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"An Ordinance (No.35 of 1912) he make pravision for the appoint-
ment of and to define the powers of the Craww Seliciters and
Assistant Crown Soliciters of the Colony. น
1. This Ordinance was passed for the purpose of putting on a
proper feeting the positions of the Crown Seliciter and the
Assistant Crown Seliciter.
from
Countes
2. It is u3M8COBERTY here to dilate upon the camngos which
led up to the passage of this Ordinance as they are fami-
liar to the Secretary of State in the despatches which have
passed between the Secretary of State and His Excellency
the Governor during the past 18 months. It seems sufficient
te say here that the ●ld arrangement under which the legal werk of the Government, ●ther than that personally carried ⚫ut by the Attorney General, was conducted by a firm of private practitioner
ioner has been dere away with and a new
system established by which the legal werk of the Gavern-
S
in
be ment will in future carried em by Government Officers. This alteration of arrangements kas in fact takime place some
little time age the agreement with the firm of Messrs
Dennys Bowley which used to conduct the business of this
Government having terminated at the end of August 1911; and
a it will be recollected that last year, temporary Ordinance
A entitled the Crown Seliciters Ordinance 1911 was passed
which it was intended should be replaced by another of
mere general and permanent character at an early date.
present
The first Ordinance carries out this intention.
3. Clause 1 is formal.
Clause 2 given power to the Government to appaint any
ird
qualif、 perzan te he Crown Seliciter er Assistant Crown
Seliciter:"qualified" person is defined in the same clause,
A
4 persen te be qualified for w appointment as Crewn Səli- citer must he either an admitted Barrister er Advocate of
an
Great Britain or Ireland er admitted Attorney, Seliciter
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