Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Public Offices document
Taylor, Richard to
Elliot, Thomas Frederick 30 August 1853, CO 305:4, no. 8823, 285.
Abstract
Public Offices document.
Minutes (2), Enclosures (untranscribed) (3), Other documents (1).
Taylor writes to Elliot to respond to Elliot’s earlier request to be supplied with copies of the “Form of Instrument” used to
to appoint magistrates to “Commissions of the Peace,” which he supplies, along with
related documents.
In the minutes, Blackwood wonders which of Taylor’s forwarded documents is the proper one to transmit to Douglas.
Of the documents included in the file, the first is a draft letter, from the Colonial
Office to the Secretary of the Commission of Peace, that requests the correct form
used to appoint magistrates in England; the second is a Form of a Commission of a
Peace for Counties in England; and the third is another Form of Commission, but for
Municipal Boroughs; and the remainder are parchment copies of the Dedimus and two
oaths taken by justices of the peace.
Taylor to Elliot (Assistant Under-Secretary)
Crown Office
August 30th 1853
Sir,
The Lord Chancellor's Secretary of Commissions of the Peace having
handed to me your letter of the 23rd Instant requesting to be
supplied with a copy of the Form of Instrument appointing Magistrates to
Commissions of the Peace in this Country, I enclose copy of the form of
a Commission of the Peace for Counties, also for Boroughs in England and
Wales, and also the form of Dedimus Potestatem and Oaths used and taken
by County Magistrates on their qualifying—the same oaths are taken by
Borough Magistrates but the Dedimus is not issued for the purpose.
Minutes by CO staff
Mr Merivale
This draft executes the directions contained in the minutes on the last page of Governor Douglas' despatch 6979—but I have delayed passing it on till yr return to the Office as I was puzzled to know which of the forms
sent us from the Crown Office is the proper one to supply the
Governor with. Perhaps you can decide the point.
This draft executes the directions contained in the minutes on the last page of Governor Douglas' despatch 6979—but I have delayed passing it on till yr return to the Office as I was puzzled to know which of the forms
sent us from the Crown Office is the proper one to supply the
Governor with. Perhaps you can decide the point.
ABd
16 Sepr
Other documents included in the file
Draft, Colonial Office to the Secretary of the Commission of Peace,
Lord Chancellors Office, 23 August 1853, asking that copies of the
correct form of instructions used for the appointment of magistrates in
England be forwarded to the Colonial Office.
Minutes by CO staff
Copy of the Borough Commission—not that extraordinary
absurdity the County commission—and also of the two oaths—not of the dedimus (which is the last parchment) for that is superseded by the Governor's Commission.
absurdity the County commission—and also of the two oaths—not of the dedimus (which is the last parchment) for that is superseded by the Governor's Commission.
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
1. Form of a Commission of the Peace for Counties in England and
Wales.
2. Form of Commission of Peace, Municipal Boroughs.
3. Parchment copies of the Dedimus and two oaths taken by justices
of the peace.