210 THE BRITISH EMPIRE :— UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Constitution and Government.
rrh tt • „f Qm.rt Africa is constituted under the South Africa Act, 1QOQ it Edw 7 C 9] ^p^edb; the Parliament of the United Kingdom on SelmbS 1909 1. ulSr the terms of that Act the self-governing Colonies September ^O.iyuy.u Transvaal, and the Orange River
of the Cape of Good Hope, JNat a legislative union under one
for the Union and members of the executive Council.
be a session of ParBa«aent_ •"J*/**,. Jor ten yeara aIte r the estab-
The Senate .consul . o ^^i ™inl, to their acquaintance
"•' ft SSTnTlS Sec?r wa, nal hl rI„rt°o the ttaoli'shrnent of
Division, in numbers as follow. :-The Cape o G . 1 op , 61 .^ ■ £
Transvaal, 49 i Orange Frco State, 17. 1 1 >r nam cut arj
qualifications a. existing in the several colonies a 11 11; ,
L* electoral district in each provmoc ,c »»»»'■ ."'"". ^, ls ,,. r ,., l vol( , r ,
a British subject of European .lesce.iual^ < a a ■ ^
S^XT^'*^*" fil U o7?t. noting -to'.
™-> «■;--* **g-*js*u c &5 fti:
Allegiance. A member of one tiOMe^noi i» o(
but a Minister of State may «t ^and .peak, but not ™te *u ^ which he is not a member lo ho J ™ °™J I ^y „,- ,.;„„„
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