to vote provided they, previous to the day on
 which the election is held, have attained the requisite qualifications as regards age
 and residence in the Islands as well as in the district.

 28. The day as well as the place of election is to be fixed by the superior
 authority, and, unless circumstances prevent it, the court-house in the district shall be
 fixed as the place for holding the election. Whenever general elections in the
 municipality are to take place, the elections must be held as far as possible on two
 succeeding days, according as the use of the court-house will admit. The chairman of
 the elective board gives public notice, as least 8 days previous to the meeting, of the
 place where the election is to be held, as also of the day and the hour when it is to
 commence. The public notice must in St. Croix and in St. Thomas be inserted in the
 newspaper wherein public notices are usually inserted, but in St. Johns it shall be
 promulgated by placards at Cruxbay and Coralbay and by a circular to the electors.

 29. The elective board is to meet at the election on the day and at the hour
 appointed. The chairman opens the proceedings, and he has to see that the elections
 are conducted in proper order. The election-protocol and the election-list for the district
 must be produced. Every individual who wishes to exercise his right of voting, must
 meet in person at the place where the election is to be held. When he comes forward
 for the purpose of voting, he names as many persons are there are members to be
 elected for the district, stating their full names and vocations, and, if the elective board
 should find it necessary for the further discrimination of any of them, also their places
 of residence. The votes are to be registered in two protocols, authorized for that
 purpose by the superior authority, each of the members of the board to keep one. In
 one the names of each voter shall be entered and alongside of it the names of the
 persons for whom he has voted, and in the other protocol the names of those persons
 for whom votes are given, and under each name the names of those who voted for
 them. The entries to be read to the voter for verification, and the members of the board
 to compare with each other. If a vote be given for any one whom the elective board
 does not consider eligible, the board cannot, on that account, refuse to register the
 vote.
 30. The recording of votes cannot be ended before 3 hours have expired
from the opening of the election. When, at the expiration of this period and after inquiry
by the chairman no more persons offer to vote at the election, the members of the
elective board, provided they are entitled to vote, register their own votes and sign the
two protocols which close the election. After the number of votes for each person