An Act to prevent Doubts as to the validity of certain Proceedings in the House of Commons.
WHEREAS the House of Commons on the Fourth Day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, Her Majesty having previously signified Her Consent that the House might do therein as they should think fit, resolved as follows: That whenever the House should be informed of the unavoidable Absence of Mr. Speaker, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means do take the Chair for that Day only, and in the event of Mr. Speaker's Absence continuing for more than One Day do, if the House sh...