The next item on the Orders of the Day is a motion by Senator Brown:—
"That the Seanad approves the Criminal Appeal Rules, 1924, made pursuant to Section 36 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1923, and presented to the Seanad on the 28th day of July, 1924."
This motion is not in order, and if it is to be considered to-day, Standing Orders will have to be suspended. The motion states that the rules were presented to the Seanad on the 28th July, 1924. The 28th day of July is to-day, and when Senator Brown gave notice of that Motion the 28th July had not arrived, and the rules had not been presented. There is an old saying that you should not count your chickens before they are hatched. Senator Brown wants us to extend that, and to adopt these rules before they are laid.