1818 March 7. +

Parl. Reform Proposed H. of Commons Resolutions

Representatives

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14. {That for the purpose whatsoever mode and degree of attendance it is established

and reserved}

15. That {forasmuch as the degree of dependence so established will be the more

perfect the shorter the term is during which each such representative remains exempt

from removal at the hands of his constituents} it is therefore expedient that this

term should be as short as any regularly established term which without practical

inconvenience in respect of its shortness, has in the practice of the Constitution

been seen exemplified: which said term is, as appears by divers Statutes, the term of

one year.

16. That, for the due exercise of that power, by which, as above, it is expedient

that the people, as divided into such Electoral bodies as aforesaid should keep such

their Representatives in dependence, it is necessary that, by every Member of each

such Electoral body, the conduct of its Representatives in the exercise of such his

trust should at all times and on all occasions be capable of being known and taken

into consideration, in so far as the sense of need suggests itself, and the quantity

of time applicable to this purpose permitts.