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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... town meetings . In this respect they occupied a position very different from that of the English colonists in America . The conspicuous features of the New England system of government were the extent of popular power and the almost ...
... town meetings . In this respect they occupied a position very different from that of the English colonists in America . The conspicuous features of the New England system of government were the extent of popular power and the almost ...
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... town and village com- munities . Provision had been made in the constitution 1 Il ne laisse pas d'être de très grande conséquence de ne pas laisser la liberté au peuple de dire son sentiment . ( Meules au Ministre , 1685. ) Even ...
... town and village com- munities . Provision had been made in the constitution 1 Il ne laisse pas d'être de très grande conséquence de ne pas laisser la liberté au peuple de dire son sentiment . ( Meules au Ministre , 1685. ) Even ...
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... town or district might be authorized to assess or levy within its precincts for roads and or dinary local services . No ordinance could be passed , except by a majority of the council , and every one had to be transmitted within six ...
... town or district might be authorized to assess or levy within its precincts for roads and or dinary local services . No ordinance could be passed , except by a majority of the council , and every one had to be transmitted within six ...
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... town or county organizations , as provided for by law . In fact , the municipal system of Canada lies at the very basis of its parliamentary insti- tutions . Among the distinguishing features of the important legislation of this period ...
... town or county organizations , as provided for by law . In fact , the municipal system of Canada lies at the very basis of its parliamentary insti- tutions . Among the distinguishing features of the important legislation of this period ...
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... town of Sherbrooke . Second Sched . B. N. A. Act , 1867. In these districts there is a large English - speak- ing and Protestant population , and it was considered expedient to insert this proviso securing its rights ; but the provision ...
... town of Sherbrooke . Second Sched . B. N. A. Act , 1867. In these districts there is a large English - speak- ing and Protestant population , and it was considered expedient to insert this proviso securing its rights ; but the provision ...
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