Readings in American Constitutional History 1776 1876

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THE POWERS OF A ROYAL GOVERNOR The royal provinces -- Massachusetts excepted -- had no charters. The formal powers of the governor were laid down in his commission. More specific duties were enjoined upon him in the instructions which accompanied his commission or were sent out from time to time. In all

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the provinces the theoretical authority of the governor was in practice greatly circumscribed by the extraordinary development of representative assemblies. The sharp injunctions of the instructions bear witness to colonial practices which often thwarted the purposes of the Crown. 6. Commission of Francis Bernard as Governor of New Jersey -- 1758? GEORGE THE SECOND by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith,

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