North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-11-18

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wh'',p the peoplr's monies were inlfustrd,
passed several frSnlutinns "a consider tie
eSprd'ency 81 adopting measesr~ TO render
sceure and sale the monies Deposited IN
The hands OF the Receiver general, and
.ol specifying the time when he shou q
make Vi h's accounts and submit them to
inspection. Lord Bathurst the Colonial
Secretary 10 England had ordered Lord
Dahuus'e, 10 institute a legal suit against
the landed property Of the late hankrup,
Receiver Gen. On the resolutions passed nv
The House, bill was drafted to regulate
the office N the Receiver General, Ia pro
vide for the audi, OF all public accounts,
Ia better determine the manner Of render
ing accounts aud the responsibility ef all
| those public officers into whose hands
monies were deposited, and also 10 reeu-
late the office aud the accountability Of the
Shetifis of the Province. The Lcgisla
tive Council whose members cond not
hear the word responsibility without shud.
drrlne, unanimously rejected those bills =;
and what was more extraordinary and
shameful in their proceedings, was that
| the bankrupt Receiver General himself,
who still honored that body by his pre-
sence, voted himself against the bill for
nominating Commissioners In examine his
public accounts -! II is here worthy OF
remark that those who voted against these
bills were oil officers OF The local admins
tfation, as may be seen by The following
| list, Jonathan Sewelt.s Perrault and
Kerrt Hale,t Caldwell Lewis Gugy s
Bell, T Richardson, lrvine.tt
On The Goth Of March the House adopr.
ed series OF resolutions, IN which il was
declared that no part oI the monies levied
in the Province should be appropriated
without its consent, and that they would
hold the Receiver General personally re.
/ sponsible for all suns OF money that he
should pay without the authority of a law
passed nv the Legislature. On the basi,
of these resolutions a civil list was votre
item by item To the amount OF more thar
ESQ, 900 sterling. But to the great sur
prise and Indignation of the House, the
next day after this civil list was voted
Lord Dalhousie sent to that body a copy
of despatch of Lord Bathurst claiming
the exclusive right OF the Executive gov
ernment to dispose Of the revenues collect
ed in virtue of the 18th Geo. 81. chap. S8
without the consent Of the House, snt
that too in opposition to the decaratorv &C
II the Imperial Parliament, which in 1878
had renounced its unjust and unconsiitu
tionaI preiension al taxing The cnloniet
wiillnut their consent. Another despatch
was also communicated to the House
addressed TO Sir Francis Burton, hearing
date 4,h June, 1895 censuTng the Lieu
, tenant Cove nor for having given the roy
al assent 10 the bill Of supplies 10 the ses
sion of 1895. As To the salaries Of thos'
officers which the House Of Assembly ha,
J not thought proper To pay as being useles
and burthen IT, the country, Lord Bath
, urst directed the Earl of Dslhonsie Ia pa,
them and to continue them, if His Excel
lency thought proper.
. A general call of all The members Of III,
T House was immediately determined upon
, and the report of the committee tn whom
The dispatches al Lord Bathurst had hrer
, submitted, was adopted by the members
who declared that Lower Canada couIc
I no, be consiiluiinnally taxed without, IL
consent, as established by the lmPera
D act of ITS, 10 which we have already al
= luded, and that no provincial funds coult
be at the exclusive disposal OF the loca
f, Executive government. A petition base
, upon these declarations was adopted on ih'
2Sd OF March, and addressed 10 HIS Elk
Chief Justice Of the Province and Speaker G
the Legislative Council.
- = Judges Of the Court Of Kings Bensh.