LETTERS PATENT, APPOINTMENT OF SEPTIMUS BURT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

Letters Patent appointing Septimus Burt as Attorney General. Dated 29 December 1890. Single sheet of cream coloured heavy paper vertical half fold, with the text pertaining to the appointment on the front page.
Most of the text is printed; the handwritten elements are the name of Septimus Burt, the appointment title, the date and the Governor’s signature. At top left a red seal (wafer seal - with embossed design) is affixed.
The Attorney-General is a qualified legal practitioner responsible for monitoring the government’s law and justice system. Septimus Burt was the first Attorney-General appointed after Western Australia was granted responsible government under the Constitution Act 1889.