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THE DOMINION JUDICATURE.

counties are ex officio officers of the Supreme and Exchequer
Courts.
“The process of the Supreme Court and the process of the
Exchequer Court shall run throughout Canada and shall be
tested in the name of the Chief J ustice, or in case of a vacancy
mn the office of Chief Justice in the name of the senior
puisne judge of the court, and shall be directed to the
sheriff of any county or other Judicial division into which any
province is divided: and the sheriffs of the said respective
counties or divisions shall be deemed to be taken to be
9 officio officers of the Supreme and Exchequer Courts
respectively and shall perform the duties and functions of
sheriffs in connection with the said courts: and in any case
when the sheriff is disqualified such process shall be directed
50 any of the coroners of the county or district!”

i. Courts for the trial of Controverted Elections.

An account has already been given of the provisions of
the Act which assigns the trial of election petitions to certain
courts of the provinces’. The judges of these courts when
sitting for the purpose of trying election petitions form a
Dominion and not a Provincial Court, and therefore it is
within the power of the Dominion to prescribe the procedure
50 be observed

iii. Maritime Court of Ontario.

In 1877 the Dominion Parliament constituted a court of
Maritime Jurisdiction for the province of Ontario.
The court has jurisdiction in matters arising out of or
connected with navigation, shipping, trade or commerce on
any river, lake, canal, or inland water of which the whole or
oart is in the province of Ontario®.
An appeal lies to the Supreme Court from all decisions
having the force of a final order.
'R.S8.C.c 135.85. 66 & 75. * See ante, p. 187 * R.8.C.ec. 137, 5. 14.