tizen, or entitled to the Rights or (3.) If he is adjudged Bankrupt or Insol- (4.) If he is attainted of Treason, or convicted of Felony or of any infamous Crime: (5.) If he ceases to be qualified in respect of Property or of Residence; provided that a Senator shall not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in respect of Residence by reason only of his residing at the Seat of the Government of Canada while holding an Office under that Government requiring his Presence there. on vacancy 32. When a Vacancy happens in the Summons Senate, by Resignation, Death or otherwise, in Senate. the Governor General shall, by Summons to a fit and qualified Person, fill the Vacancy. 33. If any Question arises respecting the Questions as to qualiQualification of a Senator or a Vacancy in fications the Senate the same shall be heard and de- and vacantermined by the Senate. cies in Senate. ment of Speaker of 34. The Governor General may from AppointTime to Time, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, appoint a Senator to be Senate. Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint another in his Stead. Quorum of Voting in Constitution of 35. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, the Presence of at least Fifteen Senators, including the Speaker shall be necessary to constitute a Meeting of the Senate for the Exercise of its Powers. 36. Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided by a majority of Voices, and the Speaker shall in all Cases have a Vote, and when the voices are equal the Decision shall be deemed to be in the Negative. The House of Commons: 37. The House of Commons shall, subject House of to the Provisions of this Act, consist of One Commons hundred and eighty-one Members, of whom Eighty-two shall be elected for Ontario, Sixty-five for Quebec, Nineteen for Nova Scotia, and Fifteen for New Brunswick. in Canada. Summoning of House of 38. The Governor General shall from Time to Time, in the Queen's Name, by Commons. Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, summon and call together the House of Commons. Senators 39. A Senator shall not be capable of Hostin being elected or of sitting or voting as a Commons. Member of the House of Commons. Electoral 40. Until the Parliament of Canada otherof the four wise provides, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Provinces, and New Brunswick shall, for the Purposes of the Election Members to serve in the House House of Commons, be devided into Elec- Electoral toral Districts as follows: 1.-ONTARIO. Ontario shall be divided into the Counties, Ridings of Counties, Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act, each whereof shall be an Electoral District, each such District as numbered in that Schedule being entitled to return One Member. 2.-QUEBEC. Quebec shall be divided into Sixty-five Electoral Districts, composed of the Sixtyfive Electoral Divisions into which Lower Canada is at the passing of this Act divided under Chapter Two of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada, Chapter Seventy-five of the Consolidated Statutes for Lower Canada, and the Act of the Province of Canada of the Twenty-third year of the Queen, Chapter One, or any other Act amending the same in force at the Union, so that each such Electoral Division shall be for the Purposes of this Act an Electoral District entitled to return One Member. 3.-NOVA SCOTIA. Each of the Eighteen Counties of Nova Scotia shall be an Electoral District. The County of Halifax shall be entitled to return Two Districts. Continu liament of otherwise provides. Two Members, and each of the other Counties One member. Each of the Fourteen Counties into which New Brunswick is divided, including the City and County of St. John, shall be an Electoral District, The City of St. John shall also be a separate Electoral District. Each of those Fifteen Electoral Districts shall be entitled to return One Member. 41. Until the Parliament of Canada otherance of ex- wise provides, all Laws in force in the isting Election Laws several Provinces at the Union relative to until Par the following Matters or any of them, Canada namely, the Qualifications and Disqualifications of Persons to be elected or to sit or vote as Members of the House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly in the several Provinces, the Voters at Elections of such Members, the Oaths to be taken by Voters, the Returning Officers, their Powers and Duties, the Proceedings at Elections, the Periods during which Elections may be continued, the Trial of Controverted Elections, and Proceedings incident thereto, the vacating of Seats of Members, and the Execution of new Writs in case of Seats vacated otherwise than by Dissolution,-shall respectively apply to Elections of Members to serve in the House of Commons for the same several Provinces. Provided Provided that, until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, at any Election for a Member of the House of Commons for the District of Algoma, in addition to Persons qualified by the Law of the Province of Canada to vote, every male British subject, aged Twenty-one Years or upwards, being a Householder, shall have a Vote. tion. 42. For the First Election of Members to Writs for serve in the House of Commons the Gov- first Elecernor General shall cause Writs to be issued by such Person, in such Form, and addressed to such Returning Officers as he thinks fit. The Person issuing Writs under this Section shall have the like Powers as are possessed at the Union by the Officers charged with the issuing of Writs for the Election of Members to serve in the respective House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick; and the Returning Officers to whom Writs are directed under this Section shall have the like Powers as are possessed at the Union by the Officers charged with the returning of Writs for the Election of Members to serve in the same respective House of Assembly or Legislative Assembly. ual Vacan 43. In case a Vacancy in the Represen- As to Cas tation in the House of Commons of any cies. Electoral District happens before the Meeting of the Parliament, or after the Meeting of the Parliament before Provision is made 5 ་ by |