The Sovereign Council of New France a Study in Canadian Constitutional History
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It sent commissioners into the shops to mark the goods and see that they were sold at the price marked, and to see that the bread was of the proper weight and quality. It despatched members to supervise the unloading of merchandise and provisions from the King's ships, and the subsequent distribution. As a judicial expedient this system was considered to possess the following advantages : First, it enabled the Council to gain complete information without going through the preliminary hearings. ...Second, it saved wit- nesses time and the parties involved expense, for the commissioner was sent to the scene of the crime or dis- pute, where by taking testimony he enabled the witnesses to remain at their farming. 3 In the third place, it en- 1 Jugements et D&lib. , vol. I, p. 42. * In 1665 Damours accounted for 10, 000 livres 6 sous 6 deniers spent by him upon order of the Council. Ibid. , p. 324. During the same year he was paid 35 livres for inspecting beaver skins and fixing the price. Thereafter he received 2 sous per pound for this service.
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