The Question of the Bahama Jurisdiction Over the Turk's Islands: Discussed in a Letter to the Assembly of the Bermuda Or Somer's IslandsHarding, 1803 - 91 sidor |
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Abbé Raynal abfolute Affembly affent againſt annual authority Bahama government Bahama Iflands Bahama jurifdiction Bahamians becauſe Bermuda government Bermudians Britiſh cafe Caicos cauſe circulating medium claims commiffion confequence confidered conftitution Council courfe cuftoms declared defcription eſtabliſh exerciſe exifted faid falt at Turk's falt-ponds falt-rakers fame fays fection fecurity fettlement fettlers feven fhall fhare fhould firft firſt fome free liberty ftating ftill fuch fupply fupport gathering falt Governor grant hama Hillsborough himſelf Ifle impofe Inagua induſtry inhabitants John Ponce juftice lands laws Lord Lord Dunmore Lord Hillsborough Lords of Trade Lucayos Majefty Majefty's fubjects ment moft moſt muft Notwithſtanding obfervations paffed perfons plantations poffeffion and enjoyment pofitive ponds prefent privileges proclamation proprietors publiſhed purchaſe purpoſe queftion rakers raking falt reafon refidence refort to Turk's reftrained regulations remonftrance reprefentative Sovereign Symmer taxes thefe themſelves theſe thofe iflands thoſe tion trade treaty of Madrid Turk's Iflands ufage uſage veffels
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Sida 52 - I always mean the King without the concurrence of Parliament,) has a power to alter the old and to introduce new laws in a conquered country, this legislation being subordinate, that is, subordinate to his own authority in Parliament, he cannot make any new change contrary to fundamental principles...
Sida 62 - F governments, that our loving fubjects fhould be informed of our paternal care for the fecurity of the liberties and properties of thofe who are, and fhall become, inhabitants thereof; we have thought fit to publifh and...
Sida 49 - I have myself taken it to be established in point of law, that though the record be not produced, nor any proof adduced of its being lost, yet, under circumstances, it may be left to the consideration of a jury, or of a court of equity, if the...
Sida 36 - ... lands, countries, iflands, colonies, and dominions whatever, fituated in the Weft Indies, or in any part of America, which the faid King of Great Britain, and his fubjects, do at this prefent hold and...
Sida 67 - Indies, except only fuch duties as it may be expedient to impofe, for the regulation of commerce; the net produce of...
Sida 62 - Whereas it will greatly contribute to the speedy settling our said new governments, that our loving subjects should be informed of our paternal care for the security of the...
Sida 49 - I held, that though such possession and enjoyment could not conclude as a positive bar, because there was no Statute of Limitation against the crown, yet it might operate as evidence against the crown of right in the defendant, if the claim could have a legal commencement, though such commencement could not be shown. In questions of this kind...
Sida 69 - to the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council for trade and foreign plantations...
Sida 62 - We therefore think, that by the two proclamations and the commission to Governor Melville, the King had immediately and irrecoverably granted to all who were or should become inhabitants, or who had, or should acquire property in the island of Grenada, or more generally to all whom it might concern, that the subordinate legislation over the island should be exercised by an assembly with the consent of the governor and council, in like manner as the other islands...
Sida 43 - But now, in cases of this kind, of two great territories held of the Crown, I will say, once for all, that long possession and enjoyment, peopling and cultivating countries, is one of the best evidences of title to lands or districts of...