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the local Legislature. If the objection now taken in your despatch to the Ordinance is merely an exception as to that the framers' intentions in regards this point are not expressed with sufficient clearness, the objection would perhaps be removed by the adoption of the accompanying Amendments which I beg to submit for your consideration.

But if, as is probable, you disapprove of the local Legislature interfering in respect to the furnishing of Supplies to belligerent vessels anchored outside the Colonial limits on the ground of a vessel so anchored being too remote a subject for Colonial legislation, the Ordinance for it I may as well be disallowed was framed and passed under instructions from the Secretary of State to effect precisely that very object; and any legislation short of that would, in consequence of the peculiar circumstances of the Colony, be fully ineffectual.

As explaining the difficulty which is more felt here in amending the Ordinance without further information, I beg to forward some observations

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211 of the local Legislature. If the objection now taken in your despatch to the Ordinance is merely an exception as to that the framers' intentions in regards this point are not expressed with sufficient clearness, the objection would perhaps be removed by the adoption of the accompanying Amendments which I beg to submit for your consideration. But if, as is probable, you disapprove of the local Legislature interfering in respect to the furnishing of Supplies to belligerent vessels anchored outside the Colonial limits on the ground of a vessel so anchored being too remote a subject for Colonial legislation, the Ordinance for it I may as well be disallowed was framed and passed under instructions from the Secretary of State to effect precisely that very object; and any legislation short of that would, in consequence of the peculiar circumstances of the Colony, be fully ineffectual. As explaining the difficulty which is more felt here in amending the Ordinance without further information, I beg to forward some observations
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211 of the local Legislature. If the now taken in your despatch to the Ordinance is merely exception as that the framer's intentions regards this point are not expersed with sufficient clearner, the objection would perhaps be removed by the adoption the of accompanying Amandments which I bey to submit for your consideration. frames thinks But if, as as the probable, личе you disapprove of the local an Legislative interfering in respect the furnishing of Supplies to belligerent versel anchored of a extra the Colonial limits on the ground of a versel so anchored being too remote a subject for Colonial legislation, the broinance for it I may as well be disallowed was framed and passed under instructions from the Secretary of State to effect precisely that very object; and any legislation short of that would in consequence of the peculiar circumstances of the Colony be fully ineffectual. As explaining the difficulty which is more felt here in amending the Ordinance without further information, I beg to forward some observations E
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of

the local Legislature. If the

now taken in your despatch to the Ordinance is merely

exception

as

that the framer's intentions regards this point are not expersed with sufficient clearner, the objection would perhaps be removed by the adoption

the

of

accompanying Amandments

which I bey to submit for your

consideration.

frames thinks

But

if, as

as the

probable,

личе

you disapprove of the local an Legislative interfering in respect the furnishing of Supplies to belligerent versel anchored

of

a

extra the Colonial limits on

the

ground of a versel so anchored being too remote a

subject for Colonial legislation, the broinance

for

it

I may as well be disallowed was framed and passed under instructions from the Secretary of State to effect precisely that very object; and any legislation

short of that would in

consequence of

the peculiar

circumstances

of

the Colony be

fully

ineffectual.

As explaining

the difficulty which is

more

felt here

in amending the Ordinance without further information, I beg to forward

some observations

E

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