A Treatise on the Law, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...bill has passed, no subsequent notice can be taken of them, as it is the business of each house to enforce compliance with its own orders and practice. In the ordinary progress of a bill, the proceedings either BOit wi follow from day to day, or some days are allowed to inter-"forthvitK vene between each stage subsequent to the first reading; yets" p"M1" when a pressing emergency arises, bills are passed through all their stages in the same day, and even by both houses,3 and mty Mis, the royal assent has also been signified on the same day.8 5ee p' 106 0. 3. 82. 209; 108 ib. 412. 678; 109 ib. 96; 114 ib. 138; 134 ib. 300. - 58 C. J. 645. 646; 98 ib. 491; 103 ib. 770; 107 ib. 77. 863. 878; 108 ib. 21; 110 ib. 294; 121 ib. 239. 'Bill for recruiting the land forces, 3rd April, 1744, 24 ib. 636639; Seamen's Additional Pay Bill, 9th May, 1797, 52 ib. 555. 557. 558. Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Bill, 17th Feb. 1866, 121 ib. 88. In this latter case, the bill was passed by both houses on a Saturday, and the Queen being at Osborne, the commission, with the bill annexed, was forwarded to her Majesty in the morning, and the agreement of both houses having been communicated later in the day by telegraph, her Majesty signed the commission and despatched it to Westminster. In 1871, the Queen being at Balmoral, and again, in 1876, while the Queen was in Germany, the telegraph was used in like manner. On the 9th April, 1888 (138 ib. 127.128), the Ex-plosive Substances Bill was passed through all its stages, in both houses, and received the royal assent on the following day at twelve o'clock. Chapter This unusual expedition is, in the Lords, at variance with SIX standing order No. 39, which strictly forbids the passing of a bill through more t...