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tinued under this act, as might or should have been
exercised or performed by the East India Company, or by
the Court of Dircctois or Court of Proprietors of the said
Corn
IV. After the commencement of this act any four of her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State fur the time being,
and any four of the Under•Secretariea for the time being to
her llajesty's Principal Secretaries of State, may sit and
vote as members of the House of Commons, but nut nu
than four inch Principal Secretaries and not more than
four such tinder-secretaries shall sit as members of the
House of Commons at the same time.

Clause 5 provides that if the person who imme•
diately before the commencement of the act is the
President of the Commissioners for the Affairs of
India be appointed a Principal Secretary of State, he
need not vacate his seat in the House of Commons.
By clause ti the salaries of one Secretary of State
and his Under Secretaries are to be paid out of the
revenue of India. Clause 7 states that a Council of
India is to be established, to consist of 15 members.
Clauses 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 14, 15, and 1(1 refer to
the mode by which the members of the Council are
to be elected, the way in which vacancies are to be
filled up, the time of the tenure of office, the salaries,
and other particulars.
XVII. It shall be lawful for her Majesty, by warrant
under ber Rosa! sign manual, countersigned by the Chau•
cellar of the Exchequer, to grant to any secretary, officer,
or servant on the home establishment of the said Company,
or on the establishment of the said commissioners, who
in consequence cf such reduction as aforesaid by the
Secretary of State, or under such Order in Council, is nut
retained on the establishment of the Council of India,
any compensation either by way of a gross or annual
payment, as, having regard to the circumstances, may
seem just.
Clause 18 relates to retiring allowances to
officers.

XIX. The Council shall, under the direction of the
Secretary of State, and subject to the provisions of this
act, conduct the business transacted in the United King-
dom in relation to the government of India and the ctr-
respondence with India; but every order or communica-
tion sent t) India shall be signed by one of the Principal
Secretaries of S,ate, and—save as expresNly provided by
this act—every order in the United Kingdom in relation
to the government of India under this act shall be signed
by such Secretary of State ; and all despatches from Go-
vernments and Presidencies in India, and otherderpatches
from India, which if this act had not been past should
have been addressed to the Court of Directors or to their
Secret Committee, shall be addressed to suck Secretary
of State.

XX. It shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to
divide the Council into committees fur the more con-
venient transaction of business, and from time to time to
re-arrange such committees, and to direct what depart-
ments of the business in relation to the government of
India under this act shall be under such committees re-
spectively, and generally to direct the manner in which all
such business shall be transacted._ _ _ _

XXI. The Secretary of State shall be the President of
the Council, and it shall be lawful for such Secretary
of State to appoint from time to time any member
of such Council to be \'ice•President thereof, and any
such Vice-President may at any time be removed by the
Secretary of State.
Clauses 22 and 23 define the mode of proceeding
to be adopted at meetings of the Council.

XXIV. Every order or communication proposed to be
sent to India, and every order proposed to he made in the
United Kingdom by the Secretary of State, under this
act, shall, unless the same has been subm;tted to a meeting
of the Council, be placed in the Council-room for the pe-
riwal of all members of the Council during seven days
before th• sending or making thereof, except in the casts
hereinafter provided.
XXV. If a majority of the Council reeord as aforesaid
their opinions against any act proposed to De done, the
Secretary of State shall, if he do not defer t the opinions
of the majority, record his reasons for acting in opposition
thereto.
XXV!. Provided that where it appears to the Secre-
tary of State that the despatch of any order or communi-
cation or the making of any order is urgently required. the
communication may be sent or order given notivrithatand-
ing the same mar not have been submitted to a meeting
of the Council or deposited for seven daps as aforesaid, the
urgent reasons for sending or making the same being re
corded by the Secretary of State, and notice thereof being
given to every member of the Council, except in tie case,
hereinafter mentioned. . .

XXVII. Provided, also. that all such onlers and com-
munications as might, if this act had not been passed,
have been sent by the Commissioners for the Affairs of
India through the Secret Coramittee of the Court of Di-
rectors to Governments or Presidencies in India, or to the
officers or servants of the said company, may, after the
commencement of this act, be sent to such Governments
or Presidencies, or to any officer or servant in !mils, by
the Secretary of State, without having bees submitted to a
meeting or deposited for the perusal of the members of
the Council, and without the reasons being retarded or
notice thereof given as aftwesaid.
XXVIII. Any despatches to Greet Britain which might,
if this act had not been passed, have been addressed to
the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors. may be
marked " Secret " by the authorities sending the same, and
such despatches shall not be communicated to the members
of the Council, unless the Seers terry of State shall so think
fit and direct.

Clauses 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33 regulate the manner
is which appoinunottui to offices in India are to be

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made. Appointments now made in India to continue
to be made there.
By clause 34 there is to he a comp titive examine•
Lion for cadetships in the Engineers and Artillery.
Clauses 35, 30, and 37 relate to the removal of
officers by her Majesty, anti the disposal of the real
and personal estate of the Company.
XXXVIII. The dividend on the capital tick of the
Raid Ciimpany secured by the Act of the Srd and 4th years of
King William IV., chap. Sri, until the redemption thereof,
and all the bond, debenture, ina other debt of the said
Company in Great lirita;ti, and all the territiriiil debt and
all other debts of the said Company, and all sums of
money, costs, charges, and expenses, which if this act had
not been passed would after the time appointed for the
commencement thereof have been payable by the said
Company out of the revenues of India, in respect or by
reason of any treaties, covenants, contracts, grants, or
liabilities then existing, and all expenses, deb:‘,
liabilities which, of er the commencement of this set,
shall he lawfully contracted and incurred on account of the
Government of India, and ell payments under this aet,
shall be charged and chargeable upon the revenues of India
alone, an the same would have been if this set had not been
palmed and such expenses, debts, liabilities, and payments
as last aforesaid had been expenses, debts, and liabilities
lee fully contracted and incurred by the said Company.ind
such revenues shall nut be applied to any other purpose
whatsoever ; and all other moneys vested in or arising or
accruing from property or rights vested in her Majesty
under this set, or to be received or disposed of by the
Council ender this set, shall be applied in aid of such
revenues.
LXXIX. Such part of the revenues of India as shall be
from time to time remitted to Great Britain, and all
moneys of the said Company in their treasury or under .be
care of their cashier, and all other moneys in Great Britain
of the said Company, or which would have been received by
them in Great Britain if this act had not been passed, and
all moneys arising or accruing in Great Britain from any
property or rights vested m her Majesty by this act, or
front the sale or disposition thereof, chaff be paid to the
Council, to be by them applied for the parposes of this
act ; and all moneys to be paid to the Conned, except as
hereinafter otherwise provided, shall be paid into the
Bank of England, to the credit of an account to be opened
by the Governor and Company of the Batik of England, to
be entitled " The Account of the Council of India."
Clauses 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45 relate to the
transfer of stock, the disposal of Exchequer Bills,
and the power of borrowing money.
XLVI. All previsions now in force in anywise Mating
to the offence of forging or altering. or offering, uttering,
disposing of, or putting off, knowing the same to be forged
or altered, any East India Bond, sirb intent to defraud,
shall extend and be applicable to and in respect of any
bond, debenture, or security issued by the Council of India
ander the authority of this act.
By clause 47 the present system of issuing
warrants for payments is to be continued.

XLVIIL It shall be lawful for her Mejesty, by warrant
under her Royal sign manual, countersignea by the Chas-
cellor of the Exchequer, to appoint from time to time a it
person to be auditor of the *oculists of thg-:'Couracil, anal
to authorize such auditor to appoint and from time
mapositi
to time such assistants as may be alp suck
warrant. '' 1 it
By clause 49 the Council accounts arialpfiap a
nnally laid before Parliament. • ! 119
By clause 50 commissioners may proceed to India
to inquire into the finances and accounts.
LI. The military and naval fortes of the East India
Company shall be deemed to be the India* military and
naval forces of her Majesty, and shall be wader the same
obligation to serve her Majesty as they Would have bees
under to serve the said Company, and shall be liable to
serve within the same territorial limits only, for the mama
terms °fay, and be entitled to the like pay, pensions, allow-
ances, and privileges, and the like advantages as regards
promotion and otherwise, as if they had continued in tbq
~ervice of the said Company : such forces, and all prisons
hereafter enlisting in or entetiag the same, shall continue
and be subject to all Acts of Parliament, laws of the
tiovernor-General of India in Council, and Articles of War,
and all other laws, regulations, and provisions relating to
the East India Company's military and naval forces re-
spectively, as if her Majesty's Indian military and naval
forces respectively had throughout such acts, laws, al tides,
regulations, end provisions beeu mentioned or referred to,
instead of such forces of the said Company • and the pay
and expenses of and incident to her Majesty's Indian
military and naval forces shall be defrayed out of the re-
venues of India. . _
Clause 52 makes provision for persons hereon"
entering her Majesty's Indian forces.
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Clause 53 provides that servants of the Company
are to he deemed servants of her Majesty. Nsa
By clause 54 all orders of the Court of Dimiallers
or Board of Control are to remain in force. .
LT: All functions and powers of Courts of Proprietors
and Courts of Directors of the said Company in relation to
the overuneent of India, and all sppointmenta of ench of
the birectors of the esid Company as have been appointed
by her Majesty, shall cease, and the yearly sums payable
to the chairman, deputy-ehairmsn, and other Directors of
the said Company, shall cease to be payable, and all poweris
vested in her Majesty of appointing Directors of the said
Company shall cease and determine.''l' • 1,
TM. the appointments and powers- Mrippnintraent of
Commissioners for the Affairs of India shall cease and
determine.
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