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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... votes in either casc . The limits of districts returning representatives , and the number of representatives to each , were fixed by the governor- 1 No titles were ever conferred under the authority of the act . Colonel Pepperell was ...
... votes in either casc . The limits of districts returning representatives , and the number of representatives to each , were fixed by the governor- 1 No titles were ever conferred under the authority of the act . Colonel Pepperell was ...
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... voted the necessary supplies . “ Yet , " said Mr. Howe , those who voted the money , who were responsible to their con- stituents for its expenditure , and without whose consent ( for they formed two - thirds of the Commons ) a shilling ...
... voted the necessary supplies . “ Yet , " said Mr. Howe , those who voted the money , who were responsible to their con- stituents for its expenditure , and without whose consent ( for they formed two - thirds of the Commons ) a shilling ...
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... votes , the speaker had a casting vote . A legislative councillor would vacate his seat by continuous absence for two consecutive sessions . The number of represen- tatives allotted to each province could not be changed 1 Mr. Poulett ...
... votes , the speaker had a casting vote . A legislative councillor would vacate his seat by continuous absence for two consecutive sessions . The number of represen- tatives allotted to each province could not be changed 1 Mr. Poulett ...
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... vote in case of the votes being equal on a question . No person could be elected to the assembly unless he pos- sessed a freehold of lands and tenements to the value of five hundred pounds sterling over and above all debts and mortgages ...
... vote in case of the votes being equal on a question . No person could be elected to the assembly unless he pos- sessed a freehold of lands and tenements to the value of five hundred pounds sterling over and above all debts and mortgages ...
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... vote of the Upper Canada representatives adverse to the court of chancery , Turcotte II . , 171-3 . See remarks of Sir John A. Macdonald , Confederation Debates , 30 . 3 See resolution moved by Mr. ( now Sir Hector ) Langevin , 19th of ...
... vote of the Upper Canada representatives adverse to the court of chancery , Turcotte II . , 171-3 . See remarks of Sir John A. Macdonald , Confederation Debates , 30 . 3 See resolution moved by Mr. ( now Sir Hector ) Langevin , 19th of ...
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