Die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Verhältnisse im Kohlenbergbau der Ver. Staaten

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Identifikator:: 1747756261

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-120730

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Jüngst, Ernst http://d-nb.info/gnd/13351241X

Title:: Die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Verhältnisse im Kohlenbergbau der Ver. Staaten

Place of publication:: Essen

Publisher:: Verein f. Bergbaul. Interessen

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: 81 S.; graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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3HAP. 11] CONTROL OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS 1033 of State approved his having assented, considering that the Act was of doubtful legality which could best be tested in the Courts ; if it was held to be illegal it would be disallowed if the period available had not by the time run out. In that case the ground of illegality was repugnance to previous Imperial Acts dealing with land legislation in the Australian Colonies.! The case of Prince Edward Island is of some interest, for the questions there presented some analogies to those which have caused so much trouble in Ireland. The province was burdened by a race of absentee landlords, the tenants were unable to pay the rents, and the Colony was in a wretched condition of lack of progress and of all prospect of advance- ment. It passed, therefore, an Act (No. 814) in 1851 which was intended to fix in currency the payments for land which as fixed in sterling had become beyond the ability of the tenants to pay, but the Act was disallowed as an interference with property, though passed unanimously by the Legislature of the island in the Lower House.? Then in 1855 they passed two Acts (Nos. 913 and 915), one to impose a rate upon the proprietors for the purpose nominally of paying for the military protection of the island on the withdrawal of the forces, and another to secure compensation to tenants for improvements in the lands of the island. Both were re- fused the royal assent; Sir George Grey wrote3: ‘The Lieutenant-Governor and Legislature of Prince Edward Island must remember that, although responsible govern- ment has been established in that island, responsible government exists also in Great Britain ; and Her Majesty’s Government cannot take upon themselves the responsibility of advising the Crown to give its assent to Colonial Acts which are at variance with the principles of justice and invade those rights of property which are the foundation of social organization ; and I have to observe that former Governments have on various occasions been obliged, with reference to Acts passed in Prince Edward Island, to uphold New South Wales Legislative Assembly Voles, 1859-60, iii. 911, * Parl. Pap., H. C. 520, 1864, p. 41. # Ibid., p. 42.

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