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 App^"'^'^E ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 631 the Houses of the Parliament, or by Proclamation, shall annul the law from the day when the disallowance is so made known. 60. A proposed law reserved for the Queen's pleasure shall not have any force unless and until ^iitnific-adon of Queen's . ' pleasure oti BillH Within two years from the day on which it was presented to the Governor-General for the Queen's n^'^ed. assent the Governor-General makes known, by speech or message to each of the Houses of the Parliament, or by Proclamation, that it has received the Queen's assent. CHAPTER n. Chap. ii. The Government. THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT. 61. The executive power of the Commonwealth is vested in the Queen and is exercisable by the Executive power. Governor-General as the Queen's representative, and extends to the execution and maintenance of this Constitution, and of the laws of the Commonwealth. 62. There shall be a Federal Executive Council to advise the Governor-General in the f"*«'>' Executive ^ Council. government of the Commonwealth, and the members of the Council shall be chosen and summoned by the Governor-General and sworn as Executive Councillors, and shall hold office during his pleasure. 63. The provisions of this Constitution referring to the Governor-General in Council shall be Provisions reterrintt to ■y c . Governor-General. construed as reternng to the Governor-General acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council. 64. The Governor-General may appoint officers to administer such departments of State of the Ministers of state. Commonwealth as the Governor-General in Council may establish. Such officers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor-General. They shall be members of the Federal Executive Council, and shall be the Queen's Ministers of State for the Commonwealth. After the first general election no Minister of State shall hold office for a longer period than .Ministers to sit in, 1,1. riTTTT-* Parliament. three months unless he is or becomes a senator or a member of the House of Kepresentatives. 65. Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the Ministers of State shall not exceed seven in Number of Ministers. number, and shall hold such offices as the Parliament prescribes, or, in the absence of provision, as the Governor-General directs. 66. There shall be payable to the Queen, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Common- Salaries of Ministers, wealth, for the salaries of the Ministers of State, an annual sum which, until the Parliament otherwise provides, shall not exceed twelve thousand pounds a year. 67. Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the appointment and removal of all other officers of -^Pt'O'"'"'*"' »' '^'^'1 the Executive Government of the Commonwealth shall be vested in the Governor-General in Council, unless the appointment is delegated by the Governor-General in Council, or by a law of the Commonwealth to some other authority. 68. The command in chief of the naval and military forces of the Commonwealth is vested in coinmand of naval and ' military forces. the Governor-General as the Queen's representative. 6q. On a dale or dates to be proclaimed by the Governor-General after the establishment of the 'Transfer of certain " v J departments. Commonwealth the following departments of the public service in each State shall become transferred to the Commonwealth : — Posts, telegraphs, and telephones : Naval and military defence : Lighthouses, lightships, beacons, and buoys : Quarantine :