§ (1) The Estates Commissioners in any case where they propose to acquire compulsorily an estate or untenanted land—
- (a) in respect of which a final offer has been sent by them and has not been accepted in manner provided by this Act; or
- (b) in respect of which they have received a requisition under this Act from the Congested Districts Board
§ (2) A copy of the final offer and of the aforesaid notice, shall as soon as possible be served in the prescribed manner by the Estates Commissioners upon all persons known or believed by them to be interested in the estate or untenanted land.
§ (3) Any person interested in the estate or untenanted land who is dissatisfied with the price named in the final offer may within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner apply by way of objection to the Judicial Commissioner to fix the price to be paid for the estate or untenanted land.
§ (4) The Judicial Commissioner shall, with the assistance of two specially qualified lay assessors, hear in the prescribed manner and determine all applications coming before him under this Part of this Act, and for that purpose shall have and may exercise the powers conferred on the Land Commission by Sub-section (1) and
2446§ Sub-section (3) of Section forty-eight of the Act of 1881, and his decision on any question other than one of law shall be final.
§ (5) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from any decision of the Judicial Commissioner under this part of this Act on any question of law and the decision of the Court of Appeal on such question shall be final.
§ (6) Subject to any application to the Judicial Commissioner under this Part of this Act and the final determination of all questions arising thereon, the price named in the final offer or fixed under this Part of this Act as the case may be shall be deemed to be the purchase money of the estate or untenanted land, and shall within the prescribed time be paid into the Bank of Ireland, and the purchase shall be completed and the purchase money distributed in like manner and all the like consequences shall ensue as if the estate or untenanted land had been purchased by the Land Commission or the Congested Districts Board, as the case may be, by agreement entered into under the Act of 1903 as amended by this Act upon the date of the payment of the purchase-money into the Bank.
§ (7) The costs and expenses of and incidental to any application to the Judicial Commissioner under this Section shall be at the discretion of that Commissioner, who may if he thinks fit order the same to be paid by the Land Commission or the Congested Districts Board.
§ Amendment proposed: After Sub-section
§ (7) to insert the following new Sub-section:
§ "(8) In fixing the price to be paid for an estate or untenanted land under this Section no additional allowance shall be made on account of the purchase being compulsory."
§ Question put, "That the Amendment be made."
§ The House divided: Ayes, 231; Noes, 48.
2447| Division No. 678.] | AYES. | [11.15 p.m. |
| Abraham, W. (Cork, N.E.) | Barry, Redmond J. (Tyrone, N.) | Charming, Sir Francis Allston |
| Agar-Rooartes, Hon. T. C. R. | Beauchamp, E. | Cherry, Rt. Hon. R. R. |
| Agnew, George William | Benn, Sir J. Williams (Devonport) | Clancy, John Joseph |
| Alden, Percy | Birrell, Rt. Hon. Augustine | Clough, William |
| Allen, A. Acland (Christchurch) | Black, Arthur W. | Clynes, J. R. |
| Allen, Charles P. (Stroud) | Boland, John | Cobbold, Felix Thornley |
| Ambrose, Robert | Bowerman, C. W. | Collins, Stephen (Lambeth) |
| Armitage, R. | Branch, James | Condon, Thomas Joseph |
| Baker, Joseph A. (Finsbury, E.) | Brunner, J. F. L. (Lanes., Leigh) | Cooper, G. J. |
| Balfour, Robert (Lanark) | Bryce, J. Annan | Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) |
| Baring, Godfrey (Isle of Wight) | Buckmaster, Stanley O. | Corbett, C. H. (Sussex, E. Grinstead) |
| Barlow, Sir John E. (Somerset) | Burke, E. Haviland- | Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. |
| Barnard, E. B. | Burns, Rt. Hon. John | Cotton, Sir H. J. S. |
| Barran, Rowland Hirst | Burt, Rt. Hon. Thomas | Cowan, W. H. |
| Barry, E. (Cork, S.) | Byles, William Pollard | Crosfield, A. H. |
| Cullinan, J. | Keating, M. | Parker, James (Halifax) |
| Dalziel, Sir James Henry | Kekewich, sir George | Partington, Oswald |
| Davies, Timothy (Fulham) | Kelley, George D. | Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) |
| Davies, Sir W. Howell (Bristol, S.) | Kennedy, Vincent Paul | Philips, John (Longford, S.) |
| Delany, William | Kilbride, Denis | Pickersgill, Edward Hare |
| Dewar, Arthur (Edinburgh, S.) | King, Alfred John (Knutsford) | Pointer, J. |
| Dickinson, W. H. (St. Pancras, N.) | Laidlaw, Robert | Ponsonby, Arthur A. W. H. |
| Dillon, John | Lambert, George | Power, Patrick Joseph |
| Dobson, Thomas W. | Lamont, Norman | Priestley, Sir W. E. B. (Bradford, E.) |
| Duffy, William J. | Lardner, James Carrige Rushe | Radford, G. H. |
| Dunne, Major E. Martin (Walsall) | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, W.) | Rainy, A. Rolland |
| Edwards, Sir Francis (Radnor) | Layland-Barratt, Sir Francis | Raphael, Herbert H. |
| Elibank, Master of | Lehmann, R. C. | Rea, Rt. Hon. Russell (Gloucester) |
| Erskine, David C. | Lewis, John Herbert | Reddy, M. |
| Evans, Sir S. T. | Lundon T. | Redmond, John E. (Waterford) |
| Everett, Ft. Lacey | Luttrell, Hugh Fownes | Redmond, William (Clare) |
| Falconer, J. | Lynch, A. (Clare, W.) | Richards, T. F. (Wolerhampton, W.) |
| Farrell, James Patrick | Macdonald, J. R. (Leicester) | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) |
| Ffrench, Peter | Macdonald, J. M. (Falkirk Burghs) | Roberts, G. H. (Norwich) |
| Field, William | Maclean, Donald | Robertson, Sir G. Scott (Bradford) |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | MacNeill, John Gordon Swift | Robson, sir William Snowdon |
| Flynn, James Christopher | Macpherson, J. T. | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) |
| Fuller, John Michael F. | MacVeagh, Jeremiah (Down, S.) | Roche, Augustine (Cork) |
| Fullerton, Hugh | MacVeigh, Charles (Donegal, E.) | Roe, Sir Thomas |
| Furness, Sir Christopher | M'Laren, Sir C. B. (Leicester) | Rutherford, V. H. (Brentford) |
| Gibb, James (Harrow) | M'Laren, H. D. (Stafford, W.) | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland). |
| Gilhooly, James | M'Micking, Major G. | Scanlan, Thomas |
| Gill, A. H. | Maddison, Frederick | Scarisbrick, Sir T. T. L. |
| Ginned, L. | Mallet, Charles E. | Schwann, C. Duncan (Hyde) |
| Gladstone, Rt. Hon. Herbert John | Marnham, F. J. | Schwann, Sir C. E. (Manchester) |
| Glendinning, R. G. | Meagher, Michael | Seely, Colonel |
| Glover, Thomas | Meehan, Francis E. (Leitrim, N.) | Shackleton, David James |
| Gooch, George Peabody (Bath) | Meehan, Patrick A. (Queen's Co.) | Sheehan, Daniel Daniel |
| Gulland, John W. | Menzies, Sir Walter | Sheehy, David |
| Gwynn, Stephen Lucius | Molteno, Percy Alport | Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) |
| Haldane, Rt. Hon. Richard B. | Mooney, J. J. | Snowden, P. |
| Hancock, J. G. | Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) | Soares, Ernest J. |
| Harcourt, Robert V. (Montrose) | Morrell, Philip | Stewart-Smith, D. (Kendal) |
| Hardy, George A. (Suffolk) | Morton, Alpheus Cleophas | Strachey, Sir Edward |
| Harmsworth, R. L. (Caithness-shire) | Muldoon, John | Summerbell, T. |
| Harrington, Timothy | Murnaghan, George | Taylor, John W. (Durham) |
| Harwood, George | Murphy, John (Kerry, East) | Tennant, Sir Edward (Salisbury) |
| Haworth, Arthur A. | Nannetti, Joseph P. | Tennant, H. J. (Berwickshire) |
| Hazleton, Richard | Newnes, F. (Notts, Bassetlaw) | Thomas, Abel (Carmarthen, E.) |
| Healy, Maurice (Cork) | Nicholls, George | Verney, F. W. |
| Healy, Timothy Michael | Nolan, Joseph | Vivian, Henry |
| Helme, Norval Watson | Norman, Sir Henry | Walters, John Tudor |
| Henderson, Arthur (Durham) | Nugent, Sir Walter Richard | Wardle, George J. |
| Henry, Charles S. | Nussey, Sir Willans | Waring, Walter |
| Higham, John Sharp | Nuttall, Harry | Warner, Thomas Courtenay T. |
| Hogan, Michael | O'Brien, K. (Tipperary, Mid) | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Hooper, A. G. | O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Watt, Henry A. |
| Horniman, Emslie John | O'Connor, John (Kildare, N.) | White, J. Dundas (Dumbartonshire) |
| Hudson, Walter | O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) | White, Sir Luke (York, E.R.) |
| Hutton, Alfred Eddison | O'Doherty, Philip | White, Patrick (Meath, North) |
| Idris, T. H. W. | O'Donnell, John (Mayo, S.) | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| Isaacs, Rufus Daniel | O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.) | Wiles, Thomas |
| Johnson, John (Gateshead) | O'Dowd, John | Wilson, Hon. G. G. (Hull, W.) |
| Jones, Leif (Appleby) | O'Kelly, Conor (Mayo, N.) | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Jones, William (Carnarvonshire) | O'Kelly, James (Roscommon, N.) | Young, Samuel |
| Jordan, Jeremiah | O'Malley, William | |
| Joyce, Michael | O'Shaughnessy, P. J. | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. Joseph Pease and Captain Norton. |
| Kavanagh, Walter M. | O'Shee, James John | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Hood, Rt. Hon. Sir Alex. F. | Craik, Sir Henry | Lonsdale, John Brownlee |
| Balcarres, Lord | Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- | MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh |
| Banbury, Sir Frederick George | Duncan, Robert (Lanark, Govan) | M'Calmont, Col. James |
| Banner, John S. Harmood- | Fletcher, J. S. | Moore, William |
| Barrie, H. T. (Londonderry, N.) | Gordon, J. | Parker, Sir Gilbert (Gravesend) |
| Bull, Sir William James | Goulding, Edward Alfred | Rawlinson, John Frederick Peel |
| Butcher, Samuel Henry | Gretton, John | Renton, Leslie |
| Carlile, E. Hildred | Guinness, Hon. W. E. (B. S. Edm'ds.) | Roberts, S. (Sheffield, Ecclesall) |
| Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edward H. | Haddock, George B. | Scott, Sir S. (Marylebone, W.) |
| Castlereagh, Viscount | Hamilton, Marquess of | Sheffield, Sir Berkeley George D. |
| Cecil, Evelyn (Aston Manor) | Harrison-Broadley, H. B. | Staveley-Hill, Henry (Staffordshire) |
| Clark, George Smith | Hermon-Hodge, Sir Robert | Thomson, W. Mitchell (Lanark) |
| Clive, Percy Archer | Hill, Sir Clement | Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E.R.) |
| Coates, Major E. F. (Lewisham) | Kerry, Earl of | Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George |
| Corbett, T. L. (Down, North) | Keswick, William | |
| Craig, Charles Curtis (Antrim, S.) | Lambton, Hon. Frederick William | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Viscount Valentia and Mr. H. W. Forster. |
| Craig, Captain James (Down, E.) | Long, Rt. Hon. Walter (Dublin, S.) |