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  Order In Council - LoveToKnow 1911
But although theoretically orders in council are thus independent of parliamentary authority, in practice they are only issued on the advice of ministers of the crown, who are, of course, responsible to parliament for their action in the matter.
Orders in council were first issued during the 18th century, and their legality has sometimes been called in question, the fear being evidently prevalent that they would be used, like the earlier ordinances and proclamations, to alter the law.
Orders in council are used to regulate the matters which need immediate attention on the death of one sovereign and the accession of another.
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 AllRefer.com - orders in council (Foreign Government Agencies) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Orders in council, first so named in the 18th cent., are based either on royal prerogative or on statutory authority.
The prerogative allows an order in council to be used to ratify a treaty, to declare the end of a state of war, or to appoint civil service commissioners, but as a vehicle of royal power such an order no longer has any utility.
Orders in council are authorized by statute in situations where a possible emergency is contemplated in which routine legislative procedure might be too cumbersome.
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 Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1807
Ordered by the court that Jesse Greer be overseer of the road from [illegible] to Jackson's Mill and the forks from it to Grassy Island [remainder of order illegible]
Ordered by the court that Robert King be overseer of the road in the room of William Ausborn.
Ordered by the court that David Ingram be overseer of the road from the Court House to the fork of the road on the other side of the river.
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 Heckscher, The Continental System, Appendix I: Library of Economics and Liberty
Order in Council; prohibiting Trade to be carried on between Port and Port of Countries under the dominion or usurped controul of France and her allies.
Order in Council; appointing Times at which Notice shall be presumed to have been received of the Order of the 11th instant at the different places specified in the said Order.
Order in Council; declaring that his Majesty's Orders of the 11th of Nov. shall not extend to permit the Produce of enemies Colonies in the West Indies to be brought direct to any British Port in Europe.
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 The Almanach de Chivalry , The International and Royal Council for Orders of Chivalry .
The Knights of The Order of The Garter,
The chapel of the order is The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy.
Order of Saint Mary of the Teutons in the Netherlands, Bailiwick of Utrecht,(1 Class) (Teutonic Order)* held under the Supreme Authority of H.I.&.R.H. Prince Karl Friedrich of Germany, Duke of Swabia, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, de jure Charles VIII I.R. as the 60th Hochmeister.
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 ORDER IN COUNCIL - Online Information article about ORDER IN COUNCIL
council, or more usually on the advice of a few selected members thereof.
army, while a new bishopric is sometimes founded by an order in council.
Canada, and other representatives of the sovereign may issue orders in council under certain conditions.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /ORC_PAI/ORDER_IN_COUNCIL.html   (863 words)

  
 War of 1812 - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Napoleon's Continental System, which was intended to exclude British goods or goods cleared through Britain from countries under French control, and the British orders in council (1807), which forbade trade with France except after touching at English ports, threatened the American merchant fleet with confiscation by one side or the other.
The Nonimportation Act of 1806 was followed by the Embargo Act of 1807.
Negotiations with Britain for repeal of the orders in council continued without result; just before the declaration of war, yet too late to prevent it, the orders in council were repealed.
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 Resume of Orders in Council (Vol. 19, No. 38)
ORDER IN COUNCIL 1798 Ministry Responsible: ATTORNEY GENERAL Statutory Authority: SUPREME COURT The appointment of Pamela Kirkpatrick as a Master of the Supreme Court made by Order in Council 1493/89, rescinded.
ORDER IN COUNCIL 1800 Ministry Responsible: ENVIRONMENT, LANDS AND PARKS Statutory Authority: LAND Administration, control and benefit of described land transferred to Canada for the use and benefit of the Dease River Indian Band.
ORDER IN COUNCIL 1810 Ministry Responsible: HEALTH Statutory Authority: NURSES (REGISTERED) The appointment of Jennifer Richmond and the rescission of Leone Jensen to the Board of Examiners of the Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia are approved by the Board of Directors.
www.qp.gov.bc.ca /statreg/oic/1992/resume38.htm   (1578 words)

  
 Book 22, 1807
For your sake I have given orders that the House of Strelitz is to be treated considerately.
Order for the 1st division of the 2d corps to start from Bayonne on the 22d of November for Vittoria, there to act as a garrison to maintain communication with General Junot.
Order Marshal Moncey to organize the corps of observation of the Atlantic Coast, and to enter Spain at once, so that his leading division may reach Vittoria on the 15th of January.
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 Columbia Encyclopedia- Embargo Act of 1807 - AOL Research & Learn
passed Dec. 22, 1807, by the U.S. Congress in answer to the British orders in council restricting neutral shipping and to Napoleon's restrictive Continental System.
The first attempt was the Nonimportation Act, passed Apr. 18, 1806, forbidding the importation of specified British goods in order to force Great Britain to relax its rigorous rulings on cargoes and sailors (see impressment).
The act was suspended, but the Embargo Act of 1807 was a bolder statement of the same idea.
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 Orders in Council (1807) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Orders in Council of 1807 were a specific use of an order of the British Privy Council, made under the Royal prerogative, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Napoleon retaliated with the Milan Decree of 1807, which declared that all neutral shipping using British ports, or paying British tariffs, were to be regarded as British and seized.
The Orders in Council had been repealed on June 23, 1812, but the ministers did not intend to take additional measures until they could learn the American reaction.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orders_in_Council_(1807)   (662 words)

  
 The War of 1812: Trade embargoes
King George III issued an Order in Council which prohibited neutral vessels from entering ports on the French coast between Elbe and Brest unless they carried products of its own country or those of Great Britain.
In January 1807, Britain issued another Order in Council to prevent neutral vessels from trading between ports in the possession of France or any of her allies.
The American Senate was then on the verge of approving a proposal to declare war on Britain; a proposal which was forwarded largely because of Britain's Orders in Council.
www.galafilm.com /1812/e/background/brit_embargo.html   (353 words)

  
 The Rape of the Danish Navy (1807)
Bille had kept this order at the ready until September 2, but when it came to carrying it out, General Peymann, for fear of the English reaction, failed to carry it out.
Subsequently, the war council decided to, except for of Bille and most of the naval members, support the general's dismissal of the proposal.
Unfortunately, the general did not receive this order as the English forces in the Langelands belt, between Funen and Sealand, captured the officer bearing the order.
www.navalhistory.dk /English/History/1801_1814/1807_Capitulation.htm   (1255 words)

  
 South Carolina Senate Journal April 28, 1999 - www.scstatehouse.net - LPITS
To effect any such extension a petition shall first be submitted to the council by a majority of the freeholders of the territory which it is proposed to annex, accompanied by an adequate description thereof, praying that an election be ordered to see if such territory shall be included in the city or town.
In order for an annexation to be validly effected, a majority of the freeholders voting in the referendum must approve the annexation; and a majority of the registered electors voting in the election must approve the annexation, both within the territory proposed to be annexed and within the corporate limits of the municipality.
transcribing a verbal order into patient records for cosignature by the ordering physician and implementing of the physician's written and verbal orders which pertain to the practice of dietetics, if this practice is specifically authorized by the medical director and the health care facility.
www.scstatehouse.net /sess113_1999-2000/sj99/1807.htm   (10359 words)

  
 Federalist Opposition
In 1807, Captain Salusbury Humphreys, commander of the British frigate Leopard, knowing in advance that Commodore James Barron's flagship Chesapeake carried British deserters among its crew, followed the Chesapeake to sea from Hampton Roads, Virginia, on June 21.
Barron ordered the colors struck and submitted to the British, who mustered the crew of the Chesapeake and took off four men, claiming them to be British subjects and deserters.
Thus, the Embargo Act of 1807 and various nonimportation acts were intended to damage the British economy in the midst of its war against France.
www.earlyamerica.com /review/winter2000/federalist.html   (3809 words)

  
 The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
One of the most important aspects of the Orders in Council was the statement that nations wishing to trade with closed ports must first pay transit duties.
A retaliatory measure to Britain's Orders in Council, the Milan Decree was issued in 1807 by Napoleon.
He was very outspoken against the impressment of American sailors, the Orders in Council, and British assistance to the Native Americans.
www.mariner.org /usnavy/08/08d.htm   (1409 words)

  
 Papers of James Madison, University of Virginia
In order to defend his resolutions, Madison was persuaded to stand for election to the Virginia Assembly in 1799.
He was elected and undertook their defense by producing the Report of 1800, a comprehensive attack on the unconstitutionality of the two acts as well as a ringing statement of the inviolability of the right of free speech.
As secretary of state, Madison was charged with a host of duties besides the conduct of American foreign policy, ranging from publishing and distributing the public laws to serving as liaison between the federal government and the governors of the states and territories.
www.virginia.edu /pjm/biography1.htm   (1991 words)

  
 Antiques Militaria Resources
Reorganized by Frederick II in 1740 as the Order for Military and Civil Merit (pour le mérite), and again by Frederick William III in 1810 as the Order of Military Merit.
Order of Saint Anne of the Convent for Ladies at Wurzburg
The LDO (Leistungs Gemeinschaft der Deutscher Ordenshersteller) was founded in 1941 as a of self regulating association that governed the private firms involved in the manufacture of state and military awards, orders and decorations.
www.antiquesatoz.com /orders/gerord.htm   (629 words)

  
 orders in council — FactMonster.com
Milan Decree - Milan Decree, issued Dec., 1807, by Napoleon I of France in an attempt to enforce the Continental...
War of 1812: Causes of the War - Causes of the War American shippers took advantage of the hostilities in Europe to absorb the...
Embargo Act of 1807 - Embargo Act of 1807, passed Dec. 22, 1807, by the U.S. Congress in answer to the British orders in...
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 The American Revolution (Thomas Jefferson)
Jefferson ordered a naval squadron to the Mediterranean Sea to blockade Tripoli.
American commerce was caught in the crossfire between British Orders in Council and Napoleonic decrees.
The embargo, adopted in December 1807 and strengthened by later legislation, was regarded by Jefferson as the only alternative to war and submission.
theamericanrevolution.org /ipeople/tjeff.asp   (5760 words)

  
 Embargo Act of 1807: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The embargo of 1807 was not a...December 7, 1807.
Instead, he attempted to deter attacks by imposing an embargo (Embargo Act of 1807) which only brought economic depression to the U.S. He refused to use legitimate constitutional means to achieve...
Instances of confining all domestic ships to port are rare, and the Embargo Act of 1807 is the sole example of this in American history.
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101242638   (1688 words)

  
 War of 1812 Invasion of America: Causes, Soldiers, History
The British Orders in Council of 1807 tried to channel all neutral trade to continental Europe through Great Britain, and France's Berlin and Milan decrees of 1806 and 1807 declared Britain in a state of blockade and condemned neutral shipping that obeyed British regulations (see CONTINENTAL SYSTEM).
In 1807, after the British ship Leopard fired on the American frigate CHESAPEAKE, President Thomas Jefferson urged and Congress passed an EMBARGO ACT banning all American ships from foreign trade.
Napoleon's announcement in 1810 of the revocation of his decrees was followed by British refusals to repeal their orders, and pressures for war increased.
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 SparkNotes: The War of 1812 (1809-1815): Economic Warfare
As a countermeasure, in 1806 Britain passed the Orders in Council.
In 1807, off the Virginia coast, the US Naval Vessel Chesapeake was approached by a British vessel, who demanded to board so that it could reclaim "deserters" who were with the United States.
The War of 1812 would likely have started in 1807 except that Jefferson realized that the US Army and Navy were at the time inadequate for the task of fighting the British.
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 The War of 1812: Trade Embargoes
In November of 1807, Britain issued a trade regulation called an Order in Council, which compelled all neutral ships to either call at British ports or be subject to a search by British authorities.
Although both the British and French embargoes disrupted U.S. trade, most of the blame fell on the British Orders in Council, since America was still smarting from the Revolutionary War it had fought against Britain a few decades earlier.
In June of 1807, the American public was incensed by the Chesapeake affair in which a British Royal Navy ship bombarded an American vessel and then impressed several American seamen.
www.galafilm.com /1812/e/background/amer_embargo.html   (426 words)

  
 Heckscher, The Continental System: An Economic Interpretation ToC: The Online Library of Liberty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In order to form a correct understanding of the antecedent conditions of the Continental System, in the meaning just given, we must point especially to one feature of the mercantilist point of view whence it sprang, namely, to what we may call its static conception of economic life.
Both of these factors were destined gradually to put an end to the old economic order; but in the long run it was the change in the conditions of production that may be said to have exerted the greater influence.
Shortly afterwards, however, these draconic orders were revoked as a concession to the United States, and their place was taken by the new instructions of January 8, 1794.
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 The Regional Review (1938)
By 1812 the situation was not unlike that in 1917 when Britain with her navy and Germany with her submarines had American commerce between the hammer and the anvil.
According to estimates of President Madison, between November, 1807, and July, 1812, the British seized 389 vessels and the French 558.
Perry then made Put-in-Bay his headquarters in order that he might watch Barclay and yet be convenient to General W. Harrison, Commander-in-Chief of the western U. Army with headquarters at Seneca-town.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/regional_review/vol1-4b.htm   (2772 words)

  
 The Causes Of The War Of 1812
This was where American ships sailed by way of American ports to evade the British prohibition of trade between France and French colonies.9 In 1807 Napoleon began to vigorously enforce his Continental System which he hoped would deny Britain access to the European market upon which her economic life depended.
He ordered the confiscation of all British goods and excluded every ship that had stopped at a British port.
This was another issue that caused Americans to feel their independence was at stake.11 On June 22, 1807, a vessel of the United States Navy named the Chesapeake set sail from Norfolk.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1989/HWW.htm   (3691 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Russian foreign minister says draft U.N. resolution on sanctions would ...
The draft orders all countries to prevent the sale and supply of material and technology that could contribute to Iran's nuclear and missile programs.
It requires countries to freeze the assets of companies and organizations involved in those programs, and also imposes a travel ban and freezes the assets of people involved – a measure Lavrov appeared to be referring to in his remark suggesting it would hamper negotiators.
Comments Tuesday by Russia's Security Council chief Igor Ivanov hinted that Russia could support sanctions as a way to push Tehran into talks, but also left plenty of room for wrangling in the council.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20061101-1807-iran-nuclear.html   (600 words)

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