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By His Excellency J^VISIES DOUGLAS, Oovernor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Colony of British CoKimbia and its Dependencies- PROCLAMATION having the Force of Law to Indemnify the Governor and other Officers for Acts done before the Establishment of any Legitimate Au- thority in British Columbia. WHEREAS, large number of Ilor Majcsty'o subjects and others, have resorted to and settled on the territory now comprised within the limits of this Colony, before the establishment of any settled form of government therein, and it ha3 been necessary to take steps for the establishment and maintenance of peace, order and good government, and for the protection of the rights of Her Majesty, and for the collection of a revenue from lands belonging to Her Majesty; some of which steps maj'^not have been fully au- thorized in point of law : And Whereas, by a Commission under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, I, JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor of the Colony of British Colum- bia, have been authorized, by Proclamation issued under the Public Seal of the Colony, to make Laws, Institutions and Ordinances for the peace, order and good Government of the same : Be it therefore known to all whom it may concern, that I, the said James Douglas, Governor of British Columbia, do hereby, in virtue of the authority aforesaid, enact and proclaim that every act, matter or thing bona fide done and performed for any of the purpos- es, aforesaid before the date of this proclamation, by me, the said James Douglas, or any other person or persons acting under ray authority or direction, shall be deemed to be and to have been valid in Law, and that I, the said James Douglas, and the said other persons, shall be and hereby are severally and jointly indemnified, freed and discharged from and against all actions, suits, prosecutions and penalties whatever, in respect of any such act, matter or thing, and that the same shall not be questioned in any of Her Majes- ty's Courts of Civil or Criminal jurisdiction in this Colony. And I do further enact and proclaim that any declaration in writing, under the hand of the Governor, or officer adniinistering the Govenmient of British Columbia, to the_ effect such purj poses oft i ' • 1 1 1 • be a sufficient discharge and indemnity to all persons meirtioned in the said declaration in respect of th.' act, raiattcr or thing specified therein. Issued at Fort Langly, under the Public Seal of the said Colony, this nine- teenth day of November, 1858, in the Twenty-second year of Her Majesty's Reign, by me, JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor, {l,s.} GOD SAVE THE aUEEN.