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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... IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNOR WHO HAS WON GOLDEN OPINIONS DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF HIS HIGH OFFICE IN CANADA . PREFATORY NOTE . This treatise is in a large measure.
... IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNOR WHO HAS WON GOLDEN OPINIONS DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF HIS HIGH OFFICE IN CANADA . PREFATORY NOTE . This treatise is in a large measure.
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... Administration centred in the King , p . 6 . CHAPTER II . GOVERNMENT FROM 1760 To 1774 . Terms of Capitulation in 1760 , p . 7 - Treaty of Paris , pp . 7-8— Military Government for Three Years , p . 8 — Proclamation of 1763 ...
... Administration centred in the King , p . 6 . CHAPTER II . GOVERNMENT FROM 1760 To 1774 . Terms of Capitulation in 1760 , p . 7 - Treaty of Paris , pp . 7-8— Military Government for Three Years , p . 8 — Proclamation of 1763 ...
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... administration of colonial affairs . From 1663 , the government of Canada was brought more directly under the control of the king , and made more conformable to the requirements of a larger population . But in all essential features the ...
... administration of colonial affairs . From 1663 , the government of Canada was brought more directly under the control of the king , and made more conformable to the requirements of a larger population . But in all essential features the ...
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... administration of the public affairs of the colony . The very name of Parliament had to the French colonist none of that sig- nificance it had to the Englishman , whether living in the parent state or in its dependencies . The word in ...
... administration of the public affairs of the colony . The very name of Parliament had to the French colonist none of that sig- nificance it had to the Englishman , whether living in the parent state or in its dependencies . The word in ...
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... administration centred in the king , who , to borrow the formula of his edicts , ' in the fullness of our power and our certain knowledge , ' was supposed to direct the whole machine , from its highest functions to its pettiest inter ...
... administration centred in the king , who , to borrow the formula of his edicts , ' in the fullness of our power and our certain knowledge , ' was supposed to direct the whole machine , from its highest functions to its pettiest inter ...
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