PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 990, 3 December 1910, Page 7

PARLIAMENT.

—!_♦ f, THE COUNCIL. ; N , STAMP DUTIES AMENDMENT. When the Legislative Council met at i 2.30' o'clock yesterday afternoon the if;;\v- Stamp Duties Amendment Bill was 'com-, r-' ' initted.. Tho Bill , was reported within 'out.. l amendment,-.and was subsequently ?.- . '. read a third time and passed. | MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. i; -~ On the' motion' of the Attorney-Gen-tral the Municipal Corporations AmendE 1 .' : -meut. Bill ivas recommitted,. to. enable t", . the. following, new clauses to bo moved: I'; ; ." —Licenses granted under by-laws made |V; /: pursuant to section 139 of the Public Works Act, 190S, by the council of.any ? of the cities !of Auckland, Wellington, Chnstcliurch, or Dunedin, snail extend and bi> available, not only within the city, but. also , within ; the district.- ; of •' every local authority any part of which i.V .is within five miles of any part of the boundary of that city,'and the fees payable in respect of licenses shall : be apportioned among tiie several local authorities within whoso the ' license is so availablo.; Such apportionment shall bo made by agreement ■ Bmong tlio local authorities concerned, or, in default of agreement, by order of ;■ aMagistrate on the application of any of those local authorities. Such.agreef - ment or, order shall continue in .force i'- . until terminated by a fresh agreement or order made after six months' notice has been .given by any of the' local > authorities to terminate the' same, l'ho Governor, may : by 1 Order-in-Council, made on the application cf any borough council' (other than those concerned under the preceding provisions of this section), direct that this section, shall extend and apply to that borough and the. districts. of every .local authority any part of. which is within five miles of any part of the'. boundaries of. ... that borough, and every such order shall ' .have' effect according 'to its" tenor. /. •; Where,. pursuant to . any ' adjustment ; made under section one hundred'- and .... twenty-seven of tho ; principal Act, on V , \ the severance or addition of any area ' from or to a borough any liability is imposed on any loqal authority, it shall ; be' lawful tor that local authority to raise (without'obtaining the consent of . the ratepayers) a. special loan not extending 'in amount the liability so im- '. posed, and to secure the repayment of the same by a special rate over tho area do severed or added. Any Magistrate or any two .or moro Justices may appoint any officer, agent, or servant of any council to be a special constable to ■'. act; for such time., and within such - . ■ limits within the 'borough as may be ''Appointed by'>tho council.. Every special constable, shall. be sworn in by l a Justice'to eseeute'the office of constable within tho limits to which his '.' appointment extends, • and when so sworn, in shall have, exercise, and enjoy the. same powers and immunities, and bo liable to. all such duties and responsibilities as constables have or are subject to by Jaw. , J f:'i Referring' to the'clause dealing 'with '' financial adjustment on alteration of i; t.. boundaries the Attornoy : General . said ' •' . it . was only because.th*e session was so ". lata -'that .similar provision had not been 0 made in regard to counties. Legislation would have to be brought down next session. ' ■ ■.•/... . The now clauses were agreed to, and : ,-. tho';Bin was put through .its final stage and passed. • . . . ' BILLS FROM THE HOUSE. "jle.followiug'.Bills were received from V::',V' the; House of■ RepresentativesGovern;inent . Railways Amendment Bill (No/ i : .. 2),. Mining Amendment. . Bill, Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Bill, Native. viLand Claims Adjustment Bill, Law of,| ~ Libel Amendment Bill, \tlie- Coal-- Jlines •; : Amendment Bill, Waihou and Ohine=;!;■;inuri Rivers Amendment/Bill, arid the' Fruit Farms Settlement Bill. •• ''. " AMENDMENTS AGREED TO. 1. - A message waß' received from theHouse of Representatives, agreeing, to the, amendments made by the Council in tho Groymoutii Harbour -Board [j. , - ■ Loans Consolidation Bill, and the Tram- '. •' ways Amendment Bill. .. '~ ! . A SINCULAR INCIDENT. v An amendment, made by his Excel- .' . ■ .'ionoy the Governor in the Shops, and ' Offices ; Amendment-Bill was .received i ,! from the House .. of' Representatives. The,alteration consisted of ,the'insertion f; - ; of tho word "not" in thV schedule. | ; . Tho change, - said Dr. Findlay, had : - . been.due to a -singular incident. In the i - printing of the . Bill -the ink had gone I ' . throuen from one side of the page, to - ' • ■ the other and had obliterated tho word "not." Tho word had to be inserted i y again. It shows, said-.Dr. Findlay, how tho law may be' chaaiged. GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS AMENDt ME NT. L? : . The second reading, of the GovernKent' Railways Amendment Bill was y moved by the Attorney-General and fr ' was agreed ,to without discussion. The K . , Bill was put through i all stages and 'l passed,'without amendment. ' i ; MINING BILLS. ' The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved tho second reading of the . Mining Amendment Bill, and of the Coal Mines Amendment Bill, both of which were agreed to and passed through all stages without discussion. , THE "WASHING-UP" BILL. Tho Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Bill, was read a seco -nd time jytthoul J - discussion. The Bill was reported fran ,:j -;, - - .Committee without amendment, anc V was then read a third time and passed. r WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS The ATTORNEY-GENERAL movet the second reading of.the Waihou anc Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Bill -The . second reading was . agreed to, ant tee Bill was . put through its fina stages and passed. ' FRUIT FARMS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL movei [ second reading of the' Fruit Farm ; ...Settlement Bill. This measure, sail r Dr. -Findlay, was the beginning of jK : system which ho thought would he de i . veloped as the years went on, am |would eventually give the . people, par V ' ticularly the- labouring class; clieape . fruit. , Tho Bill w,is put through it > ' final stages and passed without amend ■ ment. ' ' ■ ! | . NATIVE LAND CLAIMS. V The Native Land Claims I Bill was received from the House an ~ was put throbgh all stages, only thrc ■ alterations being made to tho scheduli The Council rose at 11 p.m., .and wi meet again at 10 o'clock -.this morning