566 TRAVELS THROUGH LOWER CANADA : 
an instrument under the great seal of the pro- ' 
vincc, should decree to the contrary. 
If a counsellors after haying taken his seat, 
absent himself from the province for two years 
successively^ without leave from his Majesty, 
signified to the council by the governor, his 
seat is also thereby vacated. 
All hereditary rights, however, of sitting in 
council, so forfeited, are only to be suspended 
during the life of the defaulters, and on their 
death they descend with the titles to the next 
heirs 
In cases of treason, both the title and right 
of sitting in the council are extinguished. 
All questions concerning the right of being 
summoned to the council are to be determined 
by the council; but an appeal may be had from 
their decision to his Majesty in his parliament 
of Great Britain. 
The governor has the power of appointing 
and removing the speaker of the council. 
The assembly of Lower Canada consists of 
fifty members, and that of Upper Canada of 
sixteen; neither assembly is ever to consist of 
a less number. 
The members for districts, circles, or coun~ 
* No hereditary titles, with this right annexed, have yet 
been conferred on any persons in Canada by his Britannic 
Majesty. 
