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CANADIAN PROVINCES.

Alberta.

Constitution and Government.— The Constitution of Alhe.ita i.s contained in the Britisii North America Act of 1867, and its several amending Acts; also in the Alberta Act of 1905, passed by the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, creating the province. In the British North America Act, ]>rovision was made for the admif^sion of the new provinces from time to time, including the then North-West Teriitories, of which the present province of Alberta fomied a large portion. Upon the granting of autonomy to the North -West Territories, Albeita and Saskatchewan were erected into provinces, and all the provisions of the British North America Act. except those with respec^t to school lands and the public domain, were made to apply to Alberia as ihey apply to the older provinces of Canada.

The executive is vested nominally in the T.ieutenant-Governor, avIio is appointed by the federal goveniment. but af tnally in the Executive Council, or the Cabinet of the Legislature. Legislative poAver is vested in the Assembly in the name of the king. All bills passed by the Legislative Assembly are auually transmitted to Ottawa to receive the approval of the federal government.