Author : William Robert Shepherd
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781331461180
Book Description
Excerpt from History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania, Vol. 6 The English colonial governments were of three varieties first, provincial establishments, the constitutions of which were outlined in the commissions and instructions given by the crown to the governors, and the assemblies of which, held under royal authority, had their share in making ordinances which were local in character and not repugnant to the laws of Eng land; secondly, charter governments, which were in origin and nature civil corporations; thirdly, proprietary governments, which were essentially feudal principalities, upon the grantees of which were bestowed all the inferior regalities and sub ordinate powers of legislation which formerly belonged to the counts palatine, while provision was also made for the main tenance of Sovereignty in the king, and for the realization of the objects of the grant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.