Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Cardwell, Edward to Kennedy, Arthur 27 October 1864, CO 410:1.
Abstract
Despatch from London.
Marginalia (1).
Cardwell forwards the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown in favour of the Act
to amend the real estate tax Act 1860.
No. 50
No. 50 crossed out and "Confidential by Mr. Cardwells' desire"
written above.
[PABC copy is labeled: "Immaterial. Act as to efficacy of an Act to
Amend Real Estate Tax Act."]
Sir,
With reference to your despatch No. 50 of the 1st of August I have
the honour to transmit to you the enclosed copy of an Opinion of the Law
Officers of the Crown pronouncing in favor of the efficacy of the Act
passed by the Legislature of Vancouver Island in 1862 "to amend the real
estate tax Act 1860."
Although the opinion of the law Officers of the Crown is not
binding upon the judgment of the Chief Justice, I cannot but believe
that he will probably
attach much weight to the decided opinion upon a
purely legal point of two lawyers so eminent as Sir R. Palmer and Sir
R.P. Collier and I have to request that you will give Mr. Cameron, if he
wish it, an opportunity of reading this despatch and the opinion
privately, but that you will not make any public use of the opinion.
attach much weight to the decided opinion upon a
purely legal point of two lawyers so eminent as Sir R. Palmer and Sir
R.P. Collier and I have to request that you will give Mr. Cameron, if he
wish it, an opportunity of reading this despatch and the opinion
privately, but that you will not make any public use of the opinion.
I enclose two copies of a Parliamentary Paper containing the
opinion referred to by the Law Officers at the conclusion of their
present Report.
I have etc.
E. Cardwell
E. Cardwell