The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-07

, act of 1920, to e3eGt members of the
council of Ireland, shall after the
Parlament Of eAe ~. Tree State is
| constituted be eXer~-~ by that Par
| lament.
article XIV: After the expiration
| of said month, if no such address as
mentioned in Article XII hereof is
presented, the Parliament of the gov
ernment of northern Ireland shall
continue to exercise as respects
northern Ireland the powers con-
| ferred upon them by the government
! of ireland act of 1920 but the Par
| lament of the government of the
! Irish Free State shall in northern
| Ireland have in relations to matters
| in respect of which the Parliament
| of northern Ireland has not power
| to make laws under that act (nclud-
| ing matters which, under said act,
| are within the jurisdiction of the
| council of Ireland, the same powers
as in the wst of Ireland subject to
such other" provisions as may be
| agreed to in the manner hereinafter
| appearing.
"Article XIV: At any time after the
date hereof the government of north
ern Ireland and the provisional gov
eminent of southern Ireland, here
matter constituted, may meet for the
purpose of discussing provisions, sub
| ject to which the last of the fore
going articles is to operate in the
| event of no such address as is there
in mentioned being presented, and
these provisions may include: TAI
Safeguard with regard to patronage
in northern Ireland; OBJ safeguards
with regard to the collection of reve-
nue. in northern Ireland; (c) safe
| guards with regard to import and ex
| port duties affecting the trade and
| industry of northern Ireland; I'D
safeguards for the minorities in
northern Ireland; (e) settlement of
! financial relations between northern
Ireland and the Irish Free State; e.
7 establishment and power of local
militia In northern Ireland and thu
citation of the defence forces of the
/ Irish Free State and of northern Ire
| land, respectively and If al any such
meeting provisions are agreed to the
! same shall have effect as if they
were included amongst the provi
| sions subject to which the powers OF
| Parliament and of the government OF
| the Irish Free State are to be exer-
disable in northern Ireland under
| Article XIV hereof.
Article XVI: Neither the Parlia-
ment of the Irish Free State nor the
| Parliament of northern Ireland shall
! make any law so as either directly or
indirectly to endow any religion or
prohibit or restrict the free exercise
thereof, or give any preference or
| impose any disability on the account
! of religious belief or religious status,
or affect prejudicially the right OF
any child to attend school receiving
public money without attending the
| religious instruction of the school. Or
/ make any discrimination as respects
state aid between schools under the
management under the different re-
| ligious denominations or divert from
any religious denominations or any
educational institution any of its
property except for public utility
purposes and on the payment of COM
| pensation.
Article XVII: BY way of provi-
| sional arrangement for the admins
tration of southern Ireland during
/ the interval which must elapse be-