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THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867;

ITS INTERPRETATION,

GATHERED FROM THE

DECISIONS OF COURTS, THE DICTA OF JUDGES, AND

THE OPINIONS OF STATESMEN AND OTHERS;

TO WHICH IS ADDED

THE QUEBEC RESOLUTIONS

OF 1864,

AND THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

BY

JOSEPH DOUTRE, Q.C.,

OF THE MONTREAL BAR.

Montreal:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN LOVELL & SON.

1880.

Entered according to Act of Parliament, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty, by JOSEPH DOUTRE, Q. C., in the office of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics of the Dominion of Canada.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

HENRY HOWARD MOLYNEUX HERBERT,

Earl of Carnarvon,

THIS WORK

IS, WITH HIS KIND PERMISSION,

Dedicated,

IN ADMIRATION OF THE SUPERIOR ABILITIES AND THE SOUND SENSE UNIFORMLY

DISPLAYED BY HIS LORDSHIP AT THE HEAD OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE.