“The act provided for a legislative council of not less than twenty members for a legislative assembly in which each section of the united province would be represented by an equal number of members--that is to say, forty-two for each, or eighty-four in all. The speaker of the council was appointed by the crown and ten members, including the speaker, constituted a quorum. A majority of voices was to decide and in case of an equality of votes the speaker had a casting vote. A legislative counsellor would vacate his seat by continuous absence from two consecutive sessions. The number of representatives allotted to each province could not be changed except with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members of each house. The quorum of the assembly was to be twenty, including the speaker. The speaker was elected by the majority and was to have a casting vote in case of the votes being equal on a question. No person could be elected to the assembly unless he possessed a free-hold of land and tenements to the value of £500 sterling over and above all debts and mortgages. The English language alone was to be used in legislative records. A session of the legislature should be held at least every year and each legislative assembly was to have a duration of four years unless sooner divided.” (Bourinot’s “Constitution of Canada,” page 35.) FOOTNOTES: [1] Mr. Kingsford published, after twelve years of labour the last of his ten volumes of the “History of Canada,” in 1898. The preface was signed “Ottawa, 24th of May, 1898.” He died on September 29, 1898. His work is that of a conscientious historian and the facts he has marshalled together are invaluable to students. CHAPTER XIX RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE UNION KINGSTON THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT--THE RACE CRY RESUSCITATED--LAFONTAINE--RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT--MONTREAL ELECTIONS--RESTRICTION REMOVED ON FRENCH LANGUAGE IN PARLIAMENT--FREE TRADE MOVEMENT--FINANCIAL DEPRESSION--GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER--REBELLION LOSSES BILL--THE BURNING OF THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE--THE MONTREAL MOVEMENT FOR ANNEXATION WITH THE STATES--“CLEAR GRITS” AND THE “PARTI ROUGE”--THE RAILWAY AND SHIPPING ERA--THE GAVAZZI RIOT--THE RECIPROCITY TREATY--EXIT THE OLD TORYISM--CLERGY RESERVES AND SEIGNEURIAL TENURE ACTS--THE MILITIA ACT--MONTREALERS ON THE ELECTED COUNCIL--THE _Année Terribe_ OF 1857--THOMAS D’ARCY MC GEE--QUEBEC TEMPORARY SEAT OF GOVERNMENT--PROTECTION FOR HOME INDUSTRIES--CONFEDERATION BROACHED IN MONTREAL--THE TRENT AFFAIR--ST. ALBAN RAID PROSECUTIONS--THE REMODIFIED CIVIL CODE--FENIAN RAID EXCITEMENT IN MONTREAL--OTTAWA SEAT OF GOVERNMENT--THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN ACT--CONFEDERATION.