140. [As to Issue of Proclamations after Union.] 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. [Penitentiary.] 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. [Arbitration respecting Debts, &c.] 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.
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