CO129-168 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [9-12] — Page 697

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" the Ordinance shall subject to the right " by that Section provided of recovering " such monigs from the Complainant, "be paid out of moneys to be provided: "by the Imperial parliament, " I am

to point out that there is the gravest objection to such a provision, which would if it had any legal effect render the Taxpayers at home eventually liable for expenses. incurred through

factures in the administration of a local Ordinance which the Authorities at home would be powerless to prevent.

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At the same time, while objecting the general principle involved in this Paragraph the Board of Frade would be ready to take into consideration and if necessary to submit to the Freasury

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