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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... authority was very limited ; for they were forbidden to fine or imprison any person without obtaining the neces- sary order from Quebec . Neither the seigneur nor the habitant had practically any voice whatever in the gov- ernment ; and ...
... authority was very limited ; for they were forbidden to fine or imprison any person without obtaining the neces- sary order from Quebec . Neither the seigneur nor the habitant had practically any voice whatever in the gov- ernment ; and ...
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... authority several thousand miles distant.2 1 " The whole system of 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 ...
... authority several thousand miles distant.2 1 " The whole system of 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 ...
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... authority of Par- liament . This constitution was known as the Quebec 1 Report of Committee of Council , 1st May , 1849 , app . A. , vol . ii . Earl Grey's Colonial Policy . 2 14 Geo . III . , c . 83 , " making more effectual provision ...
... authority of Par- liament . This constitution was known as the Quebec 1 Report of Committee of Council , 1st May , 1849 , app . A. , vol . ii . Earl Grey's Colonial Policy . 2 14 Geo . III . , c . 83 , " making more effectual provision ...
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... authority , however , to lay on any taxes or duties except such as the in- habitants of any town or district might be authorized to assess or levy within its precincts for roads and or dinary local services . No ordinance could be ...
... authority , however , to lay on any taxes or duties except such as the in- habitants of any town or district might be authorized to assess or levy within its precincts for roads and or dinary local services . No ordinance could be ...
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... authority of Parliament . This deviation from the general usage was unavoidable , because it was judged right to impart to the Roman Catholic population of the Canadas privileges which , in the year 1791 , the Crown could not have ...
... authority of Parliament . This deviation from the general usage was unavoidable , because it was judged right to impart to the Roman Catholic population of the Canadas privileges which , in the year 1791 , the Crown could not have ...
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