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Les diegremmes suivants illustrent la m*thode. 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 I patch from the Govoriimont V/f qSo on th^' subject oi the Disallowance of the lot oi'u !. o Tho undersigned has had referred to hfm a de-^patd, h-n,. n;, Uon':rt?rSr.i''„"o:uSc'iir'''' '"""'" "" ''""<"""« ""— Iho Ul^allowed Act recited that " Id the Jiid;.M ^l \Y..t ■ . e •• Montreal tho n-unbor of canes in civil mat kr. h» nr« K « '"'^''^ " Court and the (Jircuit C.urt'^ L ''ho ™?7^^ ;; the permanence .f the Bittin,." «u:h'(:;:^rtMU' Ju'l^'^^^^^^ ng heroin "were " unable to h.ar and dotc;miiVtheTa Kit ''almin^?tra^rnV'r'^'\''^^V''"'^^ ""^^ '" the interest of tho adminiHtration of justice, ,t had bacume nooen^ury so a'* to norm;? of tho Judj.cs of the Superior Couil attending. eJ lusive y ^tnZ afia.rs more immediately connected with tLu Coux't to abol h the holding of tho Circuit Court in tho /)i,tnct of MonCni i^ln oe.abh.h there a District Mag.trateV. CW b fo^o whth all tho cases, proceedings, matt:erH and thincs" then " whh n ,? •' jumdiction of .ueh Circuit Court " might '^bo bXht^ ^'" '^" otl^!- proSn"^'^ ^'^ '^"^''""^^^ ^'■' "^^« '^« ^^--^- among (i.) That the Lieutenant Governor in Council TruVrhi uv„ damation, abolish the Circuit Court sitt ng n The >,.^rfct'''o^ Montreal and establish in tho City of Montrea for h.« t -i Bistnct, a special court of record LL the name o 'ttstrk' MagiHtrato'sCourt of Montreal.'" jmuio oi vmriU .. /f;\^>f\»'Jcf» ^''">i"-l should " bo composed of tvvo Justices r.«Il«H JJiBtnct Magistrates of Montreal/ " who «hou 7bo - arocates of ten yoaxV practice, be chosen from among tho moml>ors of thXx of tho Province, and bo appointed nndor the Great Sea T- t hi Lieutenant Governor in Council." -^ *^® (3.) That no property qualification kHohIH he n«r-.acur- ^ *i, iiiagistratos, but Tlifi ihey should bo inoHrrThlA fn kfy ^\ " ^^° Coutr 1''^- ^"^^ '' CommoVSxratfve'co'unc 1 Lo"SaUv: o^i^nl^r^rn^^^ ^'^'^ P---> or f^o^^a^^^^^h:? (4.) " Tliat such Magistrates should hold offioo during good <* bcli.iviur " aud be irrornovablo " except on tho Joint Address oi " tho Lt'f>[inluuvo Council uud AHHombiy." {i) ) Ttiut iho Magih*j..ics should receive a salary of three tbou- .suiid dollars per annuui, 'j.Mh. (()'.) That all tho po.vtis pnasosdcd, ut tho time of tho pausiug of the Act, 'by thu Judgow ui tho 8uj)0rior Court, atid the duties " iiapoptd oil thorn rodpcdiing the uUuirs " * :r: * "within tho juiiiidiotion of tho Circuit Court sitting in tho District of Mon- " tioal," should bo imposed and conferred upon the District Magis- tral es of Muiitical. (7.) Thtit tho jurisdiction of tho District Magistrate." Court should bo iho satiio, rnutalis mutandis, for civil matters as tliat which had boon cxoicifcii by tho Circuit Court of tho Di^tri^'t of Montreal. (8.) That all iho provisious of the Code of Civil I'roeodure, and other provisions respecting the Circuit Court of tho said district, hhould, ihdtatis viutandia, be ap})Iicablc to tho Magistraies' Court thereby establibhed. (!;,) That iho words " Circuit Court of the District of Montreal," "Cuouit Couit of Montreal," " Court " and '• Circuit Court," when- ever referring to tho Cuviuit Court sitting in the District of Mon- treal, wherever found in the Code of Civil Procedure, or in any other law, should mean and includo tho District Magistrates Court of Muulroal. Also ihai che words " Judge of tho Superior Court," "Judge," or "Judges," whenever referring to their powers and duties roepeciing rnatters connected with iho Circuit Court sitting in that District, should mean the District Magistrates of Montreal, This Act was disallowed on tho seventh day of September, 18S8, for reasons which wcro then c:)mmuuicatcd to His Honour the Licutonant Governor of Quoboc, tho principal of which were that the provitiious which professLd to confer upon the Lieulor.aut Governor in Couneil tho puwer to appoint thete Judges and which professed to roguiat'? their tonuro of office, their qualifications for olHco, and their mode of removal fioin office were in excess of tho powers confened on Provincial iiOgiblatures by tho British North America Act, and woio an invasion of Iho powers conf'orrod upon the Governor General and the Par- liament of Canada by that Act. Among other powers conferred by tho Jiriti-h North Amci-ica Act on Provincial Legislatures is, (sec. i)2, sub-sec. 14), tho making of laws iu relation to " Tho Administration of J ustico in tho Province, " inchiding the constitution, maintcnanco and organization, and' "Provincial Com!,-, both of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, of "including ProjtOuro in Civil matters id those Courts." In no other j)rovision is any power conferred on tho Jjogislatures of tho Provincas in respect of Courts or Judges, or tbo appointment and qnalifK'ation of Judges. All other powers than th >so expressly enuraeiated by section 93, as confeired on the Provincial Logislaiures, are conforrod op. ih » 3 duriog good oint Address of r of tliroo thou- tlio panniug of and the duticd * " within 'iHlrict of Men- District Mo,i;i8- c.'i Court should liat which had ' Montreal. I'locoduro, and -10 said diHtiict, istiuich' Court of Montreal," . Court," whon- Blrict of Alon- or in any other -atos Court of iperior Court," r powers and t Court Bitting i of Montreal. .itember, 18S8, His Honour pal of which confer upon sr to appoint thoir tonuro ie of removal i on Provincial "'oan invasion aud the Par- orth America i), the making a the Province, anization, and uriwdiotion, of )artH." In no latiires of the pointment and by scotioo 93, dcrrod on ihe dey, expressly s Judges of the e, except those fOi..^ I,.f.,ri,„- JuJi.ial ,,rli,.t,.. "^"""""'J ""■ l>i.«r 10 appoint At the time of iho passa;ro of the British \,,rH. Am„.v a . and ever faucc tho (,,.„;. /' "'"•'[''' *v>ith America Act, Record in t!;e Proviucc o aeb^ h \T ^'"'" ^ ^'^^^'^ ^^ di^tn-ctM-audi^gZonHc "^ofllontreii TKi'"''- !" ^"''"'" to «2U0. All puvvors vo.ted in iLrSuped >r Col t TtC^^ "^ ^1;^ circuit Curt was h.ld by o.e of the .ludgo. of the Superior Superior Court J.i.os iutuiS "Z^J^ .;;n^,?" Vr " f U.e8.por;irCourt'un]l;^ie^: "J^rr'.!K^ Aet, t.e^ap,.intmont carried wUh it t .^^1,^;;^^,^-- ^^^l^:t^^^:::\^r'' therefore, among th. Gonlral. fhey we'e uuo,; ' thr , .^" ^Pl^ointcd by iheGuvernor pre^ciibod bv H.-ction % . f '^^"'■' '"^""'^ qaulitlcation was the Province "'"^^^'^ ^'--'•^ '^""'fe' ^'"^piy momb.r.hip of the liar of wore to hold office during irrvS L ' 'S,. ,,'^ ^^ '"?^'?° ''^- '^'''«y by the Governor (lenc "^^ If • l^^'.'^'' '\f ''°'^. to b, removable lioa.o of Curur.onH. They .vce imon^Tht'ln . "' '"l: ^'"''^ ^"'^ under .eet.n 100, were l^^^^-^^^i^ t^^t T^X^^i^S Tho di^allo'vcd Act notnrilj' cmpoworod the Lieutenant ('> MT.nr in (.-'(.iincil, Jis bt-rn-o fitntcl, to ab^li'^h the Oinuit O 'lit, but U api>'/int, iiT^toaii ot .Iii>'^os of the Suporior Court, ryuo^'./ tho Circuit. Court, omfLTS who would ho, in every nenso, JadL^on, in reliition to Tiuitt(,!'B within t!io .Juri.-diction of iho Ciiruit Ciiurt, as fully a* tho Ju(i<:oH ot' U:o Superior Court hud been, although bcuriri:,' tho name of I>i,stii'-l .M:ii;i>tr;itoH. As t') Judges c{ iho Circuit Court, tlurcforo, tho appointintf power •» '..liat iho now Judges sliould lose their of!i;'es if they bccatno Mo ubur.s of Parliament, alihough 8u,'ood behavior, is tho samo as section iiy (d' iho Uritish North Amoriru Act, hut whih> sootion 91), of tho British i\oith America Act bill tho cffoot of maiiin<' tho Judi^c.s of Iho Cir' uit Court romi>vubio by Yduv Kxcellency, on tho address ot tho iScnato and iJouso of Commons, ^ ''I tho Circuit, in roliition to us fully a'< tho 'inir tho nurac ninlirifr power tr;ui,-.forro.l t'* ho Sonate nii'i poworH, that ♦ i'Meboc, roaily (icdate thiil Senators and :o beliovo that their offices if fiefining faile,oviu.-ial Log:slat u . v'hi 1 i n )t been d,^'..na.y qucM,„.ed is Euroittcd to bo .^rrcet , a, d , t S^ ho fact thai the power t. abol.»h Is stated by -ho Orde- . C , cil to have boca '• vo, ov.n que.stiu.od by tho MM:i.,ter.of Ju t , . " I a.imment to ren.Mve .'..dges luig^t bo t^urpcd by iVuvii,, la Leg.Hlature.. ,n th. cxeu.„o of their authority a- to tho c .ns-iiut on ana org.n,ze.uor, „f the C-.irt.. Cases ...ayl,. s u-g.^t d i wl K "u .\%"oTrrn" -^'^ I'"--. '^ ^'ourt au^ht bcaSoli'hoiV"- hS i)Uip').o of rem -viOiT (^no or m .re .iid.'.'i and nod t ;„ .u.h a cas., tho . .ntrolof tholvderal authoruy ^onid bo ^^1^ r.v.d too ))mer oj di6ailow.uice ^^ou\d bo oxerr.Nod ' In the cOLside;atiun of tho Aet whi.-h In u; p,o>=ent the Hubioet of discussion u ha. been a.^.Hn,;d by tho ul le.bi -.oJ and li I a..umed,that tnuabd.tion of tho Circuit Coun wt^o- fur i lo SZnb^^h";''",;' ''" ''"T^" ^V-^''"^-i"fe' •'^<•K-^ but wa« d , o to dcuu i. nceobKuy to (.l;.eo undue hIjo.s.s on the fa.'t thil tho dia allowed bLatuto liud tue < iHcl of abolishing the Cinmit C .urt It seems r:ecoh.ary, howovor, to call attention tj tho .mnortRnt miscDncoptioo, which soomn t, jiro^uil throw 'bn,f V. .'"•'"".'*"' p.o.ented by tl. O.der u, Couneil cii^o Q:^b^c Go. ^m inr^f 'l^^Ct^V'']" "^V^'^;^-^;--^ Le,i.,lution i., hi all cane., In u! i. "h of tho validity of such Lgi^lution, and an aa,ni..ir,u vhich h m cfiec ofuepnvingtheF.dural atr.bontv of the right or pov^ort ;;:t^:oiL^z:' ^'"^'^^- " ^^^^^ ^'^^ ^-^ '-- p-E:i ^ ^'o m:.,;u inference Cin prope-Iy bo drawn. It is annaront to anxr ^iSTb^^^bTLaru" ^^^j^-.^'^- many Prov?,! ":rit^;;s ^^^in:i:^!''' " '^^^'' ^^'^^■"-" ^^'^^--^ p.'ov..oi j; ':;;; r^ p^" /?•"'"' ^"''.^^'^ ^'*^ not-dinicult to find. In the oa-jv historr xo i.;iiow tho iino,^ of logiftiation wiiicti had, fur .so mauv vears brtm. i> t.t A nicnca Act wore novel. 1 1« operation had not been Ko^ JdViLt'' Kr'T' "■'•^" ^^^^^ ^'-o'markodout^h fei eater d.sanLtuo..s the uiiloreuce botw.=ea tho ambu.itv of f'trlia. mon andtheuuthontyofiho Legislatures, and in the Li y voa^H -f the Ua:on, interference with I'ruvincial Legislation w.tl perhai's I on f to } 6 » more (Jul Irate tufk than h thonl.J bo considcioU new, when th» relative i>OHitionM of the l.o«;if-lfttiirort and Parlium.uit are bettor nnderntood, and iho j-tiuciploa whicli rhouM guide botb have become Tiioro latniliar. The most romaikablo instflnco in which Provincial Lcgirtlation has oror-MiM iho limts ot Provinciiil coinjjotonco hnH been the logis* hUion in reforonec to ihe Adn^iniKlraliun of Jautico. It hftfl been «o«iitnon for the ProviticoH to enjict from time to timo w'lat the qiift. li^ticiitionH of tho lud^fiH who were to bo appointed by the 'Governor GoDerul, bhould bo, ulihou^h this 8(.'C;m« to the undeiHigncd to bo an attempt to control, by Provincial LeKibtuiion, iho power vehtort in the Governor (knerai by the liliti^'b North America Act. The most pluusiblo argumort offered in dcfonoo of snob leijinJution •ban been the contention sot up in one quait^r that, ir iinmuch as it is Jor the Provincial liOgifjIaturet^ to 8ay whether tho ('uurt bhalt ho constituted or not, it in proper for th»;ra to hay th;it the Coar'. hhall beconstituiod, provdcd Judges of certain qualitlcittinn-aroappointed to preeido therein. Thin Hcorae to Iho undorcigned to be erroneous in principle. It in an attempt to provide that iho power .of tho Governor General .shall bo exorcised only .svb modo, aiiU if tho principle were recognized it would bo conapelcnt to provide that Pjovlnoial Courts should only bo established, proviJol the Judges should bo those n(;niinafod by tho Provitcial Kxecative or taken from a class riomii.uioti by that Hxecutivo, Again, in reference to this 80 tjoct, doubtful legir-latioo has been adopted in nearly .-ill the Provinco.-*, fletling up Colirts with civil and criminal jurisdijtion, with Judges appointed by Provincial or muni- cipal authority. In somo instances, and with respect to tome of these tribunals, it would seem 4h.vt the doubts as to their constitn- tioEality have been io.-soned or removed by tho D. minion Parliament from lime to time, iccoguizing them, or conferring jurihdiction upon them. As regards others of thorn, tho legislation may still bo open to grave quealion, although in most casen, as in the cato of Quebec, now under consideration, the Legislatures have boon careful to avoid conferring ibo title of "Juo^c»" upon the offi-icrs whom they haro roally undei taken to clotho with judicial powers. In legislating upon this hubjoot, tho enactments have followed a course which it has bco;i difficult to control without seeming to infringe unnecesharily on Provincial action, and without seeming, at least, 10 impugn a bories if Provincial Statutes which have fre- quently been left to their opeiation. In other inelances the promoters of this kind of legis- lation have been dirpot-cd to assume that the organization of a tribunal with siuall civil and criminal jurisdiction, pre- sided over by a Judge or Magistrate appointed by the Provincial Executive, would be within Provincial authority, and that such a tribunal having been established, its authority an 1 jurisdiction could bo widened and iiu'reased under the powoi^ which tho Provincial LegiblataiOrs possess to iegiiliiio thu ad^li!•.i^trallon of jtir-iice iu tho Province " including the constiiuiion, maintenance and organization " of the [Provincial Courts, both cf cruninal and civil jurisdiction, and •'including procedure iu civil matters in thtfiecour;.-." low, wh Provincial "iice iu iLu .)rganization idiclion, and A refcronco whu h will i.roHontiy bo made to roj.ortH of nroc-d- in^' MiniHtors of .Tastiro on thi»' and Iciiulred subje-ts will nhow bow noresHury it .corned to tho proder roview, in piohentinfr to Your F^xcei- Jonoy what IS clanhM] to hi,vo been tho la^v rospoctiriir ni».trict Ma^M^tratOH m the Province of l^.ieboe, bofoio the msm^ro of the dina lo«red Act, roterv to a Herie« of «nactmenis whi, h nro not unlike the class of Siatiitcs which has last beon .-.(ivrtod lo In ibo year 1S|;;*, the Le^.laturo of t^ubee, b> chnp. '{ of that year, declared that the Lieutenant (Jovornor in Council raitjhl appoint one or more persons to ba District Matri.trates, with tho power of Jnstu'es of tho Peace and .hid^os of Sessions of tho Peace. Their naiary was not to exceed 81/200, and thoir civil jarisdiction was limite.i to 82.. oxoeptinj,' an to titboB, taxes, penalties ani damagosrccovorableunder the Lower Cannd.^ Municipal Act and nndor certain other Acts of (iuobec. In these enumerated cases their jurisdiction was unlimited, provided tho defendant resided wuhin the county in whirb tho Court was hold, or that the debt was contracted therein and the defendant resided within tho uistrn t. The same Act purported to confer power on thf> Lieutenant Governor in Council to establish additional Magistrates ir tho Uistnct of Saguonay, with Jurisdiction up to 8200. This Act may bo contended to have had validity h^ applying alt.oge'hcr to a Pro- vincial Court of lower rank than any of tho conns in ro,M-.eet of Which tho appointing power has been giver, to the fiovornor (ioneral in Council by the British North America Act ; or it may ],»ssibly be sustained on other grounds, which it is unnocoH..arv to soolc for at pre;-ent. It cannot bo supposed, however, to have had validity fiam the fact that it was left to its operation '.v the Federal Kxecutivo. although this IS almost the sole grouu i ;>n which its Talidity is aHPumed in the Order in Council under review. No argument can bo drawn from th:H Statute as to tl e validity of the disuHowod Act, bocansotheActof 188rfditforedfrom it in essential points. sora.< of ^Jt ^^7° already beo.^ onuraorated and may be referred to here- alter, iho A.t of 1869, however, contains provisions which clearly Illustrate the remarks bidbro made a« to the disposition to encroach tipon the powers of the Federal Parliament and Executive, in regard to the administration of justice. Some of its provisions would hardly be repeated by tho Legislature now, in tho light which has been tiirown upon our Constitution by twenty years of oxporionoe. buch tor oxfimplo, are the provisions of the !nh Hellion, which con- ferred on each of tho Magietrates, powers which tho Parliament of panada naa deciared f»hoiiid bo exercised only by two Justices of tho foace, or by certain other spocifiod officers, tho District Ma<'iHrata not being one . and eoction 10, which undertook to ext.md to T,)istriot Magistratob tho provisions of an Act of tho Parliament of (janada oMpocar.^' J„.i„os of the Pcuo ; aUo .o./Jon 'J)-J which uppropiiatoJ ho raoricyH rcro.ycd from ,.oDHkioH, f.j.f.ilurcs unci Jino^ irupo.ud )y a DiHti-K't MagiHtrato in .such inuntic-i, an.l at .uth timon, as the ^''nT!-Z ^"^''^''"'T .'"'-*'^ ,^/'-"^t. i.Uh.,u:.'b Iho KrM.Lor portion ..f tuOHo (moH and poMulu.^ w.-uM. ac-oidinu' u> ti,o Act. l,o loVovoiablo ur,|Jer Doiiinuvn btalute. un.I bolouif t,. tho Duiui.iioo of Cat.adu. In tho next yoai, by chap ) 1 of 1«7(), a^rtci.tod to Int of Fcbrunrv 1^70, an alU-Mipt was mado to wiihdiaw il.o moMiinir of ilu! ohvviMHlyohj.cUonabo prrA'i.sio.iH of tho Act \u>ii referred to, by adding a hoction, d«chirin« ihat that. Act t-hould " bo oonstnud an intondod to apply (o huci. matters (,nly m " were '■ within tho cx,:.,lu..voco,.in.| of tho Lt>K'^lat..ro •; r,f tho IVovmco, &c. Under 01. Unary CIrl■utn^lttn(;e« such a provision would bo unncccHHarv It i.s obv.o.H that no Provincial Slatulo can lo construed as cxlc-ndin-r to anything. oiU.ido of Provi.Kitd powers, Init tho adoption of tho Hcction iH H.mowhat ^JKnilicanl, and Icadn to tho belief that NOr.io of the proviHOUH already rc.orred to woro pointo I out botwocn tho bcHhion^ of If.u'J and ISTO, m beint; objoctionablo. In tho ^^ll''wi..- year, by chap. 9 of Ls"!, asHonlcd lo 2;^rJ ]>tv.crtioer IhlJ, tiio 1. mil. of civil jurirtdiction was rainorl from Si5 to 8.0. JuM,d,cl.on w.i« given t) tho District MMiO, there is a declaration that the Act of IH'ii hail not en urged tho Jul.^dicLion of tho District Magistrates Courts In the following year by chap, 12 of laTd, as-enioa to 23Lh December lb* b, tho junhJieUon was altered in such a way that liicli u|)pin|iiIaloJ iitl linoH iaij)0-(C(l u.)\ limoH, as the jrouLor portion of 't, In) 1 Ot'OVuiablo ion of Cm.uJu. i IhI of February, mo;iiuiig of ilui t rofonc'J to, by " bo foriKtrudl an oro '• within tho luco, A.C. Under unijL'CfSHury. It ucd an cxleriding adoption of the -liff ihaL sorno of L»uL bjlwocn tho isHcnled to 2HrJ raJHod from 825, Mai^'irttrulcH in and to award to." iVwoi- wa.s it C/onrt, and to ; to tiio jiructioe MaL^i.-iiralo ap- anjing its Juris- a.sscutL'd to 28lh irticnlikrity, that oiod in ono or n^, and thatisuch •er to a Distr-ct n or Alts oi' tho bhoiild " uot in ir authorized or .1 ea-uo Aft tho jdiiada, (which, 3nl of Cantida), meaning ^f tho > powers whicli agi^triitcrt woro J tenure of ottieo m ollico should in an Oidor in fiontcd to 24th L)f 1871 hiui not Courts. i-onioa to 23Lh ch a way that vvnam snouKi iivo in tho J'rovin-o. !y chnp'or ir, of If^r*, as.cntod to ;Uh ilav, 1^85, in tho Counts ro«idonco \viihin iho dinin. t wa. rot ncccHKarv to ; >r; iin.- • I!y of Gi wnf 1 Tiio extort to which this Court j)0>shohkoh iuri.Hdiiti ,n in ro-^mct of ^pc.c:a ly cumvrated .a.e. may bo neon from ihe lu i h i n o m f I i''na y, by tho disaliowod Act. li:o '• D sf.ua' Mafiistratos Court " maxiiuj iiH ^Tou.h ly boini; nmdo a court of lecord with nnrh cxt.r..ivo powers w,lnil^Jad,^^csiH,]din;^olli.odun,,iJv^^^^^^^^ ; .wu removablo only on tho joint addren. ot iho Lo-^fHlS Omrcil , uni A..crnbly uah tho Hahirios of a, judgos rai.od o 8 { ( ,0 a om: nng muiunty, was roady to tal'^ ^••"''"'^1 increase of .jurisdiction, a new court Juvitiijo could obtain conU'olofeverv f.wi.t ;,.fi „ D , " •""' *•* ^''•" """ ;i^' m,,do of proccw rrod at his .•^uggcatio.-; On to the Liiw Oilicors of the Crown in England, t bo latter on tho 4ih May jtion M Ifc'fii), ropoi'tod that it was not competent tor ♦he Legislature of tho ijtmo P Province of Ontario to pa?s the Act. The report vu- signed by Sir <« ^^t i Ilobort Collier and the prosont Lord Chi"t' Justiio of Kngland, Jt # perm would seem that the Logisiaturo of Ontario had jv ted in pur.-iianc(> f fiviea of tho tlicrry that its power to raako ]a\'.9 in rela! ion to the ;.dmin istration of justice in the Province, including ( ho * pract tho C 4 He c( ^ altera • appoii ** to a I consti;niion, " maintenance and oiganixation of Provincial Couits," involved tb* power to limit tho tenure of office, and to constiiute the court witl. a proviso, in efl'ect, that tho appointing powe/ of tho c-'ovornoi General should bo exercised sub moilo. The Minister of Justice of that day, and the Law Otlionrs of !liv; f Gover Crown in England, maintained that that could not bo done, ^ Gover Ou tho liith January, 18TU, the same Minister of Ju^ti.'o roporto*' ^ the Lc in favor of tho disallowance of the Supply Bdl of the Province o-4tboDi Ontario, because it supplemented thosalarica of certain of the Judge ^njeu^ij of that Province, and tho Act was disallowed acconlingly. *^contro On the 14lh April, 1873, tho same Minister of Justice took excop ^lio suci lion to an Act of Manitoba imposing a fine upon Judges lor negloc \ On th« ting to perform any duty, and lecommended that tho aitention o'.||jnii5ter the Logisiaturo of Manitoba bo called to the objocMMnabloeDj'cttinent.QjIutn^,,', In the samq. report it is recommended that the Governmeui of Mani •fjudgQ toba should 1)0 given to understand that tho Governor Geiioral die "^latioQ , not consent to tho limitation of his power of selection of Juuge>^ 1 tho f^tatcmont coti- iot) that hecuuHo thin :o of (Jneboo, " it is tho Statute in qHen- ho will havo, at'tor 10 poNvcr to appo'iu ;itc3 Courts in every iready mentioned," )g Jndcjc- ultrn rire.'i ivo of this Province ^b'H, that it pojSiOHscs pOtiSCHH flljfl OXCiTiHe to tl e (iisallowed 1 irt not a novel view wise that the Gov- juhitifiod ill aHSumirig : of all acts -which it f Disallowanco over •c^ may bo made to by tlic prcdecofiHOrti ■ this f haractor ; — Uiirv, \f-69, chap. 2iJ, ts of Ontario (should ibjecc to bo lomoved city, OT- minbohavior f-'ii- John A. Mac- rod at hip p>u<.'i;estior! ^Itoi'on tho'Uh Maj- 15 Lc'-'isiatnro of tho I't Av;i- pifrned by Sir itit'o of England, It 1 a't'd in pnr.-uancp ilavion to the i.'imin ig the consti;iuion, oui'tb," 7'^voIvod th< ;iliUe the court witl. 3r of tho Governor Law OfVicnrs of the 'iol bo d'lno. ' of Ju^ti'H' ropottoi of tho Province o certain of the Judge cordinf^ly. 'Justice toolc oxcop 1 JudcrcH lor nogioc hat tho aitontion o !U'>riabloen."ctmeni i(t%'crnrnoiit of Mani ovovnor Gcuoral dii Boloclion of Judges M hf5cat>on of the peraon8 who should bo appointed to the Bench Thl jwo;;^Zt';^:;^?;i'^r? j^^'"^'^ '^^^^ u:eGc!t!S'!in^ I Jn a oDrovinl L^r ^^ '\l^ ^^} "^ '"^ appointments to the Ron.h. 5hL Tk ^.^"^'"tP"'"^ ^^"^ Governor General ad-led inbisowa ^^^'Ud^trihoV- '""""^' ^''^^ *^« rccon^mondation t " b^ c^ ^aJ^Jd^^ntoJtb;^!?:;^-.^^^^^^"^^-^ ^ Bumciont.ocarityfbrtho ihlv'sutlf'^Tr^''''' ^^'^' ^'^^ "««orablo Mr. Justice Fonrnier New B S :Vi /hr^'"::;.";"?TJ'^^' '" ^^^ ^^^ '^^ '^^ province of \i^l>^}^^n^o^lv Tf x'^^^'^h^' ^"'"^ '" ^^^"^^^ appointment ^ZnTo iCV^,Z J"Jff<'- Corre^pondouoe led to the amend- ■Sr iSil ,1 a;*wrdanco «r,th hin view. On the 18th Nov.m- ^c^an let o the T^' l";'*''' 1- i^''''' ''^^''"^ ^^at tho provisions 'I^tionf o hi ^''^''^'^^•"•e '^< Ontario, with respect to the qnaiifi- bcZrunn^hn R vTv'* u^f Governor General which was not to jcc to^ind in the i^ntish North A racrin. Act, t.nd be r»eclared that snt-h i/bo^iTfyir '"'"'^^"^ '^'^ ''^^^ ^*^^ ^^^^^'""^^^ aen:::rwo:tcr^:^ >^.«?3 tJieiHh of March, 1S75, tho .«mo Min'.tt. of JuNtico reoom- J^er.ded t!;e di-ailowanco of a Statu-e of Briii.h (-^olunX. bcca ?s? llTstlT''''''T;' '^ ^'"""'^ Court Jud... in ,a, ticula; din"' fnnotnt th« 'f P"""^" -n om,,,^,,,d tho lioutenant Governor to tjppoint tho place*- at whi( h the Coiint/ Con, t Jud-os should nroM.n fi^m^rt^^H' :' f fi"*^'" '^^'"'^^ 'h.t"V^":rS'icu ^ SalK'^rj;:,;;' appointment of Judges, and tile Act wi Jh^'v'nLi^'Srt^'^"^"'' '^^f' ^^« -fionorable Edward Bl.ko, rrt n w nndJ ''''V^^V'^heoonsequenoo of pormit,in^ the I^Act cow nndor conMdmttion to i^o into operation v-.j'd h., to i t^bTcouru' rntr;'-'''"' 'l' ^''^P'^^^^^^-N tho P'aces wuhin which ? rf! ,.^ , ^S r^ '^^"^'^' ^^'^'"''^ have junsdiciion." «altera^inr t. '^''f '^'•\^'^.<^''^<^itnct>i .as obJ3ctionablo "as the *Hppoh Zn bv1h^/T"^^\^f^ ™*^'''' practic:;ally result in tl o «* ?o a new r I ,? I " fTOjernmont, <;f a County Court Judge Icn.n V'''t''''<' or Judgeship, thus tran.forrin/to the Local 2g v"n;^:r\'a£thlr" ^-^-^ <>f appointmont^c.tcd I'n thi •imcntra- ht; . ihealtc.at.on of their boundarien, this Govern. 'Ic^n^inl n. 7 ^" "^^ :^^ f^r*^'' ^^ ^^i^«llowai.co, some moa.urc of Jcontrol over such action , hut should this Act jjo into ooeratio ^ii?i:t^;rTa^;::^:'i^:i,'^[!^!^« «-«-bie R.L.n.,nme.theo ? 1 '/'.u '".^ " ^" ^'^^ ^^'^i CommiHsionor. and . h dowo i a* ■iSwhich^f "'"^ ?°^''^°' totheuan.^r^ alh.^^'4'! Ta.ioo which .ncio.seH. from tiiao to time, the jari«diclIon of tho 12 Co'irt, the J.id^-o of which has not baon appoialuJ hy the Gov lal " ornor trenoi Hi procooJod to rol.'Uo the varlou.-; Acts by wjicih Iho jaridJiclir'n NV.'ngiiulualiy accamulatcd, until, in tijo opinion of llio iiini.-ter, Iho Court iiac], at luiigih, hi !omo, by five 8uocof,sivo onaclraents, a Court, within the moaning of the Outh section of tiio iiritihh North Anieriua Act, Ho thouglit it wa-i not " ncceosary, in orJoi- to brin^ a court '•' under the proviriionH ol tliin boclion, tlmt it nbould b(3 culled by thi' '■' pailiouliir name of ' Supoiior,' 'DhXi'wl,' or 'Goutty Court,'" an; aUhou'th ho did not jcconmiund the di.salluwanL^o of ihe S.aluto, ho vecomtnoudcd its repeal or amondinent by the rruvinciu! amboritioH, and expressed this view : " It will be readily aeon Ifow easy it " trould bo for the Local Legislature, by ^'radually oxtendinj^'tht " jurihdiction of iheso xMinif,g Courtn, arid by curtsiiling the juriH " diction of the County Courts, or Suprenie C,>art, as now usfabli'shod, " to bring within ihoir o.vn reu-h, not only the A'iminieLration o! " Justice in the Provinc, but also, practically, the u))poiuttneut of " the Judges ol the Courts in which justice is administdreJ." On the 3id of October, 1877, the name Mini.iler rojjorted agninst an enactment of the Province of Ontario to provide that the Slipeud iary Magistrate oi theTeirit-.iial J)istriCtsof Mu^koka, l*ariy Sound and Tliunder J3ay should act as a Division Court Judge, with iil were possessed by County Court Judges in Divi.-inn Courts in the Cuunties, as being in conflict with theOtith section of tho British Noi tii America Act. Ha rcAained I com recouiriionding disallowance of tbo Act a-> Acts p!\.iously passed by tbo l^ruvinoial L-'gi.ilamro, conlerring <:ertuin judicial p^wor? in civil matters on yiipondiary Mi.;i.-t rates, in roialion to J)ivision t^jurts in Oi.tarij, hai botn left to their operation, and those po.vo s had not boon Hub:.tantia!ly extended by tho Act thou under his leview, but he pointed out iliat ibo banu) danger which iiad received his notice, in the case of Briiish Columi ruight ensue fiom this cLs of legislation. The jurisdiction ol the Court which he referred to o;iIy roacbc i SlOO, excojitii'g when ihe uonsout of pii'tie^ was given tor the di- jiosal of cases of larger aaaoants. lie toidc special exceptioc, how over, to the provision tlint all onacttneiit.- from lime to time in foici in Ontario, lelaliug to Division Coui-ls m Counties, sliould apply tiij iho Liviaion Courts of these Districts, slating that whilo ii migh bo "(;uiie within tho L .u'islature of Ontatio to ini-rease tho Jurindii " tion of the l).vi;:iju Couits in Counties «?< buch Coui ts are now " presided over by Judge? appointed ny tbe Dominioii," tlic atteinpif to excrcico that jiowor m relation to Dlvi^:ion Courts, prcoided over l)y Judges apjrjinio I by Ontario, .vould bo objectioriablo, and be intimated that tiio Act would bo dis:illuwod unless amended. Tlic same objtclioa was cjnveyed in a report of the samo Minister in reference to New Bruiisvviuk Legislation on '2ind D cemb.'r, 1377. On iho lllh .lano, lH7Lt, Chief Justice ilcLiouald, then Mi!a?tci ■:. Justice, took exception loan Act of Priuee Iviward Island, whic; allowed a small fte lor costs taxed by the County Couit Judge, i. being a broach of the provisions of tbo Hi itish North Ani.rici Ac in roiaiioii to the c.iio.uuienLs of Judge.-. ,: efre.,'t for f I' It The joicitoJ I)^ the Gjv ?aicli tho jaritjjiclion n of tho 51iiii4er, tho onaclrnenl.s, a Ci>m't, litiijb North America or to bring a court i')u!(l bo culled by th 'Gounty Court,'" and tjo of tbe S.atuto, ho Vuviiiciul uuLhoiiticH, ily Ht'on 1)0W ca.HV it Juiilly cxteri'lin!^ thi curliuliDg tho JariH- ■t, as now osltibli.shocl, A'! ministration o! , tiio appoiuttnout of iministoroJ." lor roportc-ii a|Li;;iinst vlAo tlijit tho Slipouc! u?k()lv;i, I'ariy SouriJ urt Ju l(i;c», with like iounly Court Judti^O'i :;oijfiict with thoOtith anco of tho Act, u-- ^'i.ilamro, d.'niorrii'g uidiary Mi.>i.-t.rale,-i, i boan left V) taoir untia'.Iy oxloiidod by ; out I but I bo bumo i of Britiah Colurabiii od to only roachc:i| u^ given tor the dia- icial oxueptioE, bow lime t J tifno iu foiiu .los, hliouli Hppiy tuJ that whilo it migh: iiirroa.se tho jurisdic sueli Colli ts aro now] luidioi.," tho attcmpi .'ourts, pii.'oidod ovor'i ^bjoCliouablo, HDd he loss amcndfd. Tbi tbo sarno Muiistor in, id 1) ccmb.'r, 1S77. lald, tliLti Mifiistoi Iward island, whicr, ; aiy Cjiat JiJ^jo, i. Njrth Aiu.ri'^ik A(. ^3 Or. Ibf 'iOih Jfinn; ui A.t ui Ontano, k, a.nondmont ofa .imilar Aa to tkuleiaU,!^ o.-a! J> ..tjicts of Mu.skol^a, Parry Sr;und. and Thunder re -*r ^^-^^i'^f 'bo ai.p..intmcnt ..f iho Jud-o to tho I.ieuto- |r.nt «-.,s not d,tToi cut in principlo from tho h'talnto which bad bvv commentod en m l;-77. Tbi,. Act ^ra. di..al!ow.d. /)n Ihe.Unh January, 1^8'J. .Sir Aie.x.n.'or Cam, boil, then Minister |bo i.s.sued to tho .liuigcs, on tbo roorgMnV-uCun of lhe-MK . 7 -^ ? u. ucar out tbo Ktatemont that in iha» iado ivas 'ocognizwi an co'iatitut ona and o./nv M/r^. " a ■ , •^->'^\''*'-<'7 [. uiai tho amount claimed was above the jiirisdiction of ho Wt ;7 E^?!S;^^»&:s;i--^^^ •> •'■/."'micaaraittin- tbat ditficultiert mi-ht exist "HVtn ' y.nibc ot tho poYors as an abntract quoHtion/' tho d')Ii ^.Itv , .raclicaliy di.posed of by tho ca«e of llgina vs Coulo (L.^^ 4] was P li C. 5D'J). Tho Co;itt, (por fUmsay J.), stated ; " Tho rase of Coote "decided in thu Privy Council, directly ixcognizoH llic fowot uf the " Local Letjislaluro to create new Coiutf for tho oxtciUiorj of t-rirni " nul law, an ultiu tiio power to nominate M.4gi!,tratoi6 Lo f^it in huch *' court. Wo huve thererjro tuo lji;4h(jot authority for iMldirig ibat. " <(cnerally, the appomtmont of Magitilratos in wftbin tlio poworsof '•the Local Jl:ic'.'ULivo8. So mr.vh being c.-itublishcJ, a!rn(:,t ul! *' difficulty (liHupju-arh." Turning now to the cane of Kigina vs CootOj wiiich the t^ujboc Court of Queeu'h Bench had relied on as solving all diffiouities, as to tho confUct of powers, it in aiuttcr of regret to iind that it really has no bearing on that subjtjct whatever. Tho .single passage in that judgment which bea/.s upon at^y consLitutional question is contained in the following extract fmrn the judginont delivered by Sir iLobcrt Collier ; "The obl'jction taken at tho trial " appears to have been that to constitato huch a court as that of thu . "Fire Marshal was boyond tho power of tiio Pioviricial Legislature, "and that consjquenlly the dopo.-titions wore iUog.tlly lakon. -• Subsequently otaor objoctions wore taken in ai-io-it of jid"ruont " and tho quoblion of tho admii-Mbility of tho depositions wus^oear- " vod. It WMi held by tho whole Court (m their Liudsh'p'rt .opinion, " rightly,) that the tonbtituti,)n of the Court (;f the I'lro Marshal' •' with the powerrt given to it, was williin the competency of the " Provincial Legiblaluro." There was no oonleution at the argument, and no decision by thr- Court, as was tap[)0Hed by Mr. Justice Kamcay, thai the " |)owor to i.orainato Magiou utes to tit in such courti, is wiihia the power of riie Local Executive." No solution, therefore of tho on,-i f /r trial.! How then could it have been suppji^ed that this was ailocision, evon| in favor of the principle that Lf)cal Loginlatuios could " create now courts for tho execution of the ciiinir.al law," ad htated b> Mr.' Justice JRamsay, much leos a dociwion allimiing " the power" of thoj Local authorities to appiiDt" tho Judges to sitiriHuci c^niris"? Tho' power '* to create new Courts for tho execution of tho cridiinai law was expressly conferred by tho British North America 5\.ct, and f jrtunatcly, it does not i-ost on the case ci Regina vs. Cooto. As lol the suggestion that the Local Legislature had evoa attempted, bvi tho Act then under consideration, to create a utw "court for thl' " execution of tho criminal law,' it is not only apparent fiom th. references oi tho Judicial Committee that no Huch attetapt had beenj made, but tho Court of Queen's Bench itself had decided, in 1872,1 (jtx parte DiXon 2 lievuo Critique 231), that tho Statute in qiiostion| had no connoolion with criminal procedure. The only remaining pas/-ages in tho judgment of Kegina vs, iiornei- are an attempt to work out 'i.ho theory ou which it was imai'iuou tiiat ttie case ol Kogiua vs. Cooto had been decided, and the case lo " Tho case of Cootc I'if tlifi fowoi ul' tho ) oxccnliori (if crirni rak's to hh in h-uch ity for lie*ldiiig ibat. vilbin the pi)worsof ibli^lieJ, alrnr'a uli lof'Kigina I's Cootc, reliod on us f~oIviu^ miiLlcr of rogi'ot to ct whatovor. Tho lU uiiy coufetiluUonal frurn the judginoot 1 takotj at tho trial court as that of tho )viri(;ial Le^'ifilaturo, illogAlly i.akon. arroit of j iiigmonL iOHiuons WM rosfir- L>ud.sh;|>'8 ">piuion, tho Firo MarBhal, CO HI potency of tho i DO deciniou by tho thai the " power to iibiQ the powor oi i of tho (JirFij.uUj'- ca.-o of Kogiiia Vo •y Council in l!eg!nu !cw O'oalci ofScer- kiijg itJVobtiguiionf it came ai.dor tho M morei3' iLut oi led pui.-oti.-* fir trial, wari aiieoision, even 1 could " cteato new " aa stated L> Mr.* " thei)0wer" of the' KUc) C.HU'lb"? Tho 4'lbo criiniual law ' America 5Vct, and a vs. Cooto. As uA )veu altomptcd, b> | LW " court for the! apparent from thi j h alLosapt had beeri! docidtid, in 187^J Statute ill questions M u,, tho cuot, ,a,.,n ha Hi,;, '" ^';''" '" '',"";>^'l I'vcccoj- lo :ao« in all llu, |„.inl.fto X°h ?, o^tu ,.n h."'",' *""""'-''*' '"" " 10 recovery k .f the Judge. Ji,o':m™cd', ^'- ; ; ;^'^- ,° 'i,° f""""""- enuctmont ko and i-xecuuvo which ■;;i;;;d bel^rtho Uni^of U e1> '^"^"'''- immued to tho Pro-inri'il i „,,;.,i , V?,"^" *^* "'« Proviuoes pion, except f« i L as il 3 'J t [TLispriticiplo, without which tb^ro -v-i' 1 n t v., • loaior- i it Wad imagiuoxi dod, and tho catit.*^ 10 ah nio conferred by '^oclion 02 f,f iho British North America Act, ati t that al.l other powers arc voste I in th» P.'u lifinient ot (Janndii. ij may bo thut such Statntes fin Ihut ro<,'ardint,' tho Puii^'i CihuLh ai^ infra rirei^ t'no i'rnvircial Loi.;i-latiiro, without Uu- dcfsfdlowt Statnty being po, but if thoy uro -ntra vir'S, it cim hiirlly lui ir'>i'| tho wci.i,'ht ol iho Ntnv .Biunswici< decision just quolcti (,v Worn ti' roasoniP!,' |.;ivcn by iti<' mujority of tho Court. Another of tho Slittutc^ rtforrcd to in tho Order In Council, .; boiiij'Hin.ihir to tho disallowed Act, isono ]»a.-i'-od by the Loijir-lat-.u of Ontario, and vhich coiiferrod jiiriwdiction on Stipendiary MuL-i tratoa in Territorial and tompotary Judicial DistfictH. Tho undcrsi^'ncd has, however, already shown thut tho proviKiui of this Act wore dihtinctly excepted to in tho report of the ll>n(.i able Mr. Laflamme. and that a request was mado that n hbould !> rei>'ja!cd before tho time for diHallowatioo Hhouid expire; th;vt th;; request \V9H unheeded, and that a Hubr--ef|uent enactmonl ol a lik character, but sioin^,' a little further in conferrinj^ jariMiiction, w. dipallowcd. Le^M-dation of that kind has not been continued i Ontario, but tho Lo'^ ' laturo has, in roi.ont years, avoide i aiicg u|)on th. question and no relevancy to tho quoytion of diHal!o',vanco. it refi- to tho fact that in I8h7 tho Loginlature of Quebec authorized ti appointment of two additional Judges of tho .Superior Court, a: calls Your Excellency's attention to tho fact, according to a prin. plo aclcnowleged by tho Dominion authoriticH, and especially by 11 iii"^'ht ilonoraijlo the Fiist iMinister, in a Bpeech in Parliament, i-i 1881) th;it, tho wish of the Provincial Legi-*lature on such a subjc Hhouid bo r"spectcd. On this point there need bo no con trover.- ^ A representation made by a Provincial Legislature t.8 to tho noci: sity tor an increase in the number of Judges, or on any other (^ubje( is entitled to very great respect, and it was not noccHHary, in ordc to obtain this admission, that tho speech of tho First Minister, miv under widely different circumstancos from those presontod in tli ^^^^ Province of Quebec, and in relation to a state of allairs in IJriti.-- tT&nan Columbia on which tho opinion of the Provincial Legislaturo w!. Quebe peculiarly important as there was but little question as to the faci|,;,jj ^j^^ (tho controversy turning largely on a matter of opinion as to tl best policy to be pursued in organizing tho judicial staff of that Pr vince), should bo referred to. • , , • , i Without digressing into a considoration of tho ^^o'gp* which i Magisi The that ti mend 1 that tj , ._ — ^ / >-^. ceed tc would suggest that, inasmuch as tho authority for tho appoir the ad( mont of Judges of tho rank provided for in tho Quebec Afthat th of 1887, ia vested in Your Excolloncy, and tho provision lor ^i^o saj rjjjjp rios allowances and pensions for such Judges can alone ba tnado h Rcomp Parliament, the rosponBibilityol recommending tho nooosnary prov|,f ^jj^ ^ Bion to Parliament is not wholly removed from Yout- !.K,3lloncy representations of the Provincial Legislatures should have, und various eots of circumstancos that may arise, tho undersigt' Ad VI proji faclH NO th fort! tho J neve mad< 'wo i been It conn Queb long, tho (, agree the p want bccau holier be all Lit Logih Judg( being c.ial I bo on Act. Th( show lowed " shoi been " app( "auth nnmb< Counc of tho 17 !ili America At't, at M irnctit ot (J;in>i(la. i Lhd Parish (/'oui tfl a; ; it can Liirily I'o iviv si qauU'cl (;!• iVom ti' On^or in Cour:cil, . oJ by iho IjOi»i;-l;i!" Dn Slij)e;'iJiar3" M'.i.'.'i )!strit.'lH. vii that t.ho provi-ii,'! report of the li^ni : undo thaf it .sboulJ I ulil oxpiro ; that th It emi;>trnorit oi ft l^l. rin/^ j:u'i:'(lii.tion, w. )t been continutd yearn, avoido i <)oiii oly, and leuvivu^ t.. ociitivo. ition. after proseiitii Advi.«ois l)y the action of tho I' rovinciiU IiCu:i,^!nMiro. It w.miM proper that your Kxcelloncy'H AdviscM HhouM bo in form od ladHwbich mako tho appointment of u that they nnay prenent t«^ Pari t'crth tho Kxeciilivo oi (Inv.haii Mnco tho p«h ot the additinnul Jud^ros rif ■er>.ary, iment -Mmid te:l^'<>r!.•., if auj- oxitif' ir, been miule when tho Order in Council und [joinimont ot thai orio had already It may bo thnt a carofiU r roviuw w.uh pant-od, connectt.i witf tho adminiNiiat.oi) of J xari inalion of tho fads and i^taiist ics neboc -^ill rnaki, ,.s propu- that I'arliarnent should nrovid UMlii'c in tho Fro\inco of io, before with rr;.;aii 1 to tr. )d8 to rti'^t' a hiatomf 3 no boaiirg u\)on l!u iisiiillowanco. it rcfV/ QiK;bcc authorized li Superior Court, a; . aocording to a prirn , and etpcciully by tl aech in Parliament, i^ ■tuio on such & subjcc 3od bo no coIltrovor.•-^ ilaturo t.8 to tho noccf run any otlicrtiubjcc' lot neocHMary, iu ordc; Fir-^i Minititcr, m;v 30S0 prcHontod in tli te of ail'airs in IJriti.-. ncial Loj^islaturo Wi^ iiotition us to the fact ir of oj-inion as to t( dicialBtaffof thatP; tho weight which ihj '08 Bhouid have, und ' .vise, Iho undersigt. irity for tho appoir in the Quebec A' provision tor tho Ub';' ctui iilono b3 made l ifj tho nQCOrt>iary pro^) :oni Your I'.Kealloncy on^r the Kiijuy of the ..thor Ju,l,;o for whom a ph.'o wan mado bv the (iuebe. Act of 1887. If -,, tho undorHi,ned\v.ll eK.cm it an «|,'reoablcdu-y to recommend compliance with tho wi^h implied the paHK.go of that Act, uiul ho doCR not doniro to b„ vJn-dc'\ i) wanting u.rc.pcct for the, ep'o^eniationn of tho Quel.,., rl^i.latu^o becaus. he has deemed ,t his duty to advi^othat u .Statute, which 1 o bohovoH to ho m oxce.. of tl,o pcvvern of that T,egi^!aturo hould not fjo allowed to go into operation. It f-oems unnecehKiry to suy, however, that tho fact of a Provincial Legislature having c'ono its part towards enlarging the nuX" of Judge, and the circumstance, if such exists, cff additional i'li.e. being needed, cannot juMify ,l,o attempt on the p.rt of the P.ovin be one'oflrr V''"' ''i' "'""'V'^'"^' J—. Vet .uch seem "o be one of tho reasons put forward i„ justification of tho JJi.allowed Tho Order in Council of the (^,. hoc Governmenf then procpods to Hbow that tho Logislativo A.Hombly of (Quebec, in passin.l th. Disa lowed Act, adopted a ro.olutir.n " that the new District Mag strateH •' «hou d only bo appointed one month after that Act " .hould ^u." been "absented to, ,n order to allow tho Federal Goverr.ment to appoint the two additional Judges whose .p^ointmont had been l"i "?«' ^"'^ ^^'^»'d not bo appointed it'tho increase in h" (W l7J^"'^''''''^?"''\^"'^^'*^^«^«"''> ^^^ ^aJ«- ^J^ho Order ir Council then goes on to show that, on the Uth of July last conio" oftholJisallowedActandof tho liesolm.on, just referred to Zro on ?h.%mh / Ifo^'lf "^«tion putting the Act into fo?co was mado on the dOth August only, and that the appointment of the District Magistrates was made only on tho 30th August last th.^ 1 h« Mn^L'^'' ^'' v*' "'^^,'^"";"'*^ ^«e^-^^ 'o be to present a complaint. th.it the ac son ef Your KxcoUoncy's advisors in docidini? to rocom iSpd /^f° ^'^'«»^«?^^ecut.yo wore, in consequence, allowed%o pro- Med to he appointment of tho Magistrates on the assumption that hatl«Pr'^"P?r'^'"7.{"'^'^'' ^^"'^ "«^ be ajpo'^nt d an'd -fcat^the Proymoml Act would bo loft to its operation. This complaint, if the undersigned is right in assuming that such >rZtZ ' Th'^A':' • '^'P*^'"^^^. '" ''/'''' «" ^' misa,:i>;ohon^io„ the facts. The Act was assented to by tho Lieutenant Governor i Quebec on tho 12th July, 1888. It contained no provision is to 18 the (lato when it shonliJ ci^rao into force. Ciniiitor 4 < f tho Quobw i:5taluleH of iH71, providoH, (and it in re-onaclocl liy Hi'vised StututoH. lhS3, nn 5) that n SuiuVo of that Provinco '* wli-.-novfi-ilH (jommon- " comeiil is not otlicrwiHo therein provided I'or hlrill, if it bo not " reserved, come into and bo in force, on and from tho Bixtioth day " afli^r t!io day on vvhicli il was ahsontod to." Tho DiHaliowod Aoi, vhoioibio, ovoti without any intorftiorito by tlio Foderul Kxccuiive, t oomo into elFoct until iho 10th day of Soptoinbor, 1888, at d tho Expcativo of Qiicboe would not havo power, until llut date, to i.^MUo tlio ProclarnaiMo aboli-liing tho Circuit (Jourl, or to uppoin;, tho District Mu;^i^li•at(^^, or to do any other of tho matters ])rovid(Kl for by iho DiriulliAvod Act. Xolwilhstanding this, the Proclama tion wflH issued and th'j Magistrates wore appointed olovon dtiys before that date. Your ilxcollcncy'rt AdviserH could hardly have assumed that tho Executive of Quebec w-iuld doniro to do, bef()ro tho Suth of Aui^'imt, HClK whiili they were only orapoworou to do on the lOih oi' .Scptom- bor at V..V tnirliOHt,. That Your iixcolloncy's Advinors did not unduly delay ilioir action in roHpoct to tho Disallowed Act, in further appiironl from the following circumbtancos : tho authontio copy of tho Disiillowod Act, on whicli au hentic copy alone action Imw to I^d taken, it taken at all, in reh<|)eol of disallowanco, was only received by tho Secretary of State, and referred to tho nndornic^nert on the 8th day of August last. Although tho time for disallowance would not oxptre for twelve m(»nthn from the Irator date, the report of the uiidorsitinod waH made on the !ird day of Sopioraboi , and Your I'^xcoUoncy was plea->ed to approve theieof, and to order the disullowauco of tho Act on tho 7lii day of Seitteinber. Immediately afierwards, the undor- eigued Hent, by lcle!;u'r,i li.a-dl> h.' Pr ixpodi 'Ur,so !onlus M ri^ isers 1 iOo/ls I'lOuld loin too \y Pro real h foinvo ade, } !i^c*■' the '111.! its ( or 4 ( f llio Qiiobe/- >y Hi'viMfd SliitutoH. uMiovcrilri ooinmon- r hhill, if it bo not. im tho eixtioih day riio iJiHaliowod Aoi, Fo ierul Kxjc.uiivo, of Soptoinbor, 1888, wor, until tliat date, (Joui L,or to appoint lio manors ))rovid(Kl this, the i'n)clama- uiiitod olovon dayw ) as-umod ihal tho iho HOtli of Au^^nsi, the lUih '.{'Scplom- iivluly delay ihoir tior apparoriL Irom .' of the DiHiillowod i \:^i^ lalcon, it taken :cd by tho Socrotary 8th day of Auf(U8t iu!d not oxpiro for ot the uiului'.-iiunod '>nr I'^xoolloucy was .ll{)wau'':o of tho Act orwaidrt, tho uiidor- First Minister o u( that i^^'onUoman lio ejirlioi^t possible ukon in roloronce to to state a griovanix H noticed, iruwmnch Millowed Act, Yoiiv iL'iition. Ucl'orenco or of Juhtico, dated' 'ourse which Hhould! al Statutes, and the; Qt (jase of disallow- r", by any possibility, irtially dofoctivo, oi : I general interests of j ion, communication «nt With rci^pcct- to ihould not be disal- irso, until the Looal Jiing and disou^siag ))p- would .con. :hat ti,o f>n^v "c il tZ^\Z. 71- "V'''' ' '''"" '' '■"•d y bo coKlonded that in deulin' .W h Z liiWr t ■ '^'^'^° bo Provincial Kko •uliv.. u- .« . i i / "'-J J^'iu.n'ib^o Siat.iito. expedition b. t hat t , iM . p"'-^ ^'' '"'"'^•■'^^ ^'"^ i''^- »'>""■- Uo^and vvuitii-iir /or I've thut J.ui?!s!a:ure I' >und to exist i-be L'.'islaiivo session of 18S1>, in order to an opportunity of romeuying tho defectfl (Signed) JNO. S. D. THOMPSON. Minister of Justice,