A Manual of the Constitutional History of Canada from the Earliest Period to the Year 1888; Including the British North America Act, 1867, and a Digest of Judicial Decisions on Questions of Legislative JurisdictionDawson Bros., 1888 - 238 pages |
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... town meetings . In this respect they occupied a position very different from that of the English colonists in America . The conspicuous features of the New England system of government were the extent of popular power and the almost ...
... town meetings . In this respect they occupied a position very different from that of the English colonists in America . The conspicuous features of the New England system of government were the extent of popular power and the almost ...
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... town and village com- munities . Provision had been made in the constitution 1 Il ne laisse pas d'être de très grande conséquence de ne pas laisser la liberté au peuple de dire son sentiment . ( Meules au Ministre , 1685. ) Even ...
... town and village com- munities . Provision had been made in the constitution 1 Il ne laisse pas d'être de très grande conséquence de ne pas laisser la liberté au peuple de dire son sentiment . ( Meules au Ministre , 1685. ) Even ...
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... town or district might be authorized to assess or levy within its precincts for roads and or- dinary local services.1 No ordinance could be passed , except by a majority of the council , and every one had to be transmitted within six ...
... town or district might be authorized to assess or levy within its precincts for roads and or- dinary local services.1 No ordinance could be passed , except by a majority of the council , and every one had to be transmitted within six ...
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... towns and townships were elected by persons having a dwelling house and lot of ground therein of the yearly value of £ 5 sterling or upwards , or who have resided in the town for twelve months previous to the issue of the election writ ...
... towns and townships were elected by persons having a dwelling house and lot of ground therein of the yearly value of £ 5 sterling or upwards , or who have resided in the town for twelve months previous to the issue of the election writ ...
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... town having been founded and named by Governor Simcoe in 1794 . ( Withrow , 292. ) The provincial legislature met in a wooden building on what is now known as Parliament street . ( Scad- ding's Toronto , pp . 26-7 . ) 1 The Duke de la ...
... town having been founded and named by Governor Simcoe in 1794 . ( Withrow , 292. ) The provincial legislature met in a wooden building on what is now known as Parliament street . ( Scad- ding's Toronto , pp . 26-7 . ) 1 The Duke de la ...
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