§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee read.
§ House in Committee accordingly.
§ Clauses 1 and 2, severally agreed to.
315§ Clause 3 (No wages to be paid within public-house. Sec. 35 & 36 Vict. c. 76, s. 16, and 35 & 36 Vict. c. 77, s. 9).
§ LORD WALSINGHAMsaid, he had placed on the Paper an Amendment to the clause, to remedy what the noble Earl who introduced the measure (Earl Stanhope) would admit to be something of an oversight. However desirous the noble Earl might be to prevent the payment of wages in public-houses, he (Lord Walsingham) was sure he did not intend to place resident owners and occupiers of such places in a position of considerable inconvenience. It seemed only fair and reasonable to ask that they should at least be allowed to pay their own workmen on their own premises. He had therefore drawn up an Amendment, to enable the resident owner or occupier of any public-house or beer-shop to pay on such premises the wages of any workman bonâ fide employed by him; but he was perfectly willing to withdraw his Amendment in favour of any other form of words better adapted to attain the same object.
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Amendment moved,
In page 1, line 26, after ("therewith,") insert ("save and except such wages as are paid by the resident owner or occupier of such public-house, beer-shop, or place to any workman bonâ fide employed by him."—(The Lord Walsingham)
§ LORD COTTESLOEsaid, he had a somewhat similar Amendment on the Paper, but he should have no hesitation in withdrawing it in favour of that of the noble Lord now before the Committee.
§ EARL STANHOPEsaid, he would accept the Amendment, which he fully agreed was an improvement to the measure.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, agreed to.
§ Remaining clauses agreed to.
§ House resumed.
§ Report of Amendment to be received on Thursday next.
§ House adjourned during pleasure; and resumed by the Lord Chancellor.