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at the Union are in force in those Provinces respectively relative to the following matters or any of them, namely, the qualifications and disqualifications of persons to be elected, or to sit or vote as Members of the Assembly of Canada, the qualifications or disqualifications of voters, the oaths to be taken by voters, the returning officers, their powers and duties, the proceedings at elections, the periods during which such elections may be continued, and the trial of controverted elections and the proceedings incident thereto, the vacating of the scats of Members, and the issuing and execution of new writs in case of seats vacated otherwise than by dissolution, shall respectively apply to elections of Members to serve in the respective Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and Quebec : 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. 85. Every Legislative Assembly of Ontario and every Legislative Assembly of Quebec shall continue for four years from the day .of the return of the writs for choosing the same (subject, nevertheless, to either the Legislative Assembly of Ontario or the Legislative Assembly of Quebecbeing sooner dissolved by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province), and no longer. Yearly Session of Legislature. 86. There shall be a Session of the Legislature of Ontario and of that of Quebec once at least in every year, so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Legislature in each Province in one session, and its first sitting in the next session. Speaker, Quorum, &c. 87. The following provisions of this Act respecting the House of Commons of Canada shall extend and apply to the Legislative Assemblies of Ontario and Quebec, that is to say,—the provisions relating to the election of a Speaker originally and on vacancies, the duties of the Speaker, the absence of the Speaker, the quorum, and the mode of voting, as if those provisions were here re-enacted and made applicable in terms to each such Legislative Assembly. 4. NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK. Constitution of Legislatures of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 88. The Constitution of the Legislature of each of the Provinces of Nova Scotia and NewBrunswick shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, continue as it exists at the Union until altered under the authority of this Act; and the House of Assembly of New Brunswick existing at the passing of this Act shall, unless sooner dissolved, continue for the period for which it was elected. 5. —ONTARIO, QUEBEC, AND NOVA SCOTIA. First Elections. 89. Each of the Lieutenant-Governors of Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia shall cause writs to be issued for the first election of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof, in such form and by such person as he thinks fit, and at such time and addressed to such returning officer as the GovernorGeneral directs, and so that the first election of Member of Assembly for any electoral district or any subdivision thereof shall be held at the same time and at the same places as the election for a Member to serve in the House of Commons of Canada for that electoral district. 6.—THE FOUR PROVINCES. Application to Legislatures of provisions respecting Money Votes, &c. 90. The following provisions of this Act respecting the Parliament of Canada, namely, —the provisions relating to Appropriation and Tax Bills, the recommendation of money votes, the assent to Bills, the disallowance of Acts, and the signification of pleasure on Bills reserved —shall extend and apply to the Legislatures of the several Provinces, as if those provisions were here re-enacted and made applicable in terms to the respective Provinces and the Legislatures thereof, with the substitution of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province for the Governor-General, of the Governor-General for the Queen and for a Secretary of State, of one year for two years, and of the Province for Canada. Tl.—Distribution of Legislative Powers. Powers of the Parliament. Legislative authority of Parliament of Canada. 91. It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of Canada, in relation to all matters not coming within the classes of subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces; and for greater certainty, but not so as to restrict the generality of the foregoing terms of this section, it is hereby declared that (notwithstanding anything in this Act) the exclusive legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all matters coming within the classes of subjects next hereinafter enumerated : that is to say — 1. The Public Debt and Property. 2. The Regulation of Trade and Commerce. 3. The raising of Money by any Mode or System of Taxation. 4. The borrowing of Money on the Public Credit. 5. Postal Service. 6. The Census and Statistics. 7. Militia, Military, and Naval Service, and Defence. 8. The fixing of and providing for the Salaries and Allowances of Civil and other Officers of the Government of Canada. 9. Beacons, Buoys, Lighthouses, and Sable Island. 10. Navigation and Shipping. ,

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THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867.