The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-07 00:00:00

iUE CONSTITUTION FOR THE CAPE.

Pr Carr 7.,,,en Mail gives the following abstract
( 6e twoontutional onlinanees tent out by Lord Grey:
7"4 poli meat of the tettlemeit of the Cape of Good
I r 14.1 e,bsist of a gunmen, a Legiaattee Council, and
of A...en:il.
r., oisseil will condst of the chief justice,
. at. and of fifteen elective members.
• to ushers of the Legislative Coun7il will forma
f,r the divsteh of business.
the %R, en invent, •n of the Conned, eight are to he
from the• western districts, and seven from the
r.l dist nets. _ .

e. the fifteen meinhers lint elected, the eight (four from
wed, Fa and four tnen the eastern districts) who have
• 6 tletted h f wen votes shall vacate their seats at the
e vs years. ..ad the awohers afterwards elected
• . .I their seeu for the term of ten years, unless the
he sooner dissolved by the governor.
House of Assembly shall consist of forte.vis mem.
• I e elected for the term of flee year.. Steen mem-
_

I. luster of the member presiding, to form a quoram.
theta's] divisions are to be the Cape division (exclu-
,e f lap! Town), Kilmesbury, Ste,lenhoseb, the Pearl,
Assault% seellentlam, Ca!ohm. George., I.7itenhage,
at sixth, .%lbeav (exclosive of Graham's Town), Fort
Aston. Victoria, Ai'wet, nomerset, Cinmf-Iteinet, Cra-
elt. 4.:.lesberg, Beaufort, and Worcester, Cape Town (to
:in.:disco ewe electoral divisions, one of them includ-
• Point', and fireballs's Town. Two members are
.4eted for e soh di. uien.
person, who shall hove oceurisd, for his
rad tsmelit, within any electoral division, for
t. te. Ive months neat before the clay of registra-
t Midint of the value of 2,1. shall be entitled to
' • Atereil as a voter for memb^n of both houses. But
or other person, shall he deemed to have so
6 I sae premises. of which, in law, the possession
s . dt:em, dtobe in some other person. Joint oyez-
o tentotos sueleient value tiqualify them seve-
r: ...di be cont 4 dto vote. Pio person shall be an eke-
' • ..: ohe is of the full age of 21 years, and either a
Ben sahj..et, or a British subjeet who was
~s 1 ith or January, ItiOti, a subject of the Batavian
• . t..ut to this colony, or else, if of alien birth, acute*-
. sow set of the imperial or colonial legislature.
N shall be entitled to vote who shall hold any Mete
it itaskr her Majesty within the colony, or atoll be
nitiested insolvent, or of unsound mind, or eon-
s ' :•.t awl sentroced for treason, murder, rape, theP,
c.... p !jury, or forjery, unless he shall have received
'Nee.

14 governor .I:ell:cause a register of electors to be
t. nit, by fit anti peeper persons, in and for each
is each elemond division, in well as separately in
t.. • ...envie divisions of Cape Town and Graham's Town.
Ifi..t.rate tbnetio- copied from the draft ordinance of the
Ir. )•21/Ihrld. ore given with regard to the mode of
kr-a.e. thew lists.)
tory ',non qualified to vote shall he qualified to be
a eseretwr of the Legislative Ass, mhly.
Lary tindidate for tit.. Legislative Couneil must be
tenatited II a requisition signed by twenty-five electors,
w...; avast has, or" peed this nomination. The lists of can-
-I..itts who Lev,. .n thus nominated shall be published
ettu frorteorn G.izetr., fourteen &lye at least before
• ippon!, I for the commencement of the poll.
Lets ritir sh.:l be entitled to give as enemy votes for
Sot "tr. of I. Legislative Council as there are members
It co his province (western or eastern), and
le Ant :iv.-one rote to each candidate, or may distribute
▪ •• • ita...4 the eandol,tes in such proportions as he
ht, ..1 may zi ve them all to one candidate. The
too- en'e :.;.a nst the name of each candidate in the
pa, 4 ..st, wt.., a he may desire to have chosen, the num-
b': saes v ic'i he shall give to such candidate, and sub-
ante such lid with his name at length; and every such
112.11•W5h...1 be attested by the officer taking the poll.
;- ram shall he qualin al to be a member of the Legis-
ka. why shall he under thirty ysars of age, or
" 144 bur Lc the owner, for his own sae end benefit,
▪ amovehlift prepirty, situate within the said colony, of
ativ:* ov. r and above all special conventional
a r.c.:.:,..l,tetitig the rime; or who shall not, being the
'•' , :.r , rty, ar such value, but under mortgage,
• t possi wed of property, movahle and irn-
t. • • . said colony, to the value of not less
use 'l. es, r and ANA.: his just debts ; provided always
s. tit m,lt.• I man, martin) In community of property,
14.1 •'. •
....Toone( this and every other *yet ion of the
• which regirils the ownership and eau-
- r rty, he deemed and taken to own rat occupy
t`o- whole of the property beh.ng-
ite.•• The qualification must be pen-
("eati. • vt • ,og as the In•lalwr shill hold his seat in the

.17:rwelltar• shall summon the two howes to meet at
lam tow awl Saes within the eulogy as hr shall think At,
1.16.4 Miles months Best after the promulgation ut this
11.:14•0'.

16 Hl,* :nbly shall i legit one of its assasbors as

la r• of the ocrurr, nee of • vacancy, from death or any
star raw, Ilse ear, roar shall, by proclamation, order •
s".."•1" t i la held , the merolo r so elected shall habil
tilt lift piTell term fir which the member mar
Mkt( b massy was elected.
irv,vaar may prorogue th,, two houses whenever be
VL•• St toe., , ; 1,114 he may dissolve one or both homes
rs, isSt sum.
soon of the parliament shall be held once at kart in .
"Jr rms.
r.ial co tory• the attomey.general, the tree-
"we. ~..; iii 14.:1...r, shall hose the right of sitting and
is•,r ,•r ,otiNt, in either house.
• any sum of rummy from the public
t"' .u.isted, unless the fuveroor shall have
the Roam of Assembly to make provision
th, t,..1 public service for which such money is to
• seta a rag. d.
easetuor may assent to any bill, or ma y mime his
ess as ...W. or m,y resserve it for the signification of the
sure oval it; or he may return it, with amend-
to r•tis, r b„11.1., at his pkasunr. But a bill assented
td rtoo may be disallowed, within two year., by
at brain veined.
441',""' I' supplies or imposing tares shall origis
iht linsiw of Assembly.
Ai, &lime. shall he roarlucted in English, and all re-
^ el" of peseasslags of parliamsut be kept in the mme lea-
Mare.
wit MIN r, of either house, who resides sit a greater
%limes thaa ten miles from the plus at which P•rhalasitS