GENERAL INDEX.

Acts of State....

Adderley, Under-Secretary of State

On Dominion veto power.

Administration of Justice.

Incidental Dominion powers over administration of
justice....

Making County Court judges official referees, etc....
Prerogative of mercy, not part of..

Admiralty Court, see sub 'Court.'

Agriculture and Immigration, Power over
(Props. 27 and 28)..

Aliens

Acts authorizing legal proceedings against..
Power of colonial legislatures as to rights of .
Alimony, legislative power over........
Ambiguity cannot invalidate a statute..
Amendment of Constitution, see sub 'Constitution'.
Ancillary provisions in statutes, see Implied powers.'
Ante-Confederation Constitutions and Powers
Different in different provinces..

117

198, n. I

440. I
164

122, n. I

347

330-3

328-33

489, n.

272

.53 et seq.

How far to be considered in construing B. N. A. Act
(Prop 4)..

Municipal powers.

Rights and privileges of legislatures.
See, also, sub 'Confederation.'

Anticosti company,.

Attorney-General

Fiat for sci. fa. proceedings..

..2, 9 et seq., 29, n., 38, 41-61
·43-50, 57-61 (but see 398, n. 1)

63-9

..635, n. I

123, n. I

102

Provincial represents Crown in provincial Courts..

Extension or limitation of does not give legislative
power (Prop. 33)...

Area of legislation.

Aspects of legislation (Prop. 35)

381-6

.35, 352-5, 360, n. 2, 380, n. 1, 383-5, 393-424

Assignments for creditors case, see Table of Cases.

Argument before Privy Council specially referred to..

.404-5, n., 411-2

(1) It may be well to call special attention to the leading headings, 'Crown,'
'Dominion Powers,'' Provincial Powers.'

66

.230, n. I

677-8

Provincial taxation of banks....... 185-6, 663-6, 673-6, 716-8
tax on Dominion notes held as bank reserve 669, n. 3
Bell Telephone Company

.297-8, 635-6

Betting and Lotteries, Acts as to... .401, n. 3, 534, n. I
Bigamy, Dominion Acts respecting.

334-8

Bills of Lading, Provincial Acts as to....352-3, 553, n. 2
Bills of Sale and Chattel Mortgages, Acts as to

Boards of Health.

Boards of Trade..

Bourinot, Mr.

.436, n. 3

659-50

561, n.

Article on Federal Government in Canada.. 10, n. 1, 16, 223-5
His Parliamentary Practice and Procedure, specially

389, n. 4

10, n. I

7-8, 16-18

254-9

Canadian similar in principle to 40, 77-8, 270-1, 279-88, 339 41
Imperial veto power....

202-3

No legislative power in people apart from Parliament 339-41
Supremacy of Imperial parliament (Prop. 12)....... 208-31

British North America Act.

With reference to special sections see the Table of

References

. pp. iv. -vii.

See, also, sub 'Dominion Powers,' and 'Provincial Powers.'
Amendment by Canadian Act impossible (Prop. 16)

242 3, 250-I

British North America Act-continued.

Ante-Confederation state of things, how far to be re-
garded (Prop. 4).
2, 9 et seq., 29, n., 3, 841-61
Classes in section 91 only subordinate enumerations

for greater certainty..

Compromise between the several interests involved..
Construed as a whole...

494
3

22-3, 34-5, 453-4, 477-87

66 in broad and liberal sense..

66

· 33-6, 38-9

by same rule as other statutes (Prop. 3)..21 et seq.

Controls all Canadian legislatures..

Debates in Imperial Houses..

Declaratory Canadian Acts of no validity.

.250-1, 320-1, 370

.711, n., 732

238-9

Despatches, view of in Imperial, important (Prop.14) 236-41
Distributes legislative power by subject-matter not by

Distribution of property under.

576-7

107, 125, n. 1, 305-64

Dominion parliament, interpretation of by (Prop. 14) 236-41

English legislation may throw light on..

Exclusiveness of legislative power under.

Exhausts whole range of legislative power in Canada

Provincial legislature, interpretation of by (Prop. 14) 236-41
Quebec Resolutions, foundation of (Prop. 2)...

Scheme of

I, 5 et seq., 356, n. 3
107, 125, n. 1, 305-64

Sole charter of Dominion and provincial rights and

powers (Props. 1 and 2)..

....1, 9, 342-3

Treaty of Union, how far to be so considered (Prop. 2)
1, 3, 13 et seq., 34, 216-17, 243, 319, n. 3
And see Addenda to pp. 4, n. 1,1 2-14.

Bryce, Mr. James

His work on American Commonwealth specially
referred to

Canada, Province of

Canada Temperance Acts 36-7, 270-1, 273-6, 311,

320, 359-60, 374, 395, n. 2, 396 404, 406-7, 416-7,

47

Canada Temperance Acts-continued.

435 6, 495-6, 514-5, 528-9, 531-3, 536-43, 558,
n. 2, 561, n., 565-7, 729-30.

Canadian Constitution

See sub British Constitution,' United States

Constitution.'

Canadian Pacific R. W. Company..

Carnarvon, Lord

294, 446-7

Debate on B.N.A. Bill........... ..3, 307, 318, 355, n. 3, 548-9
Despatch in reference to Lieutenant-Governors.....94, n. I
On right of colonial legislatures to transport criminals

Dominion Act respecting Frauds on....354-5, 413-4, 419-21
Provincial

Chinese

Australian legislation with regard to....

· 354-5, 413-4, 419-21

258

Legislation and treaties as to..254-9, 423-4, 560, n., 726, n. 2
Taxation of..

Christian Brothers, The.

423

375, n. 2, 381-2

Term colony' should not be applied to Dominion.. 82, n. 2
When included in Imperial Acts...

Colourable legislation (Prop. 32)....188, 372-81.....

219-21

-715, n. 1, 727, n. 2

374-5
388

375-6

Dominion charter obtained by fraud on Parliament..
Fraud on the constitution.

Prohibition under pretense of licensing.

Stamp Act under guise of license Act....

Provincial appointment of Superior Court judges. 127-8, 148-75

53, 373. 417-8