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The Royal Assent-Text Version


AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE,
ISLE OF WIGHT.

The 15th day of August, 1890

PRESENT

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

Lord President Earl of Jersey
Lord Chamberlain Earl of Limerick

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty-fourth year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled ``An Act to enable Her Majesty to assent to a Bill for conferring a Constitution on Western Australia (which said Bill forms the Schedule of the said Act and is therein called the Scheduled Bill), it is amongst other things, enacted that is shall be lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to assent to the Scheduled Bill, being a Bill passed by the Legislative council of Western Australia in the year 1889, intituled, ``An Act to confer a constitution on Western Australia, and to grant a ``Civil List to Her Majesty", and reserved by the governor of Western Australia for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon, subject to an amendment thereof as in the said Act specified:

NOW THEREFORE, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament, and in exercise of the power therby reserved to Her Majesty as aforesaid, doth by the present Order, by and with the advise of Her Majesty's Privy council, declare Her assent to the said Scheduled Bill so amended as aforesaid.

And the right Honourable Lord Knutsford, on of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

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