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: AN Acr to repeal certain Parts of an AG, paffed in the Fourteen:
Sk Hs Mods Reign, intituled, An Act far making more effect
a for the Government of the Province of Quebec, tn North America; à
poral, Further Prowfon jor the Government of the förd Pi prince.
a the tee HIER EAS an At was palled in the Fourtcenth Year of the Reign of
meter tency COTES Le W Misjeftr, ruruled, du 24 fe marine mire lat Propifien for ih:
meseca betan ; >
ee Gua Bin SIONS I 16%, = en of the Promince of (uses ia Noth dmerma? Ani whores the Rud AG iw in ck
83 rand, ss
seers inapplicable to the prdent Condition and Circumfances of the hid Pio
ae whereas st is expedient and ueceffary that furcher Proviliun thould now |
rer the good Caverament and Profperity thereof: May i: th relure plesie Yor
Se cellent Maj Oy that it may bo coatied; and be it enacted by the Ring’s mu
Caen Mapfly, by and wich the Advice and Coulent of the Lurds Spiritosl ant
ae and Commons, in this prefent Parliament a Mo mbled, and by the Author ty
Se Ra ft That fo mach af the fad AG as in any Manner relates to the Sppointmeat
ter of Red Ae ras etes SS 5 REE ne he P
Nas wwe Apps ti for the Sara of the faid Province of Que €, of ta the Power given
fad Ww Repos AG to the fard Council, orto the major Bare of them, tv make Ordina
. SS foersepaiek Prare, Welfare, sud good Government uftbe {aid Piarsioce, with the Con
that av Majellvs Governor, Licucepant Governor, or Conimander in Chief for ti
ae ing, thai] be, and ihe fame is hereby repealed.
of the Tf. Aud wherras flis Majefty bas been pleafed to fignify, by His Mel
until ät Houles of Pacliament, His Royal Intention to divide His Frovince of €
banks: Two feparate Provinces, to be called The Provuce of Upper Canida, an
3 Maken os vince of Lower Canada; be it chaticd by the Mother aforeiaid, That td
naar tee within cach of the fad Pros inces selpettively a Lecflstucve Couucil, asd a:
pore to be feverally ecompofsd and confhtured m the Manner korn. after dit
cs that in cach of the fod Provinces reipcttivchy His May By, His Meir or
fhal have Power, during ve Ceriouence of chs Att, by and with the
2 eas ames COnfent of the Legilative Council and Allembly of fach Pravinccs re ip
À Site Pee make Laws fur the Peoce, Wellare, and goad Gucerniment thon of, fut
being repuchantt9 dis Act; and that ail fuch Lans, big pafled by the De utitative
councl and Aflembly of crier of the laid Provinces mipcturely, and allented 16 by
Hs Maells, Ils [Heirs or Sucrellinx, or allented co in His Myjefly’s Name, by fuck a SY ,
Perfor as Hu M y, His Heir or Succellors fall tion Vine eo Tim: bout io The (C onstitutt 0 nal A ct, passed
be the Gaveracr, or Licat nant Governor of fuck Poa cace, or by fuch Peston as :
fits May fly, His [rire or Sacceflom fhalt from Time to Tine appoint to alurinifler in I 791 5 was actually an
the Governne t wuhin the fine, hall be, and the fame are hereby declared to be,
by victue of aud under the Authority of cus AG, valid and binding to all Intents and amendment to the Quebec Act
vr which was made law 17 years
earlier. Sir Guy Carleton (Lord
Dorchester) was Governor-in-
Chief of British North America at the time this amendment was passed. It divided the colony
into the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.
colonies britanniques en Amérique du Nord, l’Acte de Québec de 1774 fut amendé par I’ Acte
En 1791, sous V administration de Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester), Gouverneur général des |
Constitutionnel qui divisait les colonies en deux provinces, le Haut et le Bas Canada.
Constitutional Heritage
On July ist in Canada, we celebrate the decision taken in 1867 by the
British North American colonies to join together to create a new Nation. |
This decision was carried out by a group of men, both English-speaking and |
French-speaking, who had a vision of the future greatness of Canada, and who |
are known to Canadians as the Fathers of Confederation.
At first, four of the original Colonies came together as provinces in a |
federal union, to be followed shortly afterwards by three more. Today, |
Canada is made up of ten provinces, stretching between two oceans as expressed
in our national motto: ‘‘A mari usque ad mare”, each with its own jurisdiction
in those matters which were reserved to the provinces under the original Act
of Confederation.
Since that day 84 years ago, Canada has marched steadily forward. Today
we stand in full nationhood, proud of our association in the British Common-
wealth, possessors of the boon of freedom under the rule of law.
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