Section 3 Upon receipt of requisition, churchwarden to give notice of time and place for receiving votes.

The said churchwardens of the said parish shall on the first Sunday in the month of March next after the receipt of such requisition affix or cause to be affixed a notice to the principal doors of every church and chapel within the said parish, specifying some day, not earlier than ten days and not later than twenty-one days after such Sunday, and at what place or places within the said parish the ratepayers are required to signify their votes for or against the adoption of this Act; which votes shall be received on three successive days, commencing at eight of the clock in the forenoon and ending at four of the clock in the afternoon of each day; and the said notice shall be to the following effect:

Form of notice.

’The churchwardens of this parish [insert here the name of the parish] having received a requisition duly signed according to the provisions of an Act of the second year of the reign of William the Fourth, chapter , for the better regulation of vestries, the ratepayers of this parish of [insert here the name of the parish] are hereby required, all and each of them, on the day of next, and the two following days, to signify to the said churchwardens by a declaration, either printed or written, or partly printed or partly written, addressed and delivered to one of the churchwardens at [insert here the place], their votes for or against the adoption of the aforesaid Act for the better regulation of vestries by the ratepayers of this parish. (Signed) Churchwardens.’