77. [Speaker of Legislative Council.] 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. [Quorum of Legislative Council.] 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. [Voting in Legislative Council.]
Questions arising in the Legislative Council of Quebec shall be decided
by a Majority of Voices, and the Speaker shall in all Cases have a Vote,
and when the Voices are equal the Decision shall be deemed to be in the
negative.
80. [Constitution of Legislative Assembly of Quebec.] The Legislative
Assembly of Quebec shall be composed of Sixty-five Members, to be
elected to represent the Sixty-five Electoral Divisions or Districts
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 of Quebec for Assent any Bill for
altering the Limits of any of the Electoral Divisions 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.
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