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House Of Commons.
Monday , 20 . In a Committee of the House on the Militia Pay Bill , Mr . Bastard proposed an amendment to allow persons who had been Adjutants for 16 years a pension of six shillings per day , iu case they were incapacitated by age or infirmity . The House in a Committee heard the Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the most effectual mode of promulgating the Statutes . Mr . Abbot enforced the necessity of some regulations being adopted , and concluded by moving the following Resolutions :
1 . That for the more speedy promulgation of the Statutes , his Majesty's Printer , instead of printing the usual number of . 1126 " copies of the statutes , be authorised and directed to print not less than 3550 copies . That he be also authorized and directed to print 300 copies of public Local Acts , including Road Acts ; and 200 copies of all private Acts ; and that this be effected in ' such a manner , as shall appear to the Committee may be done , without any additional expence to the Public . 2 . That his Majesty ' s Printer be authorized and directed to print and deliver
as soon as possible , after the Royal Assent has been given to Bills , the 3550 copies of the public Statutes to the Post Office , in order to their distribution in different parts of the kingdom . 3 . That his Majesty's Printer be authorized and directed to print and deliver ,
as soon as possible after the Royal Assent has been given , the 200 Local Acts , including Road Acts , in order to their distribution in different parts of the kingdom . » 4 . That every Chief Magistrate of every city , town , borough corporate , and every borough in Scotland , and every Sheriff and Clerk of the Peace , upon receiving any such copies , shall preserve them in a proper place , and transmit them to his successor . 5 . That no charge be incurred by the Public for the printing of Private Bills ,
which shall be done at the expence of the parties concerned in 'hem . 6 . That his Majesty ' s Printer be authorized and directed , in printing the statutes , to state the general heads and clauses , together with the substance of each head in one particular clause . 7 . That the period of the duration of any new or temporary Bill shall be expressed in the preamble , and in the end thereof , and no where else . 8 . That upon the re rival of any statutes , tbe precise duration of them shall be expressed in the title .
These resolutions were agreed to , reported , and ordered to be printed . Tuesday , 21 . The Scotch Army and Navy Augmentation Bill ; the Scotch small Note Bill ; the Militia Pay and Cloathing Bill ; and the Innkeepers' Bill , were read a third time and passed . After a short conversation between Mr . Bastard , Mr . Dent , Mr . Keane , and the Speaker , relative to the Orders of the Day , the House adjourned .
Wednesday , 22 . A variety of private Bills were forwarded in their respective stages . Sir John Sinclair rose , and made his promised motion respecting the genera ! Inclosure of Waste Lands . He recalled the attention of the House to the Bill of last year , which had m ' ade great progress , and far advanced towards perfection . The object of that Bill extended only to waste and unproductive lands ; but many were of opinion that its range should have been wider , and that it should have embraced common fields and meadows . He hoped that Gentlemen would be
found who would bend the whole energy of their minds to the subject ; and after pointing out the fatal consequences that must result to this country from being under the necessity of importing corn at all times , for which he stated three millions sterling had been paid in tiie years 1795 and 1795 , he concluded by moving , ' That a Committee be appointed to take into their consideration the means of cultivating and improving the waste and unproductive lands , and the common pasture and arable iands in the kingdom . " Aftcrsome observations by Sir William Pulteney , the motion was put and carried ,. £ TO Bli HEOULAltLY CONTINUED . ]
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House Of Commons.
Monday , 20 . In a Committee of the House on the Militia Pay Bill , Mr . Bastard proposed an amendment to allow persons who had been Adjutants for 16 years a pension of six shillings per day , iu case they were incapacitated by age or infirmity . The House in a Committee heard the Report of the Committee appointed to enquire into the most effectual mode of promulgating the Statutes . Mr . Abbot enforced the necessity of some regulations being adopted , and concluded by moving the following Resolutions :
1 . That for the more speedy promulgation of the Statutes , his Majesty's Printer , instead of printing the usual number of . 1126 " copies of the statutes , be authorised and directed to print not less than 3550 copies . That he be also authorized and directed to print 300 copies of public Local Acts , including Road Acts ; and 200 copies of all private Acts ; and that this be effected in ' such a manner , as shall appear to the Committee may be done , without any additional expence to the Public . 2 . That his Majesty ' s Printer be authorized and directed to print and deliver
as soon as possible , after the Royal Assent has been given to Bills , the 3550 copies of the public Statutes to the Post Office , in order to their distribution in different parts of the kingdom . 3 . That his Majesty's Printer be authorized and directed to print and deliver ,
as soon as possible after the Royal Assent has been given , the 200 Local Acts , including Road Acts , in order to their distribution in different parts of the kingdom . » 4 . That every Chief Magistrate of every city , town , borough corporate , and every borough in Scotland , and every Sheriff and Clerk of the Peace , upon receiving any such copies , shall preserve them in a proper place , and transmit them to his successor . 5 . That no charge be incurred by the Public for the printing of Private Bills ,
which shall be done at the expence of the parties concerned in 'hem . 6 . That his Majesty ' s Printer be authorized and directed , in printing the statutes , to state the general heads and clauses , together with the substance of each head in one particular clause . 7 . That the period of the duration of any new or temporary Bill shall be expressed in the preamble , and in the end thereof , and no where else . 8 . That upon the re rival of any statutes , tbe precise duration of them shall be expressed in the title .
These resolutions were agreed to , reported , and ordered to be printed . Tuesday , 21 . The Scotch Army and Navy Augmentation Bill ; the Scotch small Note Bill ; the Militia Pay and Cloathing Bill ; and the Innkeepers' Bill , were read a third time and passed . After a short conversation between Mr . Bastard , Mr . Dent , Mr . Keane , and the Speaker , relative to the Orders of the Day , the House adjourned .
Wednesday , 22 . A variety of private Bills were forwarded in their respective stages . Sir John Sinclair rose , and made his promised motion respecting the genera ! Inclosure of Waste Lands . He recalled the attention of the House to the Bill of last year , which had m ' ade great progress , and far advanced towards perfection . The object of that Bill extended only to waste and unproductive lands ; but many were of opinion that its range should have been wider , and that it should have embraced common fields and meadows . He hoped that Gentlemen would be
found who would bend the whole energy of their minds to the subject ; and after pointing out the fatal consequences that must result to this country from being under the necessity of importing corn at all times , for which he stated three millions sterling had been paid in tiie years 1795 and 1795 , he concluded by moving , ' That a Committee be appointed to take into their consideration the means of cultivating and improving the waste and unproductive lands , and the common pasture and arable iands in the kingdom . " Aftcrsome observations by Sir William Pulteney , the motion was put and carried ,. £ TO Bli HEOULAltLY CONTINUED . ]