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Excerpt from The Legislature of the Province of Virginia: Its Internal Development Throughout the existence of the company a certain amount of control was exercised by courts of the com pany. These were held in London and soon came to exer cise nearly all legislative power save what they saw fit to give to various authorities in the colony. The changes made during the period from 1607 to 1619 were toward freedom of the company, but in no way guaranteed the free dom of the colonists. In fact the governor, appointed by the company in England, recognized no responsibility save to that company. The natural result was that the character of the governor determined the character of the govern ment, though the governor's action was limited by the fear of the company in England. 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.