BILLS BEFOREPARLIANMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1556, 24 June 1882, Page 4

BILLS BEFOREPARLIANMENT.

The Trades Mark -A66*''Amendment Act tBB2'-~(Hpn. .Major , A^nson).— .Under ;Hs proposed'me&sureh/it 'is -suggested (Hbtat the Registrar of Trktt^ Marks may at any time after the issue of ft certificate duder tho&fiftJlukc¥tidh of "the-'Trades Mark Act, 1866, issue a certified copy of Such certificate to'Anyone 1 Applying for $he same, and which copy shall be adinis&ible fid 'evidence in flike manner as' the Sbrigiual ncopy*" •' 'A ' fee Of , ten shilling^ will be payable for- every such copy l. I '"' >'*"" ''■' "■ "' ' ' The Auckland Grammar School Act, 1882F t(tMr; Peacock).—lt his proposed to ilter the name of the Auckland College and Grammar School to the Auckland Grammar School^ and provision is also made that the Corporation may lease lands for ninety-five years by auction, and also let houses on yearly tenancies or for shorter periods, by contract without auction. The JQistress Act, 1882 (Mr Holmes).— It is' proposed that this measnre shall come into operation on the first day of December next current, and that on and afterthat date no landlord, person, or corporation shall be entitled to seize or distrain for rent due in respect of lands, messuages, tenements, or premises, the goods on possessions of anyone except of the person owing the rent, although such goods,'&c, may be on the land or premises in respect of which rent is due. Provision is further made that the personal clothing, bedclothes, bedding, tools of trade, and furniture to the value of £25, the property of the person owing rent, shall be exempted from distress, andsthat any existing or occurring covenants, contracts, or agreements enable the landlord (individual or corpoiate) to seize such property in liquidation ot arrears of rent shall be null and void, the exception'to such provision being the voluntarily giving, selling, or mortgaging of such property. I The Married Women's, Property Act, 1882 (Hon. Mr Whitaker).—Uuder this measure it is proposed to amend the law relating to the propeity of married women. It is proposed that a married woman may hold or dispose of real or personal property, without the intervention of any trustee.; that she may sue or bo sued, and may enter into contracts and carry on separate trade from that of her husband ; such tiade to be subject to the bankruptcy laws as if she were a jemme suh. Women married after the passing of the proposed act may hold property in their own light, including wages or money gained by their own employment, or the exercise of any literary, artistic, or scientific skill. The same provision will have eiVect in respect to women married before the passing of the proposed act. Remedies are provided for the protection and security of mairied women's separate property, and also to j free a husband from his wife's debtb j contracted before marriage except to the extent of any property which lie may become entitled to through such mar- I riage. Shares, stocks, debentures, etc., held by a married woman will be considered and dealt with as her own pio- i perty, and it will not be necessary foi liii ' husband to join in any act or ti.m-.ffi I thereof. The husband will only be liable | for debts contiacted by his wife affc< i j marriage by his consent, either expressed j or implied, and in action for recovery the j plaintiff will only have remedy against the wife. Married women will be held liable to support their husbands, as hus- I bands are now liable to support their wi\ea. 'Disputes between husbands and wives as to property may be settled summarily by any Judge of the .Supreme Court, either party being entitled to have the application heard in private. The Act as proposed will not operate against existing marriage settlements or the power of making futm c settlements. It is proposed that it shall come into operation on the Ist day of October, 1882. The Constitution Amendment Act, 1882 (Sir George Grey). —This Bill proposes a course to be followed in case of difference between the two branches of the Legislature, the provision being that when a bill making an amendment in the Constitution has passed cither branch of the General Assembly, and has been rejected by the other branch, or has been by it so amended that the branch of the Legislature in which such bill originated does not pass the same as so amended, and when in such a case a i csolution has been carried by a majority in the branch of the Legislature in which the bill originated adopting the amendment proposed in the Constitution m liich was embodied in the original bill, the Speaker of such branch of the Legislature shall transmit the said resolution to the Governor. The Governor sh.ill thereupon cause the said resolution to he submitted to a plebiscite, which ple/n^'ife shall be taken at such time and in such manner as the Governor shall, by proclamation in the Government Gazitt<> pi scribe ; and, if a majority of votes of fclio elector of the colony for members of the llouso of Representatives thereof shall be recorded in favour of such resolution, it shall operate and have the s.ime force mid efl'ect as if the same had been enacted by the General A&sembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled. The Law Practitioners Act, 18S2 (Sir George Grey). —The preamble of this Bill recites that it is desirable to remove certain restrictions relative to the admission of persons to practice the pvofessioii of the law, and to enable dulyappointed persons to act on behalf of any party to civil or criminal proceedings. It is, therefore, proposed to be enacted that, notwithstanding any Liw in force relative to the admission ot persons to be barristers and solicitors of the Supreme Court, every male person of the full age of 21 years, aud of whose good fame, reputation, and learning in law any one or more of the Judges of the paid Court shall be satisfied, shall be entitled to be admitted as a barrister and solicitor, and be enrolled without fee. Provided every such person shall previously to such admission be examined in law, and the Judges of the said Court shall from time to time prescribe the time, place, and manner of such examination. It is further proposed that every male person of good moral character may manage, prosecute, and defend any action, suit, or gther proceeding in law whatsoever, civil or criminaj, on .behalf of any party to Buch"action, suit, or other proceeding' aforesaid,,' if sn.ch person shall be so specially; authorized in writing, or by personal nomination openly in Court. TbfcpWaikato Confiscated Land Act,. 1882 (Hon. Mr Bryce).—The operative 1 clause > of this .proposed measure reads thus :—The period during which re-. serves of land may be made by the Governor under the second section of the Waikato Confiscated Lands Act, 1880, is hereby extended, and any such reserve may be made under the aforesaid section at any time before the expiration of two years-from the passing of this Act. ' The Licensing Act Amendment Act, '•< 1882 (Hon. Mr Dick).—lt' is proposed' that this Bill shallbe read subject to theinterpretations' 'of the Licensing Act,' 1 1881.^ It'provides that the 1 Governor' iimay abolish E und reconstitute 'districts'.s £ When any district is altered or the bounft, will not be necessary- - to'ihakenew^'pointrhenta therein, but [■ the Licensing Committee, and all officers '-acting in $c district befor^the alteration, 't% >' -„ re^eS&nwftwi •$* ip ftowtmue 4 to, act. Iff /vm I JJL« £UtaX "wA^r'K^ifMffinVi^nvisions.

uchtimetobe wfthinjj^days, and as mlich earlier as mny be. The election of Ohairmanj ltjO^taHo'.jpJapo-ja^ ra^v £r?t j mpeting!" The cost o.f electing Licensing 'Jommittees to be ,-paid <by the" local 'lodics having ' jurisdiction in the district.^ are tnadq for, Muti\ c districts and tlie" annual ejection, of assessors.' " The'local ' bodies (and ijot jbheir as at present), aro ,to ( ' ARpdint'presiding officer' at polls of ratepayers'for anfl ngaiii^tnew liceiises. The expenses of such poll to be jkid by the local bodies. Applications for renewal of> licenses need Wot be advertised.' Some person may be apppoirited by 1 the governor for the immediate issue of conditional licenses in ne\V mining districts. A temporary transfer of licenses to be registered, and the 'license not to be retained by the Clerk of the Committee as at present, but to be returned to its owner, the particulars of such'transfer'to be entered in the register of licenses. -Local bodies are in all cases to pay the cost of licensing meetings, ' advertisements, &c, not necessarily out of the license fees received, as at present provided under section 109 of the existing j Act. ( '