Annonce d'adoption de différentes résolutions . - Retranscription (original créé en juin 1854)

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This is a typed page of minutes from a meeting, reproduced as a copy on a plain white sheet. The text is set out in single-spaced paragraphs with headings such as Moved by and Resolved, each followed by a resolution, and the lines are separated by blank space. The page carries a small printed archive credit at the bottom right corner.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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At a meeting of the Bar of Lower Canada Section of the District of Quebec convened pursuant to notice for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting an Address to the Honorable Louis Hyppolite LaFontaine, on the occasion of retiring this District for the first time from his judicial capacity, also his elevation to the Bench, and held in the Court House in the City of Quebec on the 26th June 1856. The Honorable P.M. Tribonne, Queens Counsel, Bâtonnier in the Chair, the following Resolutions were moved and unanimously adopted.Resolved – That in the opinion of this Meeting the elevation of the Honorable Louis Hypolite LaFontaine, late Attorney General for Lower Canada, to the highest judicial office in this Country is an invaluable acquisition to its Judiciary and eminently calculated further to ensure the character and stability of its Jurisprudence.Moved by Mr. Vannorman seconded by Mr. Campbell, andResolved – That the Bar of Quebec do avail itself of the presence of Chief Justice LaFontaine in Quebec for the approaching Session of the Court of Appeals, to present him with a respectful address expressive of their sentiments in this behalf.Moved by Mr. Pope seconded by Mr. Fortwym andResolved – That the Bâtonnier of this Section of the Bar together with the movers and seconders of the resolutions and such other Members of the Bar as they may associate with them be a Committee to draw up the said address and to present the same togetherAt a meeting of the Bar of Lower Canada Section of the District of Quebec convened pursuant to notice for the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting an Address to the Honorable Louis Hippolyte La Fontaine, on the occasion of retiring from his Judicial capacity, also his elevation to the Bench, and held in the Court House in the City of Quebec on the 3rd June 1854Resolved - That in the opinion of this Meeting the elevation of the Honorable Louis Hippolyte LaFontaine, late Attorney General for Lower Canada, to the highest judicial office in this Country is an invaluable acquisition to the Judiciary and eminently calculated further to ensure the character and stability of its Jurisprudence.Moved by Mr. Vanarsdos seconded by Mr. Campbell, andMoved by Mr. Pope seconded by Mr. Fortwyn andResolved - That the Gentlemen of this Section of the Bar together with the movers and seconders of the resolutions and such other Members of the Bar as they may associate with them be a Committee to draw up the said address and to present the same tog-Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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