the Bill pending refermer to Your Lordship, appear to me
it did not
necessary to pass
the Ordinance if it
were
so
chaon
it would have been by the omission of there clauses of two of its material sections.
The matter
went to the vote
by a
and
was then fort
carried
by a majority of one, I myself abstaining from voting, and it is
under these circumstances that
I now submit the matter to Your Lordship's decision.
I enclose a copy of the Acting Attorney General's report, whose opinion differs from this
of the Chief Justice, and I may
add that it was at the special desire of the Puisne Judge, "W: Innes, when acting for the Chief Justice during the temporary absence of the latter from the Colony that the Bill was introduced in its present form. I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient
humble servant,
Governor
76-H & S 2454