They may likewise summon persons to be present at the meetings in order to give
such information or explanations, as the matters under consideration may require.

 All communications between the Home-Government and the Councils shall be
 carried on through the Governor.

 38.

 Each Colonial Council elects from among its members a Chairman for the year,
 who shall conduct the proceedings in the Council, also a Vice-Chairman, who has to
 officiate in the absence of the Chairman, and one or more Secretaries. The Council
 appoints such assistant as may be required for these their officials.

 No resolution can be adopted by any of the colonial Councils, when less than
 half of its members are present.


 39.
 The members of the Colonial Council may during the debates make use of the
 Danish or the English language at their own option. The Protocol of proceedings is to
 be kept in both languages. In the same manner are the resolutions of the Colonial
 Councils to be drawn up, but when doubts arise the question is to be decided
 according to the tenor of the Danish text, and only this latter shall be laid before His
 Majesty for sanction, when such sanction is required.

 The Rules of Business, which shall also determine to what extent and in what
 manner the Council's proceedings are to be published by printing, are to be adopted
 by each Colonial Council and approved of by the Governor.

 40.

 The meetings of the Colonial Council are public, under such conditions of
access as may be adopted for the maintenance of order by each Council, with the
approval of the Governor. The Governor is, however, entitled to demand that a matter
be discussed within closed doors, and the Colonial Council may resolve the same at
the proposal of the Chairman or of such a number of members as prescribed in the
Rules of Business. Whenever a proposal is made to this effect, the auditory are to be
excluded, and the question shall then be discussed by the Council and decided by
plurality of votes.

 41.

 Drafts of Ordinances may be laid before the Colonial Councils by the Governor,
according to instructions from the Home-Government or from the Governor, or by one
or more members of the Council.