Whereas on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the House of Commons resolved that the limits of the province of Quebec should be increased by the extension of the boundaries of the province northwards so as to include the territory hereinafter described, as in the said resolution more particularly set out, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed to by the Legislature of Quebec and by the Parliament of Canada: Therefore, subject to the consent of the said Legislature, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. This Act may be cited as The Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912.
2. The limits of the province of Quebec are hereby increased so
that the boundaries thereof shall include, in addition to the present
territory of the said province, the territory bounded and described as
follows:
Commencing at the point at the mouth of the East Main river where it
empties into James Bay, the said point being the western termination of the
northern boundary of the province of Quebec as established by chapter 3 of
the Statutes of 1898, entitled An Act respecting the north-western,
northern and north-eastern boundaries of the province of Quebec; thence
northerly and easterly along the shores of Hudson bay and Hudson strait;
thence southerly, easterly and northerly along the shore of Ungava bay and
the shore of the said strait; thence easterly along the shore of the said
strait to the boundary of the territory over which the island of
Newfoundland has lawful jurisdiction; thence south-easterly along the
western boundary of the said last mentioned territory to the middle of the
Bay du Rigolet or Hamilton Inlet; thence westerly along the northern
boundary of the province of Quebec as established by the said Act to the
place of commencement; and all the land embraced by the said description
shall, from and after the commencement of this Act, be added to the
province of Quebec, and shall, from and after the said commencement, form
and be part of the said province of Quebec upon the following terms and
conditions and subject to the following provisions:
(b) That in the general census of the population of Canada which is required to be taken in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one and in every tenth year thereafter the population of the territory hereby added to the province of Quebec shall be distinguished from that of the said province as heretofore constituted, and the representation of the said territory in the House of Commons shall be determined according to the rules enacted by section 51 of "The British North America Act, 1867," regulating the representation of the provinces other than Quebec;
(c) That the province of Quebec will recognize the rights of the Indian inhabitants in the territory above described to the same extent, and will obtain surrenders of such rights in the same manner, as the Government of Canada has heretofore recognized such rights and has obtained surrender thereof, and the said province shall bear and satisfy all charges and expenditures in connection with or arising out of such surrenders;
(d) That no such surrender shall be made or obtained except with the approval of the Governor in Council;
(e) That the trusteeship of the Indians in the said territory, and the management of any lands now or hereafter reserved for their use, shall remain in the Government of Canada subject to the control of Parliament.
4. This Act shall come into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation of the Governor in Council published in The Canada Gazette, but such proclamation shall not be made until after the Legislature of Quebec shall have consented to the increase of the limits of the province herein provided for, and agreed to the terms, conditions and provisions aforesaid.