The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-05-28
IRISH HOME RULE
BILL PROVISIONS

BILL PHOViSIONS
The Irish home rule bill, which was
introduced in the house of commons
April II, 1912, and which passed the
house for the third time, will become
law whether the house of lords as,
sents or not. 1t contains the follow.
ing provisions:
A senate Of 40 members and house
Of commons Of 164 members. of which
Ulster is to have SO and the univer-
sites two.
The senate Is to be composed OF
nominated members. In the first in
stance the imperial executive is to
control the nominations with view
to assuring the representation Of the
minority. The nominations are to be
for fixed term, and as the members
retire by rotation the vacancies will
be filled by the Irish executive.
There will be no religious bar and
the executive will hold Office for a
fixed term. The authority Of the exc
cutive is to be co.extensive with the
Irish parliament.
The 164 representatives are to be
elected by the existing constituencies,
but no constituency is to have fewer
than $4,000 inhabitants.
The Irish parliament cannot legis-
late on peace or war, navy, army or
any naval or military force foreign
relations, trade outside ireland, coin
age or legal tender.
1t cannot make any law either di-
rectly or indirectly to establish or en-
dow any religion or prohibit the free
exercise thereof, or give a preference,
privilege or advantage or impose any
disability or disadvantage on account
Of religious belief or religious or
ecclesiastical status, or make any re-
ligious belief or religious ceremony a
condition Of the validity of any mar
riage.
Temporary restrictions are placed
on legislation, on land purchase, old
age pensions, national insurance, labor
exchanges, royal Irish constabulary,
post Office and other savings banks
and friendly societies.
The Irish constabulary is to be auto
matically transferred to the Irish gov
eminent after six years and power
given to the Irish parliament to de-
mand the transfer Of the old age pen
sions and insurance act to It's control
on giving a years notice to the i'm
perial government.
The Irish parliament Is debarred
from altering the home rule bill or
the power to appeal to the privy coun-
Gil.
The Xecutive remains invested in
the sovereign or in his preventative.
Forty-two members still will be sent
from Ireland to the house Of commons.
The judicial committee of the privy
council is to give the final decision
as to the constitutional validity of any
act passed by the Irish parliament.
The Irish eychequer is TO defray the
cost of the Irish administration, eX-
cept for reserved services mentioned
above.
The in55.Ia, e@chequer will pay an
annual sum to the Irish eXchequer,
starting a. $2,500,O00, and eventually,
after six years, becoming a permanent
payment of 100000 annually,
The collection of all taxes is to re-
main in the imperial service, and they
will be paid into the imperial exche-
quer which is to pay over to the
Irish executive an amount equivalent
to the expenditure on Irish services
at the time of the passing Of the act.
The Irish parliament is to have pow
err to reduce or to discontinue the
imperial taxes excepting the income
tax and the stamp and estate duties.
1t will also have power to alter the
excise duties, but except in the case
Of beer and spirits 1t is debarred from
adding to the customs duties any
thing which will give a greater In
crease than ten per cent.
The lord lieutenant Of Ireland Is to
have the power to veto or suspend
any bill on the instruction Of the i'm
perial executive.