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ties,, are chosen by a majority of the votes of 
such persons as are possessed of lands or tene¬ 
ments in freehold, in fief, in boture, or by 
certificate derived under the authority of th@ 
governor and council of Quebec, of the yearly 
value of forty shillings, clear of all rents, 
charges, &c. The members for towns or 
townships are chosen by a majority of the 
votes of such persons as possess houses and 
lands for their own use, of the yearly value 
of five pounds sterling*, or as have resided m 
the town or township for one year, and paid a 
rent for a house during the time, at the rate 
of tee pounds yearly. 
No person is eligible to serve as a member 
of the assembly, who is a member of the legis¬ 
lative council, or a minister, priest,, ecclesit 
astic, or religious personage of the church of 
England, Rome, or of any oilier church. 
No person is .qualified to vote or serve, who 
is not twenty-one years of age.; nor any per¬ 
son, not a natural-born subject, or w 7 ho has not 
been naturalized, either b} 7 law or conquest; 
nor any one who has been attainted of treason 
in any court in his Majesty's dominions, or 
who has been disqualified by an act of assem¬ 
bly and council. 
Every voter,, if called upon, must take an 
oath, either in French or English, that he is 
•of age; that he is qualified to vote according 
