Further Dissection of the New Reform Bill for Scotland ...Roake and Varty, 1831 - 72 strán (strany) |
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... present House of Com- mons should be in every respect the same as that presented previous to the dissolution . Yet , as I was aware that the former Bill had been prepared in great haste , in order to quench the thirst of the public ...
... present House of Com- mons should be in every respect the same as that presented previous to the dissolution . Yet , as I was aware that the former Bill had been prepared in great haste , in order to quench the thirst of the public ...
Strana 10
... present . But in reading this Third Section , with the Schedules A and B attached to it , we observe a great superiority over the corresponding one in the former Bill ; a subject for praise , which greatly removes the cause of blame , a ...
... present . But in reading this Third Section , with the Schedules A and B attached to it , we observe a great superiority over the corresponding one in the former Bill ; a subject for praise , which greatly removes the cause of blame , a ...
Strana 12
... present Bill merely drowns him , along with the old electors , in a torrent of new voters ; it reduces a freehold to a life interest ; it renders that for which he gave from 400l . to 2,000 / . now of no comparative value , and holds up ...
... present Bill merely drowns him , along with the old electors , in a torrent of new voters ; it reduces a freehold to a life interest ; it renders that for which he gave from 400l . to 2,000 / . now of no comparative value , and holds up ...
Strana 15
... present Reform Bill by stating , that since the 1st of March they have applied themselves sedulously and in earnest towards the correc- tion of those errors which had been detected in the last ; and true to the hopes which they held out ...
... present Reform Bill by stating , that since the 1st of March they have applied themselves sedulously and in earnest towards the correc- tion of those errors which had been detected in the last ; and true to the hopes which they held out ...
Strana 16
... present in the fiar , is NOT a subject to which a right of voting is for the first time attached by this Act : after all these considerations , there is placed a very reasonable ground for doubt , in the mind even of the most bigoted ...
... present in the fiar , is NOT a subject to which a right of voting is for the first time attached by this Act : after all these considerations , there is placed a very reasonable ground for doubt , in the mind even of the most bigoted ...
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66 Sect Acts of Parliament annual appears Boroughs Burghs Bute candidate ceived claim claimant clause clear yearly value confer Counties of Scotland Counties of Selkirk County Court of Session disfranchised district Dornoch Dumbarton effect eldest sons elec electors enacted entitled to vote equal fiar fore former Bill fortnight four months framers freeholders gister heirs portioners House of Commons influence interests land landlord larger sum last Bill lease life-renter litigation Lord Lord Advocate meaning Member ment MIDDLE TEMPLE Ministers nobility object occupied Old Sarum person polling possessed preceding present Bill principle privileges proceedings proprietors proviso qualification question Reform Bill registered voter regulate rent represent representation resided for six returning officer right of voting Scotch Peers Scotland Section XXXI Selkirk and Peebles Selkirkshire Sheriff shire six months sons of Scotch suppose tain tenant tion town truly paid Universal Suffrage voice wool words worth writ
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Strana 4 - It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself, which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly and by degrees scarce to be perceived...
Strana 10 - Clackmannan and Kinross, together with that Part of Perthshire which constitutes the Parishes of Tulliallan, Culross, and Muckhart, and the Perthshire Portions of the Parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and that Part of the Shire of Stirling which constitutes the Parish of Alva.
Strana 15 - AND be it enacted, that in elections for shires, where two or more persons are interested in any subject to which a right of voting is for the first time attached by this Act, as life-renter and as fiar, the right of voting shall be in the life-renter, and not in the fiar...
Strana 71 - Sordibus tecti, caret invidenda Sobrius aula: Saepius ventis agitatur ingens Pinus et celsae graviore casu Decidunt turres feriuntque summos Fulgura montis.
Strana 25 - Name shall appear in the last corrected Register, and none other, shall be entitled to vote ; and it shall not be competent to inquire on that Occasion into any other Facts except those of the Party tendering the Vote being truly the Individual mentioned in the said Register, of his being still possessed of the Qualification there recorded, on his own Account, and not in Trust for or at the Pleasure of any other Person, and of his not having previously voted at that Election...
Strana 16 - Act, as life-renter and as fiar, the right of voting shall be in the life-renter, and not in the fiar ; and all co-proprietors or joint owners shall be entitled each to vote in respect of their joint property within the shire, provided the share...
Strana 41 - ... in conformity thereto, and he shall, on such judgments being made known to him by the parties, alter and correct such registers accordingly: provided always, that no alteration of the sheriff's judgments, either by the courts of review above named, or by any other judges of appeal, shall affect the merits of any election actually completed and carried through before the date of such alteration...
Strana 48 - ... under authority of this Act, shall in any way prevent or abridge the operation of this Act, provided that such person or place shall be so designated in such writing, list, register, or notice as to be commonly understood : Provided also, that no appeal shall be competent to any sheriff or stewart from any thing which may be done by their substitutes in the execution of this Act.
Strana 57 - ... prevented from taking his seat, a precedent would be established, and in consequence "the electors and freeholders in future time will never be able to withstand so powerful an interest, but rather, by continual discouragement, the majority of them must become subservient to the nobility, in depressing all those who shall have the courage to resist their encroaching upon or giving up the rights and privileges of the Commons." The Aberdeenshire freeholders further prayed that the House of Commons...
Strana 18 - To seek hot water beneath cold ice Surely it is a great follie. I have asked grace at a graceless face, And there is none for my men and me.