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or atfectinw tbe Extent, of tlio 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 Council to be chosen by the said Districts respectively, or altering the number of the Members of such Council, or altering the Limits of any Town or establishing any new Town, shall be so reserved as aforesaid. Superintendent to send Copies of Bills assented to to Governor. XXVIII. Whenever any Bill shall have been assented to by tbe Superintendent as aforesaid, the Superintendent shall forthwith transmit to the Governor an authentic Copy thereof. Disallowance of Bills assented to, XXIX. It shall be lawful for the Governor at any Time within Three Months after any such Bill shall have been received by him to declare by Proclamation his Disallowance of such Bill, and such Disallowance shall make void and annul the same from and after the Day of the Date of such Proclamation or any subsequent Day to be named therein. No Bill to have any Force until assented to ly Governor. XXX. No Bill which shall be reserved for the Signification of the Assent of the Governor shall have any Force or Authority within the Province until the Superintendent shall signify either by Speech or Message to the Provincial Council, or by Proclamation in the Government Gazette, that such Bill has been laid before the Governor, and that the Governor has assented to the same; and an Entry shall be made in the Journals of the Provincial Council of every such Speech, Message, or Proclamation, and a Duplicate thereof, duly attested, shall be delivered to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, or other proper Officer, to oe kept among the Records of the Province; and no Bill which shall be so reserved as aforesaid shall have any Force or Authority within the Province unless the Assent of the Governor thereto shall have been so signified as aforesaid within Three Months next after the Day on which such Bill shall have been presented to the Superintendent for the Governor’s Assent. Governor may transmit Instructions to Superinintendent as to reserving Bills. XXXI. It shall be lawful for the Governor from Time to Time to transmit to the Superintendent of any Province, for his Guidance in assenting to or withholding Assent from Bills, or reserving the same for the Signification of the Governor’s Pleasure thereon, such Instructions as to the Governor shalTseem fit, and it shall be the Duty of the Superintendent to act in obedience to such Instructions. Establishment of a General Assembly, XXXII. There shall be within the Colony of New Zealand a General Assembly, to consist of the Governor, a Legislative Council, and House of Representatives. Appointment of Members of the L egislativ<\Counc iI XXXIII. For constituting the Legislative Council of New Zealand it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, before the Time to be appointed for the First Meeting of the General Assembly, by an Instrument under Her Royal Sign Manual, to authothorize the Governor in Her Majesty’s Name to summon to the said Legislative Council such Persons, being not less in Number than Ten, as Her Majesty shall think fit; and it shall also be lawful for Her Majesty from Time to Time in like Manner to authorize the Governor to summon to the said Legislative Council such other Person or Persons as Her Majesty shall think fit, either for supplying any Vacancy or Vacancies or otherwise, and every Person who shall be so summoned shall thereby become a Member of the said Legislative Council: Provided always, that no Person shall be summoned to such Legislative Council who shall not be of the full Age of Twenty-one Years, and a natural born Subject of Her Majesty, or a Subject of Her Majesty naturalized by Act of Parliament, or by an Act of the Legislature of New Zealand. Legislative Councillors may hold Seatfo)' Life. XXXIV. Every Member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand shall hold his Seat therein for the Term of his Life, subject nevertheless to the Provisions hereinafter contained for vacating the same. Resignation of Seat in Council. XXXV. It shall be lawful for any Member of the said Legislative Council by Writing under his Hand addressed to the Governor, to resign his Seat in the said Council, and upon such Resignation and Acceptance thereof by the Governor the Seat of such Member snail become vacant. Causes by which Seat may be vacated. XXXVI. If any Legislative Councillor of JSew Zealand shall for Two successive Sessions of the General Assembly, without the Permission of Her Majesty or of the Governor, signified by the said Governor to the Legislative Council, fail to give his Attendance in the said Legislative Council, or shall take any Oath or make any Declaration or Acknowledgment; of Allegiance, Obedience, or Adherence to any Foreign Prince or Power, or shall do, concur in, or adopt any Act whereby he may become a Subject or Citizen of any Foreign Stale or Power, or become entitled to the Rights, Privileges, or Immunities of a Subject or Citizen of any Foreign State or Power, or shall become bankrupt, or shall become an Insolvent Debtor within the Meaning of the Laws relating to Insolvent Debtors, or shall become a public Defaulter, or be attainted of Treason, or be convicted of Felony or any infamous Crime, his Seat in such Council shall thereby become vacant. Trial of Question whether Seats are vacated. XXXVII. Any question which shall arise respecting any Vacancy in the said Legislative Council on occasion of any of the [For Coniinuation see Supplement , J