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Electoral Districts. 70. The Legislative Assembly of Ontario shall be composed of eighty-two Members, to be elected to represent the eighty-two Electoral Districts set forth in the First .Schedule to this Act. 2. —Quebec. Legislature for Quebec. 71. There shall be a Legislature for Quebec consisting of the Lieutenant-Governor and of two Houses, styled the Legislative Council of Quebec, and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Constitution of Legislative Council. 72. The Legislative Council of Quebec shall be composed of twenty-four members, to be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor, in the Queen's name, by instrument under the Great Seal of Quebec, one being appointed to represent each of the twenty-four electoral divisions of Lower Canada in this Act referred to, and each holding olfice for the term of his life, unless the Legislature of Quebec otherwise provides under the provisions of this Act. Qualification of Legislative Councillors. 73. The qualifications of the Legislative Councillors of Quebec shall be the same as those of the Senators for Quebec. Resignation, Disqualification, &C. 74. The place of a Legislative Councillor of Quebec shall become vacant in the cases, mutatis mutandis, in which the place of Senator becomes vacant. Vacancies. 75. When a vacancy happens in the Legislative Council of Quebec by resignation, death, or otherwise, the Lieutenant-Governor, in the Queen's name, by instrument under the Great Seal of Quebec, shall appoint a fit and qualified person to fill the vacancy. Questions as to Vacancies, &c. 76. If any question arises respecting the qualification of a Legislative Councillor of Quebec, or a vacancy in the Legislative Council of Quebec, the same shall be heard and determined by the Legislative Council. Speaker of Legislative Council. 77. The Lieutenant-Governor may from time to time, by instrument under the Great Seal of Quebec, appoint a Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec to be Speaker thereof, and may remove him and appoint another in his stead. Quorum of Legislative Council. 78. Until the Legislature of Quebec otherwise provides, the presence of at least ten Members of the Legislative Council, including the Speaker, shall be necessary to constitute a meeting for the exercise of its powers. Voting in Legislative Council. 79. Questions arising in the Legislative Council of Quebec shall be decided by a majority of voices, and the Speaker shall in all cases have a vote ; and when the voices are equal, the decision shall be deemed to be in the negative. Constitution of Legislative Assembly of Quebec. 80. The Legislative Assembly of Quebec shall be composed of sixty-five Members, to be elected to represent the sixty-five electoral divisions or districts of Lower Canada in this Act referred to, subject to alteration thereof by the Legislature of Quebec : Provided that it shall not be lawful to present to the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec for assent any Bill for altering the limits of any of the electoral divisions or districts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act, unless the second and third readings of such Bills have been passed in the Legislative Assembly with the concurrence of the majority of the Members representing all those electoral divisions or districts, and the assent shall not be given to such Bill unless an address has been preseiited by the Legislative Assembly to the Lieutenant-Governor, stating that it has been so passed. 3. OXTAEIO AND QUEBEC. First Session of Legislatures. 81. The Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec respectively shall be called together not later than six months after the Union. gammoning of Legislative Assemblies. 82. The Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario and of Quebec shall from time to time, in the Queen's name, by instrument under the Great Seal of the Province, summon and call together the Legislative -Assembly of the Province. Restriction on Election of Holders of Offices. 83. Until the Legislature of Ontario or of Quebec otherwise provides, a person accepting or holding in Ontario or in Quebec any oflice, commission, or employment, permanent or temporary, at the nomination of the Lieutenant-Governor, to which an annual salary, or any fee, allowance, emolument, or profit, of any kind or amount whatever from the Province is attached, shall not be eligible as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the respective Province, nor shall he sit or vote as such; but nothing in this section shall make ineligible any person being a Member of the Executive Council of the respective Province, or holding any of the following offices, that is to say, the offices of AttorneyGeneral, Secretary and Registrar of the Province, Treasurer of the Province, Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, and in Quebec Solicitor-General, or shall disqualify him to sit or vote in the House for which he is elected, provided he is elected while holding such oflice. Continuance of existing Election Laws. 84. Until the Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec respectively otherwise provide, all laws which 3

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THE BRITISH KORTII AMERICA ACT, 1807.