A Manual of Government in Canada: Or, The Principles and Institutions of Our Federal and Provincial ConstitutionsJ. C. Stuart & Company, 1879 - 246 pages |
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Page 52 - The Administration of Justice in the Province, including the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts.
Page 48 - The public debt and property. (2) The regulation of trade and commerce. (3) The raising of money by any mode or system of taxation. (4) The borrowing of money on the public credit. (5) Postal service. (6) The census and statistics. (7) Militia, military and naval service and defence.
Page 52 - Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.
Page 51 - Provinces ; and for greater certainty, but not so as to restrict the Generality of the foregoing Terms of this Section, it is hereby declared that (notwithstanding anything in this Act) the exclusive Legislative Authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated, that is to say : — 1.
Page 49 - Legal tender. 21) Bankruptcy and insolvency. 22) Patents of invention and discovery. 23) Copyrights. 24) Indians, and lands reserved for the Indians. 25) Naturalization and aliens. 26) Marriage and divorce. 27) The criminal law, except the constitution of courts of criminal jurisdiction, but including the procedure in criminal matters.
Page 51 - The Management and Sale of the Public Lands belonging to the Province and of the Timber and Wood thereon.
Page 48 - Quarantine and the Establishment and Maintenance of Marine Hospitals. 12. Sea Coast and Inland Fisheries. 13. Ferries between a Province and any British or Foreign Country or between Two Provinces. 14. Currency and Coinage. 15. Banking, Incorporation of Banks, and the Issue of Paper Money. 16. Savings Banks.
Page 49 - Fisheries. 13. Ferries between a Province and any British or Foreign Country or between Two Provinces. 14. Currency and Coinage. 15. Banking, Incorporation of Banks, and the Issue of Paper Money. 16. Savings Banks. 17. Weights and Measures. 18. Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. 19. Interest. 20. Legal Tender. 21. Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
Page 35 - He shall be either a Natural-born Subject of the Queen, or a Subject of the Queen naturalized by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of One of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, before the Union, or of the Parliament of Canada, after the Union; (3) He shall be legally or equitably...
Page 105 - Railways and Railway Stocks, Mortgages, and other Debts due by Railway Companies. 7. Military Roads. 8. Custom Houses, Post Offices, and all other Public Buildings, except such as the Government of Canada appropriate for the Use of the Provincial Legislature and Governments.