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INSTRUCTIONS.
person not a Public Officer to act provisionally as an Unofficial Member of the Council, in the room of the Member so absent and during his absence. The Governor shall forthwith report every such provisional appointment to Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and every such appointment may be disallowed by Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or may be revoked by the Governor by any such Instrument as aforesaid.
Governor to communicate Instructions to Executive Council.
VI. The Governor shall forthwith communicate 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.
Executive Council not to proceed to business unless summoned by Governor's authority. Quorum.
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 preside.
VIII. The Governor shall attend and preside at all meetings of the Executive Council, unless when prevented by illness or other grave cause, and in his absence such Member as the Governor may appoint, or in the absence of such Member the senior Member of the Council actually present shall preside.
Minutes of Executive Council to be kept; and transmitted home twice a year.
IX. Minutes shall be regularly kept of all the proceedings of the Executive Council; and at each meeting of the Council the Minutes of the last preceding meeting shall be read over and confirmed or amended, as the case may require, before proceeding to the despatch of any other business. Twice in each year a full and exact copy of all Minutes for the preceding half year shall be transmitted to Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State.
Governor to consult Executive Council.
X. In the execution of the powers and authorities granted to the Governor by Our said Letters Patent, he shall in all cases consult with the Executive Council, excepting only in cases which may be of such a nature that, in his judgment, Our service would sustain material prejudice by consulting the Council thereupon, or when the matters to be decided shall be too unimportant to require their advice, or too urgent to admit of their advice being given by the time within which it may be necessary for him to act in respect of any such matters. In all such urgent cases he shall, at the earliest practicable period, communicate to the Executive Council the measures which he may so have adopted, with the reasons thereof.
Governor to propose questions.
XI. The Governor shall alone be entitled to submit questions to the Executive Council for their advice or decision; but if the Governor declines to act upon their advice, he shall record his reasons for so doing.
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INSTRUCTIONS.
person not a Public Officer to act provisionally as an Unofficial Member of the Council, in the room of the Member so absent and during his absence. The Governor shall forthwith report every such provisional of provision- appointment to Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, and every such appointment may be disallowed by Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or may be revoked by the Governor by any such Instrument as aforesaid.
al appoint-
ments.
Governor to
VI. The Governor shall forthwith communicate these Our Instructions communicate to the Executive Council, and likewise all such others, from time to time, Instructions to Executive as We may direct, or as he shall find convenient for Our service to im-
part to them.
Council.
Executive Council not
to proceed to business un-
less sum- moned by Governor's authority. Quorum.
Governor to preside.
Minutes of Executive Council to be kept;
and trans- mitted home twice a year.
Governor to
cutive
Council.
Proviso for
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 presid- ing) be present and assisting throughout the whole of the meetings at which any such business shall be despatched.
VIII. The Governor shall attend and preside at all meetings of the Executive Council, unless when prevented by illness or other grave cause, and in his absence such Member as the Governor may appoint, or in the absence of such Member the senior Member of the Council actually present shall preside.
IX. Minutes shall be regularly kept of all the proceedings of the Executive Council; and at each meeting of the Council the Minutes of the last preceding meeting shall be read over and confirmed or amended, as the case may require, before proceeding to the despatch of any other business.
Twice in each year a full and exact copy of all Minutes for the preced- ing half
shall be transmitted to Us through one of Our Principal year Secretaries of State.
X. In the execution of the powers and authorities granted to the consult Exe- Governor by Our said Letters Patent, he shall in all cases consult with the Executive Council, excepting only in cases which may be of such a nature that, in his judgment, Our service would sustain material prejudice by consulting the Council thereupon, or when the matters to be decided urgent cases, shall be too unimportant to require their advice, or too urgent to admit of their advice being given by the time within which it may be necessary for him to act in respect of any such matters. In all such urgent cases he shall, at the earliest praticable period, communicate to the Executive Council the measures which he may so have adopted, with the reasons thereof.
&c.
Governor to propose questions.
XI. The Governor shall alone be entitled to submit questions to the Executive Council for their advice or decision; but if the Governor de-
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