IV.  Amerika.  1377  946.  Canada.

2.  Quebec.

71.  There  shall  be  a  legislature  forQuebec,  consisting  of  the  leutenant-governor
and  two  houses,  styled  the  legislative  council  of  Quebec  and  the  legislative  assembly
of  Quebec.  |

72.  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.  The  qualifibations  of  the  legislative  councillors  of  Quebec  shall  be  the
same  as  those  of  the  senators  for  Quebec.

74.  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.  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.  If  any  question  arises  respecting  the  qualifications  of  a  legislative  councillor
of  Quebec,  the  same  ahall  be  heard  and  determined  by  the  legislative  council.

77.  The  lieutenant-governor  may,  from  time  to  time,  by  instrument  under
the  great  seal  of  Quebec,  appoint  a  member  of  the  legislative  council  of  Quebec  to
be  speaker  thereof,  and  may  remove  him  and  appoint  another  in  his  stead.

78.  Until  the  legislature  of  Quebec  otherwise  provides,  the  presence  of  at  least
ten  members  of  the  legislative  council,  including  the  speaker,  shall  be  necessary  to
constitute  a  meeting  for  the  exercise  of  its  powers.

79.  Questions  arising  in  the  legislative  council  of  Quebec  shall  be  decided  by
a  majority  of  voices,  and  the  speaker  shall  have  in  all  cases  a  vote,  and  when  the
voices  are  equal  the  decision  shall  be  deemed  to  be  in  the  negative.

80.  The  legislative  assembly  of  Quebec  shall  be  composed  of  sixty-five  members,
to  be  elected  to  represent  the  sixty-five  electoral  divisions  or  districte  of  Lower
Canada  in  this  act  referred  to,  subject  to  alteration  thereof  by  the  legislature  of
Quebec:  provided  that  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  present  to  the  lieutenant-governor
for  assent  any  bill  for  altering  the  limits  of  any  electoral  division  or  districts  mentioned
in  the  second  schedule  to  this  act,  unless  the  second  and  third  readings  of  such  bill
have  been  passed  in  the  legislative  assembly  with  the  concurrence  of  the  majority
of  the  members  representing  all  those  electoral  divisions  or  districts,  and  the  assent
shall  not  be  given  to  such  bill  unless  an  address  has  been  presented  by  the  legislative
assembly  to  the  lieutenant-governor  stating  that  it  has  been  so  passed.

3.  Ontario  and  Quebec.

81.  The  legislatures  of  Ontario  and  Quebec,  'respectively,  shall  be  called

together  not  later  than  six  months  after  the  union.
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