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XXXV.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Legislature  of  the  Colony  by  any  Law  to
define  the  privileges,  immunities,  and  powers  to  be  held,  enjoyed,  and  exercised  by
the  Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly,  and  by  the  Members  thereof
respectively:

Provided  that  no  such  privileges,  immunities,  or  powers  shall  exceed  those
for  the  time  being  held,  enjoyed,  and  exercised  by  the  Commons’  House  of  Parliament
of  Our  United  Kingdom,  or  the  Members  thereof.

XXXVI—(1.)  All  debates  and  discussions  in  the  Legislative  Council  and
Legislative  Assembly  shall  be  conducted  in  the  English  or  Dutch  language,  and  in
no  other  language,  and  copies  of  the  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  said  Council  and
Assembly,  and  of  all  proposed  laws,  shall  be  printed  both  in  the  English  and  Dutch
languages.

(2.)  Save  as  aforesaid,  all  journals,  entries,  mniutes,  and  proceedings  of  the
Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly  shall  be  made  and  recorded  in  the
English  language.

XXXVII.—There  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  public  revenue  of  the  Colony  to
every  Member  of  the  Legislature  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  together
with  the  sum  of  two  pounds  for  every  day  of  the  Session  on  which  he  has  been  in
attendance:  Provided  that  the  sum  paid  to  any  such  Member  in  any  one  calendar
year  shall  not  exceed  three  hundred  pounds,  and  that  no  such  payment  shall  be
made  to  any  such  Member  who  is  a  Minister  or  who  is  President  of  the  Legislative
Council  or  to  the  Speaker  of  the  Legislative  Assembly.

Legislation.

XXXVIII.—(1.)  It  shall  be  lawful  for  Us  and  Our  successors,  by  and  with
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly,  subject
to  the  provisions  of  these  Our  Letters  Patent,  to  make  all  Laws,  to  be  entitled  “Act,”
which  shall  be  required  for  the  peace,  order,  and  good  government  of  the  Colony.

(2.)  A  Law  passed  by  the  Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly  may
repeal  or  alter  any  of  the  provisions  of  these  Our  Letters  Patent.

XXXIX.—(1.)  If  the  Legislative  Assenıbly  passes  any  proposed  Law  and  the
Legislative  Council  rejects  or  fails  to  pass  it,  or  passcs  it  with  amendments  to  which
the  Legislative  Assembly  will  not  agree,  and  if  the  Legislative  Assembly,  in  the  next
Session,  again  passes  the  proposed  Law  with  or  without  any  amendments  which
have  been  made,  suggested,  or  agreed  to  by  the  Legislative  Council,  and  the  Legislative
  Council  rejects,  or  fails  to  pass  it,  or  passes  it  with  amendments  to  which  the
Legislative  Assembly  will  not  agree,  the  Governor  may  during  that  Session  convence
a  joint  sitting  of  the  Members  of  the  Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly
in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  or  may  dissolve  the  Legislative  Assembly,  and
may  simultaneously  dissolve  both  the  Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly
if  the  Legislative  Council  shall  then  be  an  elected  Council.  But  such  dissolution
shall  not  take  place  within  six  months  before  the  date  of  the  expiry  of  the  Legislative
Assembly  by  effluxion  of  time.