Chapter II: Part 2

117. [Provincial Public Property.] The several Provinces shall retain all their respective Public Property not otherwise disposed of in this Act, subject to the Right of Canada to assume any Lands or Public Property required for Fortifications or for the Defence of the Country.

118. [Grants to Provinces.] The following Sums shall be paid yearly by Canada to the several Provinces for the Support of their Governments and Legislatures:

Dollars.
Ontario . . . . . . . . . . Eighty thousand.
Quebec . . . . . . . . . . .Seventy thousand.
Nova Scotia . . . . . . . . Sixty thousand.
New Brunswick . . . . . . . Fifty thousand.
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Two hundred and sixty thousand;

and an annual Grant in aid of each Province shall be made, equal to Eighty Cents per Head of the Population as ascertained by the Census of One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and in the Case of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, by each subsequent Decennial Census until the Population of each of those Two Provinces amounts to Four hundred thousand Souls, at which Rate such Grant shall thereafter remain. Such Grants shall be in full Settlement of all future Demands on Canada, and shall be paid half-yearly in advance to each Province; but the Government of Canada shall deduct from such Grants, as against any Province, all Sums chargeable as Interest on the Public Debt of that Province in excess of the several Amounts stipulated in this Act.

119. [Further Grant to New Brunswick.] New Brunswick shall receive by half-yearly Payments in advance from Canada for the Period of Ten Years from the Union an additional Allowance of Sixty-three thousand Dollars per Annum; but as long as the Public Debt of that Province remains under Seven million Dollars, a Deduction equal to the Interest at Five per Centum per Annum on such Deficiency shall be made from that Allowance of Sixty-three thousand Dollars.

120. [Form of Payments.] All Payments to be made under this Act, or in discharge of Liabilities created under any Act of the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick respectively, and assumed by Canada, shall, until the Parliament of Canada otherwise directs, be made in such Form and Manner as may from Time to Time be ordered by the Governor General in Council.

121. [Canadian Manufactures, &c.] All Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any one of the Provinces shall, from and after the Union, be admitted free into each of the other Provinces.

122. [Continuance of customs and excise Laws.] The Customs and Excise Laws of each Province shall, subject to the Provisions of this Act, continue in force until altered by the Parliament of Canada.

123. [Exportation and Importation as between Two Provinces.] Where Customs Duties are, at the Union, leviable on any Goods, Wares, or Merchandises in any Two Provinces, those Goods, Wares, and Merchandises may, from and after the Union, be imported from one of those Provinces into the other of them on Proof of Payment of the Customs Duty leviable thereon in the Province of Exportation, and on Payment of such further Amount (if any) of Customs Duty as is leviable thereon in the Province of Importation.

124. [Lumber Dues in New Brunswick.] Nothing in this Act shall affect the Right of New Brunswick to levy the Lumber Dues provided in Chapter Fifteen of Title Three of the Revised Statutes of New Brunswick, or in any Act amending that Act before or after the Union, and not increasing the Amount of such Dues; but the Lumber of any of the Provinces other than New Brunswick shall not be subject to such Dues.

125. [Exemption of Public Lands, &c.] No Lands or Property belonging to Canada or any Province shall be liable to Taxation.

126. [Provincial Consolidated Revenue Fund.] Such Portions of the Duties and Revenues over which the respective Legislatures of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick had before the Union Power of Appropriation as are by this Act reserved to the respective Governments or Legislatures of the Provinces, and all Duties and Revenues raised by them in accordance with the special Powers conferred upon them by this Act, shall in each Province form One Consolidated Revenue Fund to be appropriated for the Public Service of the Province.

IX.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

General.

127. [As to Legislative Councillors of Provinces becoming senators.] If any Person being at the passing of this Act a Member of the Legislative Council of Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick, to whom a Place in the Senate is offered, does not within Thirty Days thereafter, by Writing under his Hand addressed to the Governor General of the Province of Canada or to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick (as the Case may be), accept the same, he shall be deemed to have declined the same; and any Person who, being at the passing of this Act a Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, accepts a Place in the Senate shall thereby vacate his Seat in such Legislative Council.

128. [Oath of Allegiance, &c.] Every Member of the Senate or House of Commons of Canada shall before taking his Seat therein take and subscribe before the Governor General or some Person authorized by him, and every Member of a Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly of any Province shall before taking his Seat therein take and subscribe before the Lieutenant Governor of the Province or some Person authorized by him, the Oath of Allegiance contained in the Fifth Schedule to this Act; and every Member of the Senate of Canada and every Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec shall also, before taking his Seat therein, take and subscribe before the Governor General, or some Person authorized by him, the Declaration of Qualification contained in the same Schedule.

129. [Continuance of existing Laws, Courts, Officers, &c.] Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all Laws in force in Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick at the Union, and all Courts of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, and all legal Commissions, Powers, and Authorities, and all Officers, Judicial, Administrative, and Ministerial, existing therein at the Union, shall continue in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick respectively, as if the Union had not been made; subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as are enacted by or exist under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,) to be repealed, abolished, or altered by the Parliament of Canada, or by the Legislature of the respective Province, according to the Authority of the Parliament or of that Legislature under this Act.

130. [Transfer of Officers to Canada.] Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, all Officers of the several Provinces having Duties to discharge in relation to Matters other than those coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces shall be Officers of Canada, and shall continue to discharge the Duties of their respective Offices under the same Liabilities, Responsibilities, and Penalties as if the Union had not been made.

131. [Appointment of new Officers.] Until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, the Governor General in Council may from Time to Time appoint such Officers as the Governor General in Council deems necessary or proper for the effectual Execution of this Act.

132. [Treaty Obligations.] The Parliament and Government of Canada shall have all Powers necessary or proper for performing the Obligations of Canada or of any Province thereof, as Part of the British Empire, towards Foreign Countries arising under Treaties between the Empire and such Foreign Countries.

133. [Use of English and French Languages.] Either the English or the French Language may be used by any Person in the Debates of the Houses of the Parliament of Canada and of the Houses of the Legislature of Quebec; and both those Languages shall be used in the respective Records and Journals of those Houses; and either of those Languages may be used by any Person or in any Pleading or Process in or issuing from any Court of Canada established under this Act, and in or from all or any of the Courts of Quebec.

The Acts of the Parliament of Canada and of the Legislature of Quebec shall be printed and published in both those Languages.

Ontario and Quebec.

134. [Appointment of executive officers for Ontario and Quebec.] Until the Legislature of Ontario or of Quebec otherwise provides, the Lieutenant Governors of Ontario and Quebec may each appoint under the Great Seal of the Province the following Officers, to hold Office during Pleasure, that is to say,--the Attorney General, the Secretary and Registrar of the Province, the Treasurer of the Province, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works, and in the Case of Quebec the Solicitor General, and may, by Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, from Time to Time prescribe the Duties of those Officers and of the several Departments over which they shall preside or to which they shall belong, and of the Officers and Clerks thereof; and may also appoint other and additional Officers to hold Office during Pleasure, and may from Time to Time prescribe the Duties of those Officers, and of the several Departments over which they shall preside or to which they shall belong, and of the Officers and Clerks thereof.

135. [Powers, duties, &c., of Executive officers.] Until the Legislature of Ontario or Quebec otherwise provides, all Rights, Powers, Duties, Functions, Responsibilities, or Authorities at the passing of this Act vested in or imposed on the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Secretary and Registrar of the Province of Canada, Minister of Finance, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Commissioner of Public Works, and Minister of Agriculture and Receiver General, by any Law, Statute or Ordinance of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, or Canada, and not repugnant to this Act, shall be vested in or imposed on any Officer to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor for the Discharge of the same or any of them; and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works shall perform the Duties and Functions of the Office of Minister of Agriculture at the passing of this Act imposed by the Law of the Province of Canada, as well as those of the Commissioner of Public Works.

136. [Great Seals.] Until altered by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Great Seals of Ontario and Quebec respectively shall be the same, or of the same Design, as those used in the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada respectively before their Union as the Province of Canada.

137. [Construction of temporary Acts.] The Words "and from thence to the End of the then next ensuing Session of the Legislature," or Words to the same Effect, used in any temporary Act of the Province of Canada not expired before the Union, shall be construed to extend and apply to the next Session of the Parliament of Canada if the Subject Matter of the Act is within the Powers of the same, as defined by this Act, or to the next Sessions of the Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec respectively, if the Subject Matter of the Act is within the Powers of the same as defined by this Act.

138. [As to Errors in Names.] From and after the Union the Use of the Words "Upper Canada" instead of "Ontario," or "Lower Canada" instead of "Quebec," in any Deed, Writ, Process, Pleading, Document, Matter, or Thing, shall not invalidate the same.

139. [As to Issue of Proclamations before Union, to commence after Union.] Any Proclamation under the Great Seal of the Province of Canada issued before the Union to take effect at a Time which is subsequent to the Union, whether relating to that Province, or to Upper Canada, or to Lower Canada, and the several Matters and Things therein proclaimed shall be and continue of like Force and Effect as if the Union had not been made.

140. [As to Issue of Proclamations after Union.] Any Proclamation which is authorized by any Act of the Legislature of the Province of Canada to be issued under the Great Seal of the Province of Canada, whether relating to that Province, or to Upper Canada, or to Lower Canada, and which is not issued before the Union, may be issued by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario or of Quebec, as its Subject Matter requires, under the Great Seal thereof; and from and after the Issue of such Proclamation the same and the several Matters and Things therein proclaimed shall be and continue of the like Force and Effect in Ontario or Quebec as if the Union had not been made.

141. [Penitentiary.] The Penitentiary of the Province of Canada shall, until the Parliament of Canada otherwise provides, be and continue the Penitentiary of Ontario and of Quebec.

142. [Arbitration respecting Debts, &c.] The Division and Adjustment of the Debts, Credits, Liabilities, Properties, and Assets of Upper Canada and Lower Canada shall be referred to the Arbitrament of Three Arbitrators, One chosen by the Government of Ontario, One by the Government of Quebec, and One by the Government of Canada; and the Selection of the Arbitrators shall not be made until the Parliament of Canada and the Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec have met; and the Arbitrator chosen by the Government of Canada shall not be a Resident either in Ontario or in Quebec.

143. [Division of Records.] The Governor General in Council may from Time to Time order that such and so many of the Records, Books, and Documents of the Province of Canada as he thinks fit shall be appropriated and delivered either to Ontario or to Quebec, and the same shall thenceforth be the Property of that Province; and any Copy thereof or Extract therefrom, duly certified by the Officer having charge of the Original thereof, shall be admitted as Evidence.

144. [Constitution of Townships in Quebec.] The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec may from Time to Time, by Proclamation under the Great Seal of the Province, to take effect from a Day to be appointed therein, constitute Townships in those Parts of the Province of Quebec in which Townships are not then already constituted, and fix the Metes and Bounds thereof.

X.--INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY.

145. [Duty of Government and Parliament of Canada to make Railway herein described.] Inasmuch as the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick have joined in a Declaration that the Construction of the Intercolonial Railway is essential to the Consolidation of the Union of British North America, and to the Assent thereto of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and have consequently agreed that Provision should be made for its immediate Construction by the Government of Canada: Therefore, in order to give effect to that Agreement, it shall be the Duty of the Government and Parliament of Canada to provide for the Commencement within Six Months after the Union, of a Railway connecting the River St. Lawrence with the City of Halifax in Nova Scotia, and for the Construction thereof without Intermission, and the Completion thereof with all practicable Speed.

XI.--ADMISSION OF OTHER COLONIES.

146. [Power to admit Newfoundland, &c., into the Union.] It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, on Addresses from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada, and from the Houses of the respective Legislatures of the Colonies or Provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia, to admit those Colonies or Provinces, or any of them, into the Union, and on Address from the Houses of the Parliament of Canada to admit Rupert's Land and the North-western Territory, or either of them, into the Union, on such Terms and Conditions in each Case as are in the Addresses expressed and as the Queen thinks fit to approve, subject to the Provisions of this Act; and the Provisions of any Order in Council in that Behalf shall have effect as if they had been enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

147. [As to Representation of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island in Senate.] In case of the Admission of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, or either of them, each shall be entitled to a Representation in the Senate of Canada of Four Members, and (notwithstanding anything in this Act) in case of the Admission of Newfoundland the normal Number of Senators shall be Seventy-six and their maximum Number shall be Eighty-two; but Prince Edward Island when admitted shall be deemed to be comprised in the third of the Three Divisions into which Canada is, in relation to the Constitution of the Senate, divided by this Act, and accordingly, after the Admission of Prince Edward Island, whether Newfoundland is admitted or not, the Representation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the Senate shall, as Vacancies occur, be reduced from Twelve to Ten Members respectively, and the Representation of each of those Provinces shall not be increased at any Time beyond Ten, except under the Provisions of this Act for the Appointment of Three or Six additional Senators under the Direction of the Queen.

SCHEDULES.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

Electoral Districts of Ontario.

A. Existing Electoral Divisions.

Counties.

1. Prescott. 2. Glengarry. 3. Stormont. 4. Dundas. 5. Russell. 6. Carleton. 7. Prince Edward. 8. Halton. 9. Essex.

Ridings of Counties

10. North Riding of Lanark. 11. South Riding of Lanark. 12. North Riding of Leeds and North Riding of Grenville. 13. South Riding of Leeds. 14. South Riding of Grenville. 15. East Riding of Northumberland. 16. West Riding of Northumberland (excepting therefrom the Township of South Monaghan). 17. East Riding of Durham. 18. West Riding of Durham. 19. North Riding of Ontario. 20. South Riding of Ontario. 21. East Riding of York. 22. West Riding of York. 23. North Riding of York. 24. North Riding of Wentworth. 25. South Riding of Wentworth. 26. East Riding of Elgin. 27. West Riding of Elgin. 28. North Riding of Waterloo. 29. South Riding of Waterloo. 30. North Riding of Brant. 31. South Riding of Brant. 32. North Riding of Oxford. 33. South Riding of Oxford. 34. East Riding of Middlesex.

Cities, Parts of Cities, and Towns.

35. West Toronto. 36. East Toronto. 37. Hamilton 38. Ottawa 39. Kingston 40. London 41. Town of Brockville, with the Township of Elizabethtown thereto attached. 42. Town of Niagara, with the Township of Niagara thereto attached. 43. Town of Cornwall, with the Township of Cornwall thereto attached.

B. New Electoral Divisions.

44. The Provisional Judicial District of ALGOMA.

The County of BRUCE, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the North and South Ridings:--

45. The North Riding of Bruce to consist of the Townships of Bury,
Lindsay, Eastnor, Albermarle, Amabel, Arran, Bruce, Elderslie,
and Saugeen, and the Village of Southampton.

46. The South Riding of Bruce to consist of the Townships of
Kincardine (including the Village of Kincardine), Greenock,
Brant, Huron, Kinloss, Culross, and Carrick.

The County of HURON, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the North and South Ridings:--

47. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Ashfield,
Wawanosh, Turnberry, Howick, Morris, Grey, Colborne, Hullett,
including the Village of Clinton, and McKillop.

48. The South Riding to consist of the Town of Goderich and the
Townships of Goderich, Tuckersmith, Stanley, Hay, Usborne,
and Stephen.

The County of MIDDLESEX, divided into three Ridings, to be called respectively the North, West, and East Ridings:--

49. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of McGillivray and
Biddulph (taken from the County of Huron), and Williams East,
Williams West, Adelaide, and Lobo.

50. The West Riding to consist of the Townships of Delaware, Carradoc,
Metcalfe, Mosa and Ekfrid, and the Village of Strathroy.

[The East Riding to consist of the Townships now embraced therein, and be bounded as it is at present.]

51. The County of LAMBTON to consist of the Townships of Bosanquet,
Warwick, Plympton, Sarnia, Moore, Enniskillen, and Brooke, and
the Town of Sarnia.

52. The County of KENT to consist of the Townships of Chatham,
Dover, East Tilbury, Romney, Raleigh, and Harwich, and the
Town of Chatham.

53. The County of BOTHWELL to consist of the Townships of Sombra,
Dawn, and Euphemia (taken from the County of Lambton), and the
Townships of Zone, Camden with the Gore thereof, Orford, and
Howard (taken from the County of Kent).

The County of GREY, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:--

54. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg,
Artemesia, Osprey, Normanby, Egremont, Proton, and Melancthon.

55. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Collingwood,
Euphrasia, Holland, Saint-Vincent, Sydenham, Sullivan, Derby,
and Keppel, Sarawak and Brooke, and the Town of Owen Sound.

The County of PERTH, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:--

56. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Wallace, Elma,
Logan, Ellice, Mornington, and North Easthope, and the Town of
Stratford.

57. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Blanchard, Downie,
South Easthope, Fullarton, Hibbert, and the Villages of Mitchell
and Ste. Marys.

The County of WELLINGTON, divided into Three Ridings, to be called respectively North, South and Centre Ridings:--

58. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Amaranth, Arthur,
Luther, Minto, Maryborough, Peel, and the Village of Mount Forest.

59. The Centre Riding to consist of the Townships of Garafraxa, Erin,
Eramosa, Nichol, and Pilkington, and the Villages of Fergus and
Elora.

60. The South Riding to consist of the Town of Guelph, and the
Townships of Guelph and Puslinch.

The County of NORFOLK, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:--

61. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Charlotteville,
Houghton, Walsingham, and Woodhouse, and with the Gore thereof.

62. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Middleton,
Townsend, and Windham, and the Town of Simcoe.

63. The County of HALDIMAND to consist of the Townships of Oneida,
Seneca, Cayuga North, Cayuga South, Raynham, Walpole, and Dunn.

64. The County of MONCK to consist of the Townships of Canborough and
Moulton, and Sherbrooke, and the Village of Dunnville (taken from
the County of Haldimand), the Townships of Caistor and
Gainsborough (taken from the County of Lincoln), and the Townships
of Pelham and Wainfleet (taken from the County of Welland).

65. The County of LINCOLN to consist of the Townships of Clinton,
Grantham, Grimsby, and Louth, and the Town of St. Catherines.

66. The County of WELLAND to consist of the Townships of Bertie,
Crowland, Humberstone, Stamford, Thorold, and Willoughby, and the
Villages of Chippewa, Clifton, Fort Erie, Thorold, and Welland.

67. The County of PEEL to consist of the Townships of Chinguacousy,
Toronto, and the Gore of Toronto, and the Villages of Brampton
and Streetsville.

68. The County of CARDWELL to consist of the Townships of Albion and
Caledon (taken from the County of Peel), and the Townships of
Adjala and Mono (taken from the County of Simcoe).

The County of SIMCOE, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:--

69. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of West Gwillimbury,
Tecumseth, Innisfil, Essa, Tossorontio, Mulmur, and the Village
of Bradford.

70. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Nottawasaga,
Sunnidale, Vespra, Flos, Oro, Medonte, Orillia and Matchedash,
Tiny and Tay, Balaklava and Robinson, and the Towns of Barrie
and Collingwood.

The County of VICTORIA, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:--

71. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of Ops, Mariposa,
Emily, Verulam, and the Town of Lindsay.

72. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Anson, Bexley,
Carden, Dalton, Digby, Eldon, Fenelon, Hindon, Laxton,
Lutterworth, Macaulay and Draper, Sommerville, and Morrison,
Muskoka, Monck and Watt (taken from the County of Simcoe), and
any other surveyed Townships lying to the North of the said
North Riding.

The County of PETERBOROUGH, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the West and East Ridings:--

73. The West Riding to consist of the Townships of South Monaghan
(taken from the County of Northumberland), North Monaghan, Smith,
and Ennismore, and the Town of Peterborough.

74. The East Riding to consist of the Townships of Asphodel, Belmont
and Methuen, Douro, Dummer, Galway, Harvey, Minden, Stanhope and
Dysart, Otonabee, and Snowden, and the Village of Ashburnham,
and any other surveyed Townships lying to the North of the said
East Riding.

The County of HASTINGS, divided into Three Ridings, to be called respectively the West, East, and North Ridings:--

75. The West Riding to consist of the Town of Belleville, the
Township of Sydney, and the Village of Trenton.

76. The East Riding to consist of the Townships of Thurlow,
Tyendinaga, and Hungerford.

77. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Rawdon,
Huntingdon, Madoc, Elzevir, Tudor, Marmora, and Lake, and
the Village of Stirling, and any other surveyed Townships
lying to the North of the said North Riding.

78. The County of LENNOX to consist of the Townships of Richmond,
Adolphustown, North Fredericksburgh, South Fredericksburgh,
Ernest Town, and Amherst Island, and the Village of Napanee.

79. The County of ADDINGTON to consist of the Townships of Camden,
Portland, Sheffield, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden,
Oso, Anglesea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger,
Miller, Canonto, Denbigh, Loughborough, and Bedford.

80. The County of FRONTENAC to consist of the Townships of Kingston,
Wolfe Island, Pittsburg and Howe Island, and Storrington.

The County of RENFREW, divided into Two Ridings, to be called respectively the South and North Ridings:--

81. The South Riding to consist of the Townships of McNab, Bagot,
Blithfield, Brougham, Horton, Admaston, Grattan, Matawatchan,
Griffith, Lyndoch, Raglan, Radcliffe, Brudenell, Sebastopol,
and the Villages of Arnprior and Renfrew.

82. The North Riding to consist of the Townships of Ross, Bromley,
Westmeath, Stafford, Pembroke, Wilberforce, Alice, Petawawa,
Buchanan, South Algona, North Algona, Fraser, McKay, Wylie,
Rolph, Head, Maria, Clara, Haggerty, Sherwood, Burns, and
Richards, and any other surveyed Townships lying North-westerly
of the said North Riding.

Every Town and incorporated Village existing at the Union, not especially mentioned in this Schedule, is to be taken as Part of the County or Riding within which it is locally situate.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

Electoral Districts of Quebec specially fixed.

Counties of--

Pontiac.
Ottawa.
Argenteuil.
Huntingdon.
Missisquoi.
Brome.
Shefford.
Stanstead.
Compton.
Wolfe and Richmond.
Megantic.
Town of Sherbrooke.

THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

Provincial Public Works and Property to be the Property of Canada.

1. Canals, with Lands and Water Power connected therewith. 2. Public Harbours. 3. Lighthouses and Piers, and Sable Island. 4. Steamboats, Dredges, and Public Vessels. 5. Rivers and Lake Improvements. 6. Railways and Railway Stocks, Mortgages, and other Debts due by Railway Companies. 7. Military Roads. 8. Custom Houses, Post Offices, and all other Public Buildings, except such as the Government of Canada appropriate for the Use of the Provincial Legislatures and Governments. 9. Property transferred by the Imperial Government, and known as Ordnance Property. 10. Armouries, Drill Sheds, Military Clothing, and Munitions of War, and Lands set apart for general Public Purposes.

THE FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Assets to be the Property of Ontario and Quebec conjointly.

Upper Canada Building Fund.
Lunatic Asylums.
Normal School.
Court Houses in |
Aylmer, | Lower Canada.
Montreal, |
Kamouraska, |
Law Society, Upper Canada.
Montreal Turnpike Trust.
University Permanent Fund.
Royal Institution.
Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund, Upper Canada.
Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund, Lower Canada.
Agricultural Society, Upper Canada.
Lower Canada Legislative Grant.
Quebec Fire Loan.
Temiscouata Advance Account.
Quebec Turnpike Trust.
Education--East.
Building and Jury Fund, Lower Canada.
Municipalities Fund.
Lower Canada Superior Education Income Fund.

THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.

Oath of Allegiance.

I, A.B., do swear, That I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

Note.--The Name of the King or Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the Time being is to be substituted from Time to Time, with proper Terms of Reference thereto.

Declaration of Qualification.

I, A.B., do declare and testify, That I am by Law duly qualified to be appointed a Member of the Senate of Canada [or as the Case may be], and that I am legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for my own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common Socage [or seised or possessed for my own Use and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Franc-alleu or in Roture (as the Case may be),] in the Province of Nova Scotia [or as the Case may be] of the Value of Four thousand Dollars over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Mortgages, Charges, and Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting the same, and that I have not collusively or colourably obtained a Title to or become possessed of the said Lands and Tenements or any Part thereof for the Purpose of enabling me to become a Member of the Senate of Canada [or as the Case may be], and that my Real and Personal Property are together worth Four thousand Dollars over and above my Debts and Liabilities.

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