Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada: 1759-1791 (pt. 1-2)J. de L. Taché, 1918 |
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... hereby do appoint him civil and criminal judge to execute justice in the aforesaid parishes - save in the matter of appeal in the town of Quebec before Colonel Young , the civil and criminal judge in final appeals of the aforesaid town ...
... hereby do appoint him civil and criminal judge to execute justice in the aforesaid parishes - save in the matter of appeal in the town of Quebec before Colonel Young , the civil and criminal judge in final appeals of the aforesaid town ...
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... hereby Ordered that the Right Proclamation Honourable the Earl of Halifax , One of His Majestys Principal Secretarys of State do cause the said Draught of a Proclamation ( which is hereunto annexed ) to be prepared for His Majesty's ...
... hereby Ordered that the Right Proclamation Honourable the Earl of Halifax , One of His Majestys Principal Secretarys of State do cause the said Draught of a Proclamation ( which is hereunto annexed ) to be prepared for His Majesty's ...
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... hereby to publish and declare to all our loving Subjects , that we have , with the Advice of our Said Privy Council , granted our Letters Patent , under our Great seal of Great Britain , to erect , within the Countries and Islands ceded ...
... hereby to publish and declare to all our loving Subjects , that we have , with the Advice of our Said Privy Council , granted our Letters Patent , under our Great seal of Great Britain , to erect , within the Countries and Islands ceded ...
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... hereby command and impower our Governors of our said Three new Colonies , and all other our Governors of our several Provinces on the Continent of North America , to grant without Fee or Reward , to such reduced Officers as have served ...
... hereby command and impower our Governors of our said Three new Colonies , and all other our Governors of our several Provinces on the Continent of North America , to grant without Fee or Reward , to such reduced Officers as have served ...
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... hereby strictly forbid , on Pain of our Displeasure , all our loving Subjects from making any Purchases or Settlements whatever , or taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved , without our especial leave and Licence for that ...
... hereby strictly forbid , on Pain of our Displeasure , all our loving Subjects from making any Purchases or Settlements whatever , or taking Possession of any of the Lands above reserved , without our especial leave and Licence for that ...
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Popular passages
Page 553 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, that I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance to his Majesty King George...
Page 107 - CAR tel est notre plaisir. En témoin de quoi Nous avons fait mettre notre scel à cesdites Présentes.
Page 107 - Toledo, de Valencia, de Galicia, de Mallorca, de Menorca, de Sevilla, de Cerdeña, de Córdoba, de Córcega, de Murcia, de Jaén, de los Algarbes, de Algecira, de Gibraltar, de las Islas de Canaria, de las Indias Orientales y Occidentales, Islas y Tierra firme del Mar Océano; Archiduque de Austria; Duque de Borgoña, de Brabante y de Milán; Conde de Absburg, de Flandes, Tirol y Barcelona; Señor de Vizcaya y de Molina, etc.
Page 298 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 457 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 162 - ... the several nations or tribes of Indians with whom we are connected, and who live under our protection, should not be molested or disturbed in the possession of such parts of our dominions and territories as, not having been ceded to, or purchased by us, are reserved to them, or any of them, as their hunting grounds...
Page 160 - We, therefore, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council...
Page 520 - ... so soon as the state and circumstances of the said colonies will admit thereof, they shall, with the advice and consent of the members of our council, summon and call general assemblies...
Page 508 - Council, summon and call general assemblies within the said governments respectively, in such manner and form as is used and directed in those Colonies and Provinces in America which are under our immediate government...
Page 336 - Representatives of the people so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, 'and ordain laws, statutes, and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our said colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the laws of England...