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had advocated the passage of local veto
measure
HOW. PARLIAMENT Is DISSOLVED
1t Is First Prorogued All Done In the
Queens Name.
London Law journal

London Law Journal.
1t may be OF some interest TO enumer-
ate the steps by which an existing par!ia-
ment is dissolved and new house of
commons elected and summoned, along
with the peers, TO form a new parliament.
The dissolution IS, OF course, an act OF
the prerogative taken upon the advice of
the ministers OF the queen for the time
being. Before Il can take place, IN order
10 avoid a reduction OF the administra-
ton OF the country to standstill by
stoppage OF special payments unless sup
plies have already been granted, vote
on account must be taken In the COM
mons, the expenditure under it being sub
sequently sanctioned by an appropriation
bill In the next parliament, and upon that
bill the ordinary desultory discussion
commonly incident TO the grant OF supply
can take place IL any one wishes 1t. If
parliament were sitting. the queen would
dissolve it by declaration in The house
of lords: hut in modern times the prac-
tice Is FIST tc prorogue and then to dis
solve it. The dissolution is effected by
proclamation which recites that, by the
advice OF the piiyy council, the queen has
thought fit 70 dissolve the present parlia-
ment, and that accordingly she discharges
the lords. knights, citizens and turgesses
and the commissioners for shires and
burghs from further attendance. The
proclamation also directs that the chan
cellors of the United Kingdom and of Ire
land do forthwith issue writs according
to law for calling a new parliament,
which writs are 10 be returnaole upon a
day named.
The proclamation is almost Invariably
issued on the day of the Propagation.
made with view TO the dissolution, and
1t is always accompanied by an order in
council to the chancellors TO issue the
wrlts for the new parliament according
to its terms. The writs are issued forth
with, and are dispatched by the evening
post on the day of the proclamation. The
real business Of the general election Is
initiated by the writs of the sheriffs and
other returning officers. All the writs are
returnable to the clerk of the crown in
the chancery within thirty-five days, and
they are all authenticated under the
great seal The elections. however. actu-
ally take place well within the period lin
tied for the return TO the writs. In coun-
ties the returning officer must give notice
Of the day and place of election, or rather
of nomination, within two days; in Dor
oughs. on the day of the receipt OF the
writ or on the following day. And the
day fixed must he within nine days In
county or borough district, and in bor-
ough within four days OF the day or re-
ceipt. If more than a sufficient number
Of candidates are named in the nomina-
ton papers, lne OliCti pIotcSetS ~ IN u
dav for the poll. and this must be, in
county. not more than six, and in Dor
ough not more than three clear DAYS
after the nomination day, 1t follows
that. allowing one day for the delivery OF
the writs by post a county poll must be
taken at the la test within eighteen DAYS.
and a borough poll within nine Of the
nrocla-na ton dissolving parliament. AS
already stated. the proclamation fxes the
do+e on which the new paria ment is TO
mestt. and II meets accordingly on the day
named unless, as often happens, ii is fur
Their prorogued meanwhile. The actual
fnterva, between the dissolution and re-
assembling was about one month In 1850.
and In 1856 and 1902 about six weeks.