HASTY LEGISLATION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14848, 27 February 1919, Page 3

HASTY LEGISLATION.

A LAWYER'S PROTEST.

(Special to the Herald. \

WELLINGTON, this day. The Wellington Law Society has put. on record a protest against "the hasty passage through Parliament of important legislation without proper and adequate consideration." Its members have a number of specific instances of difliculty owing toi incomplete provisions, and it is necessary to take a lot for granted m reading some of last session'? statutes. A certain local body, very particular' m observance of the law, commenced ten wonder if it could legally pay the expenses of peace celebrations, though the Government has sent it an elaborate programme, and an invitation to spend liberally on this worthy object. The doubt rose through tho Statute of last session, which says that a local body may out of rates, ••contribute" to any fund for the celebration of peace. If the local body is the prime mover it will pay the cost, and the question was considered whether it would not be ricking one of those interesting Auditor General's "tags" unless the Mayor started a "fund" with a few shillings fn«m his honorarium, and let the Council "contribute" the remainder, m compliance with the law. , However, if was decided to take a risk, as many other people have to. do m connection witb some 1 of last session's hurried pieces of legislature. '■■