, 1864-11-22

General Government. But lie respective
Legislatures, after are years from this date.
viii not have the power to contract obi ~
tons Of which we arc about TO speak.
Islsnd Laye not contracted debts eqhal to
those Of the other provinces, they will hare
the right to receive an advance from the
General Government in scml-annual pay
rneute, of interest at Eve per cent on the diff
ference which may exist between the amonat
Of their respective debts, at the time Of the
ncr hend OF The population Of Canada, Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick at tho same date.
Sc, In consequence Of the transmission Of
the mower Of taxation to the General Iegisla-
ture the provinces will respectively have the
right 10 an annual subsidy Of eighty cents
per head Of the population. computed p M On the
iard is esti1nated for this object at 130, 900
souls. The province will not be able In future
to claiuSa arger amount from the General
Government, and this amount will be paid to
them semi annl1ally in advance.
63. As the position Of Ne" brunsTick is
such that this Province will be abliged imme-
dIately to make considerable payments out Of
Its lcca1 revenue, it will receive annually
during ten years an additional sum Of $63 900.
But as long as its Obligations remain below
81. .QOO. 600 there will be deducted from this
sum OF $63, 900 an amount equal to the Interest
OF five per cent on tho difference b tween the
real sum Of its provincial debt and 81, ,0O, 900.
g. Newfoundland will. In consideration o
giving up it's rights in Its mines, minerals and
crown lands, which nre not yet either sold or
occupied, recicre $150, 900 year in semi
annual payments, but tits province reserves
The right to open, construct and control roads
and bridges situated On its lands, which will,
however, be under subsection 70 laws which
tho General Parliament will think necessary
to adopt in regard to them. ;
G5. The General Government will assume MI
tho engagements which will bo made betore
the Union with the Imperial Government
-for the defense Of the provinces.
66. The General Government shall cause to
be completed without delay the lntercolonial
Railroad from RiVeE-du-Loup to Truro, in
Nova Scotia, causingi it to pass through New
Brunswick.
G7. The Convention regards as Of the high
est importance to the c0niederatcd provinces
the communications with the northwest ter
ritory, and for the deyelopement Of the com-
nercc Of the great West with the ocean and
the state Of the finances shall permit. -
C8, The sanction Of the Imperial Parliament
and of the local Parliamcnts to the Union Of
the Provinces, on the principles adopted by
the Convention, is to be sought.
shall be signed by tho Delegates, and submit
ted by each local delegation to It's Govern
ment !. and the President Of the Convention
is authorized to submit a copy Of IT to the
Goyernor~Gcneral, to be transmitted to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The following attentions to the above
Constitution were adopted in Conference
Hall, Montreal:
These notifications 7wc we're not able to
discover prior to the publication Of the project
in the Journal on Tuesday.
Thus, In Article Il, where the question of
the property qualification Of members Is men
toned, instead Of, ''but In SO far rs regards
Newfoundland, The property, Sc tread, .but
Ed, zaYara adi l*ana the property may be either
In the 18th Article, whero we state whence
the first Legislative Councillors arc to. be
taken, instead Oft if there shall not be found
among these Councillors Nhe present Council
lors) who desire to serve" read, If thore shall
not be found among these Councillors 4 .suffi-
cient number who are eligible or who desire
to serve, the complement must necessarily be
taken elsewhere"
Article 81 Is written as follows: "The Fed
eral Parliament may, wien It thinks proper,
create" etc. Read: "Thc Federal PaFlia-
ment, for the purpose Of executing its laws,
cial tribunals, and the Governor General ap-
point, in consequence, new Judges and OIL
GERS, if this shall become necessary and ad-
yantagcous to the public"
Article 81 says; "That until the laws Of
Upper canada, New Brunswick, Noya Scotia,
Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island,
shall be consolidated, the Judges Of these
Goycrnor-G General, shall be selected from
their respective bars" To which should be
added: 'ss5. The Judges Of the Courts Of
Lower Canada shall be selected from the
Advocates Of the Lower Canada barr
lii this way Article IS, which has reference
to the Judges Of the Court OF Admiralty, will
become S5, and those following take their
ranks in consequence.
In Article II, the enumeration Of the sub.
jects submitted to the control OF the loca
Legislatures commenced thus: Direct taxes
and the imposition Of. duties on the importa-
ton Of squared wood, logs, mastss, aparss,
slaves, sawed wood; coal, and other minerals"
wick retains the right to impose export
autics on squared timber, logs, masts, spars,
stayes, sawed wood and Nova Scotia that Of
imposing export duties on coal aud other
minerals.h
The same Article ~ ends thus: +" Tho incor-
-shonld read thus: The incorporation Of pri-
vate and local companies, except those which
relate to subjects reserved to the control Of
tho General Parliament"
In Article s. it Is stated, tall cash, the bal
agsfa, ,etc.;'' it should read *tAll stocks,
md every of6ef 5aie HI csnt
various Provinces at the time Of the Union,
shall belong to the General Government"
Between Articles 81 and IS, it is necessary
to place new article So, md which is in the
following terms:
IAN ELECTS relating to the portions Of the
=
local governments are charged, will also be-
long respectively to these governments"
Then Article IS will become article 50, and
80 on.
The following Article requires to be placed
between 81 land So:
ssThe choice Of the title and Of the name Of
the Confederation is left to the decision Of
Her Atajcsty-''