CONTENTS

CHAPTER IIL

SourcEs oF THE LAW AND Customs oF THE CONSTITUTION.

Imperial Acts .
Dominion Acts ’ ’
Provincial Acts ’ a
Orders in Council . ‘ '
Orders of the Dominion Parliament and Provincial Legislatures
Usages . . . . . % 7 . .
Letters Patent and Instructions of the Governor-General

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CHAPTER IV.

Provincial LEGISLATURES.

Parties to Legislation . :
Summoning of the Legislature
Opening of the Legislature
Adjournment . .
Prorogation and Dissolution
Annual Sessions . .
Enacting Clause . .
Payment of Members

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CHAPTER V,

TuaE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES.

Qualifications of Electors
Ontario . . .
Quebec . . .
Nova Scotia . .
New Brunswick .
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba . .
British Columbia .
North West Territory .
Persons disqualified from voting
Qualifications of Elected .
Persons disqualified from sitting
Distribution of Seats. .
Method of Election
Quorum . .
The Speaker .

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