The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-26 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

THE REFORM BILL.

In the House of Commons last night,

Lord Echo, on behalf of Earl Grosvenor, gave notice
that in committee upon the Representation of the People
Bill the noble earl would move amendments limiting the
vertical extension of the franchise in boroughs to owners
and tenants occupying dwelling.houses within the borough
of the rateable valuable of 5/. and upwards, and fixing the
personal payment of rates at the same point.
Sir E. Dering gave notice that in committee upon
cl tuse 4 of the Representation of the People Bill he
should move that the qualification of voters in counties
should be the occupation of premises of the rateable value
of 12/. and upwards instead of 15/.
Mr. Roebuck—ln committee upon the same bill to
move to omit provisoes 3 and 4, page 2, lines 8 to 15,
and insert the following :—" Has six months before the
last day of July of any year claimed to be rated and hu
been fated for all rates and taxes due, and to he paid on
such date in respect of such dwelling house, and has paid
such rates as shall have become due previous to the elec•
tion at which he claims to vote. 4. Is on the last day of
July in any year, and has been during the whole of the
preceding year an inhabitant lodger in any apartment in
the borough of the yearly value of 10/. and upwards."
Mr. P. Scrope gave notice that. in committee upon
the same bill, he should move—" That it is expedient by
amendment of the Small Tenements Act or otherwise to
provide that occupiers of houses under pounds annual
value be wholly exempted from the payment of rates, and
that those householders in parliamentary boroughs who
occupy houses above that value shall alone be entitled to
be registered as voters under the bill, and that such per-
sons shall be so entitled, whether they are rated in per-
son or otherwise."

Captain Hayter, on going into committee, will move
" That all parliamentary borough= having a less popula-
tion than 10,000 persons, ►ccording to the census of 1861,
and from which the second seat be taken, shall be in-
creased by adding either from the immediately surround-
ing district, or from one or more neighbouring boroughs or
towns, a sufficient number of inhabitants to give to every
such parliamentary borough a population of not less than
10,000 persons."
Mr. Henry B. Sheridan, at the same stage, will move,
" That, inasmuch as it is highly desirable that the bests
and qualification for borough voting should be, as nearly
as possible, of a fixed and permanent character, it is ex-
pedient that the franchise in boroughs shall be given to
the occupier of any house or tenement which shall be sub-
ject to the payment of poor's rate, whether such poor's
rate shall have been actually paid or not or compounded
for or not, and which (ur any other similar house in the
same borough) shall hive been in the occupation of the
voter for a period of (including his successive tenancies) at
least 24 calendar months immediately preceding the 20th
of July in each year."
In committee Mr. Hardcastle will move, clause 40, line
17, leave out " LAWS, custom., and ;" clause 40, at end,
add " Provided always, that no person who shall here-
after be elected, made, or admitted a burgess or freeman
shall be entitled to vote in any election for any city or
borough, any provision of any act of parliament to tho
contrary notwithstanding."

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