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A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States; Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons,

A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States; Containing a Brief Commentary on Every Clause, Explaining the True Nature, Reasons,

Story, Joseph

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ISBN10: 0217151884
ISBN13: 9780217151887
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.28 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Colonial Governments. 10. Let us next proceed to the consideration of the political Institutions and forms of Government, which were established in these different Colonies, and existed here at the commencement of the Revolution. The governments originally formed in these different Colonies may be divided into three sorts, viz., Provincial, Proprietary, and Charter, Governments. First, Provincial Governments. These establishments existed under the direct and immediate authority of the King of England, without any fixed constitution of government; the organization being dependent upon the respective commissions issued from time to time by the Crown to the royal governors, and upon the instructions, which usually accompanied those commissions. The Provincial Governments were, therefore, wholly under the control of the King, and subject to his pleasure. The form of government, however, in the Provinces, was at all times practically the same, the commissions being issued in the same form. The commissions appointed a Governor, who was the King's representative, or deputy; and a Council, who, besides being a part of the Legislature, were to assist the Governor in the discharge of his official duties; and both the Governor and the Council held their offices during the pleasure of the Crown. The commissions also contained authority to the Governor to convene a genera] assembly of the representatives of the freeholders and planters in the Province; and under this authority, Provincial Assemblies, composed of the Governor, the Council, and the Representatives, were, from time to time, constituted and held. The Representatives composed the lower house, as a distinct branch; the Council composed the upper house; and the Governor had a negative upon all their proceedin...

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