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THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. 
I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful 
-opy of the record of the original commission as entered 
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Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. 
Functions ~~ The Lieutenant-Governor discharges important functions 
Pend as regards the Legislature and the Administration. 
nt or. As regards the Provincial Legislature his chief duties 
are :— 
To summon, prorogue, or dissolve the Legislature’. 
To appoint Legislative Councillors in Quebec, New 
Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 
To appoint the Speaker of the Legislative Council of 
Quebec’, 
To recommend the appropriation of the revenues and all 
money bills®. 
To assent to or veto bills, or reserve them for the 
:onsideration of the CGovernor-General®, 
In British Columbia he is authorized to transmit by 
message to the Assembly the draft of any laws which it 
may appear to him desirable to introduce ®, or to return bills 
for reconsideration with such amendments as he may think 
fit. 
Asregards As regards the Executive, the Lieutenant-Governor selects 
8 ie. his Ministers, but he is bound by constitutional practice to 
shoose them from that party which has the confidence of the 
majority in the Legislative Assembly. He may dismiss his 
Ministers or call on them to resign, but for the due and 
proper exercise of his power he is responsible to the Governor- 
General in Council & 
He usually, with the assent of his Executive Council, and 
L See ante, pp. 44—52. 2 B. N. A. Act, 1867, s. 77. 
3 1b. 88. 90, 54. + Ib. 8. 90. 
B. C. 34 Vie. ¢., 42, 8, 42, 8 See post, Chap. xv.