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Show 29 SCSI H. :28 Acre RELATING Part1. the will of the lithortlinz‘tte legillzttiun Er; he concerning firm of aflions, and ad(lrcllctl to_/brt5 of pctfims, yet thefc forts of aetions are comprifcd in It more general lint, concerning: which :1 command has been illiied by that legilladve POWCi‘, which is called tlnqji/fn'mm. diteéled as tr.) its (:hiee‘t‘, Cii‘enmli: iht‘d 11.5 to its exercile, anal mntmllul:l;; e3 ti) it, 7 . elliefls, by the litpi'enze lcpillztainn N0 {til 0!: the ling in this capacity can he applied to the. ist‘clisnt quellinn. The king illites a cnmnmnd CLHICL‘S‘H- The circnmfimees under which, and zrzt/m,'/{///d/ canny/H, adtlt‘elied tr) 17.15 the flirts ot‘perl‘ons to whom thele com'z'/'r/m.'/ pi'r/fmy. mands of the lnlmi‘dinate lcgillution are . . . , That it, h: (Ollllnzltltlf. . . . , _‘,‘ . indivntnnl pctlnns, each chmpz‘ilcn Within. to he tttltlt‘elletl, are {ipecizilly pointed out. a fort of 13CI‘lt271‘1i3, already (Limited b‘,' the by the {upteme legifi.ztion. In :1 word, legillzttnre, ti.) petlnrm certain particular aflionS, (inch (‘nniprneti \Vitlnn 2t lint Ole we property of 3&3 of legiflatinn; yet this power mntu that independence which I have been always :tceullomed to attach to the idea of legillation. I have always thought that there is much truth in that remark of a very fenlible writer -i- : " The " legiflative power (fays he) is that pnwer in any " date, which can make laws binding; upon every " other member of the flute, not to be repealed " or (antral/ml by any oiljcr power [mt by itflfl'on/yi " Nething {hart of this is legillution. Call any " other power by what name ynu pleal'e, it is not " legiflutive. It is fuhordinzite to it, dependent " upon it, delegated liom it, created by it." f See the Defence of the Proceedings of the Hunk of Commons in the hliddlclex Election, printed in 1770, quarto, p. 3!. aetions already cnmmztnded to be done by that fort of pcrfims Here the king net‘s. in his CKCCUUV'L‘ CHPJCIM". AlCut‘lV' 97‘ For itiftixnert, lvgillutin‘e, that it i; 21 general Ce-mnximl of the :ill ;‘t‘?li)li‘;, importing: ('trtiiin tnei‘eliziinliles from certain places, LlJ pity fizz?!) and Inch (luzim ; and that the duties l7; paid be grit-cm by the :rcciwrzxa tr) other p:::lin;::, who star: in zip- ply them to fuel) and fuel) pin'piifes. general comn'zands, cunccrning inrt‘; {nits (it pmple. The lepili ituri‘ has .g‘w‘fliz in conten‘iletion, J«»hn Stiles t'nei'cl undife; from fuel: til-gem, 'llhelem‘e All (:5 initien's tn no individual imports {nth 'l'he king. as ex.- t‘t‘u'irne the |
