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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... held office for life . They were eventually chosen by the king from the inhabitants of the colony on the recommendation of the governor and intendant . The West India Co. made nominations for some years . The first council , after the ...
... held office for life . They were eventually chosen by the king from the inhabitants of the colony on the recommendation of the governor and intendant . The West India Co. made nominations for some years . The first council , after the ...
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... held by parishioners under the eye of the curé to estimate the cost of a new church seem to have required a special license from the intendant . ” ( Parkman , The Old Régime in Canada , p . 280. ) " Not merely was the Cana- dian ...
... held by parishioners under the eye of the curé to estimate the cost of a new church seem to have required a special license from the intendant . ” ( Parkman , The Old Régime in Canada , p . 280. ) " Not merely was the Cana- dian ...
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... held his lands on a tenure which , however favourable to settlement , was based on the acknowledg- ment of his dependence on the seigneur . But at the same time , the lord of the manor , and the settler on his estate , were on an equal ...
... held his lands on a tenure which , however favourable to settlement , was based on the acknowledg- ment of his dependence on the seigneur . But at the same time , the lord of the manor , and the settler on his estate , were on an equal ...
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... held at Newark ( the old name of Niagara ) on the 17th of September , 1792 , and was formally opened by Lieutenant - Governor Simcoe . Both legislatures , even in those early times of 1 By the lieutenant - governor , General Alured ...
... held at Newark ( the old name of Niagara ) on the 17th of September , 1792 , and was formally opened by Lieutenant - Governor Simcoe . Both legislatures , even in those early times of 1 By the lieutenant - governor , General Alured ...
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... Durham's R. , p . 74 , 3 See remarks of Mr. Joseph Howe at a public meeting held at Halifax , N.S. , in 1838. Howe's Life and Letters , I. 171 . things , they demanded an elective legislative council . ' CONSTITUTIONAL ACT , 1791 . 29.
... Durham's R. , p . 74 , 3 See remarks of Mr. Joseph Howe at a public meeting held at Halifax , N.S. , in 1838. Howe's Life and Letters , I. 171 . things , they demanded an elective legislative council . ' CONSTITUTIONAL ACT , 1791 . 29.
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