674 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART IV 
(a) Election Petitions 
Thus it was held in Valin v. Langlois, by the Supreme Court 
of Canada, that though the power to legislate for the con- 
stitution of civil Courts and procedure in the provinces 
is exclusively provincial, the Dominion Parliament could 
impose on the superior Courts of the provinces the duty of 
trying election petitions, and the Privy Council were unwilling 
even to give leave to appeal ? from the decision, partly on 
the ground, which led to the later decision that the Privy 
Council will not hear electoral appeals from even the Supreme 
Court, viz. the disadvantage to the province and Dominion 
of delay in settling such a case.? 
(6) The Temporalities Fund 
In the case of the question of the temporalities fund of 
the Scottish Church in Canada, in part a reminiscence of the 
old church lands, the Quebec Legislature endeavoured to 
repeal an Act of the old united province, but the attempt 
was held void on the ground that only the Canadian Federal 
Legislature could effect such a repeal, and that it was an 
attempt to alter substantially the class of persons interested 
in the corporate funds, and not merely to limit the operations 
of a corporation carrying on business in the province.t On 
the other hand, the Alberta Legislature could regulate the 
medical practice in Alberta, though the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons of the North-West Territories had not been 
dissolved under s. 16 (3) of the Alberta Act (4 & 5 Edw. VIL. 
c. 3).° 
: (¢) The Liguor Traffic 
The liquor question has given rise to particularly intricate 
troubles, and in this case the matter has been rendered 
more difficult by the angry feelings liquor questions have 
* 38. C. R. 1, on appeal from Quebec, 5 Q. L. R. 1. 
* 5 App. Cas. 115. 
* Glengarry case, Kennedy v. Purcell, July 7, 1888, Sce 14 8. C. R. 453. 
! Dobie v. The Temporalities Board, T App. Cas. 136. 
8 Lafferty v. Lincoln. 88 8. C. R. G20.