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... interest , welfare and good government of the said Province , HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT : That in pursuance of the duty assigned to them , and in obedience to the instructions by them received in relation to the same , they have examined ...
... interest , welfare and good government of the said Province , HAVE THE HONOR TO REPORT : That in pursuance of the duty assigned to them , and in obedience to the instructions by them received in relation to the same , they have examined ...
Page xi
... interests they affect ; but as by far the greater number of sections in those relating to each city , are almost word for word the same , these sections are printed but once , and the differences only between them and the corresponding ...
... interests they affect ; but as by far the greater number of sections in those relating to each city , are almost word for word the same , these sections are printed but once , and the differences only between them and the corresponding ...
Page 17
... interest or favour , shall , before or during convicted of the time of any election , employ or cause to be employed any means of cor- ployed illegal ruption , to obtain any vote at such election , or to prevent any elector from means ...
... interest or favour , shall , before or during convicted of the time of any election , employ or cause to be employed any means of cor- ployed illegal ruption , to obtain any vote at such election , or to prevent any elector from means ...
Page 18
... interest of any candidate or candidates at such election , but that the said returning officer shall conduct himself in an upright and impartial manner , in the discharge of the duties of his office , and shall faithfully take and enter ...
... interest of any candidate or candidates at such election , but that the said returning officer shall conduct himself in an upright and impartial manner , in the discharge of the duties of his office , and shall faithfully take and enter ...
Page 34
... interest therein , to have been natural born subjects of His Majesty , to all intents , constructions and purposes whatsoever , as if they , and every of them , had been born in His Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ...
... interest therein , to have been natural born subjects of His Majesty , to all intents , constructions and purposes whatsoever , as if they , and every of them , had been born in His Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ...
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The Revised Acts and Ordinances of Lower-Canada Quebec,Alexander Buchanan,Hugues Heney No preview available - 2015 |
The Revised Acts and Ordinances of Lower-Canada Quebec,Alexander Buchanan,Hugues Heney No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 666 - August, 1821, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used...
Page 260 - States, shall be reported to the collector, or other chief officer of the customs at the port of...
Page 666 - States to be thereto affixed, and the same shall be good and available to the grantee or grantees by force of this act, to all and every intent and purpose herein contained...
Page 166 - I, AB, do solemnly and sincerely declare, That I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my skill and ability, execute the duty of making the valuation hereby referred to me.
Page 50 - ... to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
Page 478 - ... pounds over and above all rents and charges payable out of or in respect of the same...
Page 356 - Suit after the Defendant or Defendants shall have appeared, or if, upon Demurrer, Judgment shall be given against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants shall and may recover Treble Costs, and have the like Remedy for the same as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have in any other Cases by Law.
Page 620 - ... shall have the same force and effect to all intents and purposes...
Page 188 - Whenever it appears by the conviction, that the defendant has appeared and pleaded, and the merits have been tried, and that the defendant has not appealed against the conviction, where an appeal is allowed, or if appealed against, the conviction has been affirmed, such conviction shall not afterwards be set aside or vacated in consequence of any defect of form whatever, but the construction shall be such a fair and liberal construction as will be agreeable to the justice of the case.
Page 314 - ... pounds for the forbearance of one hundred pounds for a year, and so after that rate for a greater or lesser sum, or for a longer or shorter time...