Franchise Extension (Ireland): 19. Bill for the Extension of the Franchise in Ireland (not printed) Game Laws (Scotland) Amendment: 25. Bill to amend the Laws relating to Game in Scotland 107. Same [as amended in Committee] Gas and Water Orders Confirmation (Abingdon, &c.) [H. L.]: 235. Bill, intituled, An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Abingdon Gas, Cranleigh Gas, Horsham Gas, Mansfield Gas, Newcastle- under-Lyme Gas, North Camp and Farnborough District Gas, and Southbank Gas and Water Orders Confirmation (Brotton, &c.) [H. L.]: 191. Bill, intituled, An Act for confirming certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Brotton Gas, Guisbrough Gas, Bridport Water, Burgess Hill Water, Ruthin General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act (1862) Amendment : 164. Bill to amend the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862, 381 General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Provisional Order Confirmation 208. Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under "The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862," relating to the Burgh of Dumbarton, General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Provisional Order Confirmation 210. Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under " The General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862," relating to the Royal Burgh of Glasgow General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Provisional Order Confirmation Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under "The General Police and Improvement 207. Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State for the Improvement of unhealthy Areas in the vi 99. 104. BILLS; 1877. High Court of Justice (Costs): Bill to amend the Law relating to Costs in the High Court of Justice Homicide Law Amendment: Bill to amend the Law of Homicide House Occupiers Disqualification Removal: 23. 32. Bill to relieve certain Occupiers of Dwelling-houses from being disqualified from the right of voting in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament by reason of their underletting such Dwelling-houses for short terms Hypothec (Scotland): 467 Bill to abolish the Landlord's Right of Hypothec in Scotland as far as relates to Imprisonment for Debt Abolition : 49. Bill to abolish Imprisonment for Debt 230. Imprisonment for Debt: Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt in Civil Actions in certain cases Inclosure [H. L.]: 479 262. Bill, intituled, An Act to authorise the inclosure of certain Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales Bill for the regulation of the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in Ireland · 49i Intoxicating Liquors (Licensing Boards): 24. Bill to provide for the election of Boards for granting Licenses for the Sale of 13. Bill to amend the Law relating to the Sale by Retail of Intoxicating Liquors in Scotland · Irish Church Acts Amendment: 505 48. Bill to further amend the Irish Church Act Amendment Act Irish Peerage [H. L.]: 511 119. Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Law concerning the Peerage of Ireland, 517 5 A BILL INTITULED An Act for preventing the introduction and spreading of A.D. 1877. Insects destructive to Crops. [NOTE.-The Clauses printed in red ink are proposed to be inserted in Committee.] E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Great Britain. cil to make introduction of destructive 1. The Lords and others of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Power to Council (in this Act referred to as the Privy Council) may from Privy Countime to time make such Orders as they think expedient for prevent- Orders for ing the introduction into Great Britain of the insect designated as preventing 10 doryphora decemlineata, and commonly called the Colorado beetle. Any such Order, if the Privy Council think fit, may prohibit or insects. regulate the landing in Great Britain of potatoes, or of the stalks and leaves of potatoes, or other vegetable substance, or other article, brought from any place out of Great Britain, the landing whereof 15 may appear to the Privy Council likely to introduce the said insect into Great Britain, and may direct or authorize the destruction of any such article, if landed. If any person lands or attempts to land any article in contravention of any Order under this Act, such article shall be liable to 20 be forfeited in like manner as goods the importation whereof is prohibited by the Acts relating to the Customs are liable to be forfeited; and the person so offending shall be liable, according to those Acts, to such penalties as are imposed on persons importing or attempting to import goods the importation whereof is prohibited by those Acts. 2. The Privy Council may from time to time make such Orders as they think expedient for preventing the spreading in Great Britain of the said insect. 25 Power to to make preventing spreading of Any such Order may, if the Privy Council think fit, direct or authorize the removal or destruction of any crop of potatoes or destructive 30 other crop or substance on which the said insect in any stage of insects. A.D. 1877. existence is found, or to or by means of which the said insect may appear to the Privy Council likely to spread, and the entering on any lands for the purpose of such removal or destruction, or for the purpose of any examination or inquiry authorized by the Order, or for any other purpose of the Order. Compensation for crops. Local authorities and execution of Orders of Council. Any such Order may, if the Privy Council think fit, prohibit the keeping, selling, or exposing or offering for sale, or the keeping of living specimens of the said insect, in any stage of existence, or the distribution in any manner of such specimens. 5 Any such Order may impose penalties for offences against the 10 Order, not exceeding ten pounds for any offence; and those penalties shall by virtue of this Act be recoverable, with costs, on summary conviction before two justices of the peace, and shall be applied as penalties recovered under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, are applicable. 15 Where by any Order under this Act, the Privy Council direct or authorize the removal or destruction of any crop, they may direct. or authorize the payment by the local authority of compensation for the crop; and the local authority shall pay the same, subject and 20 according to the following provisions: (1.) In the case of a crop on which the said insect, in any stage of existence, is found, the compensation shall not exceed one half of the value of the crop. (2.) In every other case the compensation shall not exceed three fourths of the value of the crop. (3.) The value of the crop shall in each case be taken to be the value which, in ordinary circumstances, the crop would have had at the time of its removal or destruction. (1.) The local authority may, if they think fit, require the value of the crop to be ascertained by their officers or by arbitration. (5.) The local authority may, if they think fit, withhold compensation if, in relation to the crop, the owner or the person having charge thereof, has, in their judgment, done anything in contravention of, or failed to do anything in compliance with, any Order under this Act. 3. The Local Authorities under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, with their respective districts, local rates, clerks, and. committees, shall be, in like manner, Local Authorities for the purposes of this Act. 25 30 35 The Privy Council may, if they think fit, require a Local 40 Authority to carry into effect any Order of the Privy Council under this Act. The expenses incurred and compensation paid by a Local Autho- A.D. 1877. rity in pursuance of any Order under this Act shall be paid by them out of the local rate. Every local authority shall keep in such manner and form as the 5 Privy Council from time to time by Order direct, a record relative to proceedings in pursuance of any Order under this Act, stating the date of the removal or destruction of any crop or substance, and other proper particulars, which record shall be admitted in evidence. 10 Council. 4. Every Order of the Privy Council under this Act shall be Publication published, if it relates to England, in the London Gazette, and, if it of Orders of relates to Scotland, in the Edinburgh Gazette; save that, where the Order affects only specified lands, the insertion in the London or Edinburgh Gazette (as the case may require) of a notice of the 15 making of the Order shall be sufficient. Any Order of the Privy Council under this Act shall be published by any Local Authority, to whom it is sent by the Privy Council for publication, in such manner as the Privy Council direct, and, subject to, or in the absence of, any such direction, in such manner as the 20 Local Authority think sufficient and proper to insure publicity. 5. The powers by this Act conferred on the Privy Council may Exercise of be exercised by any two or more of the Lords and others of the powers of Act by Privy Privy Council, and, as regards the making of Orders affecting only Council. specified lands, may be exercised by the Lord President or one of 25 Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. 30 Ireland. 6. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall apply to Ireland, as Application if Ireland were named therein instead of Great Britain, but subject of Act to to the provisions of this section: (1.) The powers conferred on the Privy Council shall be vested in the Lord Lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors, of Ireland, acting by the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland. (2.) The Local Authorities shall be the boards of guardians of 35 the several poor law unions. (3.) The expenses incurred and compensation paid by a Local Authority shall be paid by the treasurer of the union out of union funds, that is to say, out of any money in his hands to the credit of the guardians of the union, and if there is not sufficient money in 40 his hands, then out of the money next received by him and placed to their credit. Ireland. |