The Lieutenant-governor is allowed no ſalary by the colony, but during the abſence of the Commander in Chief, when he takes the ſupreme command, but receives only a moiety of the ſalary allowed by the colony to the former. In caſe of his death, or abſence during that period, the chief command devolves to the ſenior Member of the Council, who then becomes Governor in Chief pro tempore, and enjoys the like ſalary as the Lieutenant-governor, during the time he acts in that capacity.
The Council conſiſts of twelve ⟨Members⟩, who are appointed by his Majeſty's Writ of Privy Seal. Of theſe the Commander in Chief has the privilege to chuſe ſeven, to be of his Privy-council; but the office of the whole is to aſſiſt him in the government, and to concur with the Houſe of Aſſembly, in making and paſſing the laws, ſtatutes, and ordinances of the colony.
