‚V.  Australien.  1406  251.  Australia.

After  the  first  general  election  no  Minister  of  State  shall  hold  office  for  a  longer
‚period  than  three  months  unless  he  is  or  becomes  a  senator  or  &amp;  member  of  the  House
‚of  Representatives.

65.  Until  the  Parliament  otherwise  provides,  the  Ministers  of  State  shall  not
-exceed  seven  in  number,  and  shall  hold  such  offices  as  the  Parliament  prescribes  or,
‘in  the  absence  of  provision,  as  the  Governor-General  directs.

66.  There  shall  be  payable  to  the  Queen,  out  of  the  Consolidated  Revenue
Fund  of  the  Commonwealth,  for  the  salaries  of  the  Ministers  of  State,  an  annual  sum
which,  until  the  Parliament  otherwise  provides,  shall  not  exceed  twelve  thousand
pounds  a  year.

67.  Until  the  Parliament  otherwise  provides,  the  appointment  and  removal
of  all  other  officers  of  the  Executive  Government  of  the  Commonwealth  shall  be
vested  in  the  Governor-General  in  Council,  unless  the  appointment  is  delegated  by
the  Governor-General  in  Council  or  by  a  law  of  the  Commonwealth  to  some  other
authority.

68.  The  command  in  chief  of  the  naval  and  military  forces  of  the  Commonwealth
  is  vested  in  the  Governor-General  as  the  Queen’s  representative.

69.  On  a  date  or  dates  to  be  proclaimed  by  the  Governor-General  after  the
establishment  of  the  Commonwealth  the  following  departments  of  the  public  service
in  each  State  shall  become  transferred  to  the  Commonwealth  :—

Posts,  telegraphs,  and  telephones:

Naval  and  military  defence:

Light-houses,  light-ships,  beacons  and  buoys:

Quarantine:

But  the  departments  of  customs  and  of  excise  in  each  State  shall  become  trans-‚ferred
  to  the  Commonwealth  on  its  establishment.

70.  In  respect  of  matters  which,  under  this  Constitution,  pass  to  the  Executive
Government  of  the  Commonwealth,  all  powers  and  functions  which  at  the  establishment
  of  the  Commonwealth  are  vested  in  the  Governor  of  a  Colony,  or  in  the  Governor
of  a  Colony  with  the  advice  of  his  Executive  Council,  or  in  authority  of  a  Colony
shall  vest  in  the  Governor-General,  orin  the  Governor-General  in  Council,  or  in  the
authority  exercising  similar  powers  under  the  Commonwealth,  as  the  case  requires.

Chapter  III.  The  Judicature.

71.  The  judicial  power  of  the  Commonwealth  shall  be  vested  in  a  Federal
.  Supreme  Court  to  be  called  the  High  Court  of  Australia,  and  in  such  other  federal
courts  as  the  Parliament  creates,  and  in  such  other  courts  as  it  invests  with  federal
jurisdiction.  The  High  Court  shall  consist  of  a  Chief  Justice,  and  so  many  other
‚.  Justices,  not  less  than  two,  as  the  Parliament  prescribes.

72.  The  Justices  of  the  High  Court  and  of  the  other  courts  created  by  the
Parliament—