Parliamentary Papers, Volume 59

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Page 15 - Every question at a meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting on that question, and in case of an equal division .of votes the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Page 130 - I wish to observe that the law acknowledges no distinction in this respect between the soldier and the private individual. The soldier is still a citizen, lying under the same obligation, and invested with the same authority, to preserve the peace of the king, as any. other subject.
Page 130 - In the first place, by the common law, every private person may lawfully endeavour, of his own authority, and without any warrant or sanction of the Magistrate, to suppress a riot by every means in his power. He may disperse, or assist in dispersing, those who are assembled ; he may stay those who are engaged in it from executing their purpose ; he may stop and prevent others whom he shall...
Page 80 - ... it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time, by Order in Council, to...
Page 42 - It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, from time to time to declare...
Page 78 - An Act to prevent, until the First day of September One thousand eight hundred and .fifty, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious Disorders among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals.
Page 54 - ... heretofore disabled by any acts of the parliament of Ireland from sitting and voting in the house of commons of Ireland, to sit or vote in the house of commons of the parliament of the said United Kingdom, as knights, citizens or burgesses, for any county, stewartry, city, borough, cinque port, town, or place in that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain.
Page 43 - Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in her by the said recited act, and by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to...
Page 39 - ... orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other parts of any animals, or of hay, straw, fodder, or other articles likely to propagate infection ; and also for the purpose of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or other place, or any...
Page 15 - If no chairman is elected, or if the chairman elected is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

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