Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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504 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [PART ITI In the Dominion of Canada, under c. 10 of the Revised Statutes, 1906, the payment of the Dominion members is $2,500 for members of the Senate and $2,500 for members of the House of Commons, and travelling expenses, with certain deductions for days of non-attendance. In the case of Ontario, under Act of 1908, c. 5, members are paid mileage and $10 a day for thirty days, or a maximum of $1,000; in 1910 the sum paid by special vote was £280, and an Act of 1911 fixes the payment at $1,400 or $20 a day for under 31 days. In the case of Quebec under the Revised Statutes, 1909, ss. 154-60, members of the Legislature are paid $10 a day while the session lasts, if it lasts for thirty days, $1,500 if it lasts longer, and their travelling expenses. In Nova Scotia members are paid $700 a session and travelling expenses ; in New Brunswick, under Act of 1904, ¢. 18, members receive $500 a session and their travelling ex- penses; in Manitoba, under the Revised Statutes, 1902, c. 96, and Act of 1904, c¢. 30, members receive $1,500 a session and their travelling expenses; in British Columbia, under Act of 1908, c. 12, members receive $1,200 a session, and their travelling expenses ; while in Prince Edward Island members receive a payment of $200 a year and $12 for postage, besides travelling expenses. In Alberta and Saskatchewan the payment is $1,000 a year under Acts of 1909, ¢. 2, and of 1906, c. 4, with deductions for non-attendance and a mileage allowance, and in Saskatchewan the Act 1910-1, c. 4, increases the payment to $1,500. In Newfoundland members of the Council receive $120 each, with an extra $120 for the President, a session. Mem- bers of the Assembly receive, if they live in St. John’s, $200 a session; if in the out-ports, $300. The Speaker receives $750, and the pay of the Legislature is provided annually hy local Act. In South Africa, under the South Africa Act, 1909, the sum is £400 for either House, with deductions for non- attendance. and £120 is granted to the provincial councillors.! * For the payment in the old Colonies, see The Government of South Africa, iii, 390, 391,

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