Naturalisation, B F Simmons (1841) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUARTO ET QUINTO

VICTORLZE REGINIE

No. 12

An Ordinance to naturalize Benjamin Franklin Simmons.

[Assented to 22nd July, 1841.

HEREAS Benjamin Franklin Simmons has applied to be

Wand whereas it is expedient to comply with the said Application ; Beadmitted to the Rights and Privileges of a British Subject,

it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies by and with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Cotmeil thereof :-

1. That the said Benjamin Franklin Simmons be, and he hereby is naturalized and enabled to purchase and hold Lands, and to enjoy all the other Privileges of a natural born British Subject within the Limits of the Colony of Western Australia save and except only the holding or exercising of any Place or Office of Trust in the Courts of Law or connected with the Treasury therein.

2. That this Ordinance shall not come into Operation until it shall have received the Royal Confirmation, nor until such Confirma- tion shall have been notified by the Governor for the Time being by Proclamation or other public Notice.

JOHN HUTT,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.