III.  Afrika.  952  953.  Or.-Riv.-Col.

during  the  tenure  of  such  appointment,  merge  or  be  reduced  pro  tanto,  accprding
as  the  salary  or  emolument  of  any  such  appointment  shall  be  equal  to  or  less  than
the  pension  or  retiring  allowance  of  such  Member.

LXII.—(1.)  Where,  under  any  Law  of  the  Colony,  any  power,  jurisdiction,
or  authority  is  at  the  date  of  the  commencement  of  these  Our  Letters  Patent  exercised
  by  the  Lieutenant-Governor,  such  power,  jurisdietion,  or  authority  shall  be
exercised  by  the  Governor  in  Council,  and  where,  under  any  Law,  any  power,  jurisdiction,
  or  authority  has  been  conferred  on  any  member  of  the  existing  Executive
Council  of  theColony,  such  power,  jurisdiction,  or  authority  shall  be  exercised  by  the
Minister  to  whom  it  shall  be  assigned  by  the  Governor  in  Council.

(2.)  Where  in  any  existing  Law  the  words  “Legislative  Council”  occur,  they
shall,  unless  the  context  otherwise  indicates,  be  read  as  if  they  were  “Legislative
Council  and  Legislative  Assembly.”

LXIII.  The  Governor  may,  by  proclamation  in  the  “Gazette,”  at  any  time
before  the  date  of  the  nomination  of  persons  for  election  as  Members  of  the  Legislative
  Assembly,  and  provided  that  Our  approval  be  previously  signified  to  him
through  a  Secretary  of  State,  vary,  annul,  or  add  to  any  of  the  provisions  of  these
Our  Letters  Patent  in  order  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  the  same,  and  may  provide
for  any  other  matter  necessary  in  order  to  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  thereof.

LXIV.  In  these  Our  Letters  Patent,  unless  the  contrary  intention  appears—

“Date  of  the  election  of  the  Legislative  Assembly’’  means  the  date  of  the
Proclamation  in  the  “Gazette”  of  the  persons  elected  as  members  of  the  Legislative
Assembly  at  a  General  Election.

“Gazette”  means  the  Orange  River  Colony  Government  Gazette.

“Governor”  means  the  officer  for  the  time  being  administering  the  government
of  the  Colony.

“Governor  in  Council”  means  the  Governor  acting  by  and  with  the  advice
of  the  Executive  Council.

“Secretary  of  State”  means  one  of  Our  Principal  Secretaries  of  State.

LXV.  These  Our  Letters  Patent  shall  be  proclaimed  at  such  place  or  places
within  the  Colony  as  the  Governor  shall  think  fit,  and  shall  commence  and  come
into  operation  on  a  day  to  be  fixed  by  the  Governor  by  proclamation  in  the  “Gazette,”
and  thereupon  the  Letters  Patent  and  Instructions,  described  in  Schedule  6  hereto,
shall,  without  prejudice  to  anything  lawfully  done  thereunder,  be  revoked.

LXVI.  These  Our  Letters  Patent  may  be  cited  as  ‘The  Orange  River  Colony
Constitution  Letters  Patent,  1907.”

In  witness  whereof  We  have  caused  these  Our  Letters  to  be  made  Patent.
Witness  Ourself  at  Westminster,  this  Fifth  day  of  June,  in  the  seventh  year  of
Our  Reign.

By  Warrant  under  the  King’s  Sign  Manual.

Muir  Mackenzie.