State of the Present Form of Government of the Province of Quebec, with a Large Appendix: Containing Extracts from the Minutes of an Investigation Into the Past Administration of Justice in that ProvinceJ. Debrett, 1789 - 176 من الصفحات |
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... report to him , each commit- tee respectively , on the subject referred to it . This was a very wife measure , and shew- ed that his Lordship was refolved to find * See Appendix , No. IX . D2 out out the fource of the diffatisfaction ...
... report to him , each commit- tee respectively , on the subject referred to it . This was a very wife measure , and shew- ed that his Lordship was refolved to find * See Appendix , No. IX . D2 out out the fource of the diffatisfaction ...
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... report on the state of the com- merce , applied by letter to the merchants of Quebec and Montreal , " in order ( as they " state in their report to his Lordship ) to " obtain the thoughts of others more ex- 66 perienced than themselves ...
... report on the state of the com- merce , applied by letter to the merchants of Quebec and Montreal , " in order ( as they " state in their report to his Lordship ) to " obtain the thoughts of others more ex- 66 perienced than themselves ...
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... reports of the ten- dency of this new bill alarmed the mer- chants ; and in a meeting held for the pur- pose of deliberating on what steps were proper and neceffary for them to take , on an affair of fo much importance to their fe ...
... reports of the ten- dency of this new bill alarmed the mer- chants ; and in a meeting held for the pur- pose of deliberating on what steps were proper and neceffary for them to take , on an affair of fo much importance to their fe ...
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... ; because their manners alter with the increafe and circulation of property , on which laws have a visible influence . " Dr. Marriot's Report to the King in 1773. Page 4 . 66 The The great uncertainty of law in the courts , holds ( 54 )
... ; because their manners alter with the increafe and circulation of property , on which laws have a visible influence . " Dr. Marriot's Report to the King in 1773. Page 4 . 66 The The great uncertainty of law in the courts , holds ( 54 )
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... report to his Majefty in 1773 , the consequences that would arise from hasty measures in fettling the constitution of that country * . For the first ten years after the Quebec Act was paffed , the members who com- pofed the legislative ...
... report to his Majefty in 1773 , the consequences that would arise from hasty measures in fettling the constitution of that country * . For the first ten years after the Quebec Act was paffed , the members who com- pofed the legislative ...
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الصفحة 94 - Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England, and under such Regulations and Restrictions as are used in other Colonies; and in the mean Time, and until such Assemblies can be called as aforesaid, all Persons Inhabiting in or resorting to our Said Colonies may confide in our Royal Protection for the Enjoyment of the Benefit of the Laws of our Realm of England...
الصفحة 93 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England, and under such Regulations and Restrictions as are used in other Colonies...
الصفحة 85 - When different legislative bodies succeed one another, the people who have a bad opinion of that which is actually...
الصفحة 72 - ... into disagreements : it is the necessary result of opposite interests, or ideas. Different perceptions make men appear like different animals one towards another. I conceive that no laws in the detail can be well formed for any country but by a legislative body upon the spot ; because such a body best knows its own wants, and how to find the means, and how to apply them. The colonies of Georgia and Nova Scotia were long drooping under a military government. The extraordinary improvements of them,...
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الصفحة 68 - ... sentiments of the whole community, there is a state of the most perfect political liberty. On the other hand, in countries where a man is, by his birth or fortune, excluded from these offices, or from a power of voting for proper...
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