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to  be  the  Speaker  thereof,  during  the  Continuance  of  such  Council,  which  Election
being  confirmed  by  the  Superintendent  shall  be  valid  and  effectual;  and  in  case  of
Vacancy  in  the  said  Office  by  Death,  Resignation,  or  otherwise,  then  and  so  often
a3  the  same  shall  happen  the  Election  shall  be  repeated  and  confirmed  as  aforesaid.

XXI.  The  Speaker  of  each  Provincial  Council  shall  preside  at  the  Meetings
of  such  Council;  but  in  his  Absence  some  Member  elected  by  the  Council  shall  preside.

XXII.  No  Provincial  Council  shall  be  competent  to  the  Despatch  of  any  Business,
  unless  One  Third  of  the  whole  Number  of  Members  be  present.

XXIII.  All  Questions  which  shall  arise  in  any  such  Council  shall  be  decided
by  the  Majority  of  Votes  of  the  Members  present  other  than  the  Speaker  or  presiding
  Member;  but  in  all  Cases  wherein  the  Votes  shall  be  equal  the  Speaker  or
presiding  Member  shall  have  a  Casting  Vote.

XXIV.  Every  Provincial  Council  at  their  First  Meeting,  and  from  Time  to
Time  afterwards,  as  Occasion  may  require,  shall  prepare  and  adopt  such  Standing
Rules  and  Orders  as  may  be  best  adapted  for  the  orderly  Conduct  of  the  Business
of  such  Council,  which  Rules  and  Orders  shall  be  laid  before  the  Superintendent,
and  being  by  him  approved  shall  then  become  binding  and  in  force.

XXV.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  Provincial  Council  to  pass,  or  for  the
Superintendent  to  assent  to,  any  Bill  appropriating  any  Money  to  the  Public  Service,
  unless  the  Superintendent  shall  first  have  recommended  to  the  Council  to  make
Provision  for  the  specific  Service  to  which  such  Money  is  to  be  appropriated;  and
no  such  Money  shall  be  issued  or  be  made  issuable,  except  by  Warrants  to  be  granted
by  the  Superintendent.

XXVI.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Superintendent  to  transmit  to  the  Provincial
Council,  for  their  Consideration,  the  Drafts  of  any  such  Laws  or  Ordinances  as  it
may  appear  to  him  desirable  to  introduce,  and  all  such  Drafts  shall  be  taken  into
consideration  in  such  convenient  Manner  as  in  and  by  such  Rules  and  Orders  as
aforesaid  shall  be  in  that  Behalf  provided.

XXVIlI.  Every  Bill  passed  by  the  Provincial  Council  shall  be  presented  to  the
Superintendent  for  the  Governor’s  Assent,  and  the  Superintendent  shall  declare,
according  to  his  Discretion,  (but  subject  nevertheless  to  the  Provisions  herein  contained
  and  to  such  Instructions  as  may  from  Time  to  Time  be  given  him  by  the
Governor,)  that  he  assents  to  such  Bill  on  behalf  of  the  Governor,  or  that  he  withholds
  the  Assent  of  the  Governor,  or  that  he  reserves  such  Bill  for  the  Signification
of  the  Governor’s  Pleasure  thereon;  provided  always,  that  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful
for  the  Superintendent,  before  declaring  his  Pleasure  in  regard  to  any  Bill  so  presented
to  him,  to  make  such  Amendments  in  such  Bill  as  he  thinks  needful  or  expedient,
and  to  return  such  Bill  with  such  Amendments  to  such  Council,  and  the  Consideration
of  such  Amendments  by  such  Council  shall  take  place  in  such  convenient  Manner
as  shall  in  and  by  the  Rules  and  Orders  aforesaid  be  in  that  Behalf  provided;  provided
  also,  that  all  Bills  altering  or  affecting  the  Extent  of  the  several  Electoral
Districts  which  shall  be  represented  in  the  Provincial  Council,  or  establishing  new
or  other  such  Electoral  Districts,  or  altering  the  Number  of  the  Members  of  such