SOURCES OF THE CONSTITUTION. 4] 
2. Dominion Acts. Many important statutes have been 
passed by the Parliament of Canada relating to its constitution. 
Immediately after the Union Act of 1867 came into force a 
series of statutes had to be passed for the organization of the 
different departments of State. As regards the Legislature 
it was not until 1885 that a general election law’ was carried 
regulating the election of members of the House of Commons, 
and several subsequent statutes have been passed on the same 
subject. 
By the 88 Vic. c. 11 a Supreme Court was established for 
the Dominion, and on the admission of Rupert's Land and 
the North West Territories, Acts were passed forming the new 
province of Manitoba (38 Vic.c.8) and providing for the govern- 
ment of the North West Territories®. These as well as other 
Acts will be found in the recently issued edition of the Con- 
solidated Statutes of Canada. 
3. Provincial Acts. The main features of the constitu- 
tions of Ontario and Quebec are contained in the Union Act 
of 1867, but as regards the other provinces, though that Act 
governs the division of legislative power and contains certain 
general provisions relating to all the provinces, recourse must 
be had to the respective Provincial Acts for the details of the 
Provincial Constitutions. It is from these Acts that the 
functions of the different provincial departments of State, the 
qualifications of members of, and electors to, the legislative 
Assemblies, and the organization of the Provincial Judicature 
are to be learned. The custom that prevails in all the 
provinces, except in Prince Edward's Island, of revising the 
Statutes at intervals, and consolidating the law on one 
subject in one statute, makes the provincial statute book 
very accessible to students. 
4. Orders in Council. The most important Orders in 
Council relating to Canada that have been issued under Im- 
perial Statute are those admitting the North West Terri- 
1 49 Vie. c. 8. 2 32 & 83 Vic. c. 8.