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The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina.

any of the Proprietors Courts of the same degree and choice the
other was of, whose Vacant place is to be filled up, shall have his
choice, whether he will remove into the place of the Person that is
dead or remov'd; But if he refuse to remove, the next in Signio- ^Seniority
rity of the same Degree and Choice, shall have his choice, and so
of course the rest in order: And the last remaining Vacant place in
any of the aforesaid Proprietors Courts, shall be filled up by him that
hath been longest of any of the Colledges, being of the same Degree
and Choice with him that is Dead or remov'd. And he that is
next of Signiority in the same Degree and Choice, shall have pow- {Sen.}
er to remove himself if he please into that Colledge where any place
shall be Vacant, and so of course the rest, as in case of Councel-
lors; but the last remaining Vacant place in any Colledge, shall be
filled up by the same Choice, and out of the same Degree of Per-
sons that he was of, who is Dead or removed: No Place shall be
Vacant in any of the proprietors Courts or Colledges, longer than the
next Session of Parliament.

§.31. ³⁰ No Man, being a member of the Grand Council, or of any of
the seven Colledges, shall be turned out but for Misdemeanour, ^{by the rate of three fifths of the Grand Court three severall dayes or sentence of Parli. as in §} of which
the Grand Council shall be Judge, and the Vacancy of the Person so
put out, shall be filled, as provided in case of the Death of any
Councellor. But it is not hereby to be understood, that the Grand
Council hath any power to turn out any one of the Lords Proprietors
or their Deputies, the Lords proprietors having in themselves an inherent
original Right. {And are not Subject to any Censures of the Grand
Councill or Parliament.}

§.32. ³¹ All Elections in the Parliament, in the several Chambers of the Par-
liament, and in the Grand Council, shall be Passed by Balloting.
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§. 33. ³² The Palatine's Court shall consist of the Palatine, and seven proprie-
tors, wherein nothing shall be acted without the Presence and Con-
sent of the Palatine or his Deputy, and three others of the proprietors
or their Deputies. This Court shall have power to call Parliaments,
to pardon all Offences, to make Elections of all Officers in the pro-
prietors dispose, and to nominate and appoint Port-Towns: ^{And with the Consent of the Grand [Cou?] pardon all offences of such persons as a mase [administrat? ] publique charge , Condemned or any Sentenc'd by the [P?] whose sentence or malefactors no [bo?] have power to [Susp?] or mitigate but in Parliament it selfe} And al-
so shall have power by their Order to the Treasurer, to dispose of
all publick Treasure, excepting Money granted by the Parliament, and
by them directed to some partitcular publick Use: And also shall
have a Negative upon all Acts, Orders, & Votes, and Judgments of
the Grand Council and the Parliament, except ^{in Judgements & Juditiall proceedings and} onely as in §.6, 12 ^11,
30 and 51. ⁸¹ And shall have all the Powers granted to the Lords Pro-
prietors by their Patent from OUR SOVERAIGN LORD