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 Brothers, 1888 - 238 pages |
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... Crown . The colonial in- stitutions of the old possessions of Great Britain , now known as the United States of America , had their origin in the same way . But in 1774 , a system of government was granted to Canada by the express ...
... Crown . The colonial in- stitutions of the old possessions of Great Britain , now known as the United States of America , had their origin in the same way . But in 1774 , a system of government was granted to Canada by the express ...
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... Crown , inasmuch as it was " inexpedient to call an assembly . " This council was to comprise not more than twenty - three , and not less than seventeen 1 Garneau , who represents French Canadian views in his history , acknowledges that ...
... Crown , inasmuch as it was " inexpedient to call an assembly . " This council was to comprise not more than twenty - three , and not less than seventeen 1 Garneau , who represents French Canadian views in his history , acknowledges that ...
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... Crown could not have legally con- ferred upon them . There is also reason to believe that the set- tlement of the Canadian constitution , not by a grant from the Crown merely , but in virtue of a positive statute , was regarded by the ...
... Crown could not have legally con- ferred upon them . There is also reason to believe that the set- tlement of the Canadian constitution , not by a grant from the Crown merely , but in virtue of a positive statute , was regarded by the ...
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... Crown by the conquest and cession of Canada . The sovereign might , if he thought proper , annex hereditary titles of honour to the right of being summoned to the legislative council in either province.1 The speaker of the council was ...
... Crown by the conquest and cession of Canada . The sovereign might , if he thought proper , annex hereditary titles of honour to the right of being summoned to the legislative council in either province.1 The speaker of the council was ...
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... Crown . The British Parliament re- served to itself the right of providing regulations im- posing , levying and collecting duties , for the regulation of navigation and commerce to be carried on between the two provinces , or between ...
... Crown . The British Parliament re- served to itself the right of providing regulations im- posing , levying and collecting duties , for the regulation of navigation and commerce to be carried on between the two provinces , or between ...
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