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Royal Power. When a ministry is defeated, the Prime Minister* must either resign With his Cabinet or request the King to dissolve Parliament. In the first case, he and his ministers deliver up the seals of office-emblems of their authority without which they cannot transact the business of the King's Government. It is usual for the outgoing Premier to advise His Majesty on the choice of a successor...
...believe the people of the Nation should continue to own the property and transact the business of the Nation. We harbor no delusions about securing perfection. . . . That system is best which gives the individual the largest freedom of action and the largest opportunity for honorable accomplishment. Such a system does not tend to the concentration of wealth but to the diffusion of wealth. Under our institutions, there is no limitation on the aspirations a mother may have for her children. This country would not be a land of opportunity ... if the people were shackled with Government monoplies...
...Providing that when the House is without a quorum it shall automatically go into a Committee of the Whole in which it may transact all business except actually passing bills. The advantage of this procedure would be that it would save roll calls, of which there are several hundred at each session to determine whether a quorum is present. Saving: 25 minutes per roll call; about six weeks...
...Minor Sports Council will meet this afternoon at 5.45 o'clock in the Randolph Hall Breakfast Room. The purpose of the meeting is to consider awards held over from last year and to transact business which will be submitted to the Student-Council at its meeting tomorrow evening...
President Obregon was taken ill. He was unable to transact any official business, but his condition was reported "not serious...