LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3493, 16 September 1882, Page 3

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Friday. The Council met at 3 p.m. MB HAET GIVES A FEW HINTS. After the usual formal business, Mr Hart said he had a few hints to lay before the Council for the consideration of the Government during the recess. The first was that the property tax should extend to all property above and beyond £50 in value. The second, that bills of sale should express on their face the amount of money advanced and of goods furnished at or immediately before the execution thereof, or, in the event of bankruptcy or arrangement with creditore, the statement should be full and comprise all advances within three months of filing the bill of sale. The third was that a bill of sale should be good as against other creditors only for the sum as expressed, the holder of the bill of sale being at liberty to prove for the sum which would otherwise be secured by the bill of sale. The fourth, that all Crown grantees of land should have the right of possession by ejectment if necessary ; if before issue of the grant the Crown could recover by writ of intrusion. THE PROROGATION. At 3.30 the Commissioners. Sir William Fitzherbert, the Hon. F. Whitaker, and Sir George Whitmore, took their seats. The members of the House of Representatives having been summoned, the Commissioners prorogued Parliament to the 14th of December.