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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... governor - general , with the assistance of an executive council , composed in the first instance of the two lieutenant - governors of Montreal and Three Rivers , the chief justice , the surveyor general of customs , and Л The oaths of ...
... governor - general , with the assistance of an executive council , composed in the first instance of the two lieutenant - governors of Montreal and Three Rivers , the chief justice , the surveyor general of customs , and Л The oaths of ...
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... Lieutenant - Governor Simcoe . Both legislatures , even in those early times of 1 By the lieutenant - governor , General Alured Clarke . The governor - general , Lord Dorchester , was absent in England . This proclamation set forth the ...
... Lieutenant - Governor Simcoe . Both legislatures , even in those early times of 1 By the lieutenant - governor , General Alured Clarke . The governor - general , Lord Dorchester , was absent in England . This proclamation set forth the ...
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... Lt. - Governor Simcoe , in closing the first session of the legislature of Upper Canada , said that it was the desire of the imperial government to make the new constitutional system an image and tran- script of the British constitution ...
... Lt. - Governor Simcoe , in closing the first session of the legislature of Upper Canada , said that it was the desire of the imperial government to make the new constitutional system an image and tran- script of the British constitution ...
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... lieutenant - gov- ernor and council , to make provision for the administra- tion of justice , and establish such ... governor and company of adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay , and for admitting the same into the dominion ...
... lieutenant - gov- ernor and council , to make provision for the administra- tion of justice , and establish such ... governor and company of adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay , and for admitting the same into the dominion ...
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... lieutenant - governor or adminis- trator appointed by the Queen , under the royal sign- manual ; or , if no such ... governor - general.2 The senior executive councillor frequently adminis- tered the government in the absence of the ...
... lieutenant - governor or adminis- trator appointed by the Queen , under the royal sign- manual ; or , if no such ... governor - general.2 The senior executive councillor frequently adminis- tered the government in the absence of the ...
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