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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... elect such functionaries , the government threw every obstacle in the way of anything like a municipal system , and the people finally were left without any control whatever over their most trivial local affairs.1 The very social fabric ...
... elect such functionaries , the government threw every obstacle in the way of anything like a municipal system , and the people finally were left without any control whatever over their most trivial local affairs.1 The very social fabric ...
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... elected by the majority of the freeholders of the respective parishes and places were required , be- fore taking their seats in the proposed assemblies , to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy , and the de- claration against ...
... elected by the majority of the freeholders of the respective parishes and places were required , be- fore taking their seats in the proposed assemblies , to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy , and the de- claration against ...
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... was of opinion that the assembly in Lower Canada should have at least one hundred members ; he was also in favour of an elective legislative council . general . The county members were elected by owners of CONSTITUTIONAL ACT , 1791 . 21.
... was of opinion that the assembly in Lower Canada should have at least one hundred members ; he was also in favour of an elective legislative council . general . The county members were elected by owners of CONSTITUTIONAL ACT , 1791 . 21.
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... 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 , should have bona fide ...
... 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 , should have bona fide ...
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... elected speaker of the legislative assembly . See Christie , I. 126-8 , where names of members of both Houses are given . The legislature met for some years in the building known as the old Bishop's Palace , situated between the Grand ...
... elected speaker of the legislative assembly . See Christie , I. 126-8 , where names of members of both Houses are given . The legislature met for some years in the building known as the old Bishop's Palace , situated between the Grand ...
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