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fore four o'clock in the afternoon of the day next preceding the
day fixed for nominations.
8. The returning officer shall, in the event of there not being
a greater number of persons nominated than are required to fill
the vacancies created, make a return to the Registrar of the
Board, and declare such person or persons to have been duly
elected member or members of the Board; but if the number of
persons nominated is greater than the number of persons required
to fill such vacancies, a poll shall be taken, and he shall cause
voting papers to be printed in the form given in Second Schedule
hereto, and shall sign each of such papers, and cause one to be
enclosed in an envelope not fastened, with the name and address
of the returning officer printed thereon, and one of such voting
papers and printed envelopes shall be sent by post under a fas-
tened cover to the address of each and every registered dentist
of Victoria, and resident in Victoria.
9. The returning officer shall, on the day named in such ad-
vertisement for holding any election, proceed, in the presence of
the Registrar and of any scrutineers appointed by any candidate,
to open the envelops with his printed address thereon, and which
have been returned to him, and to take out the voting papers
therein contained, and if he is satisfied after comparing each of
the signatures in such voting papers with the signatures of the
voters in the signature book, kept by the Registrar, and that
each vote is properly given, he shall proceed to ascertain the
number of such votes for each candidate; and as soon as con-
veniently may be after the day of holding such election, the re-
turning officer shall give public notice by advertisement of the
number of votes given to each candidate, and shall declare the
candidates, not exceeding the number of vacancies to be filled
up, who have received the greatest number of votes to be duly
elected as members of the Dental Board of Victoria, and if two
or more candidates shall have received an equal number of votes,
the returning officer shall in each case have the casting vote.
10. If any voter shall suffer to remain not struck out upon
any voting paper a greater number of names than the number of
members to be elected, or shall fail to attach his signature
thereto, the vote given on and by such paper shall be void and
of no effect, and shall not be counted by the returning officer.
The voter shall enclose such voting paper in an envelope fur-
nished to him with the printed address, of the returning officer