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in any factory, mill, or workshop is under his 

 control, is made a misdemeanor punishable by two 

 years' imprisonment. The grosser acts of inde- 

 cency are made punishable by five years' impris- 

 onment and whipping, and incest by fourteen 

 years' imprisonment the male offender to be 

 whipped also. Procuration by parents or guar- 

 dians of a girl under fourteen years of age, for 

 purpose of defilement, is punishable by fourteen 

 years' imprisonment ; if the girl is over fourteen, 

 by five years' imprisonment. Procuration by 

 any person of a girl under twenty-one for pur- 

 poses of prostitution, within or without Canada, 

 or procuration by means of threats or false pre- 

 tenses, is punishable by two years' imprison- 

 ment. The minimum punishment for abusing a 

 girl under fourteen is five years and a whip- 

 ping v and the maximum is imprisonment for 

 ife ; 'for an attempt, the penalty is two years 



and a whipping, and the same punishment is 

 prescribed for an indecent assault upon any 

 woman. The testimony of children, whether old 

 enough to understand the nature of an oath or 

 not, is admissable, but must be corroborated by 

 material evidence. 



Mormonism. In view of the immigration of 

 many Mormons to the Northwest Territories, 

 the following clauses were inserted in the act to 

 amend the criminal law, in the hope of prevent- 

 ing the introduction of polygamy into Canada. 



Every one who, being married, marries any other 

 person during the life of the former husband or wife, 

 whether the second marriage takes place in Canada or. 

 elsewhere, and every male person who, in Canada, 

 simultaneously, or on the same day, marries more 

 than one woman^ is guilty of felony and liable to 

 seven years' imprisonment. 



Every one wno practices, or by the rites, cere- 

 monies, forms, rules, or customs of any denomina- 

 tion, sect, or society, religious or secular, or by any 

 form of contract, or by mere mutual consent, or by 

 any other method whatsoever, and whether in a man- 

 ner recognized by law as a binding form of marriage 

 or not, agrees, or consents to practise or enter into : 



1. (a) Any form of polygamy; or (b) any kind of 

 conjugal union with more than one person at the 

 same time ; or (c) what among the persons called 

 Mormons is known as spiritual or plural marriage ; or 

 (d) who lives, cohabits, or agrees or consents to live 

 or cohabit, in any _kind of conjugal union with a 

 person who is married to another, or with a person 

 who Lives or cohabits with another or others in any 

 kind of conjugal union ; and 



2. Every person who (a) celebrates, is a party to, 

 or assists in any such rite or ceremony which pur- 

 ports to make binding or to sanction any of the sex- 

 ual relationships mentioned in sub-section 1 of this 

 section ; or (b) procures, enforces, enables, is a party 

 to, or assists in the execution of any such form of con- 

 tract which so purports, or the giving of any consent 

 which so purports, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and lia- 

 ble to imprisonment for five years and to a fine of 

 $500. 



3. In any charge or indictment for any offense men- 

 tioned in sub-section 2 of this section, it shall be 

 sufficient to describe the offense in the language of 

 that sub-section applicable thereto ; and no averment 

 or j)roof of the method in which the sexual relation- 

 ship charged was entered into, agreed to, or consented 

 to, shall be necessary in any such indictment, or upon 

 the trial of the person thereby charged ; nor shall it 

 be necessary, upon such trial, to prove carnal con- 

 nection had or intended to be had between the par- 

 ties implicated. 



In every case arising under section 4, or under sub- 

 section 1 of section 5, of this act, the lawful husband 



or wife of the defendant shall be a competent but not 

 a compellable witness for or against the defendant. 



Orange Incorporation. One of the after 

 effects of the passing of the Jesuit Estates act 

 by the Quebec Legislature, not contemplated by 

 the promoters of that act, was to bring about the 

 incorporation of the Orangemen of Canada by 

 the Dominion Parliament. The bill to incor- 

 porate the Grand Orange Lodge of British 

 America was introduced by Mr. Clark Wallace, 

 and was carried by a vote of 86 to 61. 



Fisheries. An act was passed authorizing 

 the Governor in Council to permit the issue of 

 licenses to United States fishing vessels, en- 

 abling them to enter any Canadian port on the 

 Atlantic coast during 1890 for the purpose of 

 purchasing bait, ice, seines, lines, or other sup- 

 plies and outfits, or for the transshipment of 

 catch or shipping of crews, the fee for the 

 licenses to be $1.50. Licenses issued .by the 

 Newfoundland Government granting similar 

 privileges to United States vessels in Newfound- 

 land ports to be valid in Canadian ports when- 

 ever Canadian licenses are valid for such pur- 

 poses in Newfoundland ports. 



Official Secrets. A very stringent act was 

 passed to prevent the improper disclosure of of- 

 ficial documents or information. The act makes 

 it a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment 

 for one year, to enter any of Her Majesty's 

 fortresses, arsenals, factories, dockyards, camps, 

 or ships in Canada without authority, to take 

 any sketch or plan of such places, to communi- 

 cate such sketches or plans to any person to 

 whom, in the interests of the state, they ought 

 not to be communicated. Any person who, by 

 means of holding an office under the Queen, 

 or through holding a Government contract, be- 

 comes, lawfully or unlawfully, in possession of 

 sketches, plans, or models, and discloses them to 

 a foreign state, is rendered liable to imprison- 

 ment for life. Persons inciting others to com- 

 mit offenses against this act are made equally 

 responsible with them. Among the other public 

 acts passed were those 



Granting supplies to the extent of $25,564,944.95. 



Granting railway subsidies in money and land. 



Amending the electoral franchise. 



Keorganizing the Geological Survey. 



Giving the Exchequer Court jurisdiction under the 

 Copyright act. 



[Providing for the annulment of patents in case the 

 patentees fail to manufacture in Canada within two 

 years. 



[Referring to f he Exchequer Court disputes with ref- 

 erence to the ownership of trademarks. 



Amending the Steamboat Inspection act; author- 

 izing the Governor-General in Council to make regula- 

 tions concerning safety valves, etc., providing that 

 engineers' certificates shall not be granted to foreigners 

 until domiciled three years in Canada, or by service 

 for three years in a British or Canadian ship. 



Granting a bounty of $2 a ton on pig iron manufact- 

 ured in Canada from Canadian ores. 



Amending the Indian act. 



Granting the right of appeal from the Exchequer 

 Court to the Supreme Conrt. 



Permitting marriage with a deceased wife's sister's 

 daughter. 



Providing for the inspection of agricultural fer- 

 tilizers. 



Amending the Adulteration act. 



Amending the law with regard to bills of exchange 

 and promissory notes. 



