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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... Municipal System , p . 40- Settlement of Clergy Reserves , pp . 41-42 - Abolition of Seig- niorial Tenure , p . 43 - Civil Service , pp . 43-44- Complete Control over Civil List and Provincial Revenues , 45 - Freedom of Trade , pp . 46 ...
... Municipal System , p . 40- Settlement of Clergy Reserves , pp . 41-42 - Abolition of Seig- niorial Tenure , p . 43 - Civil Service , pp . 43-44- Complete Control over Civil List and Provincial Revenues , 45 - Freedom of Trade , pp . 46 ...
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... municipal government was allowed in the town and village com- munities . Provision had been made in the constitution ... municipal affairs which the central authority neglected under the pretext of managing . " Lord Durham's R. , p . 10 ...
... municipal government was allowed in the town and village com- munities . Provision had been made in the constitution ... municipal affairs which the central authority neglected under the pretext of managing . " Lord Durham's R. , p . 10 ...
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... municipal system , and the people finally were left without any control whatever over their most trivial local affairs.1 The very social fabric itself rested on feudal principles modified to suit the condition of things in a new country ...
... municipal system , and the people finally were left without any control whatever over their most trivial local affairs.1 The very social fabric itself rested on feudal principles modified to suit the condition of things in a new country ...
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... municipal institutions ; and the same constant interference of the imperial administration in matters which should be left wholly to the pro- vincial governments . " In Lower Canada , the descend- ants of the people who had never been ...
... municipal institutions ; and the same constant interference of the imperial administration in matters which should be left wholly to the pro- vincial governments . " In Lower Canada , the descend- ants of the people who had never been ...
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... municipal institutions should be established without delay , " as a matter of vital importance . " The first im- mediate result of these suggestions was the presentation to the Imperial Parliament , on the 3rd of May , 1839 , of a royal ...
... municipal institutions should be established without delay , " as a matter of vital importance . " The first im- mediate result of these suggestions was the presentation to the Imperial Parliament , on the 3rd of May , 1839 , of a royal ...
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