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 56 - 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 52 - Canada extends to all matters coming within the classes of subjects next hereinafter enumerated, that is to say: "1. 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.
Page 55 - 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 55 - The Management and Sale of the Public Lands belonging to the Province and of the Timber and Wood thereon.
Page 39 - He shall be legally or equitably seised as of freehold for his own use and benefit of lands or tenements held in free and common socage, or seised or possessed for...
Page 53 - 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 53 - Marriage and divorce. 27. The criminal law, except the constitution of Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction, but including the procedure in criminal matters. 28. The establishment, maintenance, and management of penitentiaries. 29. Such classes of subjects as are expressly excepted in the enumeration of the classes of subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces.
Page 39 - 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 seised as...
Page 53 - 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 52 - 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. 22 Patents of Invention and Discovery, 23 Copyrights.