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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 16

XXI.—Supply and Ways and Means

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XXI.—Supply and Ways and Means.

Aids and supplies not to be altered by the Legislative Council

359. All Aids and Supplies, and Aids to Her Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the House of Representatives; and all Bills for the granting of any such Aids and Supplies are to begin with the House of Representatives; and it is the undoubted and sole right of the House of Representatives to direct, limit, and appoint in such Bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants; which may not be changed or altered by the Legislative Council.

Penalties, forfeitures, and fees

360. By Standing Order, 4th October, 1860, with respect to any Bill brought to this page 57 House from the Legislative Council, or returned by the Legislative Council to this House, with Amendments, whereby any pecuniary penalty, forfeiture, or fee shall be authorized, imposed, appropriated, regulated, varied or extinguished, this House will not insist on its undoubted Privileges in the following cases:—
1.When the object of such pecuniary penalty or forfeiture is to secure the execution of the Act, or the punishment or prevention of offences.
2.Where such fees are imposed in respect of benefit taken or service rendered under the Act, and in order to the execution of the Act, and are not made payable into the Treasury or Exchequer, or in aid of the Public Revenue, and do not form the ground of public accounting by the parties receiving the same, either in respect of deficit or surplus.
3.When such Bill shall be a Private Bill, for a Local or Personal Act.
361. This House will not insist on its Privileges

Tolls and charges in Private Bills

with regard to any Clauses in Private Bills sent down from the Legislative Council, which refer to tolls and charges for services performed, and are not in the nature of a tax.
362. This House will receive no petition

Application for Public Money

for any Sum of Money, relating to Public Service, or proceed upon any Motion for granting page 58 any Money but what is recommended from the Crown.

Grant of Money

363. This House will not proceed upon any Petition, Motion, or Bill for granting any Money, or for releasing or compounding any Sum of Money owing to the Crown, but in a Committee of the whole House.

Motions not to be presently entered on

364. If any Motion be made in the House for any public Aid, or Charge upon the people, the consideration and Debate thereof may not be presently entered upon, but is to be adjourned till such further day as the House shall think fit to appoint, and then it is to be referred to a Committee of the whole House before any Resolution or Vote of the House do pass therein.

Address for Money

365. The House will not proceed upon any Motion for an Address to the Governor, praying that any Money may be issued, or that any expense may be incurred, except in a Committee of the whole House.

The Governor's Speech considered

366. On The House proceeding to take into consideration the Governor's Speech according to Order, so much of the same as was addressed to the House of Representatives is again read by Mr. Speaker, and a Motion being made, "That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty," the House resolves that it will, to-morrow, or on a future day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider that Motion.

Committee on Motion for Supply

367. The Order of the Day being read for the House to resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Motion that a Supply he granted page 59 to Her Majesty, His Excellency's Speech to both Houses of Parliament is ordered to be referred to the Committee. Then the House resolves itself into the Committee, and the Governor's Speech being read, the Committee resolves that a Supply be granted to Her Majesty, which Resolution is ordered to be reported.
368. Mr. Speaker resumes the Chair, and

Report from Committee

the Chairman reports that the Committee had come to a Resolution; and the Report is ordered to be received on a future day.
369. The said Resolution, on being reported,

Supply granted

is read, and being read a second time, the House resolves, nemine contradicente, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, that a Supply be granted to Her Majesty," and, "That this House will, upon a future day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider the Supply granted to Her Majesty;" which Committee is the Committee of Supply.
370. The Order of the Day being read

Committee Supply

for the Committee of Supply, Accounts and Estimates are referred, and the House resolves itself into the Committee, and the Committee proceeds to consider the matters to them referred.
371. When a motion is made, in Committee

Questions for omitting or reducing items

of Supply, to omit or reduce any item of a Vote, a Question shall be proposed from the Chair for omitting or reducing such item accordingly; and Members shall speak to such Question only, until it has been disposed of.
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Proposed ill order of Printed Estimates

372. When several Motions are offered, they shall be taken in the order in which the items to which they relate appear in the Printed Estimates.

No Motion to be made relating to any prior item

373. After a Question has been proposed from the Chair for omitting or reducing any item, no Motion shall be made or Debate allowed upon any preceding item.

Question put upon the original, or reduced Vote

374. Where it has been proposed to omit or reduce items in a Vote, the Question shall be afterwards put upon the original Vote, or upon the reduced Vote, as the case may be, without Amendment.

Reports from Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means

375. Any Report of Resolutions from the Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means, is ordered to be received on a future day.

Leave to sit again

376. The Chairman acquaints the House that he was directed to move that the Committee may have leave to sit again; and the House appoints a day accordingly.

Committee of Ways and Means appointed

377. When the first Resolutions of the Committee of Supply have been read a Second time and agreed to, it is resolved, "That this House will, on a future day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty;" which Committee is the Committee of Ways and Means.

Chairman of Committee of Supply, and Ways and Means

378. The Chairman of Committees takes the Chair of the Committee of Supply, and of the Committee of Ways and Means. In case of his absence, the Committee elect their Chairmen.

If difference arises

379. In case any difference should arise in page 61 electing a Chairman, Mr. Speaker resumes the Chair, and the House appoints a Member to take the Chair of the Committee.
380. Resolutions of the Committees of

Resolutions of Committees agreed to

Supply, and Ways and Means, reported to the House, are read a First and Second time, and agreed to; or may be amended, postponed, re-committed, or disagreed to.
381. No Amendment whereby the charge

Tax not to be increased on report

upon the people will be increased may be made to any such Resolution, unless such charge so increased shall not exceed the charge already existing by virtue of any Act of Parliament.

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