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-Minute by the Attorney-General.

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Honourable Colonial Secretary___

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I see that by No.14 of the Standing Rules and Orders

a Motion for the suspension of the Standing Orders is one

of the Motions that may be made without notice.I would suggest that No.34 should be altered as follows:-

"The Standing Rules and Orders of the Council may be suspended if a Motion to that effect is carried by majority of votes, and on such motion the Governor or the Member presiding

shall have an original vote in common with the other Members

of the Council, and also a casting vote, if the votes shall

be equal."

I would also call attention to the words "at least"

A in Standing Order 41. As they stand they are meaningless. If after the words "all the members of such Standing Committee"

the words were added or in the case of the Standing Law Com-

mittee in the presence of at least 4 members thereof"instead

of the words "at least", the Amendment would be useful.The

: Standing Law Committee consists of the Attorney-General and

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4 other members appointed at the first meeting subsequent

to 1st.October in each year. If one of the members, at any

sitting of the Committee, is indisposed or absent from the

Colony, the Council would have to go through every clause

again in Committee whether it wished to or not. In cases like

the Merchant Shipping Bill or proposed Civil Code this

would necessitate numerous long sittings of the Committee

of the whole Council. If a quorum of 4 was made sufficient

for the purposes of Order 41 on the Standing Law Committee

no