ajesty to Bills passed by the Irish
Legislative Body, and shall exercise the prerogatives of (Her)
Majesty in respect of the summoning, proroguing, and dissolving of
the Irish Legislative Body, and any prerogatives the exercise of
which may be delegated to him by (Her) Majesty."

LORD-LIEUTENANT AND CIVIL LIST.

The restriction as to the religion of the Lord-Lieutenant will, of
course, be removed. There is no reason why his term of office should be
limited by law. His salary, payable by Ireland, should perhaps be stated
in the Act, as in the case of Canada and South Africa, though not in
that of Australia. Australia, on the other hand, has a statutory Civil
List, and a fixed Civil List was an invariable feature of the old
Constitutions given to self-governing Colonies. Canada and South Africa
are under no such restrictions, and it would be very inexpedient to
impose them upon Ireland.

LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY.

The Irish Legislature will be given power, according to the historic
phrase, "to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of
Ireland," subject to restrictions afterwards named. That the laws should
be only "in respect of matters exclusively relating to Ireland or some
part thereof" goes without saying, and need not be copied from the Bill
of 1893 (Clause 2). Nor need the superfluous proviso in the same clause
be reproduced, asserting the "supreme power and authority of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom." The supreme power becomes none the
more supreme for such assertions. Clause 2 of the Bill of 1886 is simple
and decisive:

"2. With the exceptions of and subject to the restrictions in this
Act mentioned, it shall be lawful for (Her) Majesty (the Queen), by
and with the advice of the Irish Legislative Body, to make laws for
the peace, order, and good government of Ireland, and by any such
law to alter and repeal any law in Ireland."

With the restrictions on the powers of the Legislature I dealt fully
enough in Chapter X.,[172] and I need only summarize my conclusions:

1. _Reservations of Imperial Authority._--The Irish Legislature should
_not_ have power to make laws upon--

{The Crown or a Regency.
{Making of War or Peace.
{Prize and Booty of War.
{Army or Navy.
{Foreign Relations and Treaties (excepting Commercial Treaties).
{Conduct as Neutrals.
{Titles and Dignities.
{Extradition.
{Treason.
Coinage.
Naturalization and Alienage.

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