6. The sum due to each member at the close of the session Declaration to shall be paid him by the clerk of the house of which he is a beer

be made by member, on his making and signing, before the clerk or clerk pays him. accountant of the house, a solemn declaration, to be kept by the clerk, stating the number of days' attendance and the number of miles of distance according to the nearest mail route, as decided and certified by the speaker, for which such member is entitled to the said allowance, and the amount of such allowance, after deducting the number of days (if any) which are to be deducted; and such declaration may be in the form A hereto annexed, and shall have the same effect as an affidavit in the same form.

7. There is hereby granted to her majesty out of any Appropriation unappropriated moneys forming part of the consolidated of this

for the purposes revenue fund, a sum sufficient to enable her majesty to advance to the clerk of the legislative council and the clerk of the legislative assembly respectively, such sums as are required to pay the estimated amount of the sessional allowance hereinbefore mentioned.

8. The clerk of the legislative council and the clerk of the Accountability legislative assembly shall respectively account for all moneys of clerke

moneys received received by them under this act, in the same manner as for by them under moneys advanced to them for the contingent expenses of the this act. said legislative council and legislative assembly, and they may, respectively, apply any surplus thereof to the payment of such contingent expenses, and may supply any deficiency of such estimated amount out of any moneys in their hands respectively applicable to the payinent of such contingent expenses.

9. The sum of two thousand four hundred dollars shall be Salary of speakpayable as a salary to the speaker of the legislative assembly, er of assembly. for this year.

SCHEDULE_FORM A.

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I, A. B., one of the members of the legislative council, (or Declaration. legislative assembly) solemnly declare, that I reside at

which is distant by the nearest mail route
miles, as determined by the speaker of this house, from

where the session of the legislature of Quebec, which began on the

day of

one thousand eight hundred and

was held That the first day during the said session on which I was present at

where the said session was held, was the day of

one thousand eight hundred and

That on the said day and on each day of the said session, after the said day on which there was a sitting of the said house, I attended such sitting, or a sitting of some committee thereof,* except only on

days** on

of

***

which I was prevented by sickness from attending as aforesaid, though I was then present at

(Signature, A. B. Declared before me, at

this

day of one thousand eight hundred and

C. D. clerk (or accountant or assistant accountant) of the legislative council (or legislative assembly) or justice of the peace for the . of

(as the case may be). If the member attended a sitting of the house or of some committee on every sitting day after the first on which he so attended, omit the words from * to*** ;-and if his nonattendance was not on any day occasioned by sickness, omit the words from **

If the person making the declaration became or ceased to be a member after the commencement of the session, vary the form, so as to state correctly the facts upon which the sum due to the member is to be calculated.

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An act respecting the Statutes of this Province.

[Assented to 24th February, 1868.] DER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the

1 Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows :

Enacting formula

FORM OF ENACTING. 1. The form of words to be used in any statute as indicating the authority under which it is passed, is: “Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacis.”

PROMULGATION AND DATE. When acts , 2. An act, if assented to by the lieutenant-governor, is deemed promulgated.

deemed to be promulgated from the date of such assent; if reserved, it is deemed to be promulgated from the time when the lientenant-governor signifies, by speech or message to the legislative council and assembly, or by proclamation, that it

has received the assent of the governor-general in council. Endorsement of 3. The clerk of the legislative council shall endorse on every acts by clerk of legislative act, immediately after the title of such act, the date on which council.

it was assented to or reserved by the lieutenant-governor, and in the latter case, he shall also endorse the date on which the lieutenant-governor signified the assent of the governor-general in council thereto. Such endorsement forms part of the act, and the date of such assent or signification is tbe date from which the act comes into forcé, if no later date is therein provided for that purpose.

PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION.

members.

4. As soon as any statute is assented to, or, if it has been copies of acts to reserved, as soon as the assent thereto has been signified, the be given to. clerk of the legislative council shall deliver one certified copy ?

queen's printer. thereof in English and another in French to the queen's printer, who shall print the same.

5. The number of copies in each language to be thus Number of printed, shall be fixed by the lieutenant-governor in council. copies to be

printed. 6. The statutes must be printed on fine paper, in royal- How printed. octavo form and in small pica type, fifty-five ems by thirty-two ems, including marginal notes in minion, and each volume thereof must be half-bound in cloth, with a back of white sheepskin and lettered. The marginal notes must give the year and chapter of any previous enactment amended, repealed or referred to in the text.

7. The two houses of the legislature may, from time to time, Number to be by joint resolution, regulate the distribution of the printed distributed to copies of the statutes to the members of the said houses. In default of such resolution, the lieutenant-governor in council shall make an order for that purpose.

8. The distribution of such printed copies to the public Number to be departments, administrative bodies, judges, public officers and distributed to other persons in the province, is to be regulated from time to ou

regulated from time to other persons. time, by an order of the lieutenant-governor in council.

9. The secretary of the province shall furnish the queen's Copies of orders printer, from time to time, as occasion requires, with copies of in con such orders in council as may be made under the provisions of

af queen's printer. this act.

10. The queen's printer shall, as soon as possible after each Queen's printer session of the legislature, distribute the printed copies of the to distribute. statutes, in accordance with the joint resolution and orders in council aforesaid, by delivering or transmitting the same in the most economical mode.

11. The queen's printer shall, before the opening of each Report to be session of the legislature, make a report in triplicate to the made by queen's lieutenant-governor, shewing the number of copies of the acts Prio of the previous session which have been printed and distributed by him, the departments, administrative bodies, officers and persons to whom they have been distributed, the number of copies delivered to each, and under what authority, the number of copies of acts of each session remaining in his hands, and a detailed account of the expenses actually incurred by him in carrying this act into effect, to the end that provision be made for defraying the same, after such account has been duly audited and allowed.

12. The lieutenant-governor, within fifteen days after the Report to be laid opening of the session, shall lay the said report before each of before legislathe houses of the legislature.

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ter.

Private acts. 13. Any party, obtaining a private or personal act, shall

furnish, at his own cost to the government, five hundred copies thereof in the French language and two hundred and

fifty in the English language. Authenticity of 14. All copies of acts, printed by the queen’s printer, are printed copies. conclusive evidence of such acts and of their contents; and

every copy purporting to be so printed is deemed to be so, unless the contrary is proved.

CAP. VII.

An act respecting the Interpretation of the Statutes of

this province.

[Assented to 24th February, 1868.]

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TTER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the

1 Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: Application of 1. This act applies to itself and to all other acts of the this act. legislature of this province, except in so far as such application

may be inconsistent with the object, or the context, or the provisions of any such act.

2. Subject to the foregoing limitation: Part of art 17 C. First.-Sections one, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, c. to apply to thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, statutes.

twenty, twenty-two and twenty-three of the schedule to article 17 of the civil code, apply to all acts of the legislature of this

province. Meaning of "sim- Secondly.—The words “ imperial parliament mean the perial parlia- parliament of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ment," srimperial act,” and the words “imperial act” or “ imperial statute” mean a “imperial law passed by that parliament. statute.”

Thirdly. The word " provincial” refers to this province.

Fourthly.—The words “ governor-general” mean governor“ Governor

general of Canada, or the person administering the government

of Canada in his stead. “ Lieutenant Fifthly.—The words “ lieutenant-governor” mean the governor."

lieutenant-governor of this province, or any administrator or

other person acting in his stead. “In council.” Sixthly.-The words “ in council,” following the words

“governor-general” mean, acting with the advice of the queen's privy council for Canada; and following the words "lieutenantgovernor” they mean, acting with the advice of the executive

council of this province. 66 Canada." Seventhly. The word “ Canada” means the dominion of

Canada. "Dominion."

Eighthly. The words “ the dominion” mean the dominion

of Canada. " Legislature." Ninthly.—The words “the legislature” mean the legislature

of this province.

« Provincial.”

general.”

Tenthly.-The words “ act” and “ statute” mean respec- Act,” statute. tively an act or statute of this province.

Eleventhly.—The word “proclamation" means proclamation “ Proclamation" under the great seal ; and the words « great seal” mean “great seal.” great seal of this province.

Twelfthly.-The words “ the civil code" mean the civil "Civil code,”. code of Lower Canada ; and the words “ the code of civil

31 “code of civil

Vl procedure." procedure” mean the code of civil procedure of Lower Canada.

Thirteenthly —The words - the queen’s printer” or “ her “Queen's majesty's printer” mean the printer duly authorized, by the printer lieutenant-governor in council, to print the laws of this province.

Fourteenthly.—The word "session" means a session of the Session. legislature of this province.

Fifteenthly. The words “the government” or “ the execu- “Government," tive government” mean, the lieutenant-governor and executive

Vo government." council of this province.

Sixteenthly.—The words “ treasury department” mean the Treasury department of the treasurer of this province.

department.” Seventeenthly. The words 6 the secretary's department” « Secretary's mean the department of the secretary and registrar of this department." province.

Eighteenthly,—The words “ the secretary of the province” “Secretary," or “the registrar of the province," mean the secretary and “registrar." registrar of this province.

Nineteenthly.—The words “the union” mean the union of Union.” provinces effected on the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, under the British North America Act, 1867.

Twentiethly.—The words " the law officers” or “the law « Law officers," officers of the crown" mean the attorney-general and the solicitor-general of this province.

Twenty-firstly. The words “ the crown lands department” • Crown lands mean the department of the commissioner of crown lands of department.” this province.

Twenty-secondly.-The words “ department of agriculture” “ Department of or “department of public works,” mean the department of the diverticulture, commissioner of agriculture and public works for this province. works."

Twenty-thirdly.—Words designating a public department Name of departa or office refer to the department or office of that name for this ments generally. province.

Twenty-fourthly.-The word “security” means sufficient Security.” security, and one surety is sufficient therefor unless two or more are expressly required.

Twenty-fifthly.—The word “ holiday” includes the days « Holiday.” mentioned in article 2 of the code of civil procedure, EasterMonday and Ash-Wednesday ; and the said article two is amended so as to include the two last mentioned days.

Twenty-sixthly.—Where forms are prescribed, deviations Forms may be therefrom, not affecting the substance or calculated to mislead, deviated from. :shall not vitiate them.

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