59. A Lieutenant Governor shall hold Tenure of office of Office during the Pleasure of the Governor Lieutenant General; but any Lieutenant Governor ap- Governor. pointed after the Commencement of the First Session of the Parliament of Canada shall not be removeable within Five Years from his Appointment, except for cause assigned, which shall be communicated to him in Writing within One Month after the Order for his Removal is made, and shall be communicated by Message to the Senate and to the House of Commons within One Week thereafter if the Parliament is then sitting, and if not then within One Week after the Commencement of the next Session of the Parliament. 60. The Salaries of the Lieutenant Gov- Salaries of Lieutenant ernors shall be fixed and provided by the Governors. Parliament of Canada. of Lieuten 61. Every Lieutenant Governor shall, be- Oaths, &c., fore assuming the Duties of his office, make ant Goverand subscribe before the Governor General or nor, some Person authorized by him, Oaths of Allegiance and Office similar to those taken by the Governor General. 62. The Provisions of this Act referring Applica to the Lieutenant Governor extend and ap- visions retion of proply to the Lieutenant Governor for the Time ferring to being of each Province or other the Chief Governor. Executive Officer or Administrator for the the Lieutenant Appoint ment of the Province, by whatsoever Title he is designated. 63. The Executive Council of Ontario and Executive of Quebec shall be composed of such Persons Officers for as the Lieutenant Governor from Time to Ontario and Que bec. Executive Govern ment of Time thinks fit, and in the first instance of the following Officers, namely,-the Attorney General, the Secretary and Registrar of the Province, the Treasurer of the Province, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, with, in Quebec, the Speaker of the Legislative Council and the Solicitor General. 64. The Constitution of the Executive Authority in each of the Provinces of Nova Nova Sco- Scotia and New Brunswick shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, continue as it Brunswick exists at the Union until altered under the Authority of this Act. tia and New Powers to be exercis vernor of Ontario or Quebec with advice or alone. 65. All Powers, Authorities, and Funced by Lieu- tions which under any Act of the Parliament tenant Go- of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the Legislature of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, or Canada, were or are before or at the Union vested in or exerciseable by the respective Governors or Lieutenant Governors of those Provinces, with the Advice, or with the Advice and Consent, of the respective Executive Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those Councils or with any Number Number of Members thereof, or by those Governors or Lieutenant Governors individually, shall, as far as the same are capable of being exercised after the Union in relation to the Government of Ontario and Quebec repectively, be vested in and shall or may be exercised by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Quebec respectively, with the Advice or with the Advice and Consent of or in conjunction with the respective Executive Councils or any Members thereof, or by the Lieutenant Governor individually, as the Case requires, subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as exist under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), to be abolished or altered by the respective Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec. visions re 66. The Provisions of this Act referring Applicato the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall tion of probe construed as referring to the Lieutenant ferring to Governor of the Province acting by and with Governor the Advice of the Executive Council thereof. in Council. Lieutenant tration in 67. The Governor General in Council may Adminisfrom Time to Time appoint an Administrator absence, to execute the Office and Functions of Lieu- &c., of Lieutenant tenant Governor during his Absence, Illness, Governor. or other Inability. 68. Unless and until the Executive Gov- Seats of ernment of any Province otherwise directs Provincial with ment. Legislature for Ontario. Electoral with respect to that Province, the Seats of Government of the Provinces shall be as follows, namely,-of Ontario, the City of Toronto; of Quebec, the City of Quebec; of Nova Scotia, the City of Halifax; and of New Brunswick, the City of Fredericton. Legislative Power. 1.-ONTARIO. 69. There shall be a Legislature for Ontario consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of One House, styled the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 70. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario Districts. shall be composed of Eighty-two Members, to be elected to represent the Eighty-two Electoral Districts set forth in the First Schedule to this Act. Legisla ture for Quebec. Constitu- 2.-QUEBEC. 71. There shall be a Legislature for Quebec consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of Two Houses, styled the Legislative Council of Quebec and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. 72. The Legislative Council of Quebec shall be composed of Twenty-four Members, to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in the Queen's Name by Instrument under the Great Seal of Quebec, one being appoint ed ed to represent each of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada in this Act referred to, and each holding Office for the Term of his Life, unless the Legislature of Quebec otherwise provides under the Provisions of this Act. tion of 73. The Qualifications of the Legislative QualificaCouncillors of Quebec shall be the same as Legislative those of the Senators for Quebec. Councillors. 74. The Place of a Legislative Councillor Resignation, Disof Quebec shall become vacant in the Cases, qualificamutatis mutandis, in which the Place of tion, &c. Senator becomes vacant. 75. When a Vacaney happens in the Le- Vacancies. gislative Council of Quebec by Resignation, Death, or otherwise, the Lieutenant Governcr, in the Queen's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Quebec, shall appoint a fit and qualified Person to fill the Vacancy. cancies, &c. 76. If any Question arises respecting Questions the Qualification of a Legislative Councillor as to Va of Quebec, or a vacancy in the Legislative Council of Quebec, the same shall be heard and determined by the Legislative Council. Council. 77. The Lieutenant Governor may from Speaker of Time to Time, by Instrument under the Legislative Great Seal of Quebec, appoint a Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec to be Speaker |