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Date: 1867
By: Hewitt Bernard, John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates
Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Senate conditions n.d. (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18315).
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1. The Tenure of office to be for life.
2. Equality between 3 sections to be [?maintained?].
3. The Govt to have the power of adding to numbers of Upper House [?amending?] the resolution of Mr. Archibald.