INDEX.
355
Shipping, 240
Sources of the Law of the Constitu-
don:
1. Imperial Acts, 40
9, Dominion Acts, 41
3, Provincial Acts, 41
4. Orders in Council, 41
5. Orders and rules of the Legis-
latures, 42
8. Usages, 42
7. Letters Patent, Commission
and Instructions of the Go-
vernor, 42
Speaker, of House of Commons, 138
appoints deputy, 139
duties, 139
election of, 113, 139 Taxation :
salary of, 119 limitation on powers of Dominion,
Speaker of Legislative Assembly, 75 266
election of, 48 Taxation, Direct, 235
3peaker of provincial Assembly, 68 meaning of, 236
resignation of, 71 provinces may impose, 235, 236
Speaker of Senate, 147 property of Dominion or of Pro-
appointment of, 147, 164 vinces exempt, 235
casting vote, 147 Taxation, Indirect :
has a vote, 147 powers of Dominion, 235, 238
salary of, 119 province cannot levy, 235, 238
Special Committees, 156 except licenses, 235, 238
Speech of Governor-General, 114, Temperance Legislation, validity of.
address in reply to, 115 249
Speech of Lieutenant-Governor, 49 Term of office :
Standing Orders, 42 of legislative Councillors, 75
Summons, of the Dominion Paxlia- of Lieutenant-Governors, 83
ment, 110 of Senators, 147
of provincial legislatures, 44 Territories, government of New, 232
Summoning Parliament, Ministers to Trade, bills relating to, how intro-
be consulted, 186 duced, 153
Superintendent of printing, 194 Trade and Commerce :
Superintendent of Stationery, 195 assigned to Dominion, 253
Supreme Court, 216 Department of, 193
appeals from Exchequer Court, jurisdiction over, 253
217 limitation on Dominion powers,
Supreme Court of Canada: 255
compared with Supreme Court of meaning of the words, 253
United States, 3 Treasury Board, 198
constitution of, 218 Treaty obligations. 233
ronsultation of, by Privy Council,
21K
criminal jurisdiction, 218
enforcing judgments of, 219, 263
established, 3
jurisdiction in controversies be-
tween provinces, 218
maritime jurisdiction, 218
reference of bills to, 218
Suspension of standing orders, 150
Standing orders, 149
suspension of, 149
Senate suspends in cases of ur-
gency, 152
Standing Committees, 155
Status, jurisdiction regarding, 246
Statistics, 242
