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 V. Imperial control over dominion administration and legislation // Chapter I. The principles of imperial control

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Vv a8 P= a od mn f “0 vt to ad +f he n in 92 diz he a1] SES on ist 1d to ch to 0t it se. he m rs he ON as WM oHAP.1] PRINCIPLES OF IMPERIAL CONTROL 1027 the royal pleasure. The Anglo-American Company had opposed its passing in the Senate; their objections had been overruled, but the Act was reserved because the Privy Council of the Dominion thought that it might be held to fall ander the charge of prejudicing the rights of Her Majesty’s subjects not resident in the Dominion. The Canadian Government, however, asked that the royal sanction might be given at an early date, the company on its part petitioned the Imperial Government for its being refused the royal assent, and on October 29, 1874, the Secretary of State intimated that he had not felt entitled to take the responsi- bility of deciding what steps should be taken with regard to the measure ; then he continued : ‘it seems to me to be clearly within the competency of the Dominion Government and Parliament to legislate’ on the matter in question, as it was one ‘involving no points in respect of which it would appear necessary that Imperial interests should be guarded, or the relations of the Dominion with other colonial or foreign governments controlled’. ‘It is obvious,” he added, ‘that if the intervention of Her Majesty's Government were liable to be invoked whenever Canadian legislation on local questions affects or is alleged to affect the property of absent persons, the measure of self-government conceded to the Dominion might be reduced within very narrow limits. It is to the Dominion Government and Legislature that persons concerned in the legislation of Canada on domestic subjects and its results must have recourse, and this Government cannot attempt to decide upon the details of such legislation without incurring those complications which are consequent upon a confusion of authority.” No action was taken on the Bill, and in the next session a new Bill was brought in in which the rights of the parties interested were more care- fully adjusted than in the previous Act, and this Act, after modification in both Houses, was passed into law and re- ceived the royal assent from the Governor-General! The + Canada Sess. Pap., 1875, No. 20. This correspondence and all other relating to disallowance or reservation of Dominion Acts is reprinted in Provincial Legislation, 1867-95. See also below, p. 1044. uh?

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