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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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cHAP. Vv] THE PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURE 463 In the case of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony, all difficulty was avoided by the requirement that the copy of each law to be signed by the Governor and enrolled in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court was to be the English copy, and was to be final evidence of the terms: of the Act. In the case of the Union there shall be two copies prepared and the Governor-General shall sign which he chooses, and that shall be the final copy in cases of disagree- ment, though both copies will be enrolled in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division. He signs some in Dutch, some in English, and confusion seems probable. The necessity of safeguarding existing interests is recognized by a provision in the Act which exempts existing officers from the necessity of acquiring both tongues, but the provision of two official languages may be expected to tell in favour of Dutch applicants for posts, as the learning of English will be more common among the Dutch than the reverse process, for in South Africa, while a knowledge of English is very valuable, a knowledge of Dutch can hardly be deemed anywhere absolutely essential to the ordinary Englishman. § 4. THE PROCEDURE OF PARLIAMENT The procedure of Parliament is based avowedly and minutely on the practices of the Imperial Parliament. It has been so from the beginning, the pomps of the Imperial chambers having been introduced into Canada at a time when the capital where the Legislature of Upper Canada met was merely a small village. There have been proposals from time to time to simplify the procedure, but they have not been very sympathetically received in any quarter ; indeed, there is some advantage in inducing the Houses to realize that the action which they are engaged upon is of serious importance, and should be treated in a spirit of dignity and responsibility. All the forms are therefore observed, state openings, messages from the Governor, and, what is more important, the full procedure by three readings in either House, with committee stages and sometimes report stages, though the Canadian House of Commons has discarded

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