CO129-109 - Public Offices - 1865 — Page 20

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and pomish Y. X. with our opinion whether the Ordinance as now amended, is right and proper.

In obedience to Y. To commands we have taken these papersinto emsideration, and have the

kmour to report

That we think the Ordinance. as now amended, is right and proper.

Bah, we

appear

With deference to wr Justice

think it ought to on the face of the Ordinance, and not be lepoto be inferred only upon the principle of recepary implication, that the offence

created is ine which must

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many later

be committed within's the limits of the Colonial purisdiction I: her We agree that in many

this would be apparent, although notenpreped" : but we hesitate to apune that the present is

re of two be cases; the peculiar 14 nature of the subject mater of Legislation, and the expres a ship wrttum five winter from the Colony, being dely-

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is templish.

one

mention

considered. There is no

necesary legal presumption against an madvertent cxeep of its powers by a folmil Legislature.

We entertain no doubtatak that the Ordinance with be rated and effectical in law,

whe if paped in the form our

proposed