§ House in Committee (according to order).
LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGHasked for an explanation of the 4th clause of the Bill, which provided that a table of fees in Schedule A and no other higher fees would be allowed on taxation. A subsequent clause provided that the costs in a case under this Act should not exceed £1. How was that clause to be carried out when Schedule A provided a higher scale of fees, for if Schedule A fees were to be exacted under the Bill they would amount to a larger sum than £1. How, then, was this consistent with the other clause of the Bill that no more costs than £1 were to be exacted?
THE EARL OF DALHOUSIEsaid, he could not answer the Question; but if their Lordships would allow the Bill to pass as it stood, he would undertake to get the explanation of that point when it came forward on the Report.
§ An Amendment made: The Report thereof to be received on Thursday next.