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Reports the conflict between the Executive and the House of Assembly over the right...

Catalogue reference: CO 37/209/12

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This record is about the Reports the conflict between the Executive and the House of Assembly over the right... dating from 1877 July 23 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 37/209/12
Date
1877 July 23
Description

Reports the conflict between the Executive and the House of Assembly over the right of the latter to issue orders directly to the Receiver General for the production of public accounts, and requests a decision from the secretary of state. Encloses a copy of a letter from the Clerk of Assembly, the response from the Receiver General, a letter from the Receiver General explaining why he responded to the letter from the Clerk of Assembly, as well as a Report from the Attorney General containing two appendixes, the first an abstract of the proceedings of the House of Assembly 8 June 1877, and the second the resolutions of the House of Assembly.

Colonel William Laurie Morrison R E, Acting Governor of Bermuda, No. 39, Folios 81-101

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
9891/1877
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9047057/

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