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136. Until altered by the Lieutenant Great Governor in Council, the Great Seals of Ontario and Quebec respectively shall be the same, or of the same Design, as those used in the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada respectively before their Union as the Province of Canada.

temporary

137. The words "and from thence to the Construc"End of the then next ensuing Session of tion of "the Legislature," or words to the same Acts. effect, used in any temporary Act of the Province of Canada not expired before the Union, shall be construed to extend and apply to the next Session of the Parliament of Canada, if the subject matter of the Act is within the powers of the same as defined by this Act, or to the next Sessions of the Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec respectively, if the subject matter of the Act is within the powers of the same as defined by this Act.

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138. From and after the Union the use As to erof the words " "Upper Canada" instead of rors in Ontario," or "Lower Canada" instead of "Quebec," in any Deed, Writ, Process, Pleading, Document, Matter or Thing, shall not invalidate the same.

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139. Any Proclamation under the Great As to issue Seal of the Province of Canada issued before clamations the Union to take effect at a time subsequent to the Union, whether relating commence to that Province, or to Upper Canada, or to after

Lower

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Union.

As to issue of Proclamations after Union.

Penitentiary.

Arbitration respecting debts, &c.

Lower Canada, and the several matters and things therein proclaimed, shall be and continue of like force and effect as if the Union had not been made.

140. Any Proclamation which is authorized by any Act of the Legislature of the Province of Canada to be issued under the Great Seal of the Province of Canada, whether relating to that Province, or to Upper Canada, or to Lower Canada, and which is not issued before the Union, may be issued by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario or of Quebec, as its subject matter requires, under the Great Seal thereof; and from and after the issue of such Proclamation, the same and the several matters and things therein proclaimed, shall be and continue of the like force and effect in Ontario or Quebec as if the Union had not been made.

141. The Penitentiary of the Province of Canada shall, until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, be and continue the Penitentiary of Ontario and of Quebec.

142. The Division and Adjustment of the Debts, Credits, Liabilities, Properties, and Assets of Upper Canada and Lower Canada shall be referred to the arbitrament of Three Arbitrators, One chosen by the Government of Ontario, One by the Government of Quebec, and One by the Government of Canada ; and the Selection of the Arbitrators shall

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not be made until the Parliament of Canada and the Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec have met; and the Arbitrator chosen by the Government of Canada shall not be a resident either in Ontario or in Quebec.

143. The Governor General in Council Division of records. may from Time to Time order that such and so many of the Records, Books, and Documents of the Province of Canada as he thinks fit shall be appropriated and delivered either to Ontario or to Quebec, and the same shall thenceforth be the property of that Province; and any copy thereof or extract therefrom, duly certified by the Officer having charge of the original thereof, shall be admitted as Evidence.

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144. The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Constitumay from Time to Time, by Proclamation townships under the Great Seal of the Province, to take in Quebec. effect from a day to be appointed therein, constitute Townships in those Parts of the Province of Quebec in which Townships are not then already constituted, and fix the Metes and Bounds thereof.

X-INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY.

145. Inasmuch as the Provinces of Can- Duty of Governada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick have ment and joined in a Declaration that the Construc- Parlia tion of the Intercolonial Railway is essential to the Consolidation of the Union of

British

ment of Canada to

make Rail- British North America, and to the Assent
way herein
described. thereto of Nova Sotia and New Brunswick,
and have consequently agreed that Provi-
sion should be made for its immediate con-
struction by the Government of Canada:
Therefore, in order to give effect to that
Agreement, it shall be the Duty of the Gov-
ernment and Parliament of Canada to pro-
vide for the Commencement, within Six
Months after the Union, of a Railway con-
necting the River St. Lawrence with the
City of Halifax in Nova Scotia, and for the
Construction thereof without Intermission,
and the Completion thereof with all prac-
ticable Speed.

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XI. ADMISSION OF OTHER COLONIES.

146. It shall be lawful for the Queen, by Newfound and with the Advice of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, on Addresses from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada, and from the Houses of the respective Legislatures of the Colonies or Provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia, to admit those Colonies or Provinces, or any of them, into the Union, and on Address from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada to admit Rupert's Land and the North-western Territory, or either of them, into the Union, on such Terms and Conditions in each Case as are in the Addresses expressed and as the Queen thinks fit to approve, subject to the Provisions of

this Act; and the Provisions of any Order in Council in that Behalf shall have effect as if they had been enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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147. In case of the Admission of New- As to Representafoundland and Prince Edward Island, or tion of either of them, each shall be entitled to a Newfound Representation in the Senate of Canada of Prince EdFour Members, and (notwithstanding any- ward thing in this Act) in case of the Admission Senate. of Newfoundland the Normal number of Senators shall be Seventy-six and their maximum Number shail be Eighty-two; but Prince Edward Island when admitted shall be deemed to be comprised in the third of the Three Divisions into which Canada is, in relation to the Constitution of the Senate, divided by this Act, and accordingly, after the Admission of Prince Edward Island, whether Newfoundland is admitted or not, the Representation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the Senate shall, as Vacancies occur, be reduced from Twelve to Ten Members respectively, and the Representation of each of those Provinces shall not be increased at any Time beyond Ten, except under the Provisions of this Act for the Appointment of Three or Six additional Senators under the Direction of the Queen.

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