Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter I. The dominion of Canada

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CHAP. 1] THE DOMINION OF CANADA 769 The Commissioner in Council shall pass Ordinances in respect to education,! but every such Ordinance must pro- vide that a majority of the ratepayers of any district may establish such schools and assess such rates as they think fit, and the minority may establish separate schools and pay rates in respect of them only. Electoral matters can be regulated by Ordinance. Male adult suffrage exists. Any such Ordinance may be disallowed by the Governor- General in Council at any time within two years. The Governor-General in Council (that is, with the advice of the Privy Council of Canada) can also make temporary Ordinances for the peace, order, and good government of the Yukon Territory,? and the laws of the Parliament of Canada, unless otherwise provided in each law, apply to the Yukon Territory, but the Governor-General in Council has rower to apply to the Yukon laws not otherwise in force. § 11. BOUNDARIES The Province of Manitoba, which as originally created was of small size, say 13,500 (49°-50° 3(/ N., and 96°-99° W.) Square miles, was greatly extended by an Act of the Dominion Parliament, 44 Vict. ec. 14, which placed the boundaries at 49°-53° N. and 90°-101° W. longitude, thus increasing the size of the province to 73,956 square miles. But Manitoba, lost some territory to Ontario, which on its part had a long dispute with the Dominion as to its limits. In 1878 there was an agreement to arbitration, the arbitrators being, for Ontario the Chief Justice, for the Dominion Sir Francis Hincks, and as a third arbitrator Sir Edward Thornton, the British Minister at Washington. The decision of the three { Cf. No. 27 of 1902, and Provincial Legislation, 1901-3, p. 122. Tor the powers of the Yukon Council re liquor, see ibid., p. 123. * No Ordinance extends beyond the end of the next parliamentary Session, unless it is approved by Parliament ; it cannot impose a tax save in connexion with gold- or silver-mining or a duty of customs or excise or Appropriate public lands, and every Ordinance must be published for four weeks ere it comes into force ; see ss. 16, 17 of Rev. Stat., c. 63. 19799

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