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The councillors were to be elected directly by ratepaying occupiers, with a saving for the prescriptive rights of existing freemen.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)

These words affect the question as to the right of the ratepaying parishioners of a new district voting for the Churchwardens of the old parish. 

From Churchwardens' Manual their duties, powers, rights, and privilages by Sumner, George Henry

And it is said that some proprietors would not be very unwilling to give a pew or two now, if nicely asked, just to get out of the ratepaying clauses.

From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus