Report of the Commission for the Revision and Consolidation of the General Statutes of the Province of Québec: With the ... Part of the Draft of the Revised StatutesLanglois, 1883 |
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Page vi
... reasons for this . The revision and classification made for Upper Canada had no legal sanction , any more than those of Lower Canada . Even had they been sanctioned , this revision must have been included in the new one , for a ...
... reasons for this . The revision and classification made for Upper Canada had no legal sanction , any more than those of Lower Canada . Even had they been sanctioned , this revision must have been included in the new one , for a ...
Page viii
... reasons by which they support them . " * Sec . 5. " The Commission shall publish , in the manner most convenient for reference , either with the Consolidated Statutes or in a separate volume , as they may deem most advisable , the ...
... reasons by which they support them . " * Sec . 5. " The Commission shall publish , in the manner most convenient for reference , either with the Consolidated Statutes or in a separate volume , as they may deem most advisable , the ...
Page x
... reason under a pile of laws . " If ever this witticism were illustrated in any place , it is in countries under parliamentary government , which leave the introduction of laws in the hands of each of the popular represent- atives , and ...
... reason under a pile of laws . " If ever this witticism were illustrated in any place , it is in countries under parliamentary government , which leave the introduction of laws in the hands of each of the popular represent- atives , and ...
Page xii
... reasons in support thereof . " Up to this time the form only of the statutes had been touched , but the provision alluded to touches the matter , and is one which is borrowed from the statute which organized the Commission for the Civil ...
... reasons in support thereof . " Up to this time the form only of the statutes had been touched , but the provision alluded to touches the matter , and is one which is borrowed from the statute which organized the Commission for the Civil ...
Page xiii
... reason insusceptible of improvement . It is to laws of this latter class that the remarks just made upon the possibility of codifying the statutes apply . It will be seen in the latter part of this report with what care the Commission ...
... reason insusceptible of improvement . It is to laws of this latter class that the remarks just made upon the possibility of codifying the statutes apply . It will be seen in the latter part of this report with what care the Commission ...
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Page xvii - And any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section shall not be deemed to come within the Class of Matters of a local or private Nature comprised in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces.
Page xvii - The imposition of punishment by fine, penalty, or imprisonment for enforcing any law of the province made in relation to any matter coming within any of the classes of subjects enumerated in this section: 16.
Page xvii - The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Public and Reformatory Prisons in and for the Province. 7 The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Hospitals, Asylums, Charities, and Eleemosynary Institutions in and for the Province, other than Marine Hospitals.
Page 280 - Correction] at aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the keeper thereof, together with this precept ; and I do hereby command you the said keeper of the said [House of Correction...
Page xx - Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces...
Page xxiv - Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the , raising of a Revenue for Provincial Purposes.
Page xvi - The raising of Money by any Mode or System of Taxation. 4. The borrowing of Money on the Public Credit. 5. Postal Service. 6. The Census and Statistics. 7. Militia, Military and Naval Service, and Defence. 8. The fixing of and providing for the Salaries and Allowances of Civil and other Officers of the Government of Canada. 9. Beacons, Buoys, Lighthouses, and Sable Island. 10. Navigation and Shipping.
Page 147 - According to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, I have not now, and never had in my possession, custody, or power, or in the possession, custody, or power of my...
Page 9 - ... such fair, large, and liberal construction and interpretation as will best ensure the attainment of the object of the Act and of such provision or enactment according to its true intent, meaning, and spirit.
Page 16 - Bay, including all the territory to the westward and southward of the said line, to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada...