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number of Members to which each section is enti- 

 tled, no fractional parts shall be considered, unless 

 when exceeding one-half the number entitlin 1 

 Member, in which case a Member shall be given for 

 each such fractional part. 



The Legislature of each Province shall divide 

 such Province into the proper number of constitu- 

 encies, and define the boundaries of each of them. 



24. The Local Legislature of each Province 

 from time to time, alter the Electoral Districts for 

 the purposes of Representation in such Local Legis- 

 lature, and distribute the Representatives to which 

 tho Province is entitled, in any manner such Legis- 

 lature may think fit. 



The number of Members may at any time be 

 increased by the General Parliament regard being 

 had to the proportionate rights then existing. 



Until provisions are made by the General. Par- 

 liament, all the laws which, at the date of the Proc- 

 lamation constituting the Union, are ia force in the 

 Provinces respectively, relating to the qualification 

 and disqualification of any person to be elected, or 

 to sit or vote as a Member of the Assembly in the 

 said Provinces respectively, and relating to the qual- 

 ification or disqualification of voters, and to the oaths 

 to be taken by voters, and to Returning Officers and 

 their powers and duties, and relating to the proceed- 

 ings at elections, and to the period during which 

 such elections may be continued, and relating to the 

 trial of controverted elections, and the proceedings 

 incident thereto, and relating to the vacating ot 

 of Members, and to the issuing and execution of new 

 writs in case of any seat, being vacated otherwise 

 than by a dissolution, shall respectively apply to 

 elections of Members to serve in the House of Com- 

 mons, for places situated in those Provinces respect- 

 ively. 



27. Every House of Commons shall continue for 

 five years 'from the day of the return of the writs 

 choosing the same, and no longer; subject, never- 

 theless, to be sooner prorogued or dissolved by the 

 Governor. 



28, There shall be a session of the General Parlia- 

 ment once at least in every year, so that a period of 

 tivelre calendar months shall not intervene between 

 the last sitting of the General Parliament in one ses- 

 sion, and the first sitting thereof in the next session. 



The General Parliament shall have power to 

 make laws for the peace, welfare, and good govern- 

 ment of the Federated Provinces (saving the Sover- 

 eignty of England), and especially laws respecting 

 the following subi 



1. The public debt and property. 



: l. The regulation of trade and commerce. 



3. The imposition or regulation of duties of cus- 



toms on imports and exports, except on ex- 

 ports of timber, logs, masts, spars, deals, and 

 sawn lumber, and of coal and other minerals. 



4. The imposition or regulation of excise duties. 



5. The raising of money by all or any other modes 



or systems of taxation. 



6. The borrowing of money on the public credit. 



7. Postal service. 



8. Lines of steam or other ships, railways, ca- 



nals, and others works, connecting any two or 

 more of the Provinces together, or extending 

 beyond the limits of any Province. 



9. Line's of steamships between the Federated 



Provinces and other countries. 



10. Telegraphic communication and the incorpo- 



ration of telegraph companies. 



11. All such works as shall, although lying wholly 



within any Province, be specially declared by 

 the acts authorizing them to be for the gen- 

 eral advantage. 



12. The census. 



13. Militia military and naval service and de- 



fence. 



14. Beacons, buoys, and light-houses. 



15. Navigation arid shi; 



10. Quarantine. 



17. Sea coast and inland fisheries. 

 13. Ferries between any Province and a foreign 

 country, or between any two Provinces. 



19. Currency and coinage. 



20. Banking, incorporation of bank*, and the is- 



sue of paper money. 

 21. Savings banks. 

 i:.'. Weights and measures. 



23. Bills of exchange and promissory cotes. 



24. Interest. 



25. Legal tender, 



L'X Bankruptcy and insolvency. 



i:7. Patents of invention and discovery. 



23. Copyrights. 



29. Indians and lands reserved for the Indians. 



30. Naturalization and aliens. 



31. Marriage and divorce. 



32. The criminal law, excepting the constitution 



of courts of criminal jurisdiction, but includ- 

 ing the procedure in criminal matters. 

 Rendering uniform all or any of the laws rel- 

 ative to property and civil" rights in Upper 

 Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, New- 

 foundland, and Prince Edward Island, and 

 rendering uniform the procedure of all or 

 any of the courts in these Provinces ; but 

 any statute for this purpose shall have no 

 force or authority in any Province until 

 sanctioned by the Legislature thereof. 



34. The establishment of a General Court of Ap- 



peal for the Federated Provinces. 



35. Immigration. 

 5<j. Agriculture. 



. And generally respecting all matters of a gen- 

 eral character, not specially and exclusively 

 reserved for the Local Governments anil 

 Legislatures. 



30. The General Government and Parlianent shall 

 have all powers necessary or proper for performing 

 the obligations of the Federated Provinces, as part 

 of the British Empire, to foreign countries, arising 

 under treaties between Great Britain and such coun- 

 tries. 



31. The General Parliament may also, from tim<; 

 to time, establish additional courts, and the General 

 Government may appoint Judges and officers there- 

 of, when the same shall appear necessary or for tha 

 public advantage, in order to the due execution of 

 the laws of Parliament. 



32. All Courts, Judges, and officers of the several 

 Provinces, shall aid, "assist, and obey the General 

 Government in the exercise of its rights and powers, 

 aud for such purposes shall be heft to be Courts, 

 Judges, and officers of the General Government. 



337 The General Government shall appoint and 

 pay the Judges of the Superior Courts in each Prov- 

 ince, and of the County Courts of Upper Canada, 

 and Parliament shall fix" their salaries. 



34. Until the consolidation of the laws of Upper 

 Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfound- 

 land, and Prince Edward Island, the Judges of these 

 Provinces appointed by the General Government, 

 shall be selected from their respective bars. 



35. The Judges of the Courts of Lower Canada 

 shall be selected from the bar of Lower Canada. 



36. The Judges of the Court of Admiralty now re- 

 ceiving salaries shall be paid by the General Govern- 

 ment. 



7. The Judgos of the Superior Courts ?hall hold 

 their offices during good behavior, atid shall be re- 

 movable only on the address of both Houses of Par- 

 liament. 



LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 



3?. For each of the Provinces there shall be an 

 executive officer, styled the Lieutenant Governor, 

 who shall be appointed by the Governor General in 

 council, under the Great Seal of the Federated Prov- 

 inces, during pleasure ; such pleasure not to be ex- 

 ercised before the expiration of the first five yars. 



