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ae of the consequential amendments which are made in the 
‘aw by the Ordinance were inserted during the Committee 
‘he provisions of the Ordinance when introduced were 
1, 2, 6, and so much of section 4 as effects the repeal of 
of the Protectorate Ordinance, 1924 (Cap. 167). It was 
:d better that the Ordinance as introduced should contain 
1 provisions as were deemed essential to effect the abolition 
33al status of slavery, and that merely consequential amend- 
2ould form the subject of another Ordinance to be passed 
o Vless the Legislative Council when in Committee should 
i readiness to incorporate these amendments into this 
ce. With the latter possibility in view, typewritten copies 
2 olds to be amended and of the amendments required 
1 readiness for circulation. Fortunately the Council in Com- 
nanimously agreed to His Excellency’s suggestion that 
1dments in question should be considered, and they have 
made by the Ordinance as passed. 
Ordinance was passed unanimously. The question of 
© tion was raised by the Rural Member and by the First 
Tember, but, quite apart from the opposition which the 
, “ncountered from Official Members, carefully reasoned 
is were presented against it by the Honourable J. A. Songo 
The question of the provision of lands for the freed slaves 
2er subject raised by the Rural Member, but Paramount 
't Comber, who made an interesting and instructive con- 
to the debate on the second reading, assured the Council 
freed slaves would have no trouble in obtaining land, and 
was confirmed by the Commissioner of the Northern 
And it may be added that both of these Members 
the opinion that inter-marriage would prove a considerable 
f some of the social problems to which the Ordinance 
. Xpected to give rise. 
7 ive already advised that the Ordinance is one to which His 
5 the Acting Governor may properly assent. 
A. C. V. Prior. 
Attorney-General. 
AW OFFICERS’ (CHAMBERS, 
"TOWN, SIERRA LEONE, 
23rd September, 1927. 
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