135. [Powers, duties, &c., of Executive officers.] Until the Legislature
of Ontario or Quebec otherwise provides, all Rights, Powers, Duties,
Functions, Responsibilities, or Authorities at the passing of this
Act vested in or imposed on the Attorney General, Solicitor General,
Secretary and Registrar of the Province of Canada, Minister of Finance,
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Commissioner of Public Works, and Minister
of Agriculture and Receiver General, by any Law, Statute or Ordinance
of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, or Canada, and not repugnant to this Act,
shall be vested in or imposed on any Officer to be appointed by the
Lieutenant Governor for the Discharge of the same or any of them; and
the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works shall perform the
Duties and Functions of the Office of Minister of Agriculture at the
passing of this Act imposed by the Law of the Province of Canada, as
well as those of the Commissioner of Public Works.
136. [Great Seals.] Until altered by the Lieutenant Governor in Council,
the Great Seals of Ontario and Quebec respectively shall be the same, or
of the same Design, as those used in the Provinces of Upper Canada and
Lower Canada respectively before their Union as the Province of Canada.
137. [Construction of temporary Acts.] The Words "and from thence to the
End of the then next ensuing Session of the Legislature," or Words to
the same Effect, used in any temporary Act of the Province of Canada not
expired before the Union, shall be construed to extend and apply to the
next Session of the Parliament of Canada if the Subject Matter of the
Act is within the Powers of the same, as defined by this Act, or to the
next Sessions of the Legislatures of Ontario and Quebec respectively,
if the Subject Matter of the Act is within the Powers of the same as
defined by this Act.
138. [As to Errors in Names.] From and after the Union the Use of the
Words "Upper Canada" instead of "Ontario," or "Lower Canada" instead of
"Quebec," in any Deed, Writ, Process, Pleading, Document, Matter, or
Thing, shall not invalidate the same.
139. [As to Issue of Proclamations before Union, to commence after
Union.] Any Proclamation under the Great Seal of the Province of Canada
issued before the Union to take effect at a Time which is subsequent to
the Union, whether relating to that Province, or to Upper Canada, or
to Lower Canada, and the several Matters and Things therein proclaimed
shall be and continue of like Force and Effect as if the Union had not
been made.
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