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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970 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART TV but there must be a session of each Council every year, so that there shall never be more than twelve months between the end of one session and the beginning of the next session. The Council shall elect its own chairman, and make rules of procedure, which can, however, be disallowed by the Governor-General in Council. The members shall receive allowances now fixed by the Governor-General in Council at £120 a year, and shall be entitled to free speech. The Council shall last for three years, and shall not be dissolved save by sfflux of time. The Council is therefore in no sense a Parliament, Its members are indeed elected as if for a Parliament, and will be paid and given freedom of speech, but they cannot make rules which are not subject to disallowance by the Governor- General in Council, and their allowances are fixed by the same authority, Moreover, the Executive Government is not dependent on their favour : once elected, it remains in office. At the same time the Executive cannot control the Council ; it may thwart all their wishes for legislation, but it cannot be dissolved. Its real analogue is a municipal council, not a Parliament ; and like a municipal council, its legislative power is far from being extensive, though it is important as dealing with matters of everyday life.! We have seen that the Union Parliament is to have full legislative power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of South Africa. But there is also set up a subsidiary legislative machinery which is to deal with provincial matters.2 The subjects referred to the Provincial Councils are strictly limited in number and extent ; they comprise (1) direct taxation within the province in order bo raise a revenue for provincial purposes ; (2) the borrowing of money on the sole credit of the provinces with the consent ' The Australian states by their practically sole possession of the right bo legislate in social matters (e. g. land tenure, industrial matters, &e.) preserve for the present their importance against the Federation, Factories and land come home more to the average citizen than defence, while customs—the other great branch of federal activity—is not a constant mbject of legislation, ' 88. 85-91. Cf. The Government of South Africa, i. 257-66 : ii. 152-7

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