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 PAGE 40 ‘1 * A AD 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 44 44 47 2 49 52 52 53 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 . 55 55 57 &7 58 59 59 60 60 60 Al EY 63 64 66 66