The record-union., 1893-02-20

Ni0duer Ol Lne I nlteQ Kingdom into the
Irish excheq1er.
The hereditary revenues of the crown
IN Ireland shall continue during the life
OF the present majesty, the amount pay
able from them into the exchequer to be
paid nto the Irish exchequer. Neither
country shall collect income tax on busi-
ness carried on in the other. Ireland is
to be compensated for income taxes on
Irish securities held in Great Britain.
The civil charges for the government of
Ireland are to be borne by Ireland. After
fifteen years advancement for contribu-
hons by Ireland to the imperial liabilities
and expenditures and otherwise financial
relations with Ireland may be revised in
pursuance of an address from the House
OF Commons to the Irish Assembly.
The bill provides for the establishment,
under the direction of the treasury of an
account referred to in this Act as the
treasury account of Ireland" There
shall be paid into such account all sums
payable from the Irish eXchequer to the
eXchequer of the United kingdom, or
from the latter to the former. So far as
the money standing on the account is
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such sums, the treasury, out of the GUS
toms revenues collected in Ireland, and
the Irish Government out of any public
revenues of Ireland, may direct the
money to be paid into the treasury ac-
count of Ireland, instead of into the eN-
chequer, and any surplus standing ON
the account of the credit of either ex-
cnequer, and not required for meeting
payments, shall be paid at convenient
times into that eXchequer. Any sum so
payable into the exchequer of the United
Kingdom is required by law to
be forthwith paid to the National
Debt Commissioners, and all sums
payable by virtue of this Act out of the
consolidated fund OF the United Kingdom
or of Ireland shall be payable out of
either eXchequer, as the case may be,
within the meaning of this Act. The first
charge on the Irish consolidated fund is
the repayment to the United Kingdom OF
the sums paid to meet the dividends or
the sinking fund on the stock issued to
guarantee the purchase of land in Ireland
under the act of 1891, and the Lord
Lieutenant is empowered on receiving
notice from any Comptroller or Auditor
General of the United Kingdom that any
such charge is due to order without
counter signature the payment of the
amount from the Irish eXchequer, and
until the amount is paid no other
payment shall be made out of the Irish
exchequer whatsoever for any purpose.
Then follow various classes of charges
against the Iiish exchequer in their or
der of precedence. Among other things
it is provided that all existing charges on
church property in Ireland, so far as they
are not paid out of said property, be
charged on the Irish consolidated fund.
Any of these charges guaranteed by the
treasury, so far as they are not paid, shall
be paid out of the exchequer of the
United Kingdom. Subject to the exist
ing charges thereon, said church property
shall belong to the Irish government and
shall be managed and disposed of as di-
rected by the Irish Act.
Bills appropriating any part of the pub
lie revenues or for the imposing of any
tax shall originate in the Legislative AS
sembly. 1t shall not be lawful for the
Legislative Assembly to pass any meas
ure for an appropriation for any purpose
of any part of the public revenue of Ire
land, or to levy any tax except in pur-
suance of the recommendation of the
Lord Lieutenant in the session wherein
such measure is proposed.
Two Judges of the Supreme Court of
ireland shall be Exchequer Judges, to be
appointed under the great seal of the
United Kingdom, and the salaries are to
be paid out of the consolidated fund of
the United Kingdom. The Act defines
their duties at great length. Their de-
cision is to be subject to appeal to the
Queen in council, and not to any other
tribunal.
After detailing the jurisdiction of the
Irish courts, fixing salaries and pensions
of judges, the balance of the bill covers.
on the lines indicated by Gladstone in his
speech, these points and features: Postal
and telegraph service to be turned over
to the Government; Postmaster General
to retain revenue and pay expenses in
Cured in England; appeal from the
courts of Ireland to the House of Lords
shall cease, the Queen in council being
the appellate power; religious belief shall
not enter into the choice of Lord Lieu
tenant of Ireland, who shall hold six
years.
The royal constabulary and Dublin
police forces are to die out by lack of
new appointments. The Gladstone Act is
made subject to restricted amendment by
the Irish Legislature. Supreme Court
Judges are to hold for six years. to be
created by royal warrant.
Then follow two schedules The first
relates to the appointment of a number
of Councillors in counties, boroughs and
constituencies to the Legislative Council.
No constituency shall have more than
three or less than one representative.
The total sittings are to be forty-eight in
the council.
The second schedule apportions by
boroughs and counties the number of
members to the House of Commons.
Cork is accorded five members, the high
est number of any one constituency.
There are eighty sittings in the House of
Commons.
Financial liabilities are specified and
expenditures next classified, the sources
of revenue to Ireland detailed. postofiice
and police expenditures provided for, as
indicated by Gladstone in his speech.
Then follow regulations as to the
houses of the Legislature, members
thereof and Legislative Council, annual
sessions to be held and the powers of the
Lord Lieutenant while the Legislature is
not in session are defined at the close of
the bill.
Nothing in this Act shall affect bills re-