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 544 COMMISSIONER TO REMIT SENTENCES. 1791 Power to remit the whole or part of sentence. Effect of remission. Duplicate to be trans- mitted. Authority to act. Oom- misdion to remain in force until revoked. Now know you that We being desirous to carry into effect the purposes of the said Act have thought fit to give and grant and do by these presents give and grant full power and authority to yon Arthur Phillip our said Governor or to our Governor for the time being or (in case of your death or absence or that of our Governor for the time being) to our Lieutenant-Governor of our ^d tenitoiy of New South Wales and the islands adjacent for the tnne being by an instrument or instruments in writing under the seal of the Go- vernment of our said territory and as you or they respectively shall think fit or convenient for our service to remit either absolutely or conditionally the whole or any part of the time or term for which any such felons or other offenders aforesaid shall have been or shall hereafter be respectively conveyed and transported to the eastern coast of New South Wales or the islands thereunto adjacent. And our will and pleasure is that all and every such instrument or instruments by you to be granted pursuant to the power and authority to you given by these presents shall have the like force and effect to all intents and purposes as if Wee our heirs and suc- cessors had in such cases respectively signified our or their Royal intention of mercy under our or their Sign Manual : And our further will and pleasure is that you the said Arthur Phillip or our Governor or Lieutenant-Governor for the time being respectively shall by the first opportunity transmit to one of the Principal Secretaries of State of us our heirs and successors a duplicate under the seal of the Government aforesaid of each and every instrument as aforesaid by which the time or term of trans- portation of any such felons or other offenders as aforesaid hath been remitted or shortened to the end that the names of such felons and other offenders respectively which shall be contained in such duplicates as aforesaid may be inserted in the next general pardon which shall pass under the Gi*eat Seal of Great Britain after the receipt of such duplicate or duplicates by one of the Principal Secretaries of State aforesaid. And these our Letters Patent or the enrollment or exemplifica- tion thereof shall be as well unto the said Arthur Phillip or our Governor or Lieutenant-Governor for the time being respectively as unto all and every other person or persons whomsoever a sufficient warrant and discharge from time to time for all and whatever they shall do and execute in pursuance of our royal will and pleasure. And lastly, our will and pleasure is and Wee do hereby declare that this our Commission shall be and remain in force only and until Wee shall be pleased to revoke and determine the sam& In witness whereof Wee have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourselves at Westminster the eighth day of November in the thirty-first year of our reign. By Writ of Privy Seal. Yorke. Digitized by Google