The British North America Act, 1867 | Page 7

such
Persons as the Lieutenant Governor from Time to Time thinks fit, and
in the first instance of the following Officers, namely,--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, with in Quebec, the

Speaker of the Legislative Council and the Solicitor General.
64. [Executive Government of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.] The
Constitution of the Executive Authority in each of the Provinces of
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick shall, subject to the Provisions of this
Act, continue as it exists at the Union until altered under the Authority
of this Act.
65. [Powers to be exercised by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario or
Quebec with Advice, or alone.] All Powers, Authorities, and Functions
which under any Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of
the Legislature of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, or Canada, were or
are before or at the Union vested in or exerciseable by the respective
Governors or Lieutenant Governors of those Provinces, with the
Advice or with the Advice and Consent of the respective Executive
Councils thereof, or in conjunction with those Councils, or with any
Number of Members thereof, or by those Governors or Lieutenant
Governors individually, shall, as far as the same are capable of being
exercised after the Union in relation to the Government of Ontario and
Quebec respectively, be vested in and shall or may be exercised by the
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Quebec respectively, with the
Advice or with the Advice and Consent of or in conjunction with the
respective Executive Councils, or any Members thereof, or by the
Lieutenant Governor individually, as the Case requires, subject
nevertheless (except with respect to such as exist under Acts of the
Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,) to be abolished or altered by the
respective Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec.
66. [Application of provisions referring to Lieutenant Governor in
Council.] The Provisions of this Act referring to the Lieutenant
Governor in Council shall be construed as referring to the Lieutenant
Governor of the Province acting by and with the Advice of the
Executive Council thereof.
67. [Administration in Absence, &c. of Lieutenant Governor.] The
Governor General in Council may from Time to Time appoint an

Administrator to execute the Office and Functions of Lieutenant
Governor during his Absence, Illness, or other Inability.
68. [Seats of Provincial Governments.] Unless and until the Executive
Government of any Province otherwise directs with respect to that
Province, the Seats of Government of the Provinces shall be as follows,
namely,--of Ontario, the City of Toronto; of Quebec, the City of
Quebec; of Nova Scotia, the City of Halifax; and of New Brunswick,
the City of Fredericton.
Legislative Power.
1.--ONTARIO.
69. [Legislature for Ontario.] There shall be a Legislature for Ontario
consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of One House, styled the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
70. [Electoral districts.] The Legislative Assembly of Ontario shall be
composed of Eighty-two Members, to be elected to represent the
Eighty-two Electoral Districts set forth in the First Schedule to this Act.
2.--QUEBEC.
71. [Legislature for Quebec.] There shall be a Legislature for Quebec
consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of Two Houses, styled the
Legislative Council of Quebec and the Legislative Assembly of
Quebec.
72. [Constitution of Legislative Council.] The Legislative Council of
Quebec shall be composed of Twenty-four Members, to be appointed
by the Lieutenant Governor in the Queen's Name, by Instrument under
the Great Seal of Quebec, one being appointed to represent each of the
Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada in this Act referred
to, and each holding Office for the Term of his Life, unless the
Legislature of Quebec otherwise provides under the Provisions of this
Act.

73. [Qualification of Legislative Councillors.] The Qualifications of the
Legislative Councillors of Quebec shall be the same as those of the
Senators for Quebec.
74. [Resignation, Disqualification, &c.] The Place of a Legislative
Councillor of Quebec shall become vacant in the Cases, mutatis
mutandis, in which the Place of Senator becomes vacant.
75. [Vacancies.] When a Vacancy happens in the Legislative Council
of Quebec by Resignation, Death, or otherwise, the Lieutenant
Governor, in the Queen's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of
Quebec, shall appoint a fit and qualified Person to fill the Vacancy.
76. [Questions as to Vacancies, &c.] If any Question arises respecting
the Qualification of a Legislative Councillor of Quebec, or a Vacancy
in the Legislative Council of Quebec, the same shall be heard and
determined by the Legislative Council.
77. [Speaker of Legislative Council.] The Lieutenant Governor may
from Time to Time, by Instrument under