[137] See pp. 119-121, ante.

APPENDIX

GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND BILL

ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

Legislative Authority Clause. 1.  Establishment of Irish Legislature. 2.  Powers of Irish Legislature. 3.  Exceptions from powers of Irish Legislature. 4.  Restrictions on powers of Irish Legislature.

Executive Authority 5.  Executive power in Ireland.

Constitution of Legislature 6.  Composition of Irish Legislative Council. 7.  Composition of Irish Legislative Assembly. 8.  Disagreement between two Houses, how settled.

Irish Representation in House of Commons 9.  Representation in Parliament of Irish counties and boroughs.

Finance 10.  As to separate Consolidated Fund and taxes. 11.  Hereditary revenues and income tax. 12.  Financial arrangements as between United Kingdom and Ireland. 13.  Treasury Account (Ireland). 14.  Charges on Irish Consolidated Fund. 15.  Irish Church Fund. 16.  Local loans. 17.  Adaptation of Acts as to Local Taxation Accounts and probate, etc., duties. 18.  Money bills and votes. 19.  Exchequer judges for revenue actions, election petitions, etc.

Post Office Postal Telegraphs and Savings Banks 20.  Transfer of post office and postal telegraphs. 21.  Transfer of savings banks.

Irish Appeals and Decision of Constitutional Questions 22.  Irish appeals. 23.  Special provision for decision of constitutional questions.

Lord Lieutenant and Crown Lands 24.  Office of Lord Lieutenant. 25.  Use of Crown lands by Irish Government.

Judges and Civil Servants 26.  Tenure of future judges. 27.  As to existing judges and other persons having salaries charged on the Consolidated Fund. 28.  As to persons holding civil service appointments. 29.  As to existing pensions and superannuation allowances.

Police 30.  As to Police.

Miscellaneous 31.  Irish Exchequer Consolidated Fund and Audit. 32.  Law applicable to both Houses of Irish Legislature. 33.  Supplemental provisions as to powers of Irish Legislature. 34.  Limitation on borrowing by local authorities.

Transitory Provisions 35.  Temporary restriction on powers of Irish Legislature and Executive. 36.  Transitory provisions. 37.  Continuance of existing laws, courts, officers, etc. 38.  Appointed day. 39.  Definitions. 40.  Short title.

SCHEDULES

A BILL TO AMEND THE PROVISION FOR
THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND[138]

Whereas it is expedient that without impairing or restricting the supreme authority of Parliament, an Irish Legislature should be created for such purposes in Ireland as in this Act mentioned: 

Be it therefore 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: