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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Page ix
... Provinces , pp . 55-56 - New Constitution finally Adopted , p . 56 - Passage of Act of Union ( B. N. A. Act , 1867 ) ... Province of Manitoba ; Meeting of first Legislature ; Representatives take Seats in Parliament , p . 59 — Admission ...
... Provinces , pp . 55-56 - New Constitution finally Adopted , p . 56 - Passage of Act of Union ( B. N. A. Act , 1867 ) ... Province of Manitoba ; Meeting of first Legislature ; Representatives take Seats in Parliament , p . 59 — Admission ...
Page x
... PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE NORTH - WEST TERRITORIES . Control of General Government over Provinces , p . 90 - Lieuten- ant - Governor appointed and removed by the Governor- General in Council , p . 90 — His Duties ...
... PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATION OF THE NORTH - WEST TERRITORIES . Control of General Government over Provinces , p . 90 - Lieuten- ant - Governor appointed and removed by the Governor- General in Council , p . 90 — His Duties ...
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... province should admit . The persons duly elected by the majority of the freeholders of the respective parishes and places were required , be- fore taking their seats in the proposed assemblies , to take the oaths of allegiance and ...
... province should admit . The persons duly elected by the majority of the freeholders of the respective parishes and places were required , be- fore taking their seats in the proposed assemblies , to take the oaths of allegiance and ...
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... province of Quebec , in North America . " The bill , on the motion for its passage , with amendments , in the House of Commons , was carried by 56 yeas to 20 nays . In the House of Lords it had a majority of 19 ; Contents 26 , Non . Con ...
... province of Quebec , in North America . " The bill , on the motion for its passage , with amendments , in the House of Commons , was carried by 56 yeas to 20 nays . In the House of Lords it had a majority of 19 ; Contents 26 , Non . Con ...
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... province extended to the frontiers of New England , Pennsylvania , New York province , the Ohio , and the left bank of the Mississippi ; on the other , to the Hudson's Bay Territory . Labrador , and the islands annexed to Newfoundland ...
... province extended to the frontiers of New England , Pennsylvania , New York province , the Ohio , and the left bank of the Mississippi ; on the other , to the Hudson's Bay Territory . Labrador , and the islands annexed to Newfoundland ...
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