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THE FOUNDING OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

said Corporation for the time being, or the major part of them, who shall be present, being assembled for that purpose, shall from time to time, for, during and until the end and expiration of twenty-one years to commence from the date of those our letters patent, have full power and authority to nominate, make, constitute, commission, ordain and appoint, by such name or names, style or styles as to them shall seem meet and fitting all and singular, such governors, judges, magistrates, ministers and officers, civil and military, both by sea and land, within the said district, as shall by them be thought fit and needful, to be made or used for the government of the said colony (save always and except such officers only as shall by us, our heirs and successors, be from time to time constituted and appointed for the managing, collecting and receiving, such revenues as shall from time to time arise within the said province of Georgia, and become due to us our heirs and successors),^[1] provided always and it is our will and pleasure that every governor of the said province of Georgia to be appointed by the common council of the said Corporation, before he shall enter upon or execute the said office of Governor, shall be approved of by us, our heirs or successors, and shall take such oaths, and shall qualify himself in such manner in all respects as any Governor or Commander-in-chief of any of our colonies or plantations in America are by law required to do.

"The South Australian Association consists of three Classes of Members. First, Persons who propose to settle in the colony: Secondly, Persons willing to aid the Association without taking a responsible part in the proceedings: Thirdly, Persons who may take an active part in the preliminary proceedings of the Association, and may become, under the proposed Charter, Trustees for carrying its provisions into effect.

"The Provisional Committee, of which a list appears above, is divided into Sub-committees for particular objects, such as preparing a draft of the proposed Charter; communicating with His Majesty's Government; procuring and publishing information relating to the soil, climate, and other natural circumstances of

↑ This exception occurs in several of the Charters, and seems to have had for object the control of the Home Government over the foreign trade of the Colony—a power usually reserved by the King under the old system of colonial trade.

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[1] This exception occurs in several of the Charters, and seems to have had for object the control of the Home Government over the foreign trade of the Colony—a power usually reserved by the King under the old system of colonial trade.

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