125. No Lands or Property belonging to Canada or any Province shall be liable to lands, &c. Taxation. ed revenue Provincial 126. Such Portions of the Duties and consolidat- Revenues over which the respective Legislafund. tures of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, had before the Union, Power of Appropriation, as are by this Act reserved to the respective Governments or Legislatures of the Provinces, and all Duties and Revenues raised by them in accordance with the Special Powers conferred upon them by this Act, shall in each Province form One Consolidated Revenue Fund to be appropriated for the Public Service of the Province. As to Legislative Council IX.-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. General. 127. If any Person being at the passing of this Act a Member of the Legislative lors of Prc- Council of Canada, Nova Scotia, or New vinces be- Brunswick, to whom a Place in the Senate is coming Senators, offered, does not within Thirty Days there after, by Writing under his Hand addressed to the Governor General of the Province of Canada or to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick (as the case may be), accept the same, he shall be deemed to have declined the same; and any Person who, being at the passing of this Act a Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia or or New Brunswick, accepts a Place in the Senate shall thereby vacate his seat in such Legislative Council. 128. Every Member of the Senate or Oath of allegiance, House of Commons of Canada shall, before c taking his Seat therein, take and subscribe before the Governor General or some Person authorized by him, and every Member of a Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly of courts, officers &c 129. Except as otherwise provided by Continu this Act, all Laws in force in Canada, Nova ance of existing Scotia, or New Brunswick at the Union, and laws, all Courts of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, and all Legal Commissions, Powers and Authorities, and all Officers, Judicial, Administrative, and Ministerial, existing therein at the Union, shall continue, in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick respectively, as if the Union had not been made e; subject nevertheless (except with respect to Transfer of officers to Canada. Appoint ment of new officers, Treaty ligation such as are enacted by or exist under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), to be repealed, abolished, or altered by the Parliament of Canada, or by the Legislature of the respective Province, according to the Authority of the Parliament or of that Legislature under this Act. 130. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, all Officers of the several Provinces having Duties to discharge in relation to Matters other than those coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces, shall be Officers of Canada, and shall continue to discharge the Duties of their respective Offices under the same Liabilities, Responsibilities and Penalties, as if the Union had not been made. 131. Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, the Governor General in Council may from Time to Time appoint such Officers as the Governor General in Council deems necessary or proper for the effectual Execution of this Act. 132. The Parliament and Government of Canada shall have all Powers necessary or proper for performing the Obligations of Canada or of any Province thereof, as Part of the British Empire, towards Foreign Countries, Countries, arising under Treaties between the Empire and such Foreign Countries. & French 133. Either the English or the French Use of Language may be used by any Person in the English Debates of the Houses of the Parliament of languages Canada and of the Houses of the Legislature of Quebec; and both those languages shall be used in the respective Records and Journals of those Houses; and either of those Languages may be used by any Person or in any Pleading or Process in or issuing from any Court of Canada established under this Act, and in or from all or any of the Courts of Quebec. The Acts of the Parliament of Canada and of the Legislature of Quebec shall be printed and published in both those Languages. Ontario and Quebec. ment of Ontario 134. Until the Legislature of Ontario or Appoint of Quebec otherwise provides, the Lieutenant executive Governors of Ontario and Quebec may each officers for appoint, under the Great Seal of the Pro- and Quevince, the following Officers, to hold office bec. during Pleasure, that is to say,--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, and, in the Case of Quebec, the Solicitor General; and may, by Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, from Time to Time prescribe Powers, of execu prescribe the Duties of those Officers and of the several Departments over which they shall preside or to which they shall belong, and of the Officers and Clerks thereof, and may also appoint other and additional Officers to hold Office during Pleasure, and may from Time to Time prescribe the Duties of those Officers, and of the several Departments over which they shall preside or to which they shall belong, and of the Officers and Clerks thereof. 135. Until the Legislature of Ontario or duties, &c. Quebec otherwise provides, all Rights, Powtive officers ers, Duties, Functions, Responsibilities, or Authorities at the passing of this Act vested in or imposed on the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Secretary and Registrar of the Province of Canada, Minister of Finance, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Commissioner of Public Works, and Minister of Agriculture and Receiver General, by any Law, Statute, or Ordinance of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, or Canada, and not repugnant to this Act, shall be vested in or imposed on any Officer to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor for the Discharge of the same or any of them; and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works shall perform the Duties and Functions of the Office of Minister of Agriculture at the passing of this Act imposed by the Law of the Province of Canada, as well as those of the Commissioner of Public Works. |
