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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John George Bourinot. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. CANADA UNDER THE FRENCH RÉGIME . Nature of first Government , pp . 1-3 ... Canadian Affairs ; Charter of Government granted , p . 12 - Opposition to the Quebec Act in the Province , p . 13 ...
John George Bourinot. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. CANADA UNDER THE FRENCH RÉGIME . Nature of first Government , pp . 1-3 ... Canadian Affairs ; Charter of Government granted , p . 12 - Opposition to the Quebec Act in the Province , p . 13 ...
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... Provincial District of Keewatin , p . 104 — Imperial Legislation to remove doubts as to the power of Canadian Parliament to legislate with respect to new Provinces in the Territories , etc. , pp . 105 , 106 - Local Legislatures may ...
... Provincial District of Keewatin , p . 104 — Imperial Legislation to remove doubts as to the power of Canadian Parliament to legislate with respect to new Provinces in the Territories , etc. , pp . 105 , 106 - Local Legislatures may ...
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... province remained in a very unsettled state , chiefly on account of the uncer- tainty that prevailed as to the laws actually in force . The new subjects , " or French Canadians , contended that justice , so far as they were concerned ...
... province remained in a very unsettled state , chiefly on account of the uncer- tainty that prevailed as to the laws actually in force . The new subjects , " or French Canadians , contended that justice , so far as they were concerned ...
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... Canadian affairs and made important constitutional changes . The previous ... Canada by the express authority of Par- liament . This constitution was ... province of Quebec , in North America . " The bill , on the motion for its ...
... Canadian affairs and made important constitutional changes . The previous ... Canada by the express authority of Par- liament . This constitution was ... province of Quebec , in North America . " The bill , on the motion for its ...
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... province extended to the frontiers of New England , Pennsylvania , New York province , the Ohio , and the left bank of the Mississippi ; on the other , to the Hudson's Bay Territory . Labrador , and the islands annexed to Newfoundland ...
... province extended to the frontiers of New England , Pennsylvania , New York province , the Ohio , and the left bank of the Mississippi ; on the other , to the Hudson's Bay Territory . Labrador , and the islands annexed to Newfoundland ...
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