CO129-565-9 Amendment to Letters Patent relating to Governor and Commander-in-Chief 5-10-1937 - 9-5-1938 — Page 36

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of State and it will be necessary for the Governor

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to seek these instruments in time to permit of

their being received in the Colony before the date

on which it is desired that the reappointment

should take effect. This procedure will differ

somewhat from that necessary under Clause I of

the Additional Instructions of the 10th of

January, 1922, under which an official member

is eligible to be reappointed by the Governor

subject to His Majesty's approval. You will

also observe that provision is now made for

reappointments "for a further period or periods

each period not exceeding five years". This made

amendment has been included in order to remove

any doubts which might exist as to the power

of appointing an unofficial member for a

however

third term of office; it does not therefore

a

Affect present policy under which ten years

is normally regarded as a sufficiently long

time for an unofficial member to serve

continuously on the Council.

4.