Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896934455

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. The executive Government

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M4 THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT [paRT IT lessened by the fact that the Chief Justice has in the past frequently administered for long periods, for it has been usual in the larger Colonies at least to secure him exemption from other duties, and at any rate to let cases affecting the Crown in any way be heard before other judges. §3. THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT The administration of the Government in the absence of the Governor, or in case of his incapacity, is usually delegated by the letters patent to the Lieutenant-Governor, if there is one, and if not to the Chief Justice of the Colony. As long as military forces were maintained in the Colonies in sufficient numbers to secure the presence there of an officer of standing, it was the custom (though not the earlier practice) to appoint the senior officer commanding the troops to administer, he being an Imperial officer and free from local ties, and the experiment answered remarkably well. Thus in Canada, until the removal of all but a small garrison rendered the practice impossible, the senior military officer repeatedly administered the Government! The administra- tion now—first in 1903—devolves on the Chief Justice or the senior judge in the absence of the former.? In Newfound- land, owing to the absence of troops, the Chief Justice administers. In the former South African Colonies, where military forces were kept, the senior officer administered, but on the foundation of the Union it was felt proper to entrust the administration in the first instance to the Chief Justice, who was also raised to the peerage as a token of appreciation of his great services to the Empire. In New Zealand the administrator is the Chief Justice since the disappearance of the garrison, and the same rule applies to the Australian States, except that other persons have from time to time been selected. Thus in the case of Queensland the President ' See Bourinot, Constitution of Canada, p. 51, n. 6. Before 1840 the Senior Executive Councillor used to act, as in Crown Colonies, where the Jolonial Secretary is accustomed to administer. ' Bo Mr. Girouard acted in 1910, when Earl Grey and the Chief Justice were not available.

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