THE LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving— 533
That Standing Order No. III., applicable to Appeals, be amended by inserting after the word ('limited') the following words ('by-Standing Order No. V.'):That Standing Order No. IV., applicable to Appeals, be amended by inserting after the word (' Respondent') in line 20. the following words (' Ordered, that in the event of such sureties or such substitute not being deemed satisfactory by the Clerk of the Parliaments, the Appellant or Appellants shall, within three weeks after the presentation of the Appeal, present a petition to the House in the matter of the said Bond or Recognizance'):That Standing Order No. X., applicable to Appeals, be vacated, and the following Order be made a Standing Order in lieu thereof:("'ORDERED, That the Clerk of the Parliaments shall appoint such person as he may think fit as Taxing Officer, and in all cases in which this House shall make any order for payment of costs by any party or parties in any cause without specifying the amount, the Taxing Officer may, upon the application of either party, tax and ascertain the amount thereof, and report the same to the Clerk of the Parliaments or Clerk Assistant: And it is further Ordered, that the same fees shall be demanded from and paid by the party applying for such taxation for and in respect thereof as are now or shall be fixed by any resolution of this House concerning such fees; and the Taxing Officer may, if he think fit, either add or deduct the whole or a part of such fees at the foot of his report: And the Clerk of the Parliaments or Clerk Assistant may give a certificate of such costs, expressing the amount so reported to him as aforesaid, and in his certificate regard shall be had to the sum of 200l. where that amount has been paid in to the account of the Fee Fund of the House as directed by Standing Order No. IV.; and the amount in money certified by him in such certificate shall be the sum to be demanded and paid under or by virtue of such order as aforesaid for payment of costs,' ")said, that when the Bill of 1875 for the improvement of the Judicature of the country was passed complaints were made of the great expenses attendant upon Appeals to that House, and a promise was given that some alteration should be attempted. That had now been done by the experienced officer who attended to the Judicial Business of the House. These new Orders would make the scale of costs of Appeals to that House the same as in Appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The reduction would be considerable and beneficial to the suitors, as well as making the costs uniform in both Courts; he, therefore, begged to move that these Orders be agreed to.
§ Motion agreed to.