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IV. The Governor shall, without delay, report to Us, for Our confirmation or disallowance, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, every provisional appointment of any person as a Member of the said Executive Council. Every such person shall hold his place in the Council during Our pleasure, and the Governor may by an Instrument under the Public Seal revoke any such appointment.
V. The Official Members of the Executive Coun-
cil shall take precedence of the Unofficial Members, and among themselves shall have seniority and precedence as We may specially assign, and, in default thereof, first, the ex officio Members in
the order in which their offices are above men-
tioned (except that the Senior Military Officer, if below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Our Army, shall take precedence after the person lawfully discharging the functions of Attorney- General), and then other Official Members and all Unofficial Members according to the priority of their respective appointments, or if appointed by or in pursuance of the same Instrument, ac- cording to the order in which they are named
therein.
Such provisional appointments to
be immediately reported.
Precedence.
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VI. The Governor shall forthwith communi-
cate these Our Instructions to the Executive Council, and likewise all such others, from time to time, as We may direct, or as he shall find convenient for Our service to impart to them.
VII. The Executive Council shall not proceed to the despatch of business unless duly summoned by authority of the Governor, nor unless two Members at the least (exclusive of himself or of the Member presiding), be present and assisting throughout the whole of the meetings at which any such business shall be despatched.
Governor to communicate Instruc-
tions to Executive Council.
Executive Council not to proceed to business unless summoned by Governor's authority.
Quorum.
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