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and that there was an inference that one of the trustees, George
Waddell, had bribed a member of the Legislative Assembly, Thomas Garrett, to vote in favour of the payment. Following publication of the report, on 8 November Parkes moved that Baker was guilty "of conduct unworthy of a member of this House, and seriously reflecting upon the honour and dignity of Parliament", a motion that was carried by 71 votes to 2 and the assembly then voted to expel him. Two days later, Parkes moved a similar motion in relation to Garrett, which was defeated by 40 votes to 38.
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to inquire into inquire into the expenditure and distribution of ÂŖ17,100, paid by the
Government, under the authority of a Parliamentary vote, to the company. Salomons reported that "there was an appropriation by the trustees to themselves ... under circumstances of concealment and false statement"
134:, but was defeated. Charges against him were subsequently dropped and Baker petitioned parliament to rescind its censure of him, which was agreed in May 1884. He was again elected as the member for Carcoar at the
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