HL Deb 25 July 1898 vol 62 cc1040-1

Amendment proposed— Page 29, line 29, after 'county,' insert 'or other.'"—(The Lord Chancellor of Ireland.)

*THE LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND

This is merely a small drafting Amendment.

Question put.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment proposed— Page 29, line 30, leave out 'borough fund,' and insert 'funds or accounts in respect of which such rates or any of them were levied.'"—(The Marquess of Londonderry.)

THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY

My Lords, I move this Amendment in the interests of the city of Belfast, which has several funds—the police fund, the gas fund, the borough fund, and so on—and they wish to carry them to the credit of one fund, otherwise there will be confusion. I think there is no objection to that.

*THE LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND

I think my noble Friend is perfectly right in principle, but it is intended to deal with that by the Order in Council to provide that the funds will be kept separately in all accounts, so I shall ask my noble Friend to leave the borough fund in, and when we come to make the Order in Council we will take oare that the matter is put right.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendment proposed— Page 29, line 36, leave out 'or clerk,' and insert 'clerk or officer.'"—(The Marquess of Londonderry.)

THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY

The city of Belfast owns gasworks, and amounts are paid to the cashier in respect of those gasworks, and they think that his receipt ought to be a valid discharge to the party paying it. I think my noble Friend has no objection to that.

*THE LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND

This question of the receipt of money, and of giving receipts, is an extremely important point, and it is considered to be absolutely essential that we should keep something like a close precision as to those who are entitled to give receipts, and therefore I trust my noble Friend will not press his Amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendment proposed— Page 29, line 43, after 'Act,' insert 'or in the case of money derived from trust funds, then by the specific trust affecting those funds.'"—(The Lord Chancellor of Ireland.)

Question put.

Amendment agreed to.

Motion made, and Question put— That clause 46, as amended, stand part of the Bill.

Agreed to.

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