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this rule, as it is sufficient if non-residents have the real 
property qualification in the electoral division for which 
they are appointed™ 
5. Before taking his seat a Senator must subscribe the Oath. 
Oath of Allegiance, and make a declaration that he is duly 
qualified in respect of property for sitting in the Senate®. 
In 1880 a resolution was adopted by the Senate by 
which every member is required, within the first twenty 
days of the first session of each parliament, to take before 
the Clerk in the form prescribed by the B. N. A. Act 
1867, a renewed declaration as to his property qualifica- 
tion. 
A Senator is forbidden, under a penalty of 200 dollars Senators 
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a day, to be directly or indirectly a party to or concerned parties to 
in a contract with the government, but this is not to affect io 
a Senator who is a shareholder in a public company that contracts. 
has with the government a contract not relating to the 
building of any public work®. 
All questions relating to the qualification of a Senator Questions 
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or to a vacancy in the Senate are heard and determined by Qualifica. 
the Senate? tion. 
3. How APPOINTED. 
Senators in Canada are not, as in the United States, 
elected by the legislative bodies in the different states. They 
are appointed by the Governor-General, but the Governor- 
General in making the appointments is required to nominate 
a certain fixed number from the residents in each province 
except Quebec. 
A Senator is appointed by instrument under the Great 
Seal. The form in use is as follows :— 
1 Ib. sec. 23 (6). 2 B. N. A. Act, 1867, 5. 128. 
3 R.8.C.e 11, 5. 18. 4 B. N. A. Act, s. 38. 
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