PROMPTLY DISPOSED OF.
Parliamentary forms can sometimes be varied with advantage. The other day a Bill was brought into the Colorado Legislature, offering a premium of £5 for the scalps of skunks and Indians. “ I move,” said an indignant legislator, “ that the Bill be chucked under the table.” The Speaker’s face glowed with satisfaction as he put the motion in exactly the words in which it had been offered : “ The motion to ‘ chuck the Bill under the table’ is carried,” said the Speaker: “ chuck it under the table.” And the Clerk literally obeyed the order of the House.
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Patea Mail, 14 July 1881, Page 3
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