§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ (Mr. J. W. LOWTHER in the Chair.)
§ Clause 1 agreed to.
§ Clause 2 (Cost of promoting Bills in Parliament to be charged on municipal funds).
§
Amendment proposed,
In page 1, line 9, after "Parliament," insert "for the purpose only of consolidating existing Acts, and for creating new stock within the limitation of existing powers."—(Mr. Jackson.)
§ Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted,"
§ MR. SEXTON (Belfast, W.)said, he regretted the Government should think it necessary to insert this limitation. It would be necessary at no distant time to bring in an amending Bill to put Irish Corporations in an equal position in this respect to those of England. It was useless, however, to resist the Amendment; but he hoped there would be no objection to add the words—"or of borrowing powers hereafter conferred by Parliament."
§ Amendment, to amend the proposed Amendment by the addition of the words "or of borrowing powers hereafter conferred by Parliament,"—(Mr. Sexton,)—agreed to.
§ Amendment, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clauses 3 to 5, inclusive agreed to.
§ MR. SEXTONsaid, he had handed the hon. Gentleman in MS. a clause to extend the Bill to townships. Could the hon. Gentleman say if he would accept it now, or should he bring it up on Report?
§ THE SECRETARY To THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)said, he had seen the clause in MS. proposing to extend the Bill to Town Commissioners; but he could not accept it at that stage. It might be necessary to amend the Bill hereafter; but the Bill as it stood met the difficulty of which complaint had been made.
§ MR. SEXTONsaid, he would not press it.
§ Bill reported; as amended, to be considered To-morrow.