Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador; . ^ The highestjudicial authority is the Supreme Court of Canada,which holds its sessions at Ottawa. Each provincehas its Courts of Chancery, Kings Bench, CountyCourts, General Sessions, etc., and the criminal law. 40 CANADA. of Great Britain with trial by jury obtains through-out the Dominion. All the provinces appoint their own officers ofjustice with the exception of the judges, who arechosen by the Governor-General and his the North-West Territories, where the MountedPolice are responsible for order,
Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador; . ^ The highestjudicial authority is the Supreme Court of Canada,which holds its sessions at Ottawa. Each provincehas its Courts of Chancery, Kings Bench, CountyCourts, General Sessions, etc., and the criminal law. 40 CANADA. of Great Britain with trial by jury obtains through-out the Dominion. All the provinces appoint their own officers ofjustice with the exception of the judges, who arechosen by the Governor-General and his the North-West Territories, where the MountedPolice are responsible for order, the commissionerand other officers are empowered to act as magis-trates and local justices of the peace. The common law of Great Britain prevailseverywhere in the colony, except in French Canada,where the civil law exists. Education. The Canadian people are justly proud of theirsplendid system of education. All children arecompelled by law to attend school long enoughfor them to learn to read, write, and public schools are provided in all the provinces,partly supported by the Government and partlyby the people of the districts in which they aresituated. The law directs that one must be builtas soon as a section has a certain population, theGovernment grant for its maintena
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