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Pr(tvineial Reiresentatiyes,
i'INANCIATI
trweetzioted Bodproc4y Fodo.rse4• by
the. Deligates.''
PIEat-ALOWANOPMNStiRED.
'Following are theresolutions adopteta, at,
• the.recent 'Inter -Provincial' Conference at
glfebeq. r
• *oepeetiefg, alt tir-'-.13r1thdi
• . North America AU.:
Whereas, in framing the British North
America Act, 1867, and, 'defining therein-
• the Ilniits of •the legislative and executive
powers and iumitiOns of. the, Federal and
• PrOvtocial•rafealatigee and Governments,
• the autigkr! 4 -the Constatution-performed
a work,. new, 0PMPlei and difactilt,and it
was to be.„.antleip*edAhat. experi_ence in
the Working.�f the new SYgtfi!rii would -Bug=
• gest-niany,--neoded--ohatige4ilthat
.4cft A has
developedQ.
Federal and Provincial •GeWernments 3and
Ilegislaturesihas disclosed grave omissions
in the provisions of the A.ot, and has shown
• (when the language of the Act dameto he
• -•••" judicially, ',I -interpreted) ' that in many
tweets What 'Was' the common under-
standing and intention had not •been
• 'expressed and that • important provisions
I in the Act.' are obeeure as to their. true
• '. intent and meaning; itud whereas the pro.
• 'pal& ' Povitiohd Aaattonomy is
e.entia1 to Aho'
atItC60134--18
Maintained, it hoe becorde apparent that
„.ihe ConstitOtional r•Aiit most, be • revised
;and amended; ':thereforetherepresentatives.
▪ and deregatee.-01:the-Prlitiiieec of Ontario;'
ileibeek, No flootia, Naw riMstvick. and
aceredited !".• by . their
resPeetive GO,Vernmente, and ip conference
assembled, believing that they express the
*Iowa and Wishes of the'people, of Canada,
*tree upon the followingfesolutons as the
• • • .
sis• upon winckit 4ot 13honld be:
• aticaitgattaudzatbizollom. .
-ELI2.L VETO.
byithii,Britis)i North America Act ex-
clusive authdritY, is expressly given.i to • the Pvo-',
•*ineiai Legislaturesin, relation to subjeot
muns
iterated in 92nd seetion Of the.Act ; that
it previous Section. of the 'Act reserves to the
. .;',Ferieral. Government the legal, power of disal-
lowing at Will all Acta pissed' by a Provincial
Isegielature; that. this •power ..of„disellowanee
May be exercised so as to give. to,,,:the Federal
.•• ilovernMent arbitrary Controllevet legislation
,of the Province's within tbeir. own sphere ; • e,nd
. that the 'Act should,be amended by taking away
this power of disallowing Provincial 'statutes,
• leaving to the people of oach Province; through
theirrepresentatives.in the Provincial Legisla,
• Jure, the free exercise of their exclusive' right of
• legislation 011 the' Illubjects'iansigned to :them,
• subject only to disallowance by Iter ,Majesty in
• Council as before Confederation; the power of
disallowancetO be exereided :in regard to the
• ProVintleg(PPon tbellame prinetpleel as the -same
.R exercisedin the case of -Federal Acta.: • • •
QUESTIONS OP DISPUTED JURISDICTION
. .
,2. Tbatit is Important to the lust operation of
our,'Fecterat systenit.as Well that the, Federal.
Parliament" should not, asstime to exercise powers
'be onging eXclusivel to the , Provincial- Le Ella -
tuLs.as that.a Pro cial-Lgialaturo shoukEnot.
esume:toceziertiiiie ewers bell:Mgt:3.g exclusively
t othe Federal.Parl ament ; that -to%prevent any
. ouch assumption, there should be equal facilities
AO the Federal and Provincial- GOverinneatil for
tironiptlY'Obtaining a judicial:determination re -
upsetting; thefVelidity of statutes of hoth. the
, Federal•POrlialnent andPreVincialLegiallithred
• that Constitutional provisions should be made
• ,for obtainbig such ,determination before; as well
as Otter, a'statute, hail been doted upon;, and that
any decision should be BilbjeCt to appeal,as'. in
-Other eases,Morder thotrtheadjudication 'may be
juiaL•-, . . • 6! •
„
,Wn.tvaTp ATTACES ON PEDEnaL AND''',PEOVIHCIAL
3. Thailt la,inthe.public'niterest, with it,vieve
to avoiding uncertainty, litigation and expense,
that.the constitutionality of Federal or l'ro-
vinclal
statutes Should:not he Open to question
f•bY. private litigants, ekeePt within it limited time
(say tWe'Yearay •from thepOssingqbereM,;., that'
thereafter suCh conetittitionalityetiould"only be
derationed the ,..linsteauseof a'• Government,
ederal- or-PrOVIricial:;-.-roliat-any-. enactmenteeldekafter thelaPse of the' limited thne, • to
Uncenstitutionalshotildi for allother putpodes
ther than 'tAil mere prOnowicing of the decision,
o tres,tedas if originally•enaeted bythe Legislo;-.
Expr Porlianient which had jurisdiction to
aot the einne, and'as boing'Subject to repeal or
'04MM:it-by Obeli Legislature Or Parliament:
' .rms siaN,ATB,
hat„e.leading purpose of the' Sedate was to
't the interest of tinerelictiVo Provinces
rthat a Senate to which the appoint-
ts tire .made by tbe Federal Government,
for life; alfords no tioletpate seetnity too the
tineezil; And shat, in ease nO•Other early
edy is' provided, the British *Worth; America
fahouid be se atilended as to likint the terni
,i,which the (3ezzatOrs hold °Mae , and, to give
Ω as veclancielz occur, , to, 'the Province
AO 'Which the vacancy belongs', until; as to any
Pkovince.onealtilf Of the inenlbers of•the'Senate
representing 'ouch province are Setiators. chosen
fby,theProVince.; that ..thereafter the Mode 61
?tilled:4On belts follows,: If thelateaticy •is occa-
sioned by the.death, rodignation or otherwise of
„Senator' chosen by a Province,' that-. PreVinee
'eliooliettii(sueOessor ; and. If the vacancy is
O tteaehniedby thedeath. resignation: orother-
se of atty ether Sehater; the Vitcaney, ,to:bo
ed as new .provided by the AS; but only for a
net torte et4eati, - w
„
' '
TS-OTTO:VV. P.No118' "Owens.
Oi What it was the:Into:ARM : of the British
orth Atintisliti.A04. and Of the Provinces which
were thereby einifedettited, that in respeet of all
' Matters as to .Whichthe•PkOehecial, Legislatures
authority, . the . Lieutenant -Governor of
ey�yProviuco, as therepretteetative Of the SoV-
;era in Provincial atfalrs, 'should have the,
a.rno executive authority as other Governors t
d'iLientehant-Governeril of Btitish Coltteithi.
„And Prixtrtneesi, that • the Act heS ,practically
t beet: ise construed and acted:upon in all the,
.6-eincoserersinoe Confederation; that it is of
Shag ifriportence to the Pretylrices that this
ht should be • Maintained, ittid should be
ed- beyond. doubt Or -question; thet, there
ugnO,intpretis prevision in •tlit> Act deelariog
tight, and the right being in 0.,nseeeenee
ienellY:d,enied and reaisted;the Act should
ended by deolaring its tree constructionto
derail) '-to .the Jlitention, Mad ,Preetice as
'then : had. • , ' •••4,
>MAL Betz -Orin ttieit, Witante.
Conference of 184, and that the Aot ,gttould bo
araendedaecorditigly.
1r*D4-14:4 faiPi70.11.e. 41't P4Pyinexexihums,
• 7. That there ,exlsts in each Prot/Mee the
tequisite•iheehinery for preparing yeters' lists
and revising the gene for eleetienitta the Pro-,
yincialAisembly; that,withoot ahy-detriment.
to ei•ther Federal far' l'iov-tn cial iotereste, the hut
So prepared were used. for twenty years et. all
Federal elections, Wider the express' terms of
the British Rfotth,Ainerica Act and of thasubse-
quent statutes of the Federa,1 Parliament ; that
the preparation of separate voters' lists for.Fed-
eral electtons is eumhtotieand•confusiug, and in-
velves greet lops of thhe and needless eitppese .43
all concerned therein ;and that in the opinionof
this, eonference the British North America Act
'
should be so emended eat> provide that. at all
,electioias to the Federal Parliameot, in aiiy
Province, the qualification „and lists ,,,cf electors
should he the :lateens for the 1..iegtslettvo ASSern-
Qf the Provinee. • • •
. •
POWER or. •LoQ4).LOnvElnar' IhnHre ..4.??0?.NT
. titaoreTnerms.* .
8. That tho intentioh ef the British North
Anierioa Act and of the severalProvinces thereby
cimfederated wag, that the Provincial authorities
should have the power of appointing stipendiary,
police and other neagistrates, and all officers who
ate under the jurisdii3rion of the Provincial
'legislatures; that ever ance Confederation. all
such appointrcients have accordingly beep made
by Provnactal a„utlioritr; that it le just and right
in the general interestt that the Provincee should
have this Power; that it question has been raised
In some of theProvihalal Courts all to .whether,
by:Abe technical effect of the •Act. Imola power
exists; and that; to remove all doubt on po portant a matter,. an amendnient of the Act
ithouldbe-obtainod;-eliptessly;deolatingthatthe
,jurisdiction to make• such' appointments dope
-belong to the Provinces.
Veinthation,
.•'9, *net," enebraing t to the • intention of the
British North 'America Act arid: its promoters,,
theFrevinces ere entitled to air fees paid or pay-
h131e on legal' proceedings *' the *Provincial
Courts; that the Proritices accordingly have
always eni0Y04 or dealt With •the revenne there-
from ; that; according to a reeent deasion of Her
Majesty's Privy Provincial Legisla-
tures.cannot legislate as to such fees•or apply the
revenue to Provincial purposes ; and .thet the
Act should he so, amended: as to expressly give
this constitutional tight. „
. •
PQWEE OR ISsUING cosHEISSIONS Teaforti) counre.
10: That by the British. Mirth America Act the
Provincial Legislatures have exclusive junsdie-
tioh to Make laws In relation to the adminietra-
tien-of.justicerincluding the-cohstitution,main.
tenance and organization of Provincial Courts,
both of aril and criminal jetiedictioti; that a
judicial °Pinion has. been expressed that a'
...Lieutenant -Governor has the power of issuing
i to -hold CourtsfAssized_Nisi
TPrtue, Oyer and !Terminer and: General Jail De-
livery, but the, right to do so is .coneicleeed V> be
so open to .the question that, whenit is deemed
'neeessary to hold such e Court, independent
commissions expressed in the same terms laave,
by arrangement betteeen .the Federal and Pro-
vinciarGovernMents; been issued by the Guyer-
rior-Genend and Lietitenant-GOvernor; that it
expedient that all doubt Should be removed and
„the tefeit•eiya,eite„,',of .tityezzentraissidirs.triarrliker
ainneoe esandethatiratireentendreontecof eh%)
4:tattai .expraddblieelirrefint7ithe,'Welten
ttivetteniket•Sie.0 tileXtrein• b•Usdne 'attuhlaetannixiiatt,
done, subject to provincialstateteS. • •, . •
• PRIVILEGES, 0r LOCAL LEGISLArtiRES:
11. That it has been found by the :experience
of all higislatiVe bodies to. he „necessary that ,
they,should possess certain privileges and
im-
munities to °liable therci effectually to discharge
the fenotions entrhstedoto them ; that, for this
punmee, AeterhaVe'been••passed by the Parlia-
ment of Camas, and conffimed hy"Teepenal
legielatieh, defining the privileges, immunities
and powers the -We liondeit. arid Of the 111
um-
bers • thereof that. Acts in like', Manner have
' been passed by „several Provincial Iiegislatares
.deflning the privileges,. of their Legislative
'Councils • and Legislative. •Assemblies3. that
these 'Acts ha,ve, •not 'yet 'been 'ainifirraed by
'Imperial legislation ; that doubts have. bawl
expressed as to the ',power Of ..the Provincial
Legislittures to . passlhese laws.;- that a•
>Andel- Legislatutelihould have the same power
•to pasS, 'Acts defining ;the„privileges of-. the
Legisla.tiVe Connell' and Legislative Assembly
and of the members thereof; as, the Federal
&element 'has .•to • pass Acta defining the
privileges of the 'Senate and House' of Oen:mons
and ot the inembe'rs thereof; -that the ProvinCial
Atts should hie confirtned as the Federal Oats
were; and that it should be declared,,by the
, nmehdieg ItuperiaL,statute-that-a.,Provincial
Legislature hes, with respect to the same
powers as the Federal Parliament has with
reference to stela Parliament. . '
'AD0LITION OB nutore*Lor LEGISLATIVE COUNOILe`
• • .•12.r -That in two of the Pr/MI:Mee of the -Thrinin.
ion there is no second chamber; that in five 'of
the Provinces theredie• a seeded • chamber; thet
in one of these' five. the '.Legiplatitte,•Cetiheil is
elective and for ,a litnited term;that ' in the
:Other four' the ,tipppintn,ients • ire by the'
Lieutenant -Governer and for Alfa ; that ; the
experience Which bas bei3:3 had since Confeder-
ation, shoWajthat, hider re:mandiblo. governmeht
and with the, safeguards -provided by the British
North Atherice•Apt; u second Provinoial antra.'
•ber leuntecesitakY„and. the eXpenee thereof may
in all the RrOVineeS be:sat/gr.-wit. . • .e
that under. the Act a Provincial Legislature :has
power to aniend. the , constitution . ,,the Pro-
vince; that this power inoludedtheitholition of
the Legislative Council, orehanging the' Method:
of constituting the same ; that the provision had
failed to offect,the abolition of the Council in
seme-Proviiieedlyheropublicopittionis-belietred:
to fetyny such change; and that the_Act 'should .
be so amended as tei,•-proVide . that, ,,uppn an
address of the•House rof „Miserably, thie 'elected.
represetitativeS of the people, Her Majesty the
Queen may by proclamation :abolish the. egis-
lative ' Council; br/change- the, eenstitutioh
:thereof, provided that the address .is .e.thicureed
in by at least two-thirds of theinemberit of inteh
House:Of Assembly.: . •
:FEDERAL CLAIMS :TO PROVINCIAL. MOWN' Warns.;
• , 13. That by the British North Ainerice, Act it is-
. .
'provided that all lands belonging to the several
Provincee of Canada shall belong to the. Pro-
vinces respectively in; which they are. situate ;
'that the' claim recently made . by the' Federal
Government to all :Crown' lands as to which
there was he treaty, with the Indians before'
Confederation, is contrary to . the intentioh of
theAct and of the .Prov,ineetr eenfederated„As
utijust; and is 'opposed -to tile • construction
Whieh, mail, it "recentperiod, the Act received
front the Federal authorities, OP well as from the.
Legislatures and Govetnnients ofithe,ProVineeS;
that the Act should he anionded 66 tee to make
clear and indisputable in its technical °Met AS
well as its ectuelintehtion, that' all Bitch lands'
belohgtothe•Provinee in \Arial tlioy are situate,
•itod not to the Dominion.• a
,EANERITP Cr Az•TD insetivnir, CY: . . •
„ •
14. That. by the' Bkittet North' America Act tho
jekisdiaion. with . respect to bankruptcy and
iettolVency ,assigned to the 'Fedekal Perlia -
Mont; that there, is no Federal law :hat Sub-
ject note in fern) ; that, In the absence Of a 'my
for the Whole 'Derainion, : is in the public'
interest that each Province 'eheialii be at liberty
to deal 'Within.> Matter, alibied to any Federal
Jaw which linty, thereafter he• .13(e4ted.; that. it is
doubtful how fer under the present provisioes of
the Act, the Proylheitti• Legislattires. can dee'
With the eubjeet ; and it is desirable' that Ilia Act -
be ainended by expressly giving to the Prorineed
the necessary jurisdictioh,in the ithsenee :led
subject,thany•Federal • .
-Pnovreefithrotene rOP4hon P'ItasoNEris;
15. That it was provided by tho4itli
of the iuebee Contort:nee -of 1864, that " the
power' o respiting,*toprleving atid pardoning'
'prisoners cotivicted of 1 >emus; and ,of Omni:outing
awl remitting of Ben teheed ill whole or inpart,
'which belongs of tight to the' Crown, should
be administered hy ' the Liontenatit-Go'Voi,,
f„ p, . • , o
Leeislatekes.: should at thio 'admits that the,Crown Prince', is suffering
The) qi:oder611 authorities construe tint as .in the ,said resolution get :forth.;• -that (ill bheir "51)°6614'
North America: Act ap, piring to the vrovision relating to this power Was emitted o practieable Metneet falte stgpsiWith the •
from dander in his throat, but depriseatesati
desiteblelthe power of the Federal Government
to apply to ether castle; mid that ',the Act theuld
he amended p,,eceriltogly. ! . •
,heityiwnt' nevivrtanOe pF ONTAATP,AND
..quenze,
16, That the Previuces represented' at this gni.
ferencerrecognise4h4PrePPAY of alt flQtQB
as to thebouhderioaef the,rovinces beingset-
tied she placed beyeed. dispute; that the
boundatiee between 'Ontario, Manitoba, and,,,the
Dotauioe, so far as the sante have been deter-•
Mj,ne t by Her Majesty in privy, Council shoold
be established by imperial i4atilte,, as. teem -
mended by the vriler tri Hr Majesty .and that
the whole uerthere hinitideries of Ontario and
gnehtle ehe1.114 170 deterniiiied. 444 eetehlithed
WILliputfurther delay.
'kuh, 1"rtnenNT 41:1141gehlvr .(te.r.0 PltevrNP141/
• 1.7f4 That by thA
e sruitirsr Isl%h Aln•eL rice Actall
the Custom. end:iv:wise duties, as Well as certain
other reveueettpi the Pr:wipe:es, were transferred
ftI.104 the Proyineea, to, the perainien, and it was.
provided that the te110111i1Ig'sums.sUbpld bo pAid,
yearly • by the Dominion to the several Provinces
for the 'support...of thelr Governments 024. Lege:
letores . „•; •
Ontario , ' •, , $80,000
Qiiebeo, • - •• •• 70,0.00
Neva Scotia • • • " 60;0130
„ ' • . 50,900
And that an annual grant ' aid of each pro -
vines, should be made, ging to 80 cents per bead
of the population as aseertaMed by the census of
1881, 'with a ,social Previsionit-the eattes.et Noya
Scotia atid New, Brunswick. •, • ' •
rotottpasho rithintns ON T14,..41,10tNentiF •
*VIM the revenue. of , the Dominion, at the
'inception 'ercofirederatiOn; Was om16-,-780-, nf
which 20 per mt. or $2,753;006 tient to the Pro-
-vinces-for-PrOviticiar-putposee, Wrong:ink; ori
L0,8$0,. omiion; that by
increased taxation, oh an Inereitscid`petiiilation,'
the pewit:Oen revenue •bas been raiped ' from
$13,7,10,786 to $83,177,000 ; that while this beg -eased
texationde paid by 'the people of the Provilices,
and 'the:increase of populogondmpeseaupon the
Provinces largely increased burdens, no cor-
responding incr
to them, la onl instead- of 20 per, Ont, of the •
ase of sulisidy has beedgranted
increased revenue of the Dominion, or $4,182.525,.
being now, allowed te ' the Provinpes, ;while,
instant& of 804ter celit,•87 per cent, or $98$194,475,
ie retained by the Dominio.n, • .
cirmareen ceeT7 OP OIVIT4.00VBE1DIENT AND LEGIs,-
' LATteN.
• 3: thet:the yearlypaymeete' heretofore made.
by the Dorainieu to the. :several 'Provinces
under the British North Ainerica Act have proved
irtediettidteleTthei ptinete,ettrtherebyin=--
tended ; tho,t•the actual expenses �f civil govern-
ment and legislation in the several Previeees
greatly exceed the amount provided therefor. by
-the Act; and that the other exPenditerst-neceSz.
sary for those leearpurposes winch, before Con-
fedetatioi.oyere pOvidedfor et:C.0f Proidhcial
funds, has largely inereased t-, •
• • • .17torr'nE)pyr pennittier•TAI.Ario$.• •
4. net eerverai:ottbe; Proyinees aro not in a,
•condition-fiiprovide, by direct taxation or other -
Wise, for the iidditional expeaditure needed, and
Ip consequene.e-have from time to time applied
to the Feclerea Parliament and ,Government for
tinersigli4.1,4WinitariZde,'"-‘7re',;1, (.4--tVerAitteseta
awFw-lr-t-
for • it Anal and. unalterable settlement of •4the
amountsto bo yearly paid by the. Dominion to
thoseveral Preyinces„i or their local purposes and
the support' of their. Gatieriiments, and Legisla-
tures, may be foendin the proposal
.that is to'say.:' • , • .
, THE ',IAN PROPOSED UT THE conpnitnnen.
(A) I:Vete:ad of the a.kothihtth new paid, the, sumo
hereafter -payable, yearly- by Canadatathe-
seirerel provinces to the support of theirGoiern-'
mute, and Legislatures, to he. according .te
population and: as fellows , , • . • .
(a) Wham the population ietuldek150,900,41100,000
(b) Where the .populatieri is 14000, but. •
does' no exci3ed200.000, ... . 150,000
(c) Where the nopitlatiOn. is 20.0,000, :but ..• ' •
• does net (timed 400000 . 3.80,0011
(d) Where the Pepulation is 400,1110, • '
' :does not exceed 800045) • " 190,900
(0) Where the population is 800,000, but
does not :exceed ,1500,000. . .220,0g
:(f) Where the population exceeds.1,500;000' 240,0 •
. , , , . .
'
PAYMENT ACCOHDINGIO POPULATION.
• 03i Instead of 'annual grant Per head of ,p6pu-
latioh 'now. allowed,the annual pothent here-
after to be at the same rate Of eighty' cents per,
head, but en the population °fetich Province, as
.aseenained genii:time to time by the last decal.-
nilth'cenjois, until" such ,population , exceeds'
2,500,000; and* the nit° Of sixty cents' pek head
for ..sennich' of said popelationeemay eXceed,
renootasn or *Leiden:La inpi seinen • eprimithiac
(0)' The population. es aseertitined•by,the last
. ,
'decennial census, tegoveth except as to British •
Columbia and Manitebii, ; arid.: as tothesa two
Provinces, the population to •bo taken to pe that
upon which; under *the reSpeetiye statutes' in
that behalf; the.. annual..•Pityments now made to
them riltp,eetively by the Dominion are fixed,
until -the actual poinilaripte' is bythecensus as-
ceirtaieed to :be. greeter ;' and . thereafter' the
Actual population, se. ascertained, to govern, *
•
. . ,
T013E:p.1110 BY. purnnia; nruierteneei.
nemitst•se to.: be paid and granted'
yearly by the Dominionttithe Provinces respec-
tively to be declared by. linperial en:tame:it to
be final and absolute, and not :within 'the perteer.
Of the' Federal Parliament to alter, add to or
vary: • , • . • •
• • •• EpppoT ,Orr ran; PhoPosari. '
----(6)-Whatithotoilowing:tahie'ehotys theamounte
which,inStead of "thoseno,W. payable for govern -
'Mont and legislation end' per eapitit ell owariees
Avotild hereafter be amnia ly pay/able; by the,
Dominion to the several Preein 'es . (thesame
being calculated according to the last decennial
census for the: Previnees of Ontario, Quebec,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward
'Island; and ticeotdieg to the imit of pepulatiori
-now liked:by statute for the Provinces of British
Columbia.and Manitoba):
a Sr
tures, that nee.etitin shalilie,agaihst any judge, ,
stipendiary or poliee...Megistrate, justice, of
peace, or •cifficer: for any. act done Inider the
supposed mitlinrity ci$ a statutory. prevision
Which may afterwardebu held to have; ,been be-
yond the legisletivo juriediction of Petite:wit or
the: Legiplatere winch enegted the, ,Semei Pre-'
-Vided the, actionwould:,hotiteagaingthiiniethe
stetutory•orovisien had been within such legislee
tiye,juriedietion.
LAWS - -"nits3PhOrnie•-Tpret•Extroneen:ener-or heirrs,
"`• -9.0. That it le desirable• 'that the '14-tve Of the
deveral Provinces for the ,eitieteement of debts.
should he assimilated aa far as May he coheititent
With the clifferetit kgiil systems prevailing in the •
respective Provinces.; -that thie Conference ip of
opinion that euch assimilationshould ihelode
ptovisiphe stgeitist, preferences, by ihseliient
debtors, andprovipiona for'the exen3inatien, of
debtord, and for taking BP004." Peseeselett of an
insav•eet'stestate for the benefit of his creditOre;
so fax as these eubjects. can be dcaltwithby the
PkoYlnehtl Legielatutee,
.P..R0BATES ANP LETTEPEL eV ArinnUe'rneTtaill.
91. That this conference approves of there
being legislative Prevrsien In the several Pro-
vinces of the Dominion rendering effectual in
all the Provinces (subject to proper ,eohdittens)
Probates and letters of ' adramistration granted
in an.oIVINY °nGeElhPtEeeminTO tint. PEOUHATION,,,
82, That this,COnference,approves,of a sinfikir
law beihg.Plt,sSecl. in all the Provinces (subject to
proper conditions) with respect to probates and
letters of administrattOn granted' in the United
Kingcloni;to go into effect. Whim prebates and
letters of administration granted in the Donna -
ion are by IMperial legislation Made effectual in
the :United Kingdom.
c-0-01'Muermirmr-riie-rguunkr,. - doviamminim
INVITED,
Resolved, That copies of •th,e foregeing redoln-
timid-he-forp2ally-communleat-edby,,the-Presi-
dent on behalf of this conferehee t� the,Federal
Government, and that this cpuferehce cid' cor-
dielly invitethe co-operation of the Federal
Goireriament' in. carrying into effect these rose.:
ltitious., , _ . •
11.1.44.13TIONO Tie rnaziskarrrnD • To Trip.
• nnsenortyri., GOVERNMENTS.
That copies of the "foregoing resolutions be
also transmitted by the President of this Con.:
ference to the respective. Government() of the
Provinces not represented •at this , Conference,
namely, Prince Edward Island and British Col-
umbia, with a view to their concurrence in and
support of the concluriooparrived. at by this
conference,
(Signed) _
--0.--M0watt,- Primo. Minister of Ontarici, and
Attorney -General. ' • • . •
' Honore MercierrFrimelt,finiister•of Quebec and
Attorney•General. " • •
W. S.:1Pielding7Prinie Ministeref Nova Scotia
-ithrl'Provineiar Secretary.
Andrew G. Blair, Prirne" Minister New
Brunswick and Attorney-Oeneral.
J. Norquay;Trinee Minister elf Manitoba, Pre-
eldent of Cotnibiland Protrieciar Secretary. -
C. F. FraserAxeeutive Councillor of 'Ontario
and Commissioner of Public Works. • , •
Arthur S.• Thtrdy Executive Councillor, ef
-Ontario and'pre, al Secretary. .
A: BDoltitOlitsie ;0 913.hpeillorof 'Ontario
__ _.‘se..(Gth',057- ' nafiktigAzAtietliihfiels
//eleZtvEdttel All •, . ,,X,..-* tFeftge,„.•‘:%wlf..
Irel'T
OtoldJAAtoss,tawn UV ,lineilierFtlie neheol
• Arthur Tordotte, ' Executive Cohnoil dr' of
Quebec and , Acting' Commissioner of ' Crown
Lands. • " : ' • " - _:' •• ' .
.' .Joseph Shehyh, Eieetitivi .Connallor of -QueL.
bee and Provincial Treasurer. •'. • . ', :
• Charles A. Ern. Gagnon; Executive Couneillor
of Quebec, Provhacial Secretary and Registrar,
.:. J. McShane; ,Exectitive, Councillor .of Quebec'
rand- Compilation& -ef .Agriculture and PubliO
.kleo..Drihereel, Execittive-Cohnei or of Queheo,
end Solicitor-Geheral. • , • ' ;
F. G. Marchand,.Spealier of Legislative Assern-
b1/•of,Queheo. • " • • '
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Vital allow-
' • mice for
.
Government,
and Subsidy,
coxsingh.eriafit, ter LOCA ooVemenititys. ., •
(7) That thia Confer/moo cloorna • it, desirable
that tho or posal, abotelect forth should be coh.
adored hy the Goiertitabets of the several Pre-
ir of the Doutlition tuid if e roved Of
, .
• . W. Longley, Exeseutive Councillor ,of ;Nairn
Scala and AttotheytGeneral, - •
' A McGillivray, Executive Councillor pf Nova
. • • • "'
„David. itcLellaii, Executive Cottocillor,' Pro
vincial Secretary and Receiver:General of Now
Brunswick.. •:, • . • .
C. E. Hamilton, Executive Ceuncillor of Mank.
tobe and At orney.Getieral. • • • •
. 10011 IINICASTMOTED•BEMinoom
„.
Tlie folowing additional reSolutionit were also
adopted •at the ..ieter-provhicial Conference:
". That, having referenet> to the agitation on the
shbject of •the tratle::•relittions hetweeil the
Dorainion and•the "Ohlted State61 this 'Liter -Pro-
vincial, Conferenoe, consistiog•of representatives
of ell political • parties, denres to record • its
opinion that UnrestrictedReeipeocity vv.:mid be
et advantage to • all the Provinces. of the
Doininien; that this Conference and the people
it represents • cherish 'fervent loyalty to Her
Majesty • the 'Queen; and wann attachment to
British connectiou ;. and that 'Ole Conference is
Of opinion that a fan Measure providing under
proper conditions for Unrestricted Reciprocal
trade relatiees • between the Dominion and the
'ffnited States' Wonlirmet-1-68-senthase-sentimehts
bh.the part of our people, end, on the contrary,
maY:evel, serve to inereese them, %and 'would at
'the same time, in aonnection with an adjust-
ment 'of the •fishery dispute, tend' to happily,
settle gram difficulties Which hoye from time to
timeensen between the 'Mother Country aud the
:Oohed Statei." 'Carried unanimously. •
• • ,
insehLowAtece.tle ItsturpriA ItAIXAVAT ACTS 00N-
: 1', rinthien. • • ' • ' •
• That the:Legislature' of the Province of Mani-•
teba &tits last seesion eriacted . measure 'pies-
viding-for-thePonsttuctien-ot a :railway .frolti'the
city of Winnipeg to -West Lynne, known. es the
Red River Valley Railway; that 'the line Of :the
"proposed railway it .Within the. original limits of
the Province of •Maniteha as defined,by13 ei 3
of the Stet:Ace of Canada; that by the subse-
qttent Act 44V., c 14, for the. °lag:talon bf the
boun.dories of the Province, it wee' enacted that
" the said increased hunt...end the territory
thereby added to the Province of Maniteba'shall
be subject to all such be
lie may have
been or shall hereafter be enacted respecting the
.Canirdiao Pacific Railway and the lands to be
granted* .ffid , thereof ;''', that this provi-
sion does-ei, not apply to the original
limits of '.the • trovince ; that •the • Prof
vines. Of Manitoba in accePting the erten-
:don Of itshOunderies OA the Conditions men-
tioned did not serrentler tiny. right, poteer or:
franchise t•ktioll,lhey• be exercised by the.' pro.
Vince within its original ; tbat the Legis-.
lature, in passing its theasure for the construc-
tion ef the Red' River Valley' Railway; acted
Within its. colistitutiOnal powers; that the •Act
haft, ,notwithetanditig; `been disallowed by the
Federal 'Gciveranient f that this conferen'ee
views *Ltd% Ilds.•eneroachment of the
Federal upon- Provincial novior,, by which the
Will of. the people Of a Protrince in a wetter
within Provincial jutisdiction is. Subordinated
tothemill Of the Canted power; and that this.
Oeinference desired to express •its sympathy with
the people and Legislatuie of rMamiterbei in their
struggle for therights of their Preying).
'The delegates' from the PreVince of New
Mrtinetvielt did net ,conehr.iti this' Motion, and
whaled their dissoiat to hoplaced on record.
• .4 •
• .
A.i elusitale. . • •
Shall X bring you an ice' while
Miss Irellfort Pray take some-
.
titte.(a rival of gips Y.)—" •Thanke, no.
If teok anything,it would be ether."
Mrs. • Spilkins days •she believes. it now
t—believes that this is to,be a year of won:
Should be submitted to the Previte:lel Leg's- • derful.phenoncienitfor Spilkins Went to a
lateres. • • llodge other night 'and canto
ritTY i..iarsi.,ATcans, •• . •
• home sobek.
'several. Provinces of. tIfso Dominion, tbrou h ft stated that Dr. llforell Mitekenzie
18, That ih .the'eldnion Of this ConfekOnee, the ' D • "
tpo,enaeniet the powdr o wtthdra,Wing rom the British North Americo, Att ; that by vt°w,bf ettl'illg 0° 0°11411x°Ptl?Yo Magri 1)-N°0111" operationlwhich- no go.)ed arid Winks
evinclal jitrisdiction local works situated I the royal instructions given to the Govtirnor. Palluitilont of alliondilnillt8 to•b"
ny Province Mad thou built inpart or Geheral subserjeently to the s rf the • A-the,rieft in eteprdatiCe with the foregoing attended With great danger. •
g
with riie money of the Province or the
litield thereof ...anti Of so withdkawing
.worlts (without 'ereneensatioil) by .
echirilig the earcio to bo for tee' &Mend
e of,(hteraor for the torvantage of two
reyhice „Whether:that is or is not the
tor of 11611:Werke within ,the meaning,
"•,of 'the Alit 014 it was net, the
• coal WOrkei'lilsould wAtii..•
•
Ooneurrenyt trovh iai
V the" Pete of the Fedekal
,r other except
t'fbyince,b4-epealielly declered by the
• a eitiflunig > lying Wholly
•41tio • thorn to bo for the general
as expressly mehtioued in iseethei
n of theit080h4l008 of the Qttehoe
. • r:
I a s g•Act
His Excelleriey (izteng author -
'Sod and ebenceverfle to' ant ally offender Con-
victed of any orinto, any • eourt, betake arty
judge, justice Or mattietrWeV7Witlfilf-finrattritill4
ion, it tnirdon ;" that by reason of this language
and .otherwise doehts have -arisen . to the
power or b, Lien tennattaGeVern of rrovittoo
to respite, reprieve oe lutrdett tohers eel: -
Viet of an pi/glee ego -lust the lawtrof the'Pro.
Vitt or Oteetotriiiting hint srenlitting, whole
or par y ett;'llite fdrfei'euro, meal ty or
punish) VII t in m81)001-04 fkny euell ell'enee het
„resoliiti cul , • ," I. number ' of Babtist Chuiches and
r ° • t Yin f llo r Mr. ' Spurgeon's ex- There was a severe shock of *earthquake
TION IN OnitTAIN MATTeI18.. • ot e e 0 • the northern art of Ital estercl but
-
THE 0404GLINA Goimitrioits,
Wide Irani°, of th, e fllstorical Remark zintl
' the. elrettlisstaneeslof It.
4301.#a4t .f330.reterrY uf OA°, Treas4rY
Thompson, . who as ActinOecretary, of
tliti Treasury hi the. `abseitoe/Of Secretary
FOrcbilel. Jest week, leaned the $14,000,000
bond circular,is one of ihe handsome mem-
bers of the Government. Ile is very well
/pads) and has a very graceful manner—a.
Manner that his whitehair makes courtly.
But his White hair ISthe work of thought,
and not et age, for his face is full and
ruddy, and his step is'quiek and youthful?, .
He was formerly Governor of South Caro-
lina, and might therefore, be supposed to
know more or We about 'Oat (amens re- •
Mark of theGovernor of North Carolina,
He said to mo the other day that it waS
MarVellOus how fax the remark haa travel=
led. • Daring his long tour 'among the light
lamina and life-saving stations on the great
lakes this summer:' he :heard of it
in the most :unexpected • .ways and •
places. "" why,. he oontinuea, one day
Mr. Itipaball (thesuperintendeilt of the life-
saving seryipe) toia. I went ashore at a little
village to get shaved. We !Puna u little
barber shop and. two inquisitive' barbers.. ,
The one who ()haired mo was even more
AndkliALtban,-.Paest, barbers.—.11o,a„ske a n1.0
questions' about my journeyings until he
found out-intt-IT-was-from Washington, •
und—then—he,:asked-,,Me—Whethelq-lad
place in any of the departments. I told him
I had, but did not tell him what it was, and
he did.not.think it well to pursue the sub-.
jeety He got.throthigh before the other bar-
ber, and I told IUD:than,. as I surrendered -
my oht,tiiir to an old countryman, that I '
Would wait for him outside. NO ierifier
had I gone than my barber. ;asked Kimball
*he I was. That Was Governor Thomp-
130n; Of, South Carolina,' he said, now As-
sistant Secretary of the.- Treasury.!' With
:thatthe...old_farmeixase up in his chair„all
lathered as he was, and_seld4.,:t.Do you_toip,_
pose -he would-teninewhat,it.was.the
ernor of North ' Carolina saidto him ?' " '
I asked Governor Thompson who those. .
famine governors ,,were and just what
oceurred,aftheirliiMmis meeting: Ile. said'
that he 'did,not know them by name, and •
that the story was 'old when he wail jporn. _ f,
The tradition was that "-the GoVernOr of
North 'Carolina, in the good. Old' days when
prohibition was not dreamed of. journeyed,
on horseback of 0011ritie to make formal
ativonn..er x;:st SonthZarolinit, •
Chti-tatter_taalvidnott.ma, etigner-lin-itim t'zor4
ions ft-txtlia-44,§3wAausgotaijklniminaiiii-tirft;‘,t,.
reason couid 'get no more. When his dis-
tinguished guest arrivedhe sot the Pig . out ' •
On the table and invited the Governor: of
North Carolina to make himself at home.
The guest: drank. &piously,. 'the heat ,
mederately,to proSerVt3 at • once his:sober-
ness and his Hun* At litet he ea* with
-diereittlhat his gaehtliad . drunk the kW.
drop of the precious Tho ,guest
was too drink to know it, but . he missed
the familiar invitation of his host to take
another drink: So leaning on his elbows he
looked across the:table 'reproachfully, with
the melancholy remark " Governor, it:s a •
long" time between cirinks."Trashington. .
.L"etter to Philadelphia Itectird.,;
Good Moriantile
Never do: • bnfrinets for the sake of doing
'Do not be in a hurry to get rich; Gradual
gains are the only: natural,gains.
It is ricifthe business that elevates the
man, but the man. who elevates the brisi,
ries& . • •
• t Never take greet lhazard, for they are
seldom well halaueed by the .prospectS-'of •
The man who has not .one-half
stock paid for :is an unsafe cestonier,
videl he has no other availahle•means. :
Stick to'your busirtess , Let speculators,
make:, their ithouciande , a day. your • •
increase may/ be slow, . but itiefiure•and •
The honorable :therChant who infuses.
energy, ability, honesty and good sense in •
hie Wiliness with moderate capital invaria-
bly succeeds.' .;' ,
• When is • dull use every legitimate '
Means to iniprove it. . Some merchants , ,
•
stop' advertismg.when trade .isslow,1 Thikk, :•
is mit the tirae it is most needed;
•.• At .3 in the Morning. •
, He was leaning ,againet the lamp -poet,
and thi3 watchful,:guardian' Of the night.
came up'very respectfully.
." •
"Finenight, Mr. Johee."
Bootifnl,"' • -,
" You're out rather lite; ain't you ?"
No, no—about usualtithe. '
" Are you Wetting for somebody ?"
. " No lid—going home,. A little tired, •
that'S 0:11 ; a little tired," , •
. 1'11 walk down with you and See you to
yourcloori" . • .
, ".Thank you, thank you, but the .45
need. The other 'side, of the bleak Will. he ,
'round this way in it moment, and •I'll just
pop in When my door comes along. Thank
you. Good night." • ,
Consolation..
Druggist—" Now, what do youvarit ?•'?
Boy=." Three dents? werthof paregorics."
Druggist--' What do. you Mean, waking
.M0 up for 3 cents 1" , ' ' • •
' Boy—" Why,, I had . ter git up - for
man ?",
• •
—4.—
. . Net To'-.51orrow. . , .,.
He-.7oh, my darling -r you •will 'be mine,
will you ? When may I -talk to your :.
mother—to-niorrew 2 • ' .
She—Yes-that is—no, no 1 To-rao piw
is washday.--qVaterbury Anzeriohn.
. , .,
. .
...,„,oillk)
• .A. Pr table Watch. • .
Is time, money "' .asked 0: gent offiaii
.
of a .10Weller., ' : ,„,,
" It ig said to be:" . . . ,,
" Well, I thought sp, and here iic an
evidence of it. I bought this wateb 'here ... .
six ,months ago, and /it has ' gained tuna'1" •
enough to pay for itself." „ _ •
•
- Thiel> having, been submitted for.the eonside ariiple •by whlidraming from the Baps),
' P .P Y . 11,Y,
no ess of life is reported '
&alien trf the .Conforoneo *Mho. mettere of Union. The .Nettirighairi 12ajperntiole gagl
Ns presumed thhi W11,5' not the rill:esti...et the
inStruotions; that The power'ef dealing: with an
, matters relatiog to the execution, ef Provineial
laws amide( het an g to the • Lig:tam t.fle ty(it
itl Connell Of each Province, leaving 4i timed
- itta-PrIv,peiga iii.1 /west and concerti in respect , 1111,,,s(xl tdpitoon.,,og: cyjvgc,thy rtyttli Uri , It te enntintleed that Moen's; 0' 13 riori
whereof..no. ainendthent.„ of .the British North :- - • • • • -- . , :/lilto-16,0lleo 0.n choir r,eieise, bring
Ai:toffee Ant 18 ht..-088Gbri°* thib'eprIff,t01104 0;8 ,SPIINe°11' ,; ' ' ' "valid I a tri 6H, .4410. 6.6 • m 1 t
Inspeetor •of
iric iharn Pa
f,.., , .,
c, and ono. of
i
to cortein Of the FAO m ttfers, re:telt/es' ad fel.. • 411 •13,11ssialid tosia6nt he've ao or II ftg (IA 8 rata.'
lows : • been bY the police' giVen: it list • $tOtteg fol. illegal arft-gb, and
ruciel4(trioe or m,vac-ritA r VONsTirtf •.".„ ..„ , you& creitiyh for assmdt. •
, • , TtoSAY., Acre,' OL (1t4uSuiyrIS, rc?.0100:n ••1,0.0 'um() and place •
/4 1 "
That, lir viaq-a tivr (mums vbickknito ,. of theirhidt, thoit&ti:6t,
frorn trine 'tt> time he' to trespective: prrtt .4(46,1481 s wers tohese
isati•Censtilatel witbiri
;
the yefivral• Parliankinttn.)4 Proeineial sthit vs the p;
titres, it is oxin,dient ay -d Nst,that it shwa
oniteted by the itospnotiVe Provincial LegisiatwOuty•fonr lloOra
A pair‘of' Siberian kittens
T.. Wilson, of East. Sfot
hwdoaoh 51)1410 and a gt.ttse
Them has twooty.two toes.,
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