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numbers and letters which for the sake of easy reference I have prefixed to its several paragraphs and sub-paragraphs.
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Paragraphs 1 and 2 with its sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) set out certain circumstances connected with the passing of the Appropriation Ordinance, that the Royal Assent may be withheld from the Ordinance. I have no remarks to offer on them.
3 contends that the votes of the official members were illegal and void inasmuch as those members were incompetent to vote by reason of the direct and personal pecuniary interest which they had in the rejection of the amendments for the reduction of salaries, and that consequently those amendments should have been...