The Colonial Records Of The State Of Georgia Journal Of The Upper House Of Assembly January 7 1755 To March 12 1774 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 16: Journal of the Upper House of Assembly, January 7, 1755, to December 16, 1762, Inclusive The Upper House of Assembly was the King's Coun cil sitting as a branch of the Legislature. It was com posed of fourteen persons, all appointed by the King to serve during his pleasure; twelve Councilors in ordinary and two extraordinary, the Surveyor General of Customs and the General Commissioner of Indian Affairs. As a Council they sat with the Governor to advise him in the discharge of the executive duties, and he performed all important acts by the advice of his Majesty's Council. When sitting as an Executive Council the Governor pre sided. As a legislative body it was presided over by the senior member of the body, who was styled the President of the Council. It, for a long time, seldom originated bills, but confined its work to amending and perfecting such as were sent up to it by the Commons House of Assembly. But during the last few years of British rule it originated some bills which were passed by the Com mons House, but appropriation and tax bills had to originate in the Commons House. And had to pass as the Commons House had passed them, for the Upper House was not permitted to amend them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.