546 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [PART III
or upwards, must not be subject to any disqualification
which would vacate his seat if it occurred after his appoint-
ment, have resided in the Colony for ten years, and be
the registered proprietor of immovable property within the
Colony of the value of £500 in net value, after deduction
of the amount of all registered mortgages.
A seat in the Legislative Council was vacated under ss. 32
and 33 of the Act if any member of the Council failed for a
whole ordinary annual session to give his attendance in the
House, or ceased to hold his qualification, or took any oath
or made any declaration or acknowledgement of allegiance,
obedience, or adherence to any foreign state or power, or did,
concurred in, or adopted any act whereby he might become the
subject or citizen of any such state or power, or became an in-
solvent, or took advantage of any Act for the relief of insolvent
debtors, or became a public defaulter, or was attainted of
treason, or sentenced to imprisonment for any infamous
crime, or became of unsound mind, or accepted any office
of profit under the Crown other than a political office, or
that of an officer of His Majesty’s sea or land forces on full,
retired, or half pay. The disqualification did not apply in
the case of persons in receipt of pensions from the Colonial
Government, or of persons granted pensions under the
Constitution Act of 1893 on their retirement on political
grounds. A seat was also vacated if any member of the Legis-
lative Council for the period of one month remained a party
to any contract with the Government; but this did not
apply to a purchaser of land at public auction from the
Government, or to any lessee of Government land! A mem-
ber of the Council might also resign his seat by writing under
his hand addressed to the Governor. A member was eligible
for reappointment by the Governor.
2. It was provided by s. 48 of the Constitution Act of 1893
that all Bills for appropriating any part of the consolidated
revenue fund, or for imposing, altering, or repealing any
rate, tax, duty, or impost, should originate in the Legislative
* Similar provisions applied to members of the Lower House. See above.
p. 501,
