66. [Application of provisions referring to Lieutenant Governor in
Council.] The Provisions of this Act referring to the Lieutenant
Governor in Council shall be construed as referring to the Lieutenant
Governor of the Province acting by and with the Advice of the Executive
Council thereof.
67. [Administration in Absence, &c. of Lieutenant Governor.] The
Governor General in Council may from Time to Time appoint an
Administrator to execute the Office and Functions of Lieutenant
Governor during his Absence, Illness, or other Inability.
68. [Seats of Provincial Governments.] Unless and until the Executive
Government of any Province otherwise directs with respect to that
Province, the Seats of Government of the Provinces shall be as follows,
namely,--of Ontario, the City of Toronto; of Quebec, the City of Quebec;
of Nova Scotia, the City of Halifax; and of New Brunswick, the City of
Fredericton.
Legislative Power.
1.--ONTARIO.
69. [Legislature for Ontario.] There shall be a Legislature for Ontario
consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of One House, styled the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
70. [Electoral districts.] The Legislative Assembly of Ontario shall
be composed of Eighty-two Members, to be elected to represent the
Eighty-two Electoral Districts set forth in the First Schedule to
this Act.
2.--QUEBEC.
71. [Legislature for Quebec.] There shall be a Legislature for Quebec
consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and of Two Houses, styled the
Legislative Council of Quebec and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
72. [Constitution of Legislative Council.] The Legislative Council of
Quebec shall be composed of Twenty-four Members, to be appointed by the
Lieutenant Governor in the Queen's Name, by Instrument under the Great
Seal of Quebec, one being appointed to represent each of the Twenty-four
Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada in this Act referred to, and each
holding Office for the Term of his Life, unless the Legislature of
Quebec otherwise provides under the Provisions of this Act.
73. [Qualification of Legislative Councillors.] The Qualifications of
the Legislative Councillors of Quebec shall be the same as those of the
Senators for Quebec.
74. [Resignation, Disqualification, &c.] The Place of a Legislative
Councillor of Quebec shall become vacant in the Cases, mutatis mutandis,
in which the Place of Senator becomes vacant.
75. [Vacancies.] When a Vacancy happens in the Legislative Council of
Quebec by Resignation, Death, or otherwise, the Lieutenant Governor, in
the Queen's Name, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Quebec, shall
appoint a fit and qualified Person to fill the Vacancy.
76. [Questions as to Vacancies, &c.] If any Question arises respecting
the Qualification of a Legislative Councillor of Quebec, or a Vacancy
in the Legislative Council of Quebec, the same shall be heard and
determined by the Legislative Council.
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