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the Governor's absence etc..
that
If it is necessary a provisional appointment to the Supreme Court be made under Seal, which I presume it is, it would appear equally essential
that the locum tenens
a
Governor who may be required to sign death warrants, modify or otherwise interfere with sentences passed by legal tribunals, or suspend Civil Servants from the exercise of their functions, should be appointed in such a manner as to leave no possible doubt that he is empowered to perform such acts.
It may also be worthy of consideration whether there are any duties connected with the office of Attorney General which may render it desirable that such an appointment should be made in a