The ministry in desperation sought to prevent immediate action by calling Vasconcellos back to power and Proroguing the session.
"The South American Republics Part I of II"
Thomas C. Dawson
In passing these resolutions parliamentary rules were dispensed with, the members anticipating the Proroguing power of the governor, who, on learning their tenor, immediately dissolved the House.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
He is the nominal head of the executive, summoning and Proroguing the Legislature, appointing and dismissing ministers, and exercising, upon the advice of his ministers, the prerogative of pardon.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce