The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-19
Further Details OF the Bill PREPARED
by Gladstone for Irish
Autonomy.
Important Domestic Matters Left
to the Legislature to Meet
In Dublin.
But Many OTHERS That the Irish Would
Like to Manage Are Reserved for
Westminster.

bill was read the first time in the house of
commons. Following is a summary Of its
pr DIVISIONS: There shall be established in
ireland . legislature consisting Of her
majesty the queen, and two houses, q legis-
lative council and legislative assembly,
subject to restrictions mentioned In this
act. The Irish legislature is given powcr
to make laws for tho government Of Ireland
In respect to matters exclusively relating to
that country. II shall not have power to
make laws respe Getting the following matters:
The status or dignity of the crown. or sue
oession to tho crown or the regency; the
lord lieutenant, as representative of the
crown; making pence or war; matters aris-
ing from state of war; the naval or mill
tary forces. or tho defense of the realm;
treaties or other relations with foreign
states. or relations between different parts
of her majesty's dominions, or offensss
connected with such treaties; diRnities
or titles of honor; treason, felony,
alienaRe or naturalization; trade outside OF
Ireland. quarantine or navigation. except
on inland waters; local health or harbor
regulations; beacons, lighthouses or sea
marks, except where consistent with the
general act Of parliament they may be con-
struoted or maintained by local authority;
coinage. legal tender standard, weights or
measures trade marks, merchandise marks,
copyrights or patent rights: any law re-
spectinQ the establishment or endowment
of religion or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; OF imposing any disability or con-
ferring any privileges on account of reli0-
ious belief. or abroRatinR or prsjudioially
affecting the right to establish or maintain
any place of UNCONVENTIONAL education, or
any denominational institution or charity,
or preiudicially affecting the right of any
child to attend any school receiving public
money without attending religious instruc-
tion at school; or whereby any person may
be deprived of life. liberty or property
equal protection of laws; or whereby pri-
vate p. operty is taken without just COM
pensation; or whereby any existing oorpor-
ation incorporated by royal charter or act
of parliament. not being corporation,
raising for public purposes taxes. rates.
| cess-dues OR tolls. or administering funds
so raised, may. unless with the consent or
leave of her majesty is first obtained on adj
dress from Irish legislators, be de-
prived of its rights, privileges or property
without due process of law; or whereby any
inhabitant shall be deprived of equal rights
contravention to the above shall be void.
The executive power shall continue vested
in the queen through the lord lieutenant,
with power to summon. piorogue and dis
solve the Irish Legislature. There shall be
an executive committee of the privy coun-
Gil in Ireland to aid and advise the gov
ment, to be named by the queen. The lord
lieutenant is to have power to veto acts of
the legislature.
The legislative council shall consist of
forty-eight councillors elected from con-
stituencies according to the schedule ac-
companying the act Every person shall
be entitled to vote for members of the
council who owns or occupies land or tene-
ment of a value of more than t2O. The
term of office of councillors shall bs eight
years, not affected by dissolution, half of
the councillors to retire every fourth year.
The legislative assembly shall consist of
members eturned by existing parlianen-
tary constituencies, to continue IN office
five years, unless sooner dissolved. After
six years from the passage of the act the
Irish Legislature may alter the qualifications
Of electors and constituencies. If the leg
islntive assembly passes any bill, and the
Legislative council rejects 1t. and il after
two years the legislative assembly again
passes it, then it shall be submitted to the
joint vote of the two houses. and be
adopted o. rejected by majority of such
joint vote. The present parliamentary
constituencies, until otherwise provided.
shall continue to elect members to parlia-
ment. but Dublin university shall cease to
return member. Irish peers in the lords.
members of the commons for Irish constit-
uencies shall not be entitled to deliberate
or vote on any bill or motion the operation
of which Ia confined to Great Britain. or to
| raising any tax not to be raised in lraland.
Election laws and laws relating to the
qualifications of parliamentary electors, so
fur fnlQ fn lin cv1tp nj
tions shall not be altered by the Irish leg
islature. though that body may deal with
any officers concerned with the issue of
wrts of ole ction. though the queen may in
council arrange for the issue of such writs
There shall be an Irish exchequer and
| consolidated fund separate from the United
Kingdom. Customs, duties and excise and
postage shall DO imposed by parliament,
subject to the provisions of this act. The
Irish Legislature may impose other taxes
and all matters relating to taxes i'll Ireland,
and the management and collection thereof
shall be regulated by tho Irish act, provided
that duties and customs shall be regulated.
collected and raid into the e1chequer Of
tho United Kingdom as heretofore. All
public revenues for Ireland shall be- raid
into the Irish exchequor and form a con-
solidated fund appropriated to the public
excise duties increase above the present
rates the excise shall be paid to the United
Kingdom. If reduced, the deficiencs shall
be paid from the e1chequer of tho United
Kingdom into the Irish excheuuer.
The hereditary revenues of the crown in
Ireland shall continue during the life of
| her present majesty. the amount payable
from them into tho excheauer to be paid
into tho Irish e1ohequer. Neither country
shall collect an income tax on business
carried on in the other. Ireland to be COM
pensated for income taxes on Irish securi-
ties held by residents of Great b itain.
The civil charges of the government of
LELAND shall be borne by Ireland. After
fifteen years the arrangement for the oon-
! sribution by Ireland to imperial liabilities
and expenditures. and otherwise for fnan-
cial relations OF ireland. may be revised Ill
pursuance OF All address from the house of
commons or the Irish assembly. The bill
further provides for the establishment,
under the dir lection of the treasury. of nm
account known as the treasury account for
Ireland, into which shall be paid all sums
payable from the Irish excheguer to the
exchequer of tho United Kingdom, or vice
vcrsa. from which account shall be paid the
aums due from either country to the other.
any surplus to tho account of either ex-
cheQuer to be paid into that exchequer at a
convenient time; any sum payable to the