 The partition was carried out in 1909, and Swazis living in European areas were given five years to vacate the land.In 1921 the British established Swaziland's first legislative body—a European Advisory Council (EAC) of elected white representatives with the task of advising the British Resident Commissioner on non-Swazi affairs.In 1944, the Commissioner reconstituted the basis and role of the EAC, and, over Swazi objections, issued a Native Authorities Proclamation constituting the paramount chief or Ingwenyama and King to the Swazis, as the British called the king, as the native authority for the territory to issue legally enforceable orders to the Swazis, subject to restrictions and directions from the resident commissioner.