III.  Afrika.  951  151.  Or.-Riv.-Col.

General  Provisions.

LIV.  All  taxes,  imposts,  rates,  and  duties,  and  all  territorial,  casual,  and  other
revenues  of  the  Crown  (including  royalties)  from  whatever  source  arising  within
the  Colony  over  which  the  Legislative  Council  and  Legislative  Assembly  have  power
of  appropriation,  shall  form  one  Consolidated  Revenue  Fund  to  be  appropriated
to  the  public  service  of  the  Colony  in  the  manner  and  subject  to  the  charges  hereinafter
  mentioned.

LV.—(1.)  The  Consolidated  Revenue  Fund  shall  be  permanently  charged  with
all  the  costs,  charges,  and  expenses  incident  to  the  collection,  management,  and
receipt  thereof.

(2.)  All  such  costs,  charges,  and  expenses  shall  be  subject  to  be  reviewed  and
audited  in  such  manner  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  directed  by  any  Law  passed
by  the  Legislature.

LVI.  All  Bills  for  appropriating  any  part  of  the  Consolidated  Revenue  Fund
or  for  imposing,  altering,  or  repealing  any  rate,  tax,  duty,  or  impost  shall  originate
in  the  Legislative  Assembly.

LVII.  The  Legislative  Council  may  either  accept  or  reject  any  Money  Bill
passed  by  the  Legislative  Assembly,  but  may  not  alter  it.

LVIII.—(1.)  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  Legislative  Assembly  to  pass  any
law,  vote,  or  resolution  which  shall  have  the  effect  of  appropriating  any  part  of  Our
revenue  within  the  Colony  or  of  imposing  any  rate,  tax,  or  duty,  unless  such  law,
vote,  or  resolution  has  been  first  recommended  to  the  Assembly  by  message  of  the
Governor  during  the  Session  in  which  it  is  proposed.

(2.)  No  part  of  Our  revenue  within  the  Colony  shall  be  issued  except  in  pursuance
  of  a  Warrant  under  the  hand  of  the  Governor  directed  to  the  Colonial
Treasurer.

LIX.—(1.)  There  shall  be  payable  to  Us  in  every  year,  out  of  the  Consolidated
Revenue  Fund,  the  sums  mentioned  in  Schedules  4  and  5  to  these  Our  Letters
Patent  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  services  and  purposes  set  forth  in  the  said
Schedules.

(2.)  The  said  several  sums  shall  be  issued  by  the  Treasurer  in  discharge  of  such
Warrants  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  directed  to  him  under  the  hand  of  the
Governor.

LX.  The  appointment  to,  and  removal  from,  all  public  offices  under  the  Government
  of  the  Colony  hereafter  to  become  vacant  or  to  be  created,  save  those  of
Ministers,  shall,  subject  to  any  Law  hereafter  in  force  in  the  Colony,  be  vested  in  the
Governor  in  Council.

LXI.—(1.)  In  the  event  of  the  retirement  from  office  of  any  Member  of  the
Executive  Council  named  in  Schedule  5  hereto,  such  Member  shall,  subject  to  the
proviso  hereafter  contained,  be  entitled  to  the  pension  set  opposite  his  name  in  the
said  Schedule:

(2.)  Provided  that  if  any  such  Member  shall  accept  any  other  appointment
under  the  Crown  in  the  Colony  or  elsewhere,  his  pension  or  retiring  allowance  shall,