§ House in Committee (according to Order).
§ [The EARL OF DONOUGHMORE in the Chair.]
§ Clauses 1 to 5 agreed to.
§ Clause 6:
§ 6. It shall not be lawful for the said Henry Pendleton Maxwell to intermarry with the said Mrs. Allen.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (EARL LOREBURN)My Lords, I move, in accordance with invariable custom, that Clause 6 be omitted. Some day or other, I suppose, we shall be able to dispense with the. form of always putting this clause in and always omitting it.
§ Amendment moved—
§ Leave out Clause 6.—(Earl Loreburn)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Preamble:
§ THE LORD CHANCELLORIn the Preamble, which I understand will be printed and become a part of the Act, there is a mistake. It is on page 1, line 9. The name ought to be Alfred Hancock Middleton, and not George Allen Middleton. I move that the correction be made.
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Amendment moved—
Page 1, line 9, leave out ("George Allen ") and insert (" Alfred Hancock ").—(Earl Loreburn)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ The Report of Amendments to be received To-morrow.