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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 



f xcept for cause ; such cause to be communicated in 

 writing to the Lieutenant Governor immediately af- 

 ter the exercise of the pleasure as aforesaid, and also 

 by message ta both Houses of Parliament, within 

 the first week of the first session afterwards. 



39. The Lieutenant Governor of each Province 

 shall be paid by the General Government. 



40. In undertaking to pay the salaries of the Lieu- 

 lenant Governors, the Conference does not desire to 

 prejudice the claim of Prince Edward Island upon 

 the Imperial Government, for the amount now paid 

 for the salary of the Lieutenant Governor thereof. 



41. The Local Government and Legislature of each 

 Province shall be constructed in sucTi manner as the 

 existing Legislature of such Province shall provide. 



42. The Local Legislatures shall have power to 

 alter or amend their constitution from time to time. 



43. Tho Local Legislatures shall have power to 

 make laws respecting the following subjects : 



1. Direct taxation and the imposition of duties 



on the export of timber, logs, masts, spars, 

 deals, and sawn lumber, and of coals and 

 other minerals. 



2. Borrowing money on the credit of the Prov- 



ince. 



3. The establishment and tenure of local offices, 



and the appointment and payment of local 

 officers. 



4. Agriculture. 



5. Immigration. 



6. Education ; saving the rights and privileges 



which the Protestant or Catholic minority 

 in both Canadas may possess as to their 

 denominational schools, at the time when 

 the Union goes into operation. 



7. The sale and management of public lands, ex- 



cepting lands belonging to the General Gov- 

 ernment. 



8. Sea-coast and inland fisheries. 



9. The establishment, maintenance, and man- 



agement of Penitentiaries, and of public and 

 reformatory prisons. 



1C, The establishment, maintenance, and man- 

 agement of hospitals, asylums, charities, 

 and eleemosynary institutions. 



11. Municipal institutions. 



12, Shop, saloon, tavern, auctioneer, and other 



licenses. 

 ] 3. Local works. 



14. The incorporation of private or local compa- 



nies, except such as relate to matters assign- 

 ed to the General Parliament. 



15. Property and civil rights, excepting those por- 



tions thereof assigned to the General Par- 

 liament, 



16. Inflicting punishment bv fine, penalties, im- 



prisonment, or otherwise, for the breach of 

 laws passed in relation to any subject with- 

 in their jurisdiction. 



17. The administration of justice, including the 



Constitution, maintenance, and organiza- 

 tion of the courts both of civil and crimi- 

 nal jurisdiction, and including also the pro- 

 cedure in civil matters. 



18. And generally all matters of a private or local 



nature, not assigned to the General Parlia- 

 ment. 



44. The power of respiting, reprieving, and par- 

 doning prisoners convicted of crimes, and of com- 

 muting and remitting of sentences in whole or in 

 part, which belongs of right to the Crown, shall be 

 administered by the Lieutenant Governor of each 

 Province in Council, subject to any instructions he 

 may from time to time receive from the General Gov- 

 ernment, and subject to any provisions that mij be 

 made in this behalf by the General Parliament. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



45. ID regard to all subjects over which jurisdiction 

 helongs to both the General and Local Legislatures, 

 the laws of the General Parliament shall control aud 



supersede those made by the Local Legislature, and 

 the latter shall be void so far as they are repugnuct 

 to or inconsistent with the former. 



46. Both the English and French languages may 

 be employed in the General Parliament and in its 

 proceedings, and in the Local Legislature of Lower 

 Canada, and also in the Federal Courts and in the 

 Courts of Lower Canada. 



47. No lands or property belonging to the General 

 or Local Government shall be liable to taxation. 



48. All bills for appropriating any part of the pub- 

 lic revenue, or for imposing any new tax or impost, 

 shall originate in the House of Commons or the 

 House of Assembly, as the case may be. 



49. The House of Commons or House of Assembly 

 shall not originate or pass any vote, resolution, ad- 

 dress or bill for the appropriation of any part of the 

 public revenue, or of any tax or impost to any pur- 

 pose, not first recommended by Message of the Gov- 

 ernor General, or the Licute_nant Governor, as the 

 case may be, during the session in which such vote, 

 resolution, address or bill is passed. 



50. Any bill of the General Parliament may be re- 

 served in the usual manner for Her Majesty' s'assent, 

 and any bill of the Local Legislatures may in like man- 

 ner be reserved for the consideration of the Governor 

 General. 



51. Any bill passed by the General Parliament shall 

 be subject to disallowance by Her Majesty within two 

 years, as in the case of bills passed by the Legisla- 

 tures of the said Provinces hitherto, and in like man- 

 ner any bill passed by a Local Legislature shall be 

 subject to disallowance by the Governor General 

 within one year after the passing thereof. 



52. The seat of Government of the Federated Prov- 

 inces shall be Ottawa, subject to the royal preroga- 

 tive. 



53. Subject tc any future action of the respective 

 Local Governments, the seat of the Local Govern- 

 ment in Upper Canada shall be Toronto ; of Lower 

 Canada, Quebec ; and the seats of the Local Govern- 

 ments in the other Provinces shall be as at present. 



PROPERTY AND LIABILITIES. 



54. All stocks, cash, bankers' balances and se- 

 curities for money belonging to each Province, at the 

 time of the Union, except as hereinafter mentioned, 

 shall belong to the General Government. 



55. The following public works and property of 

 each Province, shall belong to the General Govern- 

 ment to wit : 



1. Canals; 



2. Public harbors ; 



3. Light houses and piers ; 



4. Steamboats, dredges, and public vessels; 



5. River and lake improvements; 



G. Railway and railway stocks, mortgages and 

 Other debts due by railway companies ; 



7. Military roads ; 



8. Custom houses, post offices and other public 



buildings, except such as may beset aside by 

 the General Government for the use of the 

 Local Legislatures and Governments ; 



9. Property. transferred by the Imperial Govern- 



ment and known as ordnance property ; 



10. Armories, drill sheds, military clothing and 



munitions of war; and 



11. Lands set apart for public purposes. 



56. All lands, mines, minerals, and royalties vest- 

 ed in Her Majesty in the Provinces of Upper Canada, 

 Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and 

 Prince Edward Island, for the use of such Provinces, 

 shall belong to the Local Government of the territory 

 in which the same are so situate; subject to any 

 trusts that may exist in respect to any of such lands 

 or to any interest of other persons in respect of the 

 same. 



57. All sums due from purchasers or lessees of such 

 lands, mines, or minerals at the time of the Union, 

 shall also belong to the Local Governments. 



58. All assets connected with such portions of the 



