PUBLIC WORKS AND PROPERTY-- certain, assigned to Dominion, 518, 530-1 Q. QUALIFICATION-See the various offices QUEBEC- legislature, 329, et seq. legislative council- constitution of, 329 qualification, vacancies, etc., 330-1 legislative assembly, 331 executive council, 310 QUEBEC RESOLUTIONS, 1864-See Appendix how far may they be utilized, 45, 219 as to re-distribution, 295 QUEEN, THE- executive head throughout the Empire, 130, 252, 304 dual position occupied by, 250 commander-in-chief, 289 a branch of the parliament of Canada, 261 provincial legislatures, 306, 325, 341 QUEEN'S COUNSEL-143 (n), 317 QUORUM- Senate of Canada, 279 House of Commons, 293 Quebec legislative council, 331 Ontario and Quebec legislative assemblies, 337 R. RAILWAYS-See COMPANY RE-DISTRIBUTION- of representation in parliament of Canada, 294 RE-DISTRIBUTION-Continued. different from defining electoral districts, 297 parliament of Canada full control of both, 297-8 RESERVED BILLS, 149, 298, 300 REPUGNANCY-- of colonial Acts to Imperial, 58, 379 (See COLONIAL LAWS VALIDITY ACT) of ordinances of North-West assembly to Dominion legislation, RESIDUUM OF POWER-See also DIVISION OF POWER- expression criticized, 45 (See PARLIAMENT OF CANADA) RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT-See EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITY REVENUE- power to appropriate-See APPROPRIATION ROYALTIES, 518, 529-30 RULE OF LAW- common to both British and United States systems, 12, 14 S. SEATS OF GOVERNMENT- of Dominion, 260 of provinces, 323 SENATE OF CANADA, 268-81 compared with House of Lords and United States, 268-70 no judicial functions, 270 except as to status of senators, 278 no executive functions, 270 has failed to answer the end of its creation, 270-1 principle of equal representation in, abandoned, 271 qualification of senators, 273 summons to senators, 274 SENATE OF CANADA-Continued. possible addition to, of six members, 275 provision practically effete, 276 number of senators, 276 no maximum, 277 tenure of office, 259, 277 vacating of seat in, 277 question determined by senate, 278 speaker, quorum, voting-See these titles SEPARATE SCHOOLS, 489, et seq. remedial legislation by parliament of Canada, 495, 508 SOVEREIGN-See QUEEN, CROWN, PREROGATIVES SPEAKER- of senate of Canada, 279 of Quebec executive council, 330 of House of Commons, 291 position compared with that of, in England and United States, 292 deputy speaker, 293 of provincial assemblies, 337 STATUTES-See Index to Statutes, p. xv SUPREMACY OF LAW-See RULE OF LAW SUPREME COURT OF CANADA, 514, 516 provincial legislature no power to limit appeals to, 516 powers of Dominion and provincial legislatures limited to purposes of those governments respectively, 377 parliament of Canada, 376 provincial legislatures, 424 public lands and property exempt from, 524, 531 (See DIRECT TAXATION.) TENURE OF OFFICE-See APPROPRIATION, POWER OF, OFFICES TERRITORIAL OPERATION OF STATUTES- of Imperial parliament, 7, 185 of colonial legislatures, 185, et seq. TERRITORIAL REVENUES- assigned to provinces, 518, 528 TREATY OBLIGATIONS- parliament of Canada may legislate for performing, 538 power limited by reason of Imperial legislation, 538-9 U. UNIFORMITY— provision for future, in laws of Ontario, Nova Scotia and New UNITED STATES- constitution of, compared with British and Canadian, 5, 20 distribution of legislative power in, as compared with Canada, 44-5 power of congress to determine line of division, 9 UNITARIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, 13— V. VALIDITY- presumption in favor of, 217 a principle of interpretation, 217 VOTERS-See ELECTIONS VOTING- in senate of Canada, 281 VETO-See DISALLOWANCE |