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suspended to secure its re-introduction and passing through 
the House, only to be rejected by the Legislative Council. 
Reservation of such Bills required by the Constitution was 
abolished by the Australian States Constitution Act, 1907. 
In the case of Victoria! absolute majorities are also 
required on the second and third readings in each House 
of Bills for constitutional alterations in the Houses under the 
Act of 1855. Even in the case of Western Australia 2 pro- 
visions were inserted in the local Act which provided that 
no change in the constitution of the Legislative Council or 
the Legislative Assembly could be effected unless the second 
and third readings of the Bill were passed with the con- 
currence of an absolute majority of the whole number of the 
members for the time being of the Legislative Council and 
the Legislative Assembly respectively. Moreover, it was 
required that there should be reserved by the Governor for the 
signification of the royal pleasure every Bill which so provided 
for the election of the Legislative Council before the date 
fixed by Part III of the Act in question, and every Bill 
which interfered with the operation of s. 59 (dealing with 
the Civil List), s. 70 (dealing with the appropriation for 
aborigines), s. 71 (dealing with compensation to officers who 
lost office on political grounds), and s. 72 (dealing with 
charges on the consolidated funds which secured certain 
rights to ex-civil servants), and Schedules B, C, and D 
{comprising the Civil List, the grant for aborigines, and the 
political pensions), and the section itself. The rules as to 
reservation disappeared in 1907.3 
These provisions as to majorities, and as to procedure on re- 
servation are still valid, and the inconvenience caused in the 
latter case may be illustrated by the fact that an Act of 1897 
'61 Vict. No. 7) passed in Western Australia, to alter the posi- 
18 & 19 Viet. c. 55, sched. s. 60. The reservation also provided for in 
she Act disappeared under the Imperial Act of 1907. 
' 53 & 54 Vict. ¢. 26, sched. s. 73. 
" The Redistribution of Seats Act No. 6 of 1911 actually includes a clause 
providing that it cannot be changed save by absolute majorities in both 
Houses.