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pledge to accept the whole scheme. M. Scudamore
answered:—
„I do not say you should rest satisfied with
my statement, hut that is all I can say. During
the vacation the whole amount to be paid will be
ascertained and then it will come before the next
Parliament to confirm it, and Parliament will then
have an opportunity, even if this Bill he passed,
of saying that we shall not buy, and the Bill will
then be inoperative.“
He trusted the Government would make it
known in the most explicit manner that the pas
sing of this Bill did not bind the Grovernment or
the shareholders of the several companies. This
declaration was required in justice to the share
holders, who should know that if they thought
proper they had power to demand higher terms
than those offered. The agreement could not be
concluded except with the consent of two-thirds
of the shareholders of each company and the pas
sing of the money Bill next Session. The hon.
member for Kingston -on - Hull (Mr. Norwood)
brought this out very clearly when he referred to
the last clause of this Bill, which says;—-
In case no Act shall be passed during this
or the next Session of Parliament, putting at the
disposal of the Postmaster-General such moneys
as shall be requisite for carrying into eifect the
objects and purposes of this Act, the provisions
contaiued in this Act or in the agreements hereby
confirmed relating to the arrangements with rail
way and telegraph companies, and all proceedings
thereunder, shall become void.“
It was clear, then, that the matter would still
;
be left open, although this Bill passed.
Mr. Leeman contended that anything more
imprudent than the arrangement come to by the
Government could not be conceived, and the way
in which they had gone about making the finan
cial arrangement was one which he hoped would
never be followed by any other Government.
In July, 1866, Mr. Scudamore estimated the
gjældende med et Løfte om at antage Pengebillen
næste Session — som om det i Yirkeligheden var
en Forpligtelse til at gaa ind paa den hele Plan.
— Hr. Scudamore svarede:
„Jeg vil ikke sige at De skal lade Dem nøie
med min Erklæring, men det er Alt, hvad jegkan
sige. Under Parliamentsferierne vil man have for
visset sig om det hele Beløb, som skal betales, og
derpaa vil det blive forelagt næste Parliament for
at bekræftes, og Parliamentet vil da have Anled
ning til, seiv om denne Bill gaar igjennem, at er
klære : „vi ville ikke kjøbe“, og Billen vil da blive
virkningsløs.“
Han stoledepaa, at Eegjeringen vikle paa den
bestemteste Maade udtale, at Antagelsen af denne
Bill hverken bandt Regjeringen eller de forskjellige
Kompagniers Aktiehavere. Denne Erklæring var
nødvendig af Billighedsheusyn med Aktieeierne,
som skulde vide, at dersom de fandt det rimeligt,
kunde de forlange gunstigere Betingelser end de
tilbudne. Overenskomsten kimde ikke sluttes uden
med Samtykke af Totrediedele af hvert Kompag
nies Aktiehavere og Antagelsen af Pengebillen i
næste Session. Den ærede Repræsentant for King
ston on Hull, (Hr. Korwood), fremhævede dette
meget tydeligt, idet han henviste til den sidste
Klausul i denne Bill, hvori siges:
„ITilfælde afat Parliamentet i indeværende eller
næste Session ikke fatter Beslutning om at stille til
Generalpostmesterens Raadighed saadan Pengesum
som skal udfordres til Iværksættelsen af nærværende
Lovs Tanke og Øiemed, skulle de Bestemmelser, der
indehoides i nærværende Lov eller i de ved den
godkjendté Kontrakter angaaeude Overenskomsten
med Jernbane- og Telegraf-Kompagnier og alle i den
Anledning trufue Forføininger blive ugyldige.”
Det var saaledes klart, at Sagen fremdeles vilde
staa uafgjort, om endog denne Bill gik igjennem.
Hr. Leeman paastod, at noget mere Uklogt
end det Arrangement, hvortil Regjeringen var
kommen, kunde ikke tænkes, og den Yei, den havde
gaaet i at træffe de fiuaucielle Arrangements var
en, som han haabede, aldrig vilde blive fulgt af
nogen anden Regjering.
I Juli 1866 anslog Hr. Scudamore det nød
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XX. Bil.]
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