like Force and Effect in Ontario or Quebec as if the Union had not been made.

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

Debts, &c.

142. The Division and Adjustment of the Debts, Arbitration Credits, Liabilities, Properties, and Assets of Upper Canada respecting 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.

Records.

143. The Governor General in Council may from Time Division of 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. The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec may from Constitution of Townships in Time to Time, by Proclamation under the Great Seal of Quebec. 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. Inasmuch as the Provinces of Canada, Nova Duty of Government Scotia, and New Brunswick have joined in a Declaration and Parliament that the Construction of the Intercolonial Railway is of Canada to make Railway essential to the Consolidation of the Union of British herein North America, and to the Assent thereto of Nova Scotia described. and New Brunswick, and have consequently agreed that

Power to admit
Newfoundland,
&c. into the
Union.

As to Repre sentation of Newfoundland and Prince

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. 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. 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 Edward Island Four Members, and (notwithstanding anything in this

in Senate.

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.

AMENDMENTS AFFECTING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT OF 1867.

[Statutes as cited.]

The Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Canada.

["Statutes of Canada," 38 Vict. Cap. 11, Sec. 17.]

SUBJECT to the limitations and provisions hereinafter made, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from all final judgments of the highest Court of final resort, whether such Court be a Court of Appeal or of original jurisdiction, now or hereafter established in any Province of Canada in cases in which the Court of original jurisdiction is a Superior Court: Provided that no appeal shall be allowed from any judgment rendered in the Province of Quebec, in any case wherein the sum or value of the matter in dispute does not amount to two thousand dollars; and the right to appeal in civil cases given by this Act, shall be understood to be given in such cases only as are mentioned in this section, except Exchequer cases, cases of mandamus, habeas corpus, or municipal by-laws, as hereinafter provided.

[Revised Statutes, Dominion of Canada, 1886, Vol. II., Cap. 135. An Act respecting the Supreme and Exchequer CourtsSec. 26.]

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act or in the Act providing for the appeal, no appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court but from the highest Court of last resort having jurisdiction in the Province in which the action, suit, cause,

matter or other judicial proceeding was originally instituted, whether the judgment or decision in such action, suit, cause, matter or other judicial proceeding was or was not a proper subject of appeal to such highest Court of last resort:

(2) Provided, that an appeal shall lie directly to the Supreme Court from the judgment of the Court of original jurisdiction by consent of parties:

(3) Provided also, that an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court by leave of such Court, or a Judge thereof, from any judgment, decree, decretal order, or order made and pronounced by a Superior Court of Equity, or made or pronounced by any Judge in Equity, or by any Superior Court in any action, cause, matter or other judicial proceeding in the nature of a suit or proceeding in equity, and from the final judgment of any Superior Court of any Province other than the Province of Quebec in any action, suit, cause, matter or other judicial proceeding originally commenced in such Superior Court, without any intermediate appeal being had to any intermediate Court of appeal in the Province.

[Sec. 29.]

No appeal shall lie under this Act from any judgment rendered in the Province of Quebec, in any action, suit, cause, matter or other judicial proceeding, wherein the matter in controversy does not amount to the sum or value of two thousand dollars, unless such matter, if less than that amount,—

(a) Involves the question of the validity of an Act of the Parliament of Canada, or of the Legislature of any of the Provinces of Canada, or of an Ordinance or Act of any of the Councils or Legislative bodies of any of the Territories or Districts of Canada; or—

(b) Relates to any fee of office, duty, rent, revenue or any sum of money payable to Her Majesty, or to any title to lands or tenements, annual rents or such like matters or things where the rights in future might be bound: