 | 1869 - 826 pages
...expressly declared that all subjects of general interest not distinctly and exclusively conferred upon the local Governments and local Legislatures, shall...conferred upon the General Government and Legislature." Discussion has, however, arisen as to the relative powers of the local and General Governments and... | |
 | John Hamilton Gray - 1872 - 442 pages
...expressly declared that all subjects of general interest not distinctly and exclusively conferred upon the Local Governments and Local Legislatures, shall...conferred upon the General Government and Legislature. The desire," said the honourable gentleman, " to remain connected with Great Britain and to retain... | |
 | Charles Richard Tuttle - 1878 - 716 pages
...expressly declared that all subjects of general interest, not distinctly and exclusively conferred upon the local governments and local Legislatures, shall...conferred upon the general government and Legislature." Notwithstanding this precaution, discussion soon arose as to the relative powers of the local and general... | |
 | 1885 - 474 pages
...explained the details of confederation to the VOL. v. w Legislature. ' We have thus avoided,' he said, ' that great source of weakness which has been the cause...avoided all conflict of jurisdiction and authority.' After an experience of seventeen years, it must be acknowledged that the Constitution has worked exceedingly... | |
 | John George Bourinot - 1884 - 814 pages
...Digest, 4th ed., published by ordor of Congress, 1877. 2 Sir JA Macdonald : Conf. Deb., 1865, p. 33 : " We have thus avoided that great source of weakness...the cause of the disruption of the United States. \\'e have avoided all conflict of jurisdiction and authority," etc. " generally all matters of a merely... | |
 | Sir John George Bourinot - 1888 - 262 pages
...Digest, 4th ed., published by order of Congress, 1877. ' Sir JA Macdonald, Conf. Deb., 1865, p. 33 : " We have thus avoided that great source of weakness...avoided all conflict of jurisdiction and authority," etc. * BNA Act, 1867, s. 91. See appendix to this work. legislatures may exclusively make laws in relation... | |
 | Bernard Moses - 1889 - 270 pages
...the general practice of federations the Dominion has "avoided," according to Sir JA Macdonald, " the great source of weakness which has been the cause of the disruption of the United States." The essential point of this opinion still finds supporters. '' In arranging this part of the constitution,"... | |
 | James Pennington Macpherson - 1891 - 490 pages
...expressly declared that all subjects of general interest, not distinctly and exclusively conferred upon the Local Governments and Local Legislatures, shall...if this constitution is carried out, as it will be in full detail in the Imperial Act to be passed if the colonies adopt the scheme, we will have, in... | |
 | Augustus Henry Frazer Lefroy - 1897 - 930 pages
...expressly declared that all subjects of general interest not distinctly and exclusively conferred upon the local governments and local legislatures shall...conferred upon the general government and legislature." In Judge Gray's work on Confederation,1 quoted by the learned author himself in Tai Sing v. uoa. McGuire,*... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1901 - 634 pages
...expressly declared that all subjects of general interest not distinctly and exclusively conferred upon the local Governments and local Legislatures shall...if this Constitution is carried out, as it will be in full detail in the Imperial Act to be passed if the colonies adopt the scheme, we will have in fact,... | |
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... given the General Legislature all the great subjects of legislation. We have conferred on them, not only specifically and in detail, all the powers which are incident to sovereignty, but we have expressly declared that all subjects of general interest... 
