ADJOURNMENT,

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ducted with wisdom, temper and prudence, he grants and
upon all occasions will recognize and allow their constitutional
privileges,
“I am commanded also to assure you that the Assembly
shall have ready access to His Honour upon all seasonable
Occasions, and that their proceedings as well as your words and
actions will constantly receive from him the most favourable
construction.”
The members retired as before, and the Speaker informed SE
the House of what had occurred. Leave was then given to beech
bring in a bill, which was read a first time. In the afternoon
the House was summoned to the Legislative Council to hear
the speech read, and on its return the Speaker reported
that the Lieutenant-Governor had been pleased to make a
Speech to both Houses of which he had obtained a copy.
The speech was ordered to be taken into consideration on
the following day, and the House proceeded to appoint
Committees and to transact other business.

4. Adjournment.

“An adjournment of either House,” says Sir Wm. Anson or
his Law and Custom of the Constitution’, “ takes place at
its own discretion unaffected by the proceedings of the other
House. Business pending at the time of the adjournment is
‘aken up at the point at which it dropped when the House
Deets again.” This rule is followed in Canada. Each House
usually adjourns from day to day, but on Fridays the adjourn-Dent
 is usually until Monday morning.

5. Prorogation and Dissolution. *
Express powers of dissolving the Legislature were given Proroga.
bo the Lieutenant-Governors of Ontario and Quebec by s. 85 hon.
of the B.N. A. Act, but no reference was made to prorogabon
 or to dissolution in the other provinces’. Some of
1p. 63. 2 See ante, p. 44.