§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
THE EARL OF KIMBERLEYin moving that the Bill be now road the second time, said the Bill was rendered necessary by some imperfections in the Act of last year. That Act provided that the expenses of these inquiries should be defrayed as if they were expenses incurred in the registration of voters for the county or bo- 1589 rough, in respect of which Commissioners of Inquiry were appointed. The present Bill was introduced with the view of enabling the Treasury to advance the necessary money for the payment of the expenses of the Commission, which advances were to be re-paid by the local officers of the county, city, or borough in respect of which the Commissions of Inquiry had been appointed in the manner set forth in the Bill.
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Mondaynext.
§ House adjourned at a quarter before Seven o'clock to Monday next, Eleven o'clock.