IV.  Amerika.  1388  246.  Canada.

139.  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.

140.  Any  proclamation  which  is  authorized  by  any  act  of  the  legislature  of  the
province  of  Canada  to  be  issued  under  the  great  seal  of  the  province  of  Canada,
whether  relating  to  that  province  or  to  Upper  Canada  or  to  Lower  Canada,  and  which
is  not  issued  before  the  union  may  be  issued  by  the  lieutenant-governor  of  Ontario  or
of  Quebec,  as  its  subject  matter  requires,  under  the  great  seal  thereof;  and  from
and  after  the  issue  of  such  proclamation  the  same  and  the  several  matters  and  things
therein  proclaimed  shall  be  and  continue  of  the  like  force  and  effect  in  Ontario  or
Quebec  as  if  the  union  had  not  been  made.

141.  The  penitentiary  of  the  province  of  Canada  shall,  until  the  parliament
of  Canada  otherwise  provides,  be  and  continue  the  penitentiary  of  Ontario  and  of
Quebec.

142.  The  division  and  adjustment  of  the  debts,  credits,  liabilities,  properties
and  assets  of  Upper  Canada  and  Lower  Canada  shall  be  referred  to  the  arbitrament
of  three  arbitrators,  one  chosen  by  the  government  of  Ontario,  one  by  the  government
  of  Quebec  and  one  by  the  government  of  Canada;  and  the  selection  of  the
arbitrators  shall  not  be  made  until  the  parliament  of  Canada  and  the  legislatures
of  Ontario  and  Quebec  have  met;  and  the  arbitrator  chosen  by  the  government
of  Canada  shall  not  be  a  resident  either  in  Ontario  or  in  Quebec.

143.  The  governor-general  in  council  may  from  time  to  time  order  that  such
and  so  many  of  the  records,  books  and  documents  of  the  province  of  Canada  as  he
thinks  fit  shall  be  appropriated  and  delivered  either  to  Ontario  or  to  Quebec,  and
the  same  shall  thenceforth  be  the  property  of  that  province;  and  any  copy  thereof
or  extract  therefrom,  duly  certified  by  the  officer  having  charge  of  the  original
thereof,  shall  be  admitted  as  evidence.

144.  The  lieutenant-governor  of  Quebec  may  from  time  to  time  by  proclamation
under  the  great  seal  of  the  province,  to  take  effect  from  a  day  to  be  appointed  therein,
constitute  townships  in  those  parts  of  the  province  of  Quebec  in  which  townships
are  not  then  already  constituted,  and  fix  the  metes  and  bounds  thereof.

X.  Intercolonial  Railway.

145.  Inasmuch  as  the  provinces  of  Canada,  Nova  Scotis  and  New  Brunswick
have  joined  in  a  declaration  that  the  construction  of  the  Intercolonial  Railway  is
essential  to  the  consolidation  of  the  union  of  British  North  America,  and  to  the
assent  thereto  of  Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick,  and  have  consequently  agreed
that  provision  should  be  made  for  its  immediate  construction  by  the  government
of  Canada:  Therefore,  in  order  to  give  effect  to  that  agreement,  it  shall  be  the  duty
of  the  government  and  parliament  of  Canada  to  provide  for  the  commencement,
within  six  months  after  the  union,  of  a  railway  connecting  the  river  St.  Lawrence