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... persons power to legislate . Parliament itself enacts the condition , and everything which is to follow upon the condition being fulfilled . Conditional legislation of this kind is in many cases convenient , and is certainly not unusual ...
... persons power to legislate . Parliament itself enacts the condition , and everything which is to follow upon the condition being fulfilled . Conditional legislation of this kind is in many cases convenient , and is certainly not unusual ...
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... person , any spirituous or other intoxicating liquor , or any Ritchie , C. J. mixed liquor capable of being used as ... persons as he has good reason to believe will forthwith carry the same beyond the limits of the county or city , and ...
... person , any spirituous or other intoxicating liquor , or any Ritchie , C. J. mixed liquor capable of being used as ... persons as he has good reason to believe will forthwith carry the same beyond the limits of the county or city , and ...
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... person or persons whatsoever , or to any body corporate , by any grant or conveyance under the Great Seal of the Province of New Brunswick , or the Great Seal of the Province of Nova Scotia during the period when the said hereby granted ...
... person or persons whatsoever , or to any body corporate , by any grant or conveyance under the Great Seal of the Province of New Brunswick , or the Great Seal of the Province of Nova Scotia during the period when the said hereby granted ...
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... person or persons duly authorized to receive the same , an annual rent of fifty dol- lars currency , the said rent payable annually in advance . " 2nd . That the said lessee shall , in the use and occu- pation of the fishery station and ...
... person or persons duly authorized to receive the same , an annual rent of fifty dol- lars currency , the said rent payable annually in advance . " 2nd . That the said lessee shall , in the use and occu- pation of the fishery station and ...
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... person , or in a river running through another man's land . It is not , " he says , " an exclusive right , but one enjoyed in com- mon with certain other persons . " Lord Holt , in 2 Salk . 637 , said that it was to be resembled to the ...
... person , or in a river running through another man's land . It is not , " he says , " an exclusive right , but one enjoyed in com- mon with certain other persons . " Lord Holt , in 2 Salk . 637 , said that it was to be resembled to the ...
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Page 598 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 450 - Local Works and Undertakings other than such as are of the following Classes: — a) Lines of Steam or other Ships, Railways, Canals, Telegraphs, and other Works and Undertakings connecting the Province with any other or others of the Provinces, or extending beyond the Limits of the Province...
Page 42 - 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 32 - 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 Legislature of the Provinces.
Page 269 - Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.
Page 35 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of 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 540 - The Administration of Justice in the Province, including the Constitution, Maintenance and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts.
Page 337 - Shop, Saloon, Tavern, Auctioneer, and other Licenses in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial, Local, or Municipal Purposes.
Page 451 - In and for each Province the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education, subject and according to the following provisions: 1) Nothing in any such law shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which any class of persons have by law in the Province at the union...
Page 652 - The Criminal Law, except the Constitution of Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction, but including the Procedure in Criminal Matters.