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108 however to the control of the parliament; though (like Ireland, Man, and the ret) not bound by any acts of parliament, unles particularly named.

repect to their interior polity, our colonies are properly of three orts. 1.&ensp;Provincial etablihments, the contitutions of which depend on the repective commiions iued by the crown to the governors, and the intructions which uually accompany thoe commiions; under the authority of which, provincial aemblies are contituted, with the power of making local ordinances, not repugnant to the laws of England. 2.&ensp;Proprietary governments, granted out by the crown to individuals, in the nature of feudatory principalities, with all the inferior regalities, and ubordinate powers of legilation, which formerly belonged to the owners of counties palatine: yet till with thee expres conditions, that the ends for which the grant was made be ubtantially purued, and that nothing be attempted which may derogate from the overeignty of the mother country. 3.&ensp;Charter governments, in the nature of civil corporations, with the power of making by-laws for their own interior regulation, not contrary to the laws of England; and with uch rights and authorities as are pecially given them in their everal charters of incorporation. The form of government in mot of them is borrowed from that of England. They have a governor named by the king, (or in ome proprietary colonies by the proprietor) who is his repreentative or deputy. They have courts of jutice of their own, from whoe deciions an appeal lies to the king in council here in England. Their general aemblies which are their houe of commons, together with their council of tate being their upper houe, with the concurrence of the king or his repreentative the governor, make laws uited to their own emergencies. But it is particularly declared by tatute 7 & 8 W. III. c. 22. that all laws, by-laws, uages, and cutoms, which hall be in practice in any of the plantations, repugnant to any law, made or to be made in this kingdom relative to the aid plantations, hall be utterly void and of none effect.