Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-23
GLADSTONE'S LAND BILL.
IT'S % PAGES OF MATTER GIVEN
TO THE PUBLIC.

The Land Commission to FIX the Pur-
chase Price of EstAtes-Withdrswal on
Ppyment of Costs Permissible If the
Price Fixed 10 not Satisfactory.
LONDON, April 22.-The Irish land pur-
chase bill, which the House Of Commons
last Friday night gave Mr.. Gladstone per-
mission to introduce, was issued To-Day.
1t covers 26 pages. The bill is divided
into five parts. There are SO clauses and
four schedules. The bill provides that a
landlord who is DESTROYS of selling out his
property shall apply to the state authori.
ties. The latter shall refer the applica-
ton thus made 70 the Land Commission,
which, after making an inquiry, shall fix
the price at which the property shall be
sold, unless the landlord and state author
tiles have previously come to an agree
ment. If the landlord objects to the price
fixed by the commission, he may with
draw his application by paying the costs.
DISPOSAL OF THE PROCEEDS.
When sale of the property has been
effected, the commission shall pay the
creditors before making any other distrI-
button of the purchase money. Certain
! rent charges NAV be bought outright by
continued from tenants repayments. In
cases of property wherein there is reason
| able cause to suppose that valuable min
erals exist the commission shall ada to
| the purchase money a fair sum therefor,
and the minerals realized from SAID
property shall be vested in the state
authority, or such local body as the
Irish Legislature may pr Ovide. The Irish
receiver general and lis deputies, who are
to execute the fnancia part OF the act,
shall be appointed to hold office as peTma-
nent civil servants, subject TO the author
ty OF the Treasury. They shall be paid
from the Imperial eXchequer, but the Irish
government shall appoint the actual COL
lectors,
PENALTIES FOR MALFEASANCE.
If the receiver general or any of
his deputies shall be guilty of malfeas-
ance, the culprit shall forfeit the sums so
lost. and also shall be subjected to fine
| OF $500. The measure empowers the
Treasury to create three classes of per-
manent annuties, bearing interest re-
spectively at 8. 234 and ~ per cent.
and which shall be charged to the i'm
perial cons olidated fund. Strict rules
are provided by the bill, which
| forbid subdividing or suDletting of a
holding so long as it is subject to any
state charge, but the state authority is
may think it advisable. The other points
of the bill were fully covered BY Mr.
Gladstone's speech of Friday evening
last.
LABoUCHERE SUPPORTS THE BILL.
A great mass meeting of Liberals and
Radicals was held in st. James ball this
evening. Mr.. LabOuchere presided, sup
ported by Messrs- Bradlaugh, Lawson,
Howell and Plckengill, members of Par
Lament and others. Thousands We're
unable to gain admittance to the hail.
Mr. Labouchere, alluding to the recent
Conservative, Liberal and home rule
meeting at the opera house, said that
Lord Harrington was an honorable man.
Mr.. GOschen, an able man, and
but "they had no more right
to speak in the name of the people of Eng
land than had the three tailors OF ToOley
street." Mr.. Labouchere continuing,
said: SAT our meeting there are no peers
| decorated with orders on the stage, and
no fashionable beauties in the boxes, but
there are present labOrers from the field
and from the workshop who have met to
! raise their voices to tn, support of Mr..
GladstOne's effort to pass bill granting
home rule to Ireland"
THE PREMIER's SUPPORTERS.
If Mr.. Gladstone falls he will fall with
the democracy of the KINGDOM around
him. MANY who now refuse TO give back
to Ireland her Parliament were descend
ants of Esau's, who in their Parliament
sold their blrthright for peerages.''
Mr.. Howell proposed a resolution con-
graduating MIR. Gladstone on his en-
deavOTs to secure the permanent union of
England and ireland, and expressing
the hope that the home rule bill won d
became law after being so modified
as to harmonic with the desires of the
Radicals. Tne resolution was seconded
by Mr.. Leicester, member of Parliament,
and supported by Mr.. Lawson, and was
carried unanimously, as was also reso-
luton authorizing the Chairman to sign a
petition to the House Of Commons in
favor of the bill.
GLADsTONE'S PLAN CONDEMNED.
BELFAST. April 22.-At a crowded
meeting OF Liberals and Conservatives in
the Chamber of Commerce here today
resolutions were passed strongly con-
demning the measures proposed by Mr..
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