Debate on The Weinwick Company Registration Act

Official report · Assembly of SchwartzistanSession 1918 · col. 10617

The Speaker: The question before the House is that the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. I call the Minister.

Bruno Rusk (Minister of Finance): I beg to move the third reading of the Bill, and I shall be brief. The Ministry of Finance has costed the Bill and the sum is in the estimates. The duty falls where the printed Bill says it falls. The printed Bill says it better than I can: Sets the duty at 4 pfen in the marka. I ask the House to pass it.

Ludwig Marsch (Westgau; The Assembly Union): Mr. Speaker, Every Bill of this kind adds a form, a fee and a clerk. The Assembly Union would like, once in a session, to pass a Bill that removes one. The Bill is a money Bill and a money Bill is a Bill about who goes without. I sit for Westgau. The clerks there are few and the roads are long, and any officer the Bill appoints will spend a week finding the houses. The Bill should pass and I shall vote for it. [Hear, hear.]

Ivo Reinholt (The Osmoor; The Assembly Union): Sir, I ask the House to consider the tradesman who will have to comply with this. He has not been consulted; he has been notified. The Bill is a money Bill and a money Bill is a Bill about who goes without. The members for The Osmoor have met and are of one mind on the Bill, which does not happen often. The Bill should pass and I shall vote for it. [Laughter.]

Aurel Kaltz (The Capital District; The Assembly Union): Mr. Speaker, I sit for The Capital District. The clerks there are few and the roads are long, and any officer the Bill appoints will spend a week finding the houses. The Union stands where it has always stood: for the towns, for the trade, and against any clause that begins with the word 'licence'. I read the clause. Comes into force on 1 January 1919. The Bill is a money Bill and a money Bill is a Bill about who goes without. I cannot vote for the Bill as it stands and I shall not.

Magnus Brenn (Norrfeld; The Assembly Union): Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to consider the tradesman who will have to comply with this. He has not been consulted; he has been notified. The Bill is a money Bill and a money Bill is a Bill about who goes without. In Norrfeld, which I have the honour to sit for, the Bill will be read at the market cross and understood by half. I support the Bill, with the reservation I have stated. [Interruption.]

The Minister thanked the House for a short debate and asked for a short division.

The Speaker: The question is that the Bill be now read a third time and do pass. As many as are of that opinion say Aye. [Ayes.] Of the contrary, No. [Noes.] A division was claimed.

The tellers reported the numbers to the Chair. The Speaker declared the Bill passed.

The House adjourned shortly after noon.