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but it was objected that this was an interference “with the 
administration of justice in the provinces” committed to the 
Provincial Legislatures; it was however held that the Act 
was valid, as it created a new jurisdiction, and though it 
adopted the machinery of the courts it did not merely 
add to the old jurisdiction! 
Proelume Procedure. An Act of N. B. abolishing imprisonment 
ga for debt was held valid as respects a person not a trader or 
subject to the Dominion Insolvent Acts, inasmuch as the Act 
regulates procedure in civil suits in relation to civil rights? 
8. Status. 
Status. 
Indians. 
Marriage. 
The Dominion has sole jurisdiction regarding 
1. Naturalisation and Aliens. s. 91 (25). 
2. Indians and lands reserved for Indians. s. 91 (24). 
By “lands reserved for Indians” is meant lands reserved 
for the use of Indians and not surrendered by them. Such 
lands are sometimes described as “Indian Reserves.” Lands 
surrendered by them and to which their title is extinguished 
come within the jurisdiction of the province? 
3. Marriage and Divorce, except the solemnization of 
marriage within a province, which falls under provincial legis- 
lation. s. 92 (12): s. 91 (26). 
9. EDUCATION. 
In and for each province the Legislature may exclusively 
make laws in relation to education, subject to the following 
conditions: — 
(1) All rights and privileges which any class of persons 
had at the time of the Union in denominational schools are 
aot, to be affected prejudicially. 
(2) Privileges enjoyed by Roman Catholic schools in 
L Valin v, Langlois, supra. 
2 Armstrong v. McCutchin, N. B. 2 Pugsley, 381; 2 Cart, 494. 
8 Church v. Fenton. 28 U. C. C. P. 884: 1 Cart 831.