Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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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:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter II. The commonwealth of Australia

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920 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART IV of 1907, No. 946, the agreement in question is ratified, and the territory is declared to be accepted by the Commonwealth ander the name of the Northern Territory of Australia, in- cluding the Port Darwin and Pine Creek Railway, and all the state’s right, title, interest in, and control of all state real and personal property in the territory, except moneys held by or on behalf of, or to the credit of, or due, or accruing due to the state at the date of the acceptance. All laws in force in the Northern Territory shall remain in operation until altered by any law of the Commonwealth, and any functions which are given under any law of the Commonwealth in force at the time of acceptance to state officers shall be exercised by such officers as the Governor-General shall appoint. The powers and functions vested in the Governor of the state, or the Governor with the advice of his Executive Council or any state authority, shall be vested in the Governor-General or the Governor-General in Council, or in such authority as the case requires, or as the Governor-General directs. The existing Courts of Justice shall continue until other provision is made by the Commonwealth Parliament, and magistrates and justices of the peace, and all public officers and func- bionaries, shall continue to hold office under the Common- wealth on the same terms as they hold office under the state. All estates and interests held by any person within the Northern Territory shall continue to be held from the Commonwealth on the same conditions that they were held from the state. The Government Residents and other officers may be transferred to the public service of the Commonwealth, preserving all their existing and accruing rights. Trade, commerce, and intercourse, whether by sea or land, between the Northern Territory and the states shall be absolutely free. The latter Act! provides that the Governor-General may appoint an administrator for the purpose who shall hold office subject to good behaviour for five years, and shall perform all the functions of his office according to such ' See Parliamentary Debates, 1910, pp. 5786 seq.; 6265 seq.

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