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Committee on the Contract of John Counter and the Junction Canal
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Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee to whom was Assigned the duty of Enquiring into and Reporting all the Circumstances Attending the Non- fulfilment of the Contract Entered into by John Counter, Esq.
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Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada with terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was established on March 12, 1857 and presented its report on June 4, 1857. The committee Chairman was W.S. Conger.
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The Committee on the Contract of John Counter and the Junction Canal examined the contract entered into by Mr. Counter and the Department of Public Works for the construction of the Junction Canal on the St. Lawrence River, the provisions of which had not been fulfilled by Mr. Counter.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792 to 1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.
Bishop, Olga B. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867. Ottawa, 1963.
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Archivist(s):
Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk