IV.  Amerika.  1376  246.  Canada.

63.  The  executive  council  of  Ontario  and  of  Quebec  shall  be  composed  of
such  persons  as  the  lieutenant-governor  from  time  to  time  thinks  fit,  and  in  the
first  instance  of  the  following  officers,  namely,  —  the  attorney-general,  the  secretary
and  registrar  of  the  province,  the  treasurer  of  the  province,  the  commissioner  of
crown  lands,  and  the  commissioner  of  agriculture  and  public  works,  with,  in  Quebec,
the  speaker  of  the  legislative  council  and  the  solicitor  general.

64.  The  constitution  of  the  executive  authority  in  each  of  the  provinces  of
Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick  shall,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,  continue
as  it  exists  at  the  union  until  altered  under  the  authority  of  this  act.

65.  All  powers,  authorities  and  functions,  which  under  any  act  of  the  parliement
  of  Great  Britain,  or  of  the  parliament  of  the  united  kingdom  of  Great  Britain
and  Ireland,  or  of  the  legislature  of  Upper  Canada,  Lower  Canada,  or  Canada,  were
or  are  before  or  at  the  union  vested  in  or  exercisable  by  the  respective  governors
or  lieutenant-governors  of  those  provinces,  with  the  advice,  or  with  the  advice  and
consent,  of  the  respective  executive  councils  thereof,  or  in  conjunction  with  those
councils  or  with  any  number  of  members  thereof,  or  by  those  governors  or  leutenantgovernors
  individually,  shall,  as  far  as  the  same  are  capable  of  being  exercised  after
the  union  in  relation  to  the  government  of  Ontario  and  Quebec  respectively,  be
vested  in  and  shall  or  may  be  exercised  by  the  lieutenant-governor  of  Ontario  and
Quebec  respectively,  with  the  advice  or  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  or  in  conjunction
  with  the  respective  executive  councils  or  any  members  thereof,  or  by  the
lieutenant-governor  individually,  as  the  case  requires,  subject  nevertheless  (except
with  respect  to  such  as  exist  under  acts  of  parliament  of  Great  Britain  or  of  the
parliament  of  the  united  kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland),  to  be  abolished
or  altered  by  the  respective  legislatures  of  Ontario  and  Quebec.

66.  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.  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.  Unless  and  until  the  executive  government  of  any  province  otherwise
directs  with  respects  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.  There  ahall  be  a  legislature  for  Ontario,  consisting  of  the  lieutenantgovernor
  and  of  one  house,  styled  the  legislative  assembly  of  Ontario.

70.  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.