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sary to he passed, that we may take the same into our consideration, and 

 return them in the form we shall think fit to be enafted : in and upon the 

 receipt of our commands, you shall then summon an assembly, and 

 propose the said laws for their consent. 



And accordingly we have ordered to be delivered unto you herewith, a 

 certain body of laws for the use of our said island, framed in pursuance 

 of otht: laws transmitted unto us by former trovernors, with such altera- 

 tions and amendments as we have thought fit, with the advice of our pri- 

 vy council here 5 which, upon your arrival in our said island, you shall 

 offer unto the next assembly, that they may be consented to and enacted as 

 laws originally coming from us. 



We are willing, nevertheless, that in case of invasion, rebellion, or 

 some very urgent necessity, you pass an act or acts, with the consent of 

 the general assembly, without transmitting the same first unto us, to raise 

 money within the said island, and the territories depending thereon, to 

 answer the occasions arising by such urgent necessities. 



And you shall take care that the present style of enacting laws, By the 

 governor , council y and representatives of the commons assembled, be con- 

 vened into the style of, Be it enacted by the king's most excellent majesty y 

 by and with the consent of the general assembly. 



NUMBER V. 



Extract of a Letter from the Earl of Carlisle to Mr. Secretary Coventry. 



I have spoken with several of the council, and find some of them much 

 dissatisfied at the alteration in the laws and manner of passing them, 

 particularly at the latter part of the clause in the militia bill : " but that 

 " in all things he may, upon all occasions or emergencies, act as cap- 

 (C tain-general and governor in chief, according to and in pursuance of 

 " all the powers and authorities given unto him by his majesty's commis- 

 " sion ; any thing in this case, or any other, to the contrary in any- 

 tc wise notwithstanding ;" which they are jealous of, lest that thereby 

 they shall maVe it legal to execute all instructions that either are or shall 

 be sent to me, or any other succeeding governor; which scruple might 

 easily be avoided, but that the great seal being affixed to the laws, I have 

 no power to make alteration, which I might have done both to their 

 satisfaction and the preservation of the king's rights. The act for the 

 -venue, too, I fear, will not without difficulty pass j but I shall- endea- 



