electoral divisions . which . . . formed the territory of British Kaffraria: Be it enacted as follows: XXI. [Legislative Council to consist of twenty-one members.] XXII. Three of the six members required to complete the number of twenty-one members shall be elected by the Western Districts, and three by the Eastern Districts of this Colony. XXIV. For the purpose of electing the sixteen members required, together with the four members in the second, third, and fourth sections of this Act mentioned, to complete the number of sixty-six members of the House of Assembly, the following ten fiscal divisions shall be, and the same are hereby constituted, respectively, electoral divisions,-that is to say, Aliwal North, Namaqualand, Oudtshoorn, Piketberg, Riversdale, and Queenstown, whilst the fiscal divisions of Victoria West and Fraserburg shall together constitute a seventh electoral division, and the fiscal divisions of Hope Town and Richmond shall together constitute an eighth electoral division. XXV. Each of the said eight electoral divisions shall be entitled... to elect two members of the House of Assembly. [Etc.] P.R.O., C.O. 50/4. ANNEXATION OF BASUTOLAND. [11 Aug. 1871.] No. 33. Act. For the Annexation to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope of the Territory inhabited by the Tribe of People called Basutos. [Vide also No. 170.] WHEREAS by a Proclamation dated the 12th day of March 1868, by His Excellency Sir Philip Wodehouse, . . . published on the 13th day of March 1868, in the Government Gazette of this Colony, it was declared that from and after the publication thereof, the Tribe of the Basutos should be and should be taken to be for all intents and purposes British subjects, and the territory of the said tribe should be and should be taken to be British Territory: And whereas the territory is contiguous, on a considerable portion of its boundary, to the boundary of this Colony, and it is for other reasons also desirable that the said territory should be annexed to this Colony, so that this Colony in its present extent, together with the said territory, may form one Colony: And whereas the said tribe of the Basutos are not yet sufficiently advanced in civilization and social progress to be admitted to the full enjoyment and be subjected to the full responsibility granted and imposed respectively by the ordinary laws of the Colony to and upon the other citizens thereof, but it is expedient that for the time being the said tribe and the territory thereof should be subjected to special administration and legislation: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: I. That from and after the publication by the Governor of the Colony of a proclamation for bringing this Act into operation the said territory, bounded as follows, that is to say: From the junction of the Cornet Spruit with the Orange River, along the centre of the former to the point nearest to Olifants Been; from that point by Olifants Been, to the southern point of Langeberg; along the top of Langeberg, to its north-western extremity; from thence to the eastern point of Jammerberg; along the top of Jammerberg, to its northwestern extremity; from thence by a prolongation of the same to the Caledon River; along the centre of the Caledon River to its junction with the Klein Caledon; along the centre of the Klein Caledon, to the heads of the Orange River, at the Mount Aux Sources; thence westward along the Drakensberg, between the watersheds of the Orange River and the St. John's River, to the source of the Tees, down the centre of that river to its junction with the Orange River, and down the centre of the latter river to its junction with the Cornet Spruit, shall be and the same is hereby annexed to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, so that the territory heretofore included in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope shall, for the future, together with the said territory hereinbefore defined form the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, but the territory hereinbefore defined shall nevertheless be and remain, for the time being, subject to the laws, rules and regulations now in force therein for the Government thereof, and shall not by virtue of such annexation as hereinbefore is mentioned be or become subject to the general law of this Colony. II. [Power to frame, repeal, or amend laws for the annexed territory is vested in the Governor. Cape laws to apply only when specially extended to the said territory. All laws, etc., to be laid before Parliament, who may disallow them.] III. [Cape courts to have jurisdiction in certain cases.] V. This Act may be cited as "The Basutoland Annexation Act, 1871." P.R.O., C.O. 50/5. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. [28 Nov. 1872.] No. 1 of 1872. I reserve this Bill for the Signification of Her Majesty's pleasure. HENRY BARKLY, Governor. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, CAPE TOWN, 18 June 1872. No. 34. Act. To amend the Ordinance enacted on the 3rd of April 1852, by the GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, with the advice and consent of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL thereof, intituled "An Ordinance for Constituting a Parliament for the said Colony." WHEREAS it is expedient, in order to the introduction of the system of executive administration, commonly called Responsible Government, to amend in certain respects the Ordinance enacted on the third day of April, in the year 1852, by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, intituled "An Ordinance for Constituting a Parliament for the said Colony": Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: I. From and after the taking effect of this Act, there shall be in this Colony a certain office to be called the office of "Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works," and a certain other office to be called the office of "Secretary for Native Affairs." II. The persons to hold the said offices respectively shall be appointed by Her Majesty the Queen, and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure, and shall be charged with such duties as Her Majesty shall from time to time assign to them. III. The following persons holding offices of profit under Her Majesty the Queen shall be eligible, if otherwise duly qualified under the provisions of the Ordinance aforesaid, to be elected as members of the Legislative Council or of the House of Assembly, anything in the thirty-third and fortyseventh Sections of the Ordinance aforesaid to the contrary notwithstanding, that is to say, the Colonial Secretary, the Treasurer of the Colony, the Attorney-General, the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, and the Secretary for Native Affairs: Provided, always, that it shall be lawful to appoint to any such office as aforesaid any person being already at the time of such appointment a member of the said Council or of the said Assembly. IV. It shall be lawful for any person holding any of the offices in the third section of this Act mentioned, and being likewise a member of either the Legislative Council or of the House of Assembly, to sit and take part in any debate or discussion which may arise in the House whereof he does not happen to be a member, subject, nevertheless, to any such standing rules and orders, as are in the seventy-eighth section of the Ordinance aforesaid mentioned; but it shall not be lawful for any such officer to vote on any proceeding in such House whereof he shall not be a member. V. From and after the taking effect of this Act, the seventyninth section of the Ordinance aforesaid shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. VI. [Pensions of present Executive Officers secured, but pensions to merge, or be reduced, on the reappointment of pensioners to office.] VII. [Salaries of officers mentioned in Section III.] VIII. [These officers not entitled to pensions.] IX. This Act shall commence and take effect when and so soon as the Governor shall by proclamation 1 declare that Her Majesty has been pleased to allow and confirm the same. X. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Constitution Ordinance Amendment Act, 1872." P.R.O., C.O. 50/5. AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ORDINANCE. No. 18 of 1874. No. 35. Act. To amend the Constitution Ordinance and Act No. 3 of 1865, and to repeal Act No. 6 of 1859. [Assented to 31 July 1874.] WHEREAS it is expedient, in order to secure to the electors a more equal exercise of the franchise, to divide the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope into seven electoral provinces, for the purpose of electing the members of the Legislative Council, and to alter in other respects, the constitution of the said Council And whereas it is necessary, for the purposes aforesaid, to amend the Constitution Ordinance and Act No. 3 of 1865, and to repeal Act No. 6 of 1859: Be it enacted by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof, as follows: I. [Sections 4 and 5 of the Constitution Ordinance, Act No. 6 of 1859,2 and section 31 of Act No. 3 of 1865, repealed. The present Council to be deemed to have been elected for five years.] II. For the purpose of electing hereafter the twenty-one elective members of the said Council, as provided for by the 1 Procl., 28 Nov. 1872. 2 Providing that when the number of candidates for the Legislative Council did not exceed the number of vacancies no poll would be necessary. twenty-first section of Act No. 3 of 1865, the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope shall be divided into seven electoral provinces, and such provinces shall respectively consist of the electoral divisions following, that is to say: I. The western electoral province shall consist of the electoral divisions of Cape Town, Cape Division, Stellenbosch, and Paarl. 2. The north-western electoral province shall consist of the electoral divisions of Worcester, Malmesbury, Piquetberg, Namaqualand, and Clanwilliam. 3. The south-western electoral province shall consist of the electoral divisions of Swellendam, Caledon, Riversdale, Oudtshoorn, and George. 4. The midland electoral province shall consist of the electoral divisions of Graaff-Reinet, Richmond, Beaufort West, and Victoria West. 5. The south-eastern electoral province shall consist of the electoral divisions of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Grahamstown, Albany, and Victoria East. 6. The north-eastern electoral province shall consist of the electoral divisions of Somerset East, Fort Beaufort, Cradock, Colesberg, and Albert. 7. The eastern electoral province shall consist of the electoral divisions of King William's Town, East London, Queen's Town, Aliwal North, and Wodehouse. III. [Each electoral province to elect three members, who shall vacate their seats every seven years.] VIII. [Members of either house vacate their seats by accepting offices of profit, except the offices of Colonial Secretary, Treasurer, Attorney-General, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works, and Secretary for Native Affairs.] X. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the "Constitution Ordinance Amendment Act, 1874." P.R.O., C.O. 50/5. ANNEXATION OF TRANSKEIAN TERRITORIES. [15 Aug. 1879.] No. 38 of 1877. [Reserved by Governor.] No. 36. Act. To provide for the Annexation to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope of the Country situated between the Bashee and the Kei, commonly known as Fingoland and the Idutywa Reserve, and the Country situated between the Umtata and the Umzim-Kulu, commonly known as Nomansland, and for the government of the said Territories. IV. This Act may be cited as the "Transkeian Annexation Act, 1877.' P.R.O., C.O. 50/6. |