§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee, read.
§ Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(Lord Nunburnholme.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House in Committee accordingly.
§ [THE EARL OF ONSLOW in the Chair.]
§ Clause 1 agreed to.
§ Clause 2:
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LORD NUNBURNHOLMEmoved to leave out Clause 2, which ran—
Notwithstanding anything in the principal Act the clerk of the county council of any of the three ridings, or any deputy clerk of any such county council, shall, for the purposes of section thirty-seven of the principal Act, be deemed to be qualified for appointment by the county council of that riding as registrar for that riding, and the office of clerk or deputy clerk of the county council shall not be deemed to be a calling or profession within the meaning of subsection (1) of the said section,
and to insert the two new clauses set out in his Amendment. He explained that the Amendment had been put down at the request of the noble Viscount, Lord St. Aldwyn. The noble Viscount had called the attention of the promoters of the Bill to the fact that it was desirable that the county council should not appoint one of its own officers to perform the duties of registrar without the special consent of the Lord Chancellor. Under the Bill as it stood it was considered that the Lord Chancellor already had that power, but he was very glad to insert words which would lay greater emphasis upon that. All that the County Council of the East Riding of Yorkshire wished to do was to provide for the carrying on of the office, and, in addition, to save a sum of £600 a year.
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Amendment moved—
To leave out Clause 2, and to insert the following new clauses:
'2.—(l) Section thirty-seven of the principal Act shall be read and have effect as if there were added at the end of subsection (1) thereof the words "except for such period and upon and subject to such terms and conditions as may in each case be approved by the Lord Chancellor.
(2) A person who shall for a period of at least five years have discharged the duties of a deputy registrar under the principal Act shall, for the purposes of the said section thirty-seven as amended by this Act, be deemed to be qualified for appointment as registrar.
3. For the purposes of the principal Act as amended by the Yorkshire Registries Amendment Act, 1885, and by this Act the expression "probate" shall be construed as if the words "with the Will annexed" had been omitted from the definition of that expression in section three of the principal Act.'"—(Lord Nunburnholme.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Remaining clause agreed to.
§ Standing Committee negatived: The Report of the Amendment to be received on Monday the 30th instant, and Bill to be printed as amended. (No.133.)