The Constitution of Canada

Joseph Edwin Crawford Munro

University Press, 1889 - Canada - 356 pages

Contents

• The Senate: 3
• Appointment of Ministers: 9
• Nova Scotia: 14
• Scheme of Division: 17
• Department of the Law Officer: 29
• Principles of interpretation: 35
• Union of the Provinces: 36
• Orders of the Dominion Parliament and Provincial Legislatures: 42
• Adjournment: 49
• Manitoba: 59
• Quorum: 66
• Resignation of Members: 71
• CHAPTER V: 72
• Hour of Meeting: 77
• of the Provincial Secretary: 86
• Manitoba: 102
• Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction: 108
• Quorum: 116
• CHAPTER XI: 123
• THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES: 128
• Method of Election: 130
• Election Petitions: 137
• Qualifications of Senators: 144
• How appointed: 145
• Order of business: 150
• Private Bills: 159
• Duties as regards Party government: 167
• THE LIEUTENANTGovernor: 173
• His responsibility: 179
• Number: 182
• Meetings of the Council: 189
• CHAPTER XVIII: 216
• CHAPTER XIX: 223
• Amendment of Constitution: 229
• Public Debt and Taxation: 235
• Sea Coast: 241
• 44: 255
• CHAPTER XX: 260
• 47: 268
• PAGE: 274
• 58: 289
• 75: 292
• 92: 297
• 116: 303
• 142: 308
• 77: 313
• 15: 320
• 25: 328
• 79: 340
• 26: 348
• 260: 352
• 222388: 356
• 36: 36

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Bibliographic information

• Title: The Constitution of Canada
• Author: Joseph Edwin Crawford Munro
• Publisher: University Press, 1889
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Dec 5, 2007
• Length: 356 pages