PUBLIC DOCUM1-. 



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any case any decision of the govcrr.or-gen- 

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in every Mit-h ca-e. and a^ far only us tliecir- 



.ich case- require, tin- I'.ulia- 



reinediul laws for 



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:Mirr or LAWS IN ONTARIO, NOVA SCOTIA, AND 



NEW BRUNSWICK. 



94. Notwithstanding nnv t'.nn^ in this net, thcPar- 

 : r of Canada may make provision for the uni- 

 formitv uf all or any of the laws relative to property 



ul rights in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New 



Brunswick, and of the procedure of all or any of the 



I'rovinces, nnd from and after 



the passing of any act in that behalf the power of the 

 Parliament of Canada to make laws in relation to any 

 com prised in any such act shall, notwithstana- 

 . tiling in this uct, be unrestricted ; but any 

 ncnt of Canada making provision 

 for such uniformity shall not have effect in any Prov- 

 ince unless and until it is adopted and enacted as law 

 by the legislature thereof. 



AGRICULTURE AND IMMIGRATION. 



95. In each Province the legislature may make 

 laws in relation to Bgrioaltare ID the Province, and 

 to immigration into the Province : and it is hereby 

 declared that the Parliament of Canada may, from 

 time to time, make laws in relation to agriculture in 

 all or any of the Provinces, and to immigration into 

 all or any of the Provinces ; and any law of the legis- 

 lature of a Province relative to agriculture or to im- 

 migration shall have effect in and for the Province as 

 long and as far only as it is not repugnant to any act 



.rliament of Canada. 



Til. JUDICATURE. 



96. The governor-general shall appoint the judges 

 of the Superior, District, and County Courts in each 

 Province, except those of the Courts of Probate in 

 >'ova Scotia and New Brunswick. 



97. Until the laws relative to propertv and civil 

 rights in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, 

 and the procedure of the courts in those Provinces 



:de uniform, the judges of the courts of those 

 Provinces appointed by the governor-general shall be 

 selected from the respective bars of those Provinces. 



98. The judges of the courts of Quebec shall be se- 

 lected from the bar of that Province. 



90 The judges of the Superior Courts shall hold 

 office during good behavior; but shall be removable 

 by the Bpreraor-gAOBtml on address of the senate and 

 a of commons. 



100. The salaries, allowances, and pensions of the 

 judges of the Superior, District, and County Courts 

 (except the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and 

 Hew Brunswick), and of the Admiralty Courts in 

 cases where the judges thereof arc for the time being 



. paid by salary, shall be fixed and provided by the 

 Parliament f Canada. 



101. The Parliament of Canada may, notwithstand- 

 ing any thing in this act, from time to time provide 

 for the constitution, maintenance, nnd organization 

 of a general court of appeal for Canada, a:id for the 

 establishment of any additional courts for the better 

 administration of the laws of Canada. 



VIII. KF.YKNTES DEBTS ASSETS TAXATION". 

 1"2. All duties and revenues over which the re- 

 spective legislatures of Canada, Nova Scotia, and 

 New Brunswick before and at the union had, nnd 

 have power of appropriation, except such poitions 

 thereof as arc by this act reserved to the respective 

 legislatures of the Provinces, or are raised by them in 

 accordance with the special powers conferred upon 



them by thU act, shall form one cono! 

 MIC fund, to bo appropriated for tin- pi. 



da, in the manner, and subject to the charge* 

 in this net provided. 



103. The consolidated revenue fund of Canatl 

 IK- permunently charged with the costs, charges and 



rs incident to thu collection, manage 

 and receipt thereof, and the same shall form the first 

 charge thereon, subject to lie md audited 



in such manner as shall be ordered by the governor- 

 p-ncral in council until the Parliament otherwi.sa 

 pro rid 



li'l. The nnnnal interest of the public debts of 

 the several Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and 



i unswick at the union shall form the second 

 charge on the consolidated revenue fund of Canada. 



105. Unless altered by the Parliament of Canada, 

 the salary of the governor-general shall be ten thou- 

 sand pounds sterling money of the United Kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, payable out of the con- 

 solidated revenue fund of Canada, and the same shall 

 form the third charge thereon. 



106. Subject to the several payments by this act 

 charged on the consolidated revenue fund of Canada, 

 the same shall be appropriated by the Parliament of 

 Canada for the public service. 



107. AH stocks, cash, bankers' balances and secu- 

 rities for money belonging to each Province at the 

 time of the union, except as in this act mentioned, 

 shall be the property o* Canada, nnd shall be taken 

 in reduction of the amount of the respective debts 

 of the Provinces at the union. 



108. The public works and property of each Prov- 

 ince, enumerated in the third schedule to this act, 

 shall be the property of Canada. 



109. All lands, mines, minerals, and royalties be- 

 longing to the several Provinces of Canada, Nova- 

 Scotia and New Brunswick at the union, and all 

 sums then due or payable for such lands, mines, 

 minerals, or royalties, shall belong to the several 

 Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New- 

 Brunswick, in which the same are situate or arise, 

 subject to any trusts existing in respect thereof, and 

 to any interest other than that of the Province in the 

 same. 



110. All assets connected with such portions of 

 the public debt of each Province as are assumed by 

 that Province, shall belong to that Province. 



111. Canada shall be liable forthedebts and liabil- 

 ities of each Province existing at the Union. 



112. Ontario and Quebec, conjointly, shall be 

 liable to Canada for the amount (if any) by which 

 the debt of the Province of Canada exteeds, nt the 

 Union, $62,500,000, nnd shall be chnrged with in- 



at the rate of five per centum per annum 

 thereon. 



113. The assets enumerated in the fourth schedule 

 to this act, belonging at the union to the Province 

 of Canada, shall oo the property of Ontario and 

 Quebec conjointly. 



114. Nova Scotia shnll be liable to Canada for the 

 amount (if an}') by which its public debt exceeds nt 

 the union $8,000,000, and it shall be chnrged with 

 interest at the rate of five per centum per annum 

 thereon. 



115. New Brunswick shall be liable to Canada for 

 the amount (if any) by which its public debt ex- 

 ceeds nt the union $7,000,000, and shall be charged 

 with interest at the rate of five per centum per an- 

 num thereon. 



116. In case the puhlic debts of Nova Scotia nnd 

 New Brunswick do not at the union amount to 

 $8,000,000 and $7,000,000 respectively, they shall re- 

 spectively receive by half-yearly payments in ad- 

 vance from the government of Canada, interest at 

 five per centum per annum on the difference ! 



the actual amounts of their respective debts and such 

 stipulated amounts. 



117. The several Provinces shall retain nil their 

 respective public property not otherwise disposed of 



