Naturalisation, J A L Preiss (1841) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUARTO ET QUINTO

VICTORUE REGINA;

No. 5

An Ordinance to naturalize Johann August Ludwig

Preiss. [Assented to 15th April, 1841.

HEREAS Johann August Ludwig Preiss has applied to be

admitted to the Rights and Privileges of a British Subject,

and whereas it is expedient to comply with the said Application ; Be

it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western

Australia and its Dependencies by and with the Advice and Consent

of the Legislative Council thereof :—

1. That the said Johann August Ludwig Preiss 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 BUTT,

GOVERNOR AND COMMANDERIN-CHIEn