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CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS-HONGKONG

spending the operation of such Bill until the signification of Our easure thereupon, or unless the Governor shall have satisfied himself at an urgent necessity exists requiring that such Bill be brought into mediate operation, in which case he is authorised to assent in Our name such Bill, unless the same shall be repugnant to the law of England, or consistent with any obligations imposed on Us by treaty. But he is to ansmit to Us, by the earliest opportunity, the Bill so assented to together fith his reasons for assenting thereto.

XXVII.-Every Bill intended to affector benefit some particular person, Private Bills. Ossociation or corporate body shall contain a section saving the rights of Us, yur heirs and successors, all bodies politic and corporate, and all others xcept such as are mentioned in the Bill and those claiming by, from, and nder them. No such Bill, not being a Government measure, shall be ntroduced into the Legislative Council until due notice has been given y not less than two successive publications of the Bill in the Hongkong overnment Gazette, and in such other manner as may be required by the tanding Rules and Orders for the time being in force; and the Governor hall not assent thereto in Our name until it has been so published. A ertificate under the hand of the Governor shall be transmitted to Us with the Bill signifying that such publication has been made.

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XXVIII.—When any Ordinance shall have been passed or when any Ordinances, &c., Bill shall have been reserved for the signification of Our pleasure, the to be sent home Governor shall transmit to Us, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of cated. state, for Our final approval, disallowance or other direction thereupon, a full and exact copy in duplicate of the same, and of the marginal summary hereof, duly authenticated under the Public Seal of the Colony, and by his own signature. Such copy shall be accompanied by such explanatory observations as may be required to exhibit the reasons and occasion for passing such Ordinance or Bill.

Ordinances to be

XXIX.-At the earliest practicable period at the commencement of Collection of each the Governor shall cause a complete collection to be published, published every for general information, of all Ordinances enacted during the preceding year.

year.

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home after every

XXX.-Minutes shall be regularly kept of the proceedings of the Minutes of pro- Legislative Council, and at each meeting of the said Council, the Minutes lative Council to of the last preceding meeting shall be confirmed, or amended, as the case be kept, and sent *may require, before proceeding to the despatch of any other business. meeting.

The Governor shall transmit to Us, through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, as soon as possible after every meeting a full and exact copy of the Minutes of the said Council.

XXXI.-Before disposing of any vacant or waste land to Us belong- Surveys and ing the Governor shall cause the same to be surveyed, and such reservations reservations to to be made thereout as he may think necessary for roads or other public waste lands are purposes. The Governor shall not, directly or indirectly, purchase for Governor not to himself any of such lands without Our special permission given through purchase lands. one of Our Principal Secretaries of State.

disposed of.

XXXII.-All Commissions to be granted by the Governor to any per- Appointments to son or persons for exercising any office or employment shall, unless other- and during

be provisional wise provided by law, be granted during pleasure only; and whenever the pleasure. Governor shall appoint to any vacant office or employment, of which the initial emoluments exceed one thousand dollars or one hundred pounds sterling a year, according as the said emoluments are fixed with reference to dollars or to pounds sterling, as the case may be, any person not by Us specially directed to be appointed thereto, he shall, at the same time, ex- pressly apprise such person that such appointment is to be considered only as temporary and provisional until Our allowance or disallowance thereof be signified.