NEWFOUNDLAND 1605 
or which shall be erected or established within or on the Islands and 
Coast aforesaid (which said Islands and Coast, together with the 
[sland of Newfoundland, are hereinafter referred to as Oursaid Colony), 
and that the person who shall fill the said Office of Governor shall be, 
from time to time, appointed by Commission under Our Sign Manual 
and Signet. And We do hereby authorize and command Our said 
Fovernor to do and execute in due manner all things that shall belong 
bo his said Command, and to the trust We have reposed in him, 
according to the several Powers and Authorities granted or appointed 
him by virtue of these present Letters Patent, and of such Commis- 
sion as may be issued to him under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and 
according to such Instructions as may from time to time be given to 
him under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or by Our Order in Our Privy 
Council, or by Us through one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, 
and according to such Laws and Ordinances as are or shall hereafter 
be in force in Our said Colony. 
II. And We do hereby declare Our pleasure to be that there shall 
be an Executive Council for Our said Colony, and that the said Council 
shall consist of such persons as are now or may at any time be 
declared by any law enacted by the Legislature of Our said Colony to 
be Members of Our said Council, and of such other persons as Our 
said Governor shall, from time to time, in Our name and on Our 
behalf, but subject to any law as aforesaid, appoint under the Public 
Seal to be Members of Our said Council. 
III. And We do hereby declare Our pleasure to be that there shall 
be within Our said Colony a Legislative Council which shall consist 
of such members as at or immediately before the publication of these 
presents were members of Our said Council, and of such and so many 
other members as shall hereafter be from time to time nominated 
and appointed by Us under Our Sign Manual and Signet, or provision- 
ally appointed by Our said Governor until Our pleasure thereon shall 
be known: Provided, nevertheless, and We do hereby declare Our 
pleasure to be, that the total number of the members of the said 
Legislative Council for the time being resident within Our said Colony 
shall not at any time, by such provisional appointments, be raised 
bo a greater number in the whole than fifteen : Provided also that 
every member of Our said Council shall hold his place therein during 
Our pleasure, and shall be removable by any instruction or warrant 
issued by Us under Our Sign Manual and Signet, and with the advice 
of Our Privy Council. 
IV. And We do authorize and empower Our said Governor, with 
the advice and consent of Our said Executive Council, by writs issued 
in Our name, to summon and call together the General Assembly of 
Our said Colony, and also from time to time, in the lawful and 
accustomed manner, to prorogue the Legislative Council and the 
House of Assembly of Our said Colony, and from time to time to 
dissolve the said House of Assembly. 
V. And we do further authorize and empower Our said Governor,