XXVIll.] SUPREME COURT OF CANADA.
unite with the Governments of the Provinces of
Ontario and Quebec in the appointment of three arbitrators, to whom shall be referred such questions as the Governor General and the Lieutenant-Governors of the said provinces shall agree to submit."
The arbitrators shall consist of three judges, one
T. to be appointed by the Governor General in Council and one by each of the said Provincial Governments, and all three shall be approved of by each Govern- In re ment."
"8. The arbitrators shall not assume to decide any disputed constitutional question; but if any are raised they will note and report them with their award, but without delaying their proceedings.'.'
" 4. Any two of the arbitrators shall have power to make an award."
" 5. The arbitrators, or any two of them, shall have power to make one or more awards, and to do so from time to time."
" The arbitrators shall not be bound to decide according to the strict rules of law or evidence, but may decide upon equitable principles, and when they do proceed on their view of a disputed question of law, the award shall set forth the same at the instance either or any part'y. Any award made under this Act shall be, in so far as it relates to disputed questions of law, subject to appeal to the Supreme Court of
Canada and thence to the Judicial Committee of Her
Majesty's Privy Council, in case their Lordships are pleased to allow such appeal."
" In case of an appeal on a question of law being successful, the matter shall go back to the arbitrators, the purpose of making such changes the award may be necessary, or appellate court shall make any other direction the necessary changes."