Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-02-24
The Home Rule Bill Read Be-
fore the House of
Commons.
heland's Legislature Designed
to b, I Council and vs.
SeGl3iy.

Commons

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-Mr. Gladstone's
home rule bill, which was read for the
hrst time in the House of Commons
last nignt, is as follows:
whereas, II IS OK ,et,.ca. that with
out lmpalrlng or restricting the SUI
preme authority OF .'ui ha:nrnt an Irish
Legislature DE created tor such pur-
poses In Ireland as are in this act
, mentioned; be it therefore enacted by
the Queens Most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of
the Lords spiritual and temporal and
commons, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by tic authority of the
same Il follows:
Fart l. On and after the appointed
day there shall be est.l blished in Ire
land :. legislature consisting of her
Majesty the Queen and two houses q
legislative council and a legislative
assembly.
3. With the exceptions and subject
to the restrictions in this act men,
toned, there shall be granted to the
Irish legislature power to make laws
for the peace, order and good govern
ment OF lre!a nd in respect to matters
exclusively relating to Ireland or some
part thereof.
3. The Irish Legislature shall not
have the power to make laws in re-
spect to the following matters or any
Of them:
The status or dignity of the Crown
or the succession of the Crown or
regency; the Lord Lieutenant as Rep
resen tative OF the Crown; the making
OF peace or war; matters arising from
a state of war; the naval or military
forces, or the defense of the realm;
treaties and other relations be-
tween the different parts of
her Ma josty's dominions, or otfenses
connected with such treaties; dig
mites or titles of honor; treason or
treason-felony, alienage or naturali-
cation; trade with any place out of
Ireland; quarantine or navigation, ex-
cept in respect to inland waters; local
health Or harbor regulations; beaconn,
igh houses or scenarios, except so FIR
as they can consistently with any gen.
eral act of Parliament be constructed
or maintained by local harbor au-
thority; standard weights and meas
ures; trade marks; merchandise marks;
copyright of patent rights. Amy law
made in contravention to this section
shall be void.
4. The powers of the Irish Legisla-
ture shall not extend to the making of
any law respecting the establishment
or endowment of religion or prohibit
ing the free exercise thereof, imposing
any disability or con ferring any privi-
lege on account of religious belief or
abrogating or prejudicially affecting
the right to establish or maintain
any place OF denominational institu-
ton or charity, or prejudicially affect
ing the right Of any child to attend a
school receiving public money without
attending the religious Instruction
at the school, or whereby any person
may be deprived of life, liberty or prop
erty without due process of law.
S. The executive power of Ireland
shall continue to be vested in the
Queen. The Lord Lieutenant, on be-
half Of her Majesty, shall exercise any
prerogatives other than the executive
power of the Queen, which may be
delegated to him by her Majesty, and
shall in her Majesty's name summon.
prorogue and dissolve the Irish Legis-
lature.
6. The irish Legislative Council shall
consist of forty eight councillors. Each
of the constituencies mentioned in the
first schedule of this act shall return
the number of councillors named oppo-
site thereto in the schedule Every
man shall be entitled to be registered
as an elector, and when registered to
vote at the election of the councillor
for a constituency, who owns or occu-
pies land or q tenement in the con-
stituency of the ratable value of more
than ego, subject to like conditions
as the man who is entitled at
the passage of the act to be
registered and to vote as parliament
tary elector with respect to ownership
qualification; or provided that a man
shall not be entitled to be registered
nor if registered al the election of
councillor in more than one constituency
In the same year. The term of Office
of every councillor shall be eight wears.
They shall not be affected by dissolu-
ton. Haif the councilc-s shall retire
every fourth year and their seats shall
be filed by new election.
7. The Irish Legislative Assembly
shall consist of mem bers returned uy
the existing parliamentary constitn-
encies Of ireland 81 the cxi,Gin nivis-
ions thereof and elected by parliament
tary electors in those constitute cips
The remaining sections pertain to the
qualifications Of electors and consttu-
encies; Irish representation; Irish fl
nance, and manner of handling the Irish