“ George Thomson (Corngreaves)
A Ratepayer.
Dudley, 13th June, 1853.
N.B.—As ONLY Fifteen persons can be elected, any Ratepayer Voting for more than that number will lose the whole of his Votes. The Voting Paper must be carefully preserved by the Voter, as no second Paper will be given. When filled up it must be kept ready for delivery to the Distributor, who will call for it on TUESDAY, the 21st Instant, and who is the only person authorised to receive the same.
DUDLEY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
TO THE RATE-PAYERS OF DUDLEY.
Fellow Ratepayers,
The most important Suffrage since the passing of the Reform Bill has lately been conferred upon the Rate-Payers of Dudley, by the introduction of the “Health of Towns Act;” and you are now called upon to Elect Fifteen fit and proper Persons to carry out the provisions of this salutary Measure. This day you have had 40 Names submitted to your notice, as parties wishful to have the management of the affairs of this Parish confided to them, and it now behoves you carefully to consider who and what class of masters shall rule over you! A cursory glance at the List of Names nominated for your approval, clearly shows that some are incapacitated from age and non-residence to attend to your interests, and others want the essential qualities of a practical knowledge of the working of the Act.
Recollect, fellow Rate-payers, that £25,000 may shortly be at the disposal of your elected Rulers, and this sum, too, will have to come out of the pockets of the Rate-payers!