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VII. And We do further direct and enjoin that, in the execution of 
the powers and authorities committed to Our said Governor by Our 
said Letters Patent, he shall in all cases consult with Our said Execu 
tive Council, excepting only in cases which may be of such a nature 
that, in his judgement, Our service would sustain material prejudice 
by consulting Our Council thereupon, or when the matters to be 
decided shall be too unimportant to require their advice, or too 
argent to admit of their advice being given by the time within which 
it may be necessary for him to act in respect of any such matters. 
Provided that in all such urgent cases he shall subsequently, and at 
the earliest practicable period, communicate to the said Executive 
council the measures which he may so have adopted. with the reasons 
thereof. 
VIII. And We do authorize Qur said Governor, in his discretion, 
and if it shall in any case appear right, to act in the exercise of the 
power committed to him by Our said Letters Patent, in opposition 
to the advice which may in any such case be given to him by the 
Members of Our said Executive Council. Provided, nevertheless, 
that in every such case he shall fully report to Us by the first con- 
Sontent opportunity such proceeding with the grounds and reasons 
thereof. 
IX. And whereas We have by Our said Letters Patent provided 
that the Legislative Council of Our said Colony shall be constituted 
in the manner therein appointed : Now We do declare Our pleasure to 
be that Five Members of the said Legislative Council shall be a 
quorum for the dispatch of the business thereof. 
X. And We do authorize and empower Our said Governor, from 
time to time, by an Instrument under the Public Seal of Our said 
Colony, to appoint one Member of the said Legislative Council to 
preside therein, and to remove him and appoint another in his stead. 
XI. And We do confirm all Standing Rules and Orders heretofore 
made by Our authority for ensuring punctuality of attendance of 
the Members of the said Legislative Council, and for the prevention 
of meetings of the said Council being held without convenient notice 
bo the several Members thereof, and for maintaining order and 
method in the dispatch of business, and in the conduct of all debates 
in the said Council; and We do authorize and empower the said 
Legislative Council to make such other and further Rules and Orders 
as may to them appear requisite for the above-mentioned purposes, 
not being repugnant to these Our Instructions, or to any other 
Instructions which Our said Governor may receive from Us. 
XII. And We do further direct and enjoin that Minutes shall be 
regularly kept of the proceedings of the said Legislative Council, 
and that at each meeting of the said Council the Minutes of the last 
preceding meeting be read over, confirmed, or amended, as the case 
may require, before proceeding to the dispatch of any other business. 
And We do further direct and enjoin that Our said Governor shall 
transmit fair copies of the Journals and Minutes of the proceedings