III.  Afrika.  976  152.  Transvaal,

IV.  The  Executive  Council  shall  not  proceed  to  the  despatch  of  business  unless  duly
summoned  by  authority  of  the  Governor,  nor  unless  two  Members  at  the  least  (exclusive  of
himself  or  of  the  Member  presiding)  be  present  and  assisting  throughout  the  whole  of  the  meetings
eat  which  any  such  business  shall  be  despatched.

V.  The  Governor  shall  attend  and  preside  at  the  meetings  of  the  Executive  Council,
unless  prevented  by  some  necessary  or  reasonable  cause,  and  in  his  absence  such  Member  as  may
be  appointed  by  him  in  that  behalf,  or  in  the  absence  of  such  Member  the  senior  Member  of  the
Executive  Council  actually  present  shall  preside.  The  seniority  of  the  Members  of  the  said
Council  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Governor.

VI.  In  the  execution  of  the  powers  and  authorities  vested  in  him,  the  Governor  shall  be
guided  by  the  advice  of  the  Executive  Council,  but  if  in  any  case  shall  see  sufficient  cause  to
dissent  from  the  opinion  of  the  said  Council,  he  may  act  in  the  exercise  of  his  said  powers  and
euthorities  in  opposition  to  the  opinion  of  the  Council,  reporting  the  matter  to  Us  without  delay,
with  the  reasons  for  his  so  acting.

In  any  such  case  it  shall  be  competent  to  any  Member  of  the  said  Council  to  require  that
there  be  recorded  upon  the  Minutes  of  the  Council  the  grounds  of  any  advice  or  opinion  that
he  may  give  upon  the  question.

VII.  The  Governor  shall  not  assent  in  Our  name  to  any  law  of  any  of  the  following  classes:—-1.

  Any  law  for  divorce.

2.  Any  law  whereby  any  grant  of  land  or  money,  or  other  donation  or  gratuity,  may  be
made  to  himself.

3.  Any  law  affecting  the  currency  of  the  Colony.

4.  Any  law  imposing  differential  duties.

6.  Any  law  the  provisions  of  which  shall  appear  inconsistent  with  obligations  imposed
on  Us  by  Treaty.

6.  Any  law  interfering  with  the  discipline  and  control  of  Our  forces  in  the  Colony  by  land
or  Bea.

7.  Any  law  of  an  extraordinary  nature  and  importance,  whereby  Our  prerogative,  or  the
rights  and  property  of  Our  subjects  not  residing  in  the  Colony,  or  the  trade  and  shipping  of  the
United  Kingdom  and  its  dependencies,  may  be  prejudiced.

8.  Any  law  containing  provisions  to  which  Our  assent  has  been  once  refused,  or  which
have  been  disallowed  by  Us:

Unlees  he  shall  have  previously  obtained  Our  instructions  upon  such  law  through  one
of  Our  Principal  Secretaries  of  State,  or  unless  such  law  shall  contain  a  clause  suspending  the
operation  thereof  until  the  signification  in  tlıe  Colony  of  Our  pleasure  thereupon.

VIII.  Whenever  any  offender  shall  have  been  condemned  to  suffer  death  by  the  sentence
of  any  Court,  the  Governor  shall  consult  the  Executive  Council  upon  the  case  of  such  offender,
submitting  to  the  Council  any  Report  that  may  have  been  made  by  the  Judge  who  tried  the
case;  and,  whenever  it  appears  advisable  to  do  so,  taking  measures  to  invite  the  attendance  of
such  Judge  at  the  Council.  The  Governor  shall  not  pardon  or  reprieve  any  such  offender  unless
it  shall  appear  to  him  expedient  so  to  do,  upon  receiving  the  advice  of  tlıe  Executive  Council
thereon;  but  in  all  such  cases  he  is  to  decide  either  to  extend  or  to  withhold  a  pardon  or  reprieve,
according  to  his  own  deliberate  judgment,  whetlier  the  Members  of  the  Executive  Couneil  concur
therein  or  otherwise;  entering  nevertheless,  on  the  Minutes  of  the  Executive  Council,  a  Minute
of  his  reasons  at  lenglıt  in  case  he  should  decide  any  such  question  in  opposition  to  the  judgment
of  the  majority  of  the  Members  thereof.

IX.  All  Commissions  granted  by  the  Governor  to  any  persons  to  be  officers  in  the  Colony
shall,  unless  otherwise  provided  by  law,  be  granted  during  pleasure  only.

X.  Except  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  any  Letters  Patent  or  of  any  Commission
under  Our  Sign  Manual  and  Signet,  the  Governor  shall  not,  upon  any  pretence  whatever,  quit
the  Colony  without  having  first  obtained  leave  from  Us  for  so  doing  under  Our  Sign  Manual