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Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science (1895)
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science - 1895 Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Governor And Council. Section 59 of the Fundamental Constitutions provided that the eldest Proprietor in Carolina should act as Governor. Before... more » 1690, however, the Governor of Carolina was named by the Palatine;' after that date he was appointed by a majority of the Proprietors,1 subject, after 1696, to the approval of the Crown, to whom he gave bonds, with satisfactory security, for the proper observance of the navigation acts.1 When South Carolina became a royal province the right to appoint Governors became vested in the Crown. This power, however, was generally exercised by the Board of Trade, who considered applications for governorships and recommended to the King for appointment such persons as seemed most worthy, and the King generally appointed the nominee of the Board.' There are several instances, however, of the failure of the King to commission nominees of the Board, or even to wait a year or two before finally ratifying the appointment. The custom generally was to appoint a needy Englishman to the, office, although in a few cases a prominent man in the colony was selected. It was also not uncommon to transfer a Governor from one colony to another. 1 Rivers, "Sketch," 352, 354. §1; Salisbury's "Calendars," m., No. 867. 1 Rivers, " Sketch," 430; " Collections," I., 126, 133. 1 1 and 8 W. III., c. 22, § 16, and 8 and 9 W. HI., c. 20, § 69. "North Carolina Colonial Records," I., 461. See "Collections," L, 152, 165, 177, 181, 206, 212; II.. 216. 228, 241, 246, 248, 249, 254; Chalmers' " Revolt," I., 274. The Crown refused to accept Joseph Blake as Governor because of his known hostility to the navigation acts. " Collections," I., 214; " North Carolina Colonial Records." I.. 530. 4 See McCulloch, "Miscellaneous Essay," 41; "New Jersey Colonial ...« less