QUALIFICATIONS OF SENATOR
23.- The Qualifications of a Senator shall be as follows:
1. He shall be of that full age of Thirty Years:
2. He shall be either a natural-born Subject of the Queen, or a Subject of
the Queen naturalized by an Act of the Parliament of Grant Britain, or of the
Parliament of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of the
Legislature of One of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Canada, Nova
Scotia, or New Brunswick, before the Union, or of the Parliament of Canada
after the Union:
3. He shall be legally or equitably seised as of Freehold for his own Use
and Benefit of Lands or Tenements held in Free and Common Socage, or seised or
possessed for his own Use and Benefit of lands or Tenements held in Franc-alleu
or in Roture, within the Province for which he is appointed, of the Value of
Four thousand Dollars, over and above all Rents, Dues, Debts, Charges,
Mortgages, and Incumbrances due or payable out of or charged on or affecting
the same:
4. His Real and Personal Property shall be together worth Four thousand
Dollars over and above his Debts and Liabilities:
5. He shall be resident in the Province for which he is appointed:
6. In the Case of Quebec he shall have his Real Property Qualification in
the Electoral Division for which he is appointed, or shall be resident in that
Division.
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