Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Identifikator:: 1794855874

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-179223

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Polner, Tichon I. http://d-nb.info/gnd/172311195

Title:: Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

Place of publication:: New Haven

Publisher:: Yale Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: XXV, 317 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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CHAP. 1] ORIGIN AND HISTORY 31 by both Houses of the said Legislature, setting forth the question so to be determined : Provided that all such Bills shall be absolutely in abeyance pending any such deter- mination, and that they shall be afterwards submitted for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon, or remitted to the Colony for the exercise of the Governor’s discretion, according to the decision of the Judicial Com- mittee in each such case, The Imperial Government were unable to accept the clauses in question, and they accordingly omitted them in confirming the Act by the Imperial Act 18 & 19 Vict. c. 54. They further inserted provisions permitting the altera- tion of the constitution by the new Legislature, and made certain minor alterations. The Governor was also instructed that he was not required to reserve Bills of local interest merely, nor even Bills affecting the Civil List save so far as the Bills in question affected existing holders of office, whose interests were to be respected. At the same time another Act (c. 56) was passed to repeal the laws regarding the management of the Crown lands in Australia, completing the concession granted by the Constitution Act, and steps were taken to vest the administration of the Government, in the case of absence or incapacity of the Governor, in the Chief Justice, the President of the Legislative Council, and the Colonial Secretary jointly, since under the new arrange- ments the Colonial Secretary would be a political officer. The constitution was received gladly in the Colony, and the Governor found only inconvenience in the desire of the existing officers who were liable to retire on political grounds claiming to be allowed to retire forthwith, without waiting for the political grounds to take effect, a course which he and the judges whom he consulted declared that they could not do if they wished to secure the pensions provided for them.1 In the case of Victoria an Imperial Act, 18 & 19 Vict. ¢. 55, confirmed the constitution, amending it in the same sense ag the similar Act for New South Wales, and the same instructions were addressed to the Governor as to not 1 Parl. Pap., July 24, 1856, pp. 15 seq.

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