PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR BROOME THAT SEPTIMUS BURT BE APPOINTED AS MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Proclamation by Governor Broome that Septimus Burt be appointed as one of the non-elected members of the Legislative Council of Western Australia.
Dated 18 June 1886.
Printed form with some handwritten text on a single sheet of cream paper. The paper is folded in half vertically (like a book), the text appearing on the front page only.
The printed text refers to the Legislative Council Act Amendment Act of 1882 and the power of the Governor to nominate non-elected members of the Council.
The handwritten text includes at top right Governor Broome’s name and titles, at the end of the main body of printed text mention of AP Hensman having resigned his seat on the Council and at the beginning of the final paragraph the name of Septimus Burt with the qualification “so long as he shall lawfully continue to hold the appointment of Acting Attorney General”. At the bottom of the page the date is added along with the signature of MS Smith, Acting Colonial Secretary. Governor Broome’s signature is at top left of the page.