# Statutes of Canada/1867-68/Volume 1/Imperial Acts/British North America Act, 1867

Cited as: British North America Act, 1867, 30 & 31 Victoria, c. 3 (U.K.); Cited as: Bill 9, An Act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the Government thereof; and for Purposes connected therewith, 1867 sess., U.K., 1867.
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Anno Tricesimo et Tricesimo-primo Victoriæ Reginæ.
An Act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the Government thereof; and for Purposes connected therewith.
[29th March 1867.]
Whereas the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick have expressed their Desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with a Constitution similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom:
And whereas such a Union would conduce to the Welfare of the Provinces and promote the Interests of the British Empire:
And whereas on the Establishment of the Union by Authority of Parliament it is expedient, not only that the Constitution of the Legislative Authority in the Dominion be provided for, but also that the Nature of the Executive Government therein be declared:
And whereas it is expedient that Provision be made for the eventual Admission into the Union of other Parts of British North America:
Be it therefore enacted and declared by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
Short Title.
Application of Provisions referring to the Queen.
Declaration of Union.
Construction of subsequent Provisions of Act.
Four Provinces.
Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Decennial Census.
Declaration of Executive Power in the Queen.
Application of Provisions referring to Governor General.
Constitution of Privy Council for Canada.
All Powers under Acts to be exercised by Governor General with Advice of Privy Council or alone.
Application of Provisions referring to Governor General in Council.
Power to Her Majesty to authorize Governor General to appoint Deputies.
Command of Armed Forces to continue to be vested in the Queen.
Seat of Government of Canada.
Constitution of Parliament of Canada.
Privileges, &c. of Houses.
First Session of the Parliament of Canada.
Yearly Session of the Parliament of Canada.
Number of Senators.
Representation of Provinces in Senate.
* 1. Ontario;
* 2. Quebec;
* 3. The Maritime Provinces, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick;
which Three Divisions shall (subject to the Provisions of this ​Act) be equally represented in the Senate as follows: Ontario by Twenty-four Senators; Quebec by Twenty-four Senators; and the Maritime Provinces by Twenty-four Senators, Twelve thereof representing Nova Scotia, and Twelve thereof representing New Brunswick.
In the Case of Quebec each of the Twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada.
Qualifications of Senator.
Summons of Senator.
Summons of First Body of Senators.
Addition of Senators in certain cases.
Reduction of Senate to normal number.
Maximum number of Senators.
Tenure of place in Senate.
Resignation of place in Senate.
Disqualification of Senators.
* (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.
Summons on Vacancy in Senate.
Questions as to Qualifications and Vacancies in Senate.
Appointment of Speaker of Senate.
Quorum of Senate.
Voting in Senate.
Constitution of House of Commons in Canada.
Summoning of Houses of Commons.
Senators not to sit in House of Commons.
Electoral districts of the four Provinces.
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 Sixty-five 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 Members, and each of the other Counties One Member.
4.—New Brunswick.
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.
Continuance of existing Election Laws until Parliament of Canada otherwise provides.
​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.
Writs for first election.
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.
As to Casual Vacancies.
As to Election of Speaker of House of Commons.
As to filling up Vacancy in Office of Speaker.
Speaker to preside.
Provision in case of absence of Speaker.
Quorum of House of Commons.
Voting in House of Commons.
Duration of House of Commons.
Decennial Readjustment of Representation.
* (4). On any such Re-adjustment the Number of Members for a Province shall not be reduced unless the Proportion which the Number of the Population of the Province bore to the Number of the aggregate Population of Canada at the then last preceding Re-adjustment of the Number of Members for the Province is ascertained at the then latest Census to be diminished by One Twentieth Part or upwards: ​
* (5). Such Re-adjustment shall not take effect until the Termination of the then existing Parliament.
Increase of number of houses of Commons.
Appropriation and tax Bills.
Recommendation of money votes.
Royal Assent to Bills, &c.
Disallowance by order in Council of Act assented to by Governor General.
Signification of Queen’s pleasure on Bill reserved.
​An Entry of every such Speech, Message, or Proclamation shall be made in the Journal of each House, and a Duplicate thereof duly attested shall be delivered to the proper Officer to be kept among the Records of Canada.
Appointment of Lieutenant Governors of Provinces.
Tenure of office of Lieutenant Governor.
Salaries of Lieutenant Governors.
Oaths, &c. of Lieutenant Governor.
Application of provisions referring to Lieutenant Governor.
Appointment of Executive Officers for Ontario and Quebec.
Powers to be exercised by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario or Quebec with advice or alone.
Applications of provisions referring to Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Administration in absence, &c. of Lieutenant Governor.
Seats of Provincial Governments.
Legislature for Ontario.
Electoral districts.
Legislature for Quebec.
Constitution of Legislative Council.
Qualification of Legislative Councillors.
Resignation, Disqualification, &c.
Vacancies.
Questions as to Vacancies, &c.
Speaker of Legislative Council.
Quorum of Legislative Council.
Voting in Legislative Council.
Constitution of Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
First Session of Legislatures.
Summoning of Legislative Assemblies.
Restriction on election of holders of offices.
Continuance of existing election Laws.
Provided that until the Legislature of Ontario otherwise provides, at any Election for a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 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.
Duration of Legislative Assemblies.
Yearly Session of Legislatures.
Speaker, Quorum, &c.
Constitutions of Legislatures of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
which it was elected.
First Elections.
Application of Legislatures of provisions respecting money votes, &c.
Legislative Authority of Parliament of Canada.
* The Public Debt and Property.
* The Regulation of Trade and Commerce.
* The raising of Money by any Mode or System of Taxation.
* The borrowing of Money on the Public Credit.
* Postal Service.
* The Census and Statistics.
* Militia, Military and Naval Service, and Defence.
* The fixing of and providing for the Salaries and Allowances of Civil and other Officers of the Government of Canada.
* Beacons, Buoys, Lighthouses, and Sable Island.
* Navigation and Shipping.
* Quarantine and the Establishment and Maintenance of Marine Hospitals.
* Sea Coast and Inland Fisheries.
* Ferries between a Province and any British or Foreign Country or between Two Provinces.
* Currency and Coinage.
* Banking, Incorporation of Banks, and the Issue of Paper Money.
* Savings Banks.
* Weights and Measures.
* Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.
* Interest.
* Legal Tender.
* Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
* Patents of Invention and Discovery.
* Copyrights.
* Indians, and Lands reserved for the Indians.
* Naturalization and Aliens.
* Marriage and Divorce.
* The Criminal Law, except the Constitution of Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction, but including the Procedure in Criminal Matters.
* The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Penitentiaries.
* Such Classes of Subjects as are expressly excepted in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces.
And any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section shall not be deemed to come within the Class of Matters of a local or private Nature comprised in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces.
Subjects of exclusive Provincial Legislation.
* The Amendment from Time to Time, notwithstanding anything in this Act, of the Constitution of the Province, except as regards the Office of Lieutenant Governor.
* Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial Purposes.
* The borrowing of Money on the sole Credit of the Province.
* The Establishment and Tenure of Provincial Offices and the Appointment and Payment of Provincial Officers.
* The Management and Sale of the Public Lands belonging to the Province and of the Timber and Wood thereon.
* The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Public and Reformatory Prisons in and for the Province.
* The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Hospitals, Asylums, Charities, and Eleemosynary Institutions in and for the Province, other than Marine Hospitals.
* Municipal Institutions in the Province.
* Shop, Saloon, Tavern, Auctioneer, and other Licences in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial, Local, or Municipal Purposes.
* Local Works and Undertakings other than such as are of the following Classes,—
** Lines of Steam or other Ships, Railways, Canals, Telegraphs, and other Works and Undertakings connecting the Province with any other or others of the Provinces, or extending beyond the Limits of the Province:
** Lines of Steam Ships between the Province and any British of Foreign Country:
** Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.
* The Incorporation of Companies with Provincial Objects.
* The Solemnization of Marriage in the Province.
* Property and Civil Rights in the Province.
* The Administration of Justice in the Province, including the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts.
* The Imposition of Punishment by Fine, Penalty, or Imprisonment for enforcing any Law of the Province made in relation to any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section.
* Generally all Matters of a merely local or private Nature in the Province.
Legislation respecting education.
* (1.) Nothing in any such Law shall prejudicially affect any Right or Privilege with respect to Denominational Schools which any Class of Persons have by Law in the Province at the Union:
* (2.) All the Powers, Privileges, and Duties at the Union by Law conferred and imposed in Upper Canada on the Separate Schools and School Trustees of the Queen’s Roman Catholic Subjects shall be and the same are hereby extended to the Dissentient Schools of the Queen’s Protestant and Roman Catholic Subjects in Quebec:
* (3.) Where in any Province a System of Separate or Dissentient Schools exists by Law at the Union or is thereafter established by the Legislature of the Province, an Appeal shall lie to the Governor General in Council from any Act or Decision of any Provincial Authority affecting any Right or Privilege of the Protestant or Roman Catholic Minority of the Queen’s Subjects in relation to Education:
* (4.) In case any such Provincial Law as from Time to Time seems to the Governor General in Council requisite for the due Execution of the Provisions of this Section is not made, or in case any Decision of the Governor General in Council on any Appeal under this Section is not duly executed by the proper Provincial Authority in that Behalf, then and in every such Case, and as far only as the Circumstances of each Case require, the Parliament of Canada may make remedial Laws for the due Execution of the Provisions of this Section and of any Decision of the Governor General in Council under this Section.
Legislation for uniformity of Laws in three provinces.
Concurrent powers of Legislation respecting Agriculture, &c.
Appointment of Judges.
Selection of Judges in Ontario, &c.
Selection of Judges in Quebec.
Tenure of office of Judges of Superior Courts.
Salaries, &c. of Judges.
General Court of Appeal, &c.
Creation of Consolidated revenue fund.
Expenses of collection, &c.
Interest of Provincial public debts.
Salary of Governor General.
Appropriation from time to time.
Transfer of stocks, &c.
Transfer of property in schedule.
Property in Lands, Mines, &c.
Assets connected with Provincial debts.
Canada to be liable for Provincial debts.
Debts of Ontario and Quebec.
Assets of Ontario and Quebec.
Debt of Nova Scotia.
Debt of New Brunswick.
Payment of interest to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Provincial public property.
Grants to Provinces.
| | Dollars. |
| Ontario | Eighty thousand. |
| Quebec | Seventy thousand. |
| Nova Scotia | Sixty thousand. |
| New Brunswick | Fifty thousand. |
| | Two hundred and sixty thousand; |
Further grant to New Brunswick.
Form of payments.
Canadian manufactures, &c.
Continuance of customs and excise Laws.
Exportation and importation as between two Provinces.
Lumber Dues in New Brunswick.
Exemption of Public Lands, &c.
Provincial Consolidated revenue fund.
As to Legislative Councillors of Provinces becoming senators.
Oath of Allegiance, &c.
Continuance of existing Laws, Courts, Officers, &c.
Transfer of officers to Canada.
Appointment of new officers.
Treaty obligations.
Use of English and French Languages.
The Acts of the Parliament of Canada and of the Legislature of Quebec shall be printed and published in both those Languages.
Appointment of executive officers for Ontario and Quebec.
Powers, duties, &c. of Executive officers.
Great Seals.
Construction of temporary Acts.
As to Errors in names.
As to issue of Proclamations before Union, to commence after Union.
As to issue of Proclamations after Union.
Penitentiary.
Arbitration respecting debts, &c.
Division of records.
Constitution of townships in Quebec.
Duty of Government and Parliament of Canada to make Railway herein described.
Power to admit Newfoundland, &c. into the Union.
As to Representation of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island in Senate.
Schedules.
Electoral Districts of Ontario.
A.
Existing Electoral Divisions.
Counties.
* Prescott.
* Glengarry.
* Stormont.
* Dundas.
* Russell.
* Carleton.
* Prince Edward.
* Halton.
* Essex. ​
Ridings of Counties.
* North Riding of Lanark.
* South Riding of Lanark.
* North Riding of Leeds and North Riding of Grenville.
* South Riding of Leeds.
* South Riding of Grenville.
* East Riding of Northumberland.
* West Riding of Northumberland (excepting therefrom the Township of South Monaghan.)
* East Riding of Durham.
* West Riding of Durham.
* North Riding of Ontario.
* South Riding of Ontario.
* East Riding of York.
* West Riding of York.
* North Riding of York.
* North Riding of Wentworth.
* South Riding of Wentworth.
* East Riding of Elgin.
* West Riding of Elgin.
* North Riding of Waterloo.
* South Riding of Waterloo.
* North Riding of Brant.
* South Riding of Brant.
* North Riding of Oxford.
* South Riding of Oxford.
* East Riding of Middlesex.
Cities, Parts or Cities and Towns.
* West Toronto.
* East Toronto.
* Hamilton.
* Ottawa.
* Kingston.
* London.
* Town of Brockville, with the Township of Elizabethtown thereto attached.
* Town of Niagara, with the Township of Niagara, thereto attached.
* Town of Cornwall, with the Township of Cornwall thereto attached.
B.
New Electoral Divisions.
The County of Bruce, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the North and South Ridings:—
* The North Riding of Bruce to consist of the Townships of Bury, Lindsay, Eastnor, Albemarle, Amable, Arran, Bruce, Elderslie, and Saugeen, and the Village of Southampton.
* The South Riding of Bruce to consist of the Townships of Kincardine (including the Village of Kincardine), Greenock, Brant, Huron, Kinloss, Culross, and Carrick.
The County of Huron, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the North and South Ridings:
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Ashfield, Wawanosh, Turnberry, Howick, Morris, Grey, Colborne, Hullett, including the Village of Clinton, and McKillop.
* The South Riding to consist of the Town of Goderich and the Township of Goderich, Tuckersmith, Stanley, Hay, Usborne, and Stephen.
The County of Middlesex, divided into three Ridings, to be called respectively the North, West, and East Ridings:—
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of McGillivray and Biddulph (taken from the County of Huron), and Williams East, Williams West, Adelaide, and Lobo.
* The West Riding to consist of the Townships of Delaware, Carradoc, Metcalfe, Mosa and Ekfrid, and the Village of Strathroy.
* The County of Lambton to consist of the Townships of Bosanquet, Warwick, Plympton, Sarnia, Moore, Enniskillen, and Brooke, and the Town of Sarnia.
* The County of Kent to consist of the Townships of Chatham, Dover, East Tilbury, Romney, Raleigh, and Harwich, and the Town of Chatham.
* The County of Bothwell to consist of the Townships of Sombra, Dawn, and Euphemia (taken from the County of Lambton), and the Townships of Zone, Camden with the Gore thereof, Orford, and Howard (taken from the County of Kent).
The County of Grey divided into Two Ridings to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:—
* The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg, Artemesia, Osprey, Normanby, Egremont, Proton, and Melancthon.
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Collingwood, Euphrasia, Holland, Saint-Vincent, Sydenham, Sullivan, Derby, and Keppel, Sarawak and Brooke, and the Town of Owen Sound.
The County of Perth divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:—
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Wallace, Elma, Logan, Ellice, Mornington, and North Easthope, and the Town of Stratford.
* The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Blanchard, Downie, South Easthope, Fullarton, Hibbert, and the Villages of Mitchell and Ste. Marys.
The County of Wellington divided into Three Ridings to be called respectively North, South and Centre Ridings:—
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Amaranth, Arthur, Luther, Minto, Maryborough, Peel, and the Village of Mount Forest.
* The Centre Riding to consist of the Townships of Garafraxa, Erin, Eramosa, Nichol, and Pilkington, and the Villages of Fergus and Elora.
* The South Riding to consist of the Town of Guelph, and the Townships of Guelph and Puslinch.
​The County of Norfolk, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:—
* The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Charlotteville, Houghton, Walsingham, and Woodhouse, and with the Gore thereof.
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Middleton, Townsend, and Windham, and the Town of Simcoe.
* The County of Haldimand to consist of the Townships of Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga North, Cayuga South, Rainham, Walpole, and Dunn.
* The County of Monck to consist of the Townships of Canborough and Moulton, and Sherbrooke, and the Village of Dunnville (taken from the County of Haldimand), the Townships of Caister and Gainsborough, (taken from the County of Lincoln), and the Townships of Pelham and Wainfleet (taken from the County of Welland).
* The County of Lincoln to consist of the Townships of Clinton, Grantham, Grimsby, and Louth, and the Town of St. Catherines.
* The County of Welland to consist of the Townships of Bertie, Crowland, Humberstone, Stamford, Thorold, and Willoughby, and the Villages of Chippewa, Clifton, Fort Erie, Thorold, and Welland.
* The County of Peel to consist of the Townships of Chinguacousy, Toronto, and the Gore of Toronto, and the Villages of Brampton and Streetsville.
* The County of Cardwell to consist of the Townships of Albion and Caledon (taken from the County of Peel), and the Townships of Adjala and Mono (taken from the County of Simcoe).
The County of Simcoe, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and the North Ridings:—
* The South Riding to consist of the Townships of West Gwillimbury, Tecumseth, Innisfil, Essa, Tossorontio, Mulmur, and the Village of Bradford.
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Nottawasaga, Sunnidale, Vespra, Flos, Oro, Medonte, ​Orillia and Matchedash, Tiny and Tay, Balaklava and Robinson, and the Towns of Barrie and Collingwood.
The County of Victoria, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:—
* The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Ops, Mariposa, Emily, Verulam, and the Town of Lindsay.
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Anson, Bexley, Carden, Dalton, Digby, Eldon, Fenelon, Hindon, Laxton, Lutterworth, Macaulay and Draper, Sommerville, and Morrison, Muskoka, Monck and Watt (taken from the County of Simcoe), and any other surveyed Townships lying to the North of the said North Riding.
The County of Peterborough, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the West and East Ridings:—
* The West Riding to consist of the Townships of South Monaghan (taken from the County of Northumberland,) North Monaghan, Smith, and Ennismore, and the Town of Peterborough.
* The East Riding to consist of the Townships of Asphodel, Belmont and Methuen, Douro, Dummer, Galway, Harvey, Minden, Stanhope and Dysart, Otonabee, and Snowden, and the Village of Ashburnham, and any other surveyed Townships lying to the North of the said East Riding.
The County of Hastings, divided into Three Ridings, to be called respectively the West, East, and North Ridings:—
* The West Riding to consist of the Town of Belleville, the Township of Sydney, and the Village of Trenton.
* The East Riding to consist of the Townships of Thurlow, Tyendinaga, and Hungerford.
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Rawdon, Huntingdon, Madoc, Elzevir, Tudor, Marmora, and Lake, and the Village of Stirling, and any other surveyed Townships lying to the North of the said North Riding.
* The County of Lennox, to consist of the Townships of Richmond, Adolphustown, North Fredericksburgh, ​South Fredericksburgh, Ernest Town, and Amherst Island and the Village of Napanee.
* The County of Addington to consist of the Townships of Camden, Portland, Sheffield, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden, Oso, Anglesea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger, Miller, Canonto, Denbigh, Loughborough, and Bedford.
* The County of Frontenac to consist of the Townships of Kingston, Wolfe Island, Pittsburgh and Howe Island, and Storrington.
The County of Renfrew, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:—
* The South Riding to consist of the Townships of McNab, Bagot, Blithfield, Brougham, Horton, Admaston, Grattan, Matawatchan, Griffith, Lyndoch, Raglan, Radcliffe, Brudenell, Sebastopol, and the Villages of Arnprior and Renfrew.
* The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Ross, Bromley, Westmeath, Stafford, Pembroke, Wilberforce, Alice, Petawawa, Buchanan, South Algona, North Algona, Fraser, McKay, Wylie, Rolph, Head, Maria, Clara, Haggerty, Sherwood, Burns, and Richards, and any other surveyed Townships lying North-westerly of the said North Riding.
Every Town and incorporated Village existing at the Union, not specially mentioned in this Schedule, is to be taken as Part of the County or Riding within which it is locally situate.
Electoral Districts of Quebec specially fixed.
Counties of—
* Pontiac.
* Ottawa.
* Argenteuil.
* Huntingdon.
* Missisquoi.
* Brome.
* Shefford.
* Stanstead.
* Compton.
* Wolfe and Richmond.
* Megantic.
* Town of Sherbrooke.
Provincial Public Works and Property to be the Property of Canada.
* Canals, with Lands and Water Power connected therewith.
* Public Harbours.
* Lighthouses and Piers, and Sable Island.
* Steamboats, Dredges, and public Vessels.
* Rivers and Lake Improvements.
* Railways and Railway Stocks, Mortgages, and other Debts due by Railway Companies.
* Military Roads.
* Custom Houses, Post Offices, and all other Public Buildings, except such as the Government of Canada appropriate for the Use of the Provincial Legislatures and Governments.
* Property transferred by the Imperial Government, and known as Ordnance Property.
* Armouries, Drill Sheds, Military Clothing, and Munitions of War, and Lands set apart for general Public Purposes.
Assets to be the Property of Ontario and Quebec conjointly.
Upper Canada Building Fund. :
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| Montreal Turnpike Trust. ||
| University Permanent Fund. ||
| Royal Institution. ||
| Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund, Upper Canada. ||
| Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund, Lower Canada. ||
| Agricultural Society, Upper Canada. ​ ||
| Lower Canada Legislative Grant. ||
| Quebec Fire Loan. ||
| Tamiscouata Advance Account. ||
| Quebec Turnpike Trust. ||
| Education—East. ||
| Building and Jury Fund, Lower Canada. ||
| Municipalities Fund. ||
| Lower Canada Superior Education Income Fund. ||
Oath of Allegiance.
I, A. B. do swear, That I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
Note.—The Name of the King or Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being is to be substituted from Time to Time with proper Terms of Reference thereto.
Declaration of Qualification.
I, A. B. do declare and testify, That I am by Law duly qualified to be appointed a Member of the Senate of Canada [or as the Case may be] and that I am legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for my own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common Socage [or seised or possessed for my own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture (as the Case may be),] in the Province of Nova Scotia [or as the Case may be] of the Value of Four thousand Dollars over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Mortgages, Charges, and Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same, and that I have not collusively or colourably obtained a Title to or become possessed of the said Lands and Tenements or any Part thereof for the Purpose of enabling me to become a Member of the Senate of Canada [or as the Case may be], and that my Real and Personal Property are together worth Four thousand Dollars over and above my Debts and Liabilities.
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