The Dominion of Canada . slature consisting in all casesof elected representatives, assisted in the case of twoprovinces by an upper chamber appointed by the is a complete system of local self-government inevery municipality of a province to provide for themanagement of schools, etc., and a municipal systemof councils composed of Mayors, Wardens, Reevesand Councillors to manage the local requirements ofthe cities, towns, counties, and parishes of everyprovince. The judiciary consists of several courts in each province,presided over by judges who are appointed and paid bythe Dominio
The Dominion of Canada . slature consisting in all casesof elected representatives, assisted in the case of twoprovinces by an upper chamber appointed by the is a complete system of local self-government inevery municipality of a province to provide for themanagement of schools, etc., and a municipal systemof councils composed of Mayors, Wardens, Reevesand Councillors to manage the local requirements ofthe cities, towns, counties, and parishes of everyprovince. The judiciary consists of several courts in each province,presided over by judges who are appointed and paid bythe Dominion Government. Each provincial governmenthas its own Civil Service, with officers appointed by pernicious system of removing Civil Servants witha change of government does not exist in Canada, andevery civil servant holds office during good Lieutenant-Governor holds office for five can be dismissed for some definite cause but the reasonfor his dismissal must be communicated to Parliament. 220. THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES He is thus the officer of the Dominion Government aswell as being the head of the Provincial Government;and within his constitutional limits he possesses all theauthority of a Governor-General. Under the British North America Act he it is whoappoints the legislative council. He can summon,prorogue, and dissolve the legislature, and in fact performany executive acts by the advice of his Council whichmay be necessary for governing the Province. The Advisory, or Executive Council, varies in numberfrom five members in British Columbia to eight membersin Ontario. Each member holds usually some provincialoffice as head of a department. In some cases the titlesof these heads of departments vary, but there are certainofficers who are to be found in all. The Attorney-Generalis the law adviser of the provincial government, andgenerally oversees the administration of justice in theprovince. There is also a Commissioner of Crown landswhose duty
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