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BRITISH COLUMBIA.
DRAFT OF A COMMISSION passed under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, appointing Anthony Musgrave,
Esquire, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of the Colony of British Columbia and its Depen-
dencies.
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DtcittdUth OetOer, 1869.
Appointment of Governor Sey-
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VICtQRlA, by the Grace of God of th(b UhM
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ir«4«id, Queen,
Xtefender of the Fai(b> to Oar Tnuity and T^MI-
betbved AnthoYiy Mnsgirave, Esquire, Grerting :
I. Whereas We did by certain Letters-Patent
under the Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at West-
minster, the eleventh day of January, One thoasand
eight hundred and sixty-four, in the Twenty-seventh
Year of Our Reign, Constitute and Appoint Our
Trusty and Well-beloved Frederick Seymour,
Esquire, to be during Our Pleasure Our Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony
of British Columbia and its Dependencies, as by
the isaid recited Letters-Patent, relation being
thereunto had, jujj more fully and at large appear:
And Whereas by an Order in Council bearing date
on the Eleventh day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three. We did Authorize the
Officer Administering the Government of Our said
Colony, with the advice of the Legislative Council
therein mentioned, to make Laws for the Peace,
Order, and good Government of Our said Colony :
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And Whereas by an Act passed in the Session Iiolden
in the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Years of Our
Reign, intituled "An Act for the Union of the Colony
of Vancouver Island with the Colony of British
Columbia," it was enacted that the Colony of British
Columbia should after the said Union comprise all
such Territories within the Dominions of Her Majesty
as are bounded to the South by the Territories of
the United States of America, to the West by the
Pacific Ocean and the Frontier of the Russian
Territories in North America (now belonging to the
United States of Ameiica), to the North by the
Sixtieth Parallel of North Liititude, and to the
East from the boundary of the United States,
northwards by the Rocky Mountains and the One
hundred and twentieth meridian of West Longitude,
and should include Queen Charlotte's Island and
all other Islands adjacent to the said Territories,
and VancouTcr Island and the Islands adjacent
thereto : And Whereas such Union has been duly
effected under the Provisions of the said Act :
Now know you that We have Revoked and Deter-
mined, and do by these Presents Revoke and Deter-
mine the said recited Letters-Patent and every Clause,
Article, and Thing therein contained, «3Xce£t_8oJai"
aB the sajne^ repeal certain Instructions addressed by
Us to James Doiyjlas, Esquire, under Our Sign-
Manual and Signet beari ng date the S econd day of
September, One thousand eig ht hund red and
thirty -eight : And further know you that We,
reposing especial Trust and Confidence in the
Prudence, Courage, and Loyalty of you the said
Anthony Musgrave, of Our special Grace, certain
Knowledge, and mere Motion, have thought fit to
Constitute and Appoint, and do by these Presents
Constitute and Appoint you to be during Our Will
and Pleasure Our Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Our Colony of British Columbia
and its Dependencies, and in and over all Forts and
Garrisons erected and established, or to be erected
and established, in Our said Colony : And We do
hereby Authorize and Command you to do and
execute all things in due manner that shall belong
to your said Command and the Trust We have
reposed in you, according to the several Powers
and Directions gianted or appointed you by this
Uoundaries.
Kevokes the appointment
Governor Seymour.
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Appointment of Mr. Musgrave.
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Our present Commission, and the Instructions
herewith given to you, and by such further Instruc-
tions as may hereafter be given by Us under Our
Sign-Manual and Signet, or by Our Order in
Our Privy Council, or through One of Our
Principal Secretaries of State, and according to
such Laws and Ordinances as are now or shall
hereafter be in force in Our said Colony.
Appointment of Executive Council.
II. And We do hereby Declare Our Pleasure to
be that, for the purpose of Advising you, there shall
be for Our said Colony an Executive Council,
which shall be Constituted in such manner as may
be Directed by the Instructions accompanying this
Our Commission, or by any other Instructions which
may from time to time be addressed to you by Us,
under Our Sign-Manual and Signet.
Public Seal.
Grants of Lands.
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III. And We do hereby Authorize and Empower
you to keep and use the Public Seal of Our said
Colony for Sealing all things whatsoever that shall
pass the said Seal.
IV. And We do hereby Authorize and Empower
you to make and execute in Our Name and on Our
Behalf, under the said Public Seal, Grants and
Dispositions of any Lands within Our said Colony
which may be lawfully granted or disposed of by
Us, either in conformity with Instructions under
/Our Sign-Manual and Signet, or in conformity with
such Regulations as are now in force or may be
^ made by you in that behalf with the Advice of Our
said Executive Council, and duly Published in Our
said Colony.
V. And We do hereby Authorize and Empower
Appointment of Judges and other yo" to Constitute and Appoint all such Judges,
Officers. Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, Justices of
f;^.rr^^!t.,pca^-ctiU^^rr,..;^r^^^^^^^^^^^> and Other necessary Officers and
.^^ Ministers as may lawfully be Appointed by Us, all
e u^i'"*-:'^- - : . ^ of^io m shall lidT~their~Office8^~durin s"~Oui-
.4 ?n 'j;
Grant of Pardons and Remission
of Fines.
VI. And We do hereby Authorize and Empower
you, as you shall see occasion, in Our Name and on
Our Behalf, to grant to any Offender convicted of
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Siispt'ni'on of Officers.
any crime in any Court, or before any Jiulj^e,
Justice, or Mai^istntte within Our said Colony, and
its Dependencies, a ]' ''do' , either free or subji :t to
lawful conditions, or any Respite of tlie Execution
of the Sentence of any such Offender, for such -^ Jtt.^ ,it,, ^^i^^ ^ ^ .'^ //<«ee <^ -o
period as to you may seem fit, and to Remit anyV ,.n<<^<i cZ«^ « ^>^ //Ct t^.
Fines, Penalties, oi Forfeitures which may bccomel i
Due and Payable to Us.
VII. And Whereas by tlie said Order in Council
you are empowered in Writing under your Hand
and Seal to Suspend from the exercise of his Office
any Mend)er of the aforesaid Legislative Council,
We do hereby further Authorize and Em|)oweryou,
upon sufficient cause to you appearin<,% to Suspend
from the exercise of his Office within Our said
Colony any Person exercisina; any Office or Place
other than that of Legislative Councillor under or
by virtue of any Commission or Warrant granted or
to be f,Manted by Us, in Our Name, or undi-r Our
Authority, which Suspension shall continue and
have effect only until Our Pleasure therein sha'l be
made known and signiiied to you. And We do
hereby strictly Require and Enjoin you, in proceed-
ing to any such Suspension, to observe the Direc-
tions in that Behalf given to you by Our Instruc-
tions accompanying this Our Commission.
VIII. And We do hereby Declare Our Pleasure
to be, that in tlie event of the Death, Incapacity, or
Absen ce of you the said Anthony Afusgrave out of
Our said Colony, all and every the Powers and
Authorities herein granted to yon shall be, and the
same are hereby vested in such Person as may be
Appointed by Us by Warrant underOur Sign-Manual
and Signet, to be Our Lieutenant-Governor of Our
said Colony, or if tliere shall be no such Lieutenant-
Governor then in such Person or Persons as may be
Appointed by Us under Our Sign-Manual and
Signet to Administer the Government of the same.
And in case there shall l)e no Person or Persons
within Our said Colony so Appointed by Us, then
in th e Senior Member of Our said Executive
Council who shall be resident in Our said Colony.
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Succpssion to till' {j()v?rtiniwit.
IX. And W'c do hereby Retjuire and Command
all Our Officers, Civil and Military, and all other
Officers and others to obey the
Governor.
Inhabitants of Our said Colony, to he 01)U(licut,
Aiding and Assistinjj to you the said Anthony
Musgrave, or in the event of your Doatli, Incapiiuity,
or Absence to such Person or Persons as may under
the Provision!! of this Our Comuiissiou Administer
the Government of Our said Colony.
In Witness whereof We have caused these Our
Letters to be made Patent.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Sixteenth
day of October, in the Thirty-tliird year of Our
Reign.
By Warrant under tlie Queen's Sign Manual.
C. ROMILI.Y.
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