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certain sum, or receives a salary of not less than 
fifty pounds a year. He is called a voter, because 
he can vote for the one whom he prefers to have 
on the Council. 
5 . Each parish, by its voters, elects one man to 
represent it, that is, to speak on its behalf in the 
Council. Thus we now get fourteen elected mem- 
bers of the Council; but until 1895 the number 
was only nine. 
There are also ‘ official ’ members of the Council ; 
that is, gentlemen who hold high offices under the 
government, or who are approved by the Queen on 
the recommendation of the Governor. 
6. In this way the ‘ Legislative Council of 
Jamaica’ is formed to last for five years; at the 
end of that time another election of the Council 
must be made. At any time, however, the Governor 
has the power to order the work of the Council to 
cease, and a fresh Council to be elected. 
7. Every year, usually in the month of February, 
the Legislative Council meets at Head Quarter 
House, in Kingston, to make laws, or to carry on 
necessary work concerning the government of the 
colony. The ‘ session ’, or time during which the 
Council meets, generally lasts for about two months ; 
but the members are called together at any other 
time, if it seems advisable to consider any important 
question without delay. 
8 You see, then, that the law does not depend 
