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 JESUITS' ESfATES ACT. 
 
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 Citizens appointed by the Queen's Hall Mass 
 
 Meeting of April 25th. 
 
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 1889. 
 
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All Act respecting the Settlement of the Jesuits' Estates. 
 
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 [Assented to 12t/i July, 1888]. 
 
 WHEREAS at the opening of this session of the Legis- 
 lature, it pleased His Honor the Lieutenant-Gover- 
 nor, m his gracious speech from the Throne, to o-iye 
 expression to the following words : 
 
 "I am happy to inform you that the question of the 
 Jesuits Estates, which has been so long pendino- between 
 the religious and civil authorities, and which has caused 
 so much uneasiness in this country, will soon be decided 
 favorably and to the satisfaction of all who are inter- 
 ested, and that my Government hopes, during this ses- 
 sion, to submit a settlement in this connection for vour 
 approval. ^ 
 
 " The obstacles which prevented the sale of the site of 
 the old college of the Jesuits in this citv have been re- 
 inoved ; the principle of restitution in kind has been 
 abandoned by the interested parties, and all that remains 
 to be done is to determine the amount of the compensa- 
 tion to be granted. 
 
 " On the occasion of the settlement of this delicate 
 question certain Protestant educational institutions will 
 receive a fair allowance, proportionate to the numerical 
 importance of the minority in this Province." 
 
 Whereas the said estates were confiscated bv the Impe- 
 rial authorities under the reign of George III, after the 
 suppression of the order of the Jesuits, and were after- 
 wards transferred to the authorities of the former Province 
 of Canada ; 
 
 Whereas a large portion of the said Estates was, at the 
 time of, and since Confederation, ceded to this Province • 
 
 Whereas energetic representations have been made to 
 the civil authorites respecting these estates, by the reli- 
 gious authorities and the citizens of this country and 
 especially by His Lordship Jean Francois Hubert, Bishop 
 ol Quebec, on the 10th November, 1799 ; by the citizens 
 of Quebec, on the 4th February, 1798; by their Lordships 
 the liishops Joseph. Bishop of Quebec ; Pierre Flavien 
 iurgeon, Bishop of Sidyme, Coadjutor of Quebec, and 
 Jean Jacques Lartigue, Bishop of Telmessa, suif'raoan of 
 the Bishopric of Quebec, and Grand Vicar of the district 
 of Montreal on or about the year 1835 ; by their Lord- 
 ships the Bishops Joseph, Archbishop of Quebec, Pierre 
 
 
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 Flavien Turgoon, Bishop of Sidyme, Coadjutor of (Quebec 
 Pius, Bishop of Kingston, Patrick, Bishop of Carrha, 
 Coadjtitor of Kingston, Ignac.c, Bishop of Moutroal, T. 
 Charh's, Bishop elect of Martyropolis, Coadjutor of Mon- 
 treal, Michael, Bishop of Toronto, in January, 1845 ; by 
 the clergy of the dioceses of Quebec and Montreal, in 
 June, 1847 ; by the Reverend Fatlier Theophile Charaux 
 Superior General of the mission of the Jesuits in Canada, 
 in January, 1874; by their Lordships the Bishops E. A., 
 Archbishop of Quebec, L. F., Bishop of Three Rivers, 
 Jean, Bishop of Kimouski, Edouard Charles, Bishop of 
 Montreal, Antoine, Bishop of Sherbrooke, J. Thomas, 
 Bishop of Ottawa, L. Z., Bishop of St. Hyacinthe, J)orai- 
 nique, Bishop of Chicoutimi, on the 9th of October, 1878; 
 and hnally by His Grace the Archbishop of Quebec, 
 on the 2nd of January, 8th of April and 27th of April, 
 1885; 
 
 Whereas, in his letter of the 2nd of January, 1885, 
 addressed to the Honorable John J. lioss, then Premier of 
 this Province, His Grace the Archbishop of Quebec 
 stated ; 
 
 " I have the honor to inform you that, in virtue of an 
 Indult of the 13th of October, 18X4, I am personally au- 
 thorized by the Holy See to treat v\'ith the Government 
 of the Province of Quebec, and for a reasonable compen- 
 sation, to settle the question of the ownership of the pro- 
 perty formerly owned in this Province by the Jesuits 
 when their order was suppressed in 1773." ' 
 
 AYliereas, in answer to one of these representations of 
 His Grace the Archbishop of Quebec, dated on the bth 
 April, IHtio, the Honorable John J. Ross;, then Premier, 
 replied as follows, on the -^bih of April of the same year. 
 
 " If His Honor the Lieutenant GoA^ernor in Council 
 decides to reopen and reconsider this question of the 
 Jesuits' Estates, I will not fail to notify Your Grace and 
 the Reverend Jesuit Fathers, so that, with your assist- 
 ance and theirs, he may, if expedient, be able to submit 
 to the Legislature a measure which will settle this ques- 
 tion in a satisfactory and definite manner." 
 
 Whereas, consequent upon these various representations 
 and specially that of the 9th of October, 1878, signed by 
 the Bishops of the Province, protesting against the Gov- 
 ernment putting up for sale the property of the old Jesuits' 
 College at Quebec, such sale did not "take place, and the 
 property was allowed to fall into a wretched condition. 
 
 Whereas, on the 17th ol February, 1888, the Honorable 
 Honore Mercier, Premier of this Province wrote the fol- 
 lowing letter : 
 
To 
 
 "Romo, 17th Februarv, 1888. 
 
 " His Emiiionce 
 
 " Cardinal Giovanni Simeoni, 
 " Prefect of tlie Sacred Collej^e of the Propaganda. 
 
 " May it please Your Eminence. 
 
 "A despatch from Your Eminence, dated on the 7th May- 
 last, 1887, in lormed His Eminence CardinalTaschereaxi that 
 the Holy Father reserved to himself the riulit of settling 
 the question ol the Jesuits' Estates in Canada. 
 
 " Among the property so called Jesuits' Estates, there 
 is the property of the old college of the lathers situate 
 opposite the Basilica, in the very centre of the capital of 
 the Province of Quebec. 
 
 " My predecessors in the Grovernment deemed it their 
 duty, in 1n76, I believe, to order the demolition of the 
 college and the division of the property into building 
 lots, in view of an immediate sale, which however aid not 
 take place, owing to certain representations from exalted 
 personages at the time. 
 
 " To avoid further difhculties, as I siipp,ose, my prede- 
 cessors let the matter lie and allowed the propel tv to be 
 so neglected that it has become a grazing ground and a 
 receptacle for filth, so much so that it is openly said in 
 Quebec that the matter has become a pul)lic scandal. 
 
 "Under these circumstances, I deem it my duty to ask Your 
 Eminence if you see any serious objection to the Govern- 
 ment's selling the property, peiuling a final settlement of 
 the question of the Jesuits' Estates. 
 
 " The Government would look upon the proceeds of the 
 sale as a special deposit to be disposed of hereafter, in 
 accordance with the agreements to be enteredinto between 
 the parties interested with th(> sanction of the Holy f^ee. 
 
 " As it w411 perhaps be necessary upon this matter to 
 consult the Legislature of our Province, which is to be 
 convened very shortly, I respectfully solicit an imme- 
 diate reply. 
 
 " YoiXY Eminence will be pleased to accept the filial con- 
 sideration witli which I have the honor to subscribe mv- 
 self. 
 
 " Your Eminence's devoted servant, 
 
 (Signed) Honork Mercier, 
 Premier of the Province of Quebec. 
 
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 To which letter the following- reply was sent : 
 
 (Translation.) 
 
 "Rome, 1st March, 1888. 
 " Illustrious Sir, 
 
 "I hasten to notii'y you that, having laid your request 
 before the Holy Father at the audience yesterday, His 
 Holiness was pleased to grant permission to sell the 
 property which belonged to the Jesuit Fathers before they 
 were feuppr«'ssed, upon the express condition, however, 
 that the sum to be received be deposited and left at the 
 free disposal of the Holy See. 
 
 " In mailing- this communication to you I wish you all 
 g-ood in the name of the Lord. 
 
 "Your Lordship's very affectionate, 
 
 " vSig-ned) G-iovanni Cardinal Simeoni, 
 
 " Prefect, \c." 
 
 "Whereas, on the 21st March, 1 888, the following- telegram 
 was sent from Quebec to His Eminence Cardinal Simeoni 
 at Home : 
 
 " In the matter of the Jesuits' Estates, the Government 
 respectfully objects to the condition imposed in the letter 
 of Your Eminence of the first of March instant, and cannot 
 expect to succeed in the settlement of this delicate ques- 
 tion unless permission is given to sell the property upon 
 the conditions and m accordance with the exact terms of 
 my letter of the seventeenth of February last. 
 
 " I respectfully solicit an immediate favorable answer in 
 the interests of the final settlement of the question. 
 
 " (Signed) HoNORii Mercier, 
 
 " Premier." 
 
 Whereas, on the 24th of March, 1888, the following 
 answer was sent from Eome by His Eminence Cardinal 
 Simeoni : 
 
 " The Pope allows the Government to retain the pro- 
 ceeds of the sale of the Jesuit estates as a special deposit 
 to be disposed of hereafter with the (sanction of the Holy 
 See;" 
 
Whereas, consequout upon these negotiations the fol- 
 lowing correspondence was exchanged between the 
 Premit^r and the Very Reverend Father Turgeon, rector 
 of St. Mary's College, Montreal, and agent for the Holy 
 See : 
 
 " St. Mary's College, 25th April, 1888. 
 " Honorable HoNuiifi Meucier. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 •' Premier of the Province of Quebec. 
 
 " I have the honor to forward you a copy of the official 
 letter, dated Rome, the 27th March, 1888, by which the 
 Sacred College authorizes the Jesuit Fathers to treat with 
 the G-overnment, in the matter of the "Jesuits' Estates." 
 
 " I have also the honor to inform you that, at a meeting 
 of the corporation of the " Society of Jesus," on the 2nd 
 April, 1S88, 1 was appointed general and special attorney 
 for that purpose. 
 
 " Further, that, on the 9th of April last, the Reverend 
 Father Superior of the Mission in C ;nada gave me his 
 power of attorney by deed made and passed in the city 
 of Montreal, district of Montreal, in the office of Mtre. L. 
 0. Hetu, Notary Public, with full power to treat with the 
 Government upon the conditions expressed in the letter 
 of the Sacred College. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, 
 
 " Your very obedient servant, 
 
 " (Signed) A. D. Turqeon, S. J., 
 
 " Procurat jr of the Jesuits at Montreal." 
 
 " Rome, 27th March, 1888 
 " Very Reverend Father, 
 
 " I have pleasure in notifying you that the question re- 
 specting the revendication of the property of the Jesuit 
 Fathers in Lower Canada, having been referred to a spe- 
 cial commission of Cardinals on the 20th of March instant, 
 the following proposition was submitted for solution : 
 
 " Should authority be given to anyone to claim from the 
 Government of the Province of Quebec the property which 
 belonged to the Jesuit Fathers before the suppression of 
 the Society, and to whom and how should it be given." 
 
•'Their Eminoncos tho CurdinalH ropliod ns follows : 
 
 •' AlHimativt'ly in favor ol" tin' Fatlicrs ol' the 8ociety oi" 
 Jesus and in accordance with the method prescribed in 
 other placfs, tliat is to say, that the Fathers ol"the 8ociety 
 of Jesus treat in their own name with the civil uovern- 
 ment, in such ,i manner however as to leave lull liberty to 
 the Holy see ti> dispose of the propeity as it deems advi- 
 sable, and consequently that they should be very c ireful 
 that no condition or clause should be inserted in' the offi- 
 cial deed of the concession of such property, which could 
 in any manner affect the liberty of the Holy See. 
 
 " Further whatever be the sum which the Jesuit Fa- 
 thers receive from the jyovernment that they should be 
 obliged to deposit it in a place of safety to be determined 
 by the Sacred College.' 
 
 "The foregoing resolution was r'>ferred to the Holy 
 Fath<M- at to-day's audience and His Holiness was pleased 
 to approve of it in its entirety ; 
 
 You are conseqiiently authorized to revendicate the 
 said property upon the conditions above set forth. 
 
 " Whilst making you this communication, I pray tho 
 Lord to preserve and prosper you. 
 
 ' Reverend Father. 
 " Your i^c, 
 
 " (Signed) Jean Card, Simeoni, Prefect. 
 " (Signed) D. Abch. de Tyre, Secy. 
 
 " The Very Reverend F'ather 
 " Procnrator Oi Jie Jef;uits, 
 
 •' Montreal." 
 
 Premier's Office, 
 ■ Province of Quebec, 
 Quebec, 1st May, 1n88. 
 
 " Reverend Father Turgeon, 
 
 " Procurator of the Jesuits, at Mon^vpn], 
 
 " Montreal. 
 
 " Very Reverend Father, 
 
 " I submitted to my colleagues the copy of the letter of 
 the Sacred '^'ollege of the Propaganda, dated Rome 27th 
 March last, which authorizes the Jesuit Fathers to treat 
 m their own nar.^e with the Government of the Province 
 
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 respectincf tbo property known as the " .Frtsuits' r:state8." 
 I also submitted to th<«m your ' ♦t«!r of tho 2(Jlh of Apiil 
 lust, by whicii you I'orwunlod to mo that of the Propa- 
 ganda, and in which "ou inform m«' that you havt^ been 
 appointed o-ouonil imd 8p;;..i!.| attorney for the above pur- 
 poses, and that the It<n'erend Father Superior of the Mis- 
 sion in Canada irave yon power of attorney before Mtro 
 Hetu Notary, with full power, etc., etc. 
 
 " Before enteriiiir into neg-otiations with you respecting 
 "these estates, the Government desires you to bear in 
 " mind • 
 
 ''1. That you mustdeposit with a notary the orij^inal of 
 " the aforesaid letter from the Sacred Colltge, with two 
 "solemn declarations made accordin-r to law, and iden- 
 tifying- the signatures of the Prefect and Secretary of tho 
 Shid College, .Imcji .■ ^ at the end of tho said document ; 
 
 "2. That authentic copies of the said letter and t^oiemn 
 declarations, as well as of the resolution of your corpora- 
 tion passed on the second of April last, and of the power 
 of attorney from the Reverend Father Superior of the 
 Missions in Canada be forwarded to us ; 
 
 "3. That in consenting to treat with you respecting this 
 property, the Government does not recognize any civil 
 obligation, but merely a moral obligation in this respect ; 
 
 "4. That there cannot be a question of a restitution in 
 kind ; as this has been abandoned by those concerned, but 
 only a compensation in money to be agreed upon amicably 
 with you ; 
 
 "5. That the amount fixed as compensation shall be ex- 
 clusively expended in the Province ; 
 
 " 6. That you will grant to the Government of the Pro- 
 vince of Quebec a full, complete and perpetual concession 
 of all the property which may have belonged in Canada 
 under whatever title to the Fathers of the old Society, 
 and that you will renounce lo all rights generally what- 
 soever upon such property and the revenues there'frcm in 
 favor of our Province, the whole, as well in the name of 
 the old Order of Jesuits, and of your present corporation, in 
 the name of the Pope, of the Sacred College of the Propa- 
 ganda and of the Roman Catholic Church in general ; 
 
 "7. That any agreement made between you and the 
 Government of the Province will be binding only in so far 
 as it shall be ratihed by the Pope and the Legislature of 
 this Province ; 
 
 " 8. That the amount of the compensation fixed shall re- 
 main in the possession of the Government of the Province 
 as a special deposit until the Pope has ratified the said 
 
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 settlement and made known his wishes respecting the 
 distribution of such amount in this country ; 
 
 " That your corporation will receive ihe interest upon 
 such deposit at four per cent, from the date of the signi- 
 fication of the Provincial Secretary of the acito'the Pope 
 confirming the said arrangement, up to the payment of 
 the capital, which is to be made to the persons entitled 
 thereto within six months after the signification to the 
 said Provincial Secretary of the decision of the Pope res- 
 pecting such distribution ; 
 
 " 9. That the statute ratifying such agreement shall con- 
 vain a clause enacting that when such settlemciit is arrived 
 at, the Protestant minority will receive a grant, in propor- 
 tion to its population in favor of its educational work. 
 
 "These, Reverend Father, are the bases upon which 
 the Government wishes to treat with you the delicate 
 question of the pioperty called the "Jesuits' Estates." 
 
 " Hoping that you will second our wishes to settle the 
 matter as soon as possible, for the advantage of all persons 
 interested. 
 
 *' T have the honor to remain, 
 
 " Your very devoted servant, 
 (Signed) HoNOEfi Mercier, 
 
 Premier." 
 
 "Quebec, 8th May, 18S8. 
 " Honorable HoNORi^: Mercier, 
 
 " Premier, Province of Quebec, 
 
 " Sir, 
 
 "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter 
 of the 1st May last, in which you state that you had 
 submitted to your colleagues the Indult of the ;-;;!acred 
 College of the Propaganda, dated liome the 27ih March 
 last, authorizing the Fathers of the Society of .Tesus to 
 treat, in their own name, with the Government of the 
 Province of Quebec, the question of the property known 
 as the "Jesuits' Estates.' 
 
 " Yoa al?o state that you had submitted to joxir Honor- 
 able cnllcagues my letter of the iSth April last, by which 
 I inform you that I was appointed general anrf special 
 attorney for the aforesaid purposes, and that the lie ve rend 
 Father Superior of the Mission in Canada, gave me a power 
 of attorney before Mtre. lietu, notary,with power, &;c., &c. 
 
 " Please accept my thanks. Sir, lor the very prompt 
 attention which you were pleased to give to my commu- 
 picatiou. 
 
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 "I have now the honor to reply to the different poiats 
 which your Government wishes me to bear in mind, 
 following the order of the numbers in yours on the 1st 
 May. 
 
 "1. The original of the aforesaid letter of the Sacred 
 Collog-e, with solemn declarations made according to law, 
 identifying the signatures of the Prefect and Secretary of 
 the said College, which are at the end of the said docu- 
 ment, have been deposited in the office of Mtre. Cyrille 
 Tessier, notary, residing in the city of Quebec. 
 
 " 2. Enclosed please find authentic copies of that letter 
 and of the two solemn declarations, as vrell as of the resolu- 
 tion of our Corporation passed on the 2nd of April last, 
 and of the power of attorney of the Reverend Father 
 Superior of the Mission in Canada, the original whereof 
 under the number eleven thousand eight hundred and 
 fifty-four, remains in the office of Mtre. L. O. Hetu, notary, 
 residing in the city of Montreal. 
 
 " 3. The moral obligation which the Government recog- 
 nizes in consenting to treat with me is a sufiicient 
 guarantee to permit of my entering upon the negotiation. 
 
 " 4. The Holy See, the Superiors of the Society of Jesus 
 and the Corporation which I represent, whilst praising 
 your desire to render justice to the Fathers of the Society 
 of Jesus, also wish to assist the Government in settling 
 this (question and to give a proof of their devotion to this 
 country and to the Province of Quebec in particular; 
 they will consequently be satisfied with a fair compen- 
 sation, regard being had to the value of the property 
 heretofore in the possession of the Jesuit Fathers, in place 
 of a restitution in kind. 
 
 " Such compensation iu money will be fixed amicably, 
 as I have reason to hope from the great kindness that you 
 have so far shown me, and the generous assistance which 
 will be given to us by your Honourable colleagues, and 
 the Honourable members of both Houses. 
 
 "If, however, it should 1 e necessary to resort to arbi- 
 tration, none of the parties interested can object thereto. 
 
 " 5. Relying upon the constitutions of the Society of 
 Jesus, and upon the intentions of the former donors, I 
 can affirm that the sum fixed as compensation and which 
 will be received by the Jesuit Fathers, will be exclusive- 
 ly expended in the Province. 
 
 " 6. The Government of the Province of Quebec will 
 recei\ .; a full, complete and perpetual concession of all 
 the property which may have belonged in Canada, by 
 whatever title, to the Fathers of the old Society, and' the 
 Jesuit Fathers will renounce to all rights generally what- 
 
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 soever upon such property and the revenues therefrom 
 in favor of the Provmce, the whole, in the name of the 
 Pope, of the Sacred College of the Propaganda and of 
 the Roman Catholic Church in general. 
 
 "7. Any agreement made between the Government of 
 this Province and the Jesuit Fathers will be binding only 
 in so far as it shall have been ratified by the Pope and 
 the Legislature of this Province. 
 
 " 8. The amount of the compensation fixed shall remain 
 in the possession of the Government of the Province as a 
 special deposit until the Pope has ratified the said settle- 
 ment, and made known his wishes respecting the distri- 
 bution of such amount in this country. 
 
 " Our corporation will receive the interest upon such 
 deposit at 4 per cent, from the date of the signification to 
 the Provincial Secretary of the ac(e of the Pope confirm- 
 ing the said arrangement, up to the payment of the capital 
 which is to be made to the persons entitled thereto within 
 six months after the signification to the said Provincial 
 Secretary of the decision of the Pope respecting such dis- 
 tiibution. 
 
 " 9. As this clause does not touch the question which 
 I am entrusted to treat with the Government, I wish you 
 would dispense with my replying thereto. 
 
 " It only now remains for me, to again express my gra- 
 titude, and to promise you my assistance in aiding you 
 to settle as promptly as possible this delicate question, 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Your A'ery humble servant, 
 
 (Signed) A. D. Turgeon, S. J., 
 
 " Procurator of the Jesuits." 
 
 Premier's Office, 
 
 " Quebec, 14th May, 1888. 
 " Rever'^nd Father, 
 
 " In reply to your letter of the 8th instant, I have the 
 honor to inform you that the Government is prepared to 
 receive your claim in writing as to the compensation to 
 be allowed. 
 
 " It hopes that it will be very reasonable and moderate 
 in view of the financial and other difficulties of the 
 Province. 
 
 " Your obedient servant, 
 
 (Signed) HoNORlS Merciee. 
 
 " Very Reverend Father Turoeon^ S. J." 
 
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 "Quebec, 20th May, 1888. 
 
 r\ 
 
 The Honorable Honors Mercier, 
 
 Sir, 
 
 " Premier, Province of Quebec. 
 
 " I have the honor to acknovi'ledge receipt of your letter 
 of the 14th instant, in which you inform me that the 
 Government is prepared to receive my claim for a reason- 
 able and moderate compensation. 
 
 "This, Sir, is what I think I should reply in support 
 of the cause which I have the honor to defend : 
 
 " According to the official reports which you were kind 
 e^nough to communicate to me, I find that the " Jesuits' 
 Estates" are valued at the sum of #1,200,000.00. 
 
 This is only an approximate and I think it is greatly 
 less than the real value. 
 
 Competent men whom I have consulted at Quebec 
 Montreal and Three Hivers do not hesitate to state that 
 the Jesuits' Estates are worth at least $2,000,000.00. 
 
 They calculate : 
 
 1. 
 
 9 
 
 The seigniories and fiefs at i 
 
 The property in the centre of the city of 
 Montreal, a superficies of 330,003 feet, 
 may be valued at $3 a foot, as the autho- 
 rized valuators assert even that the real 
 price is $6 a foot, as it is |10 at the Place 
 d'Armes and $16 at Victoria Square, 
 representing, for half the real value, a 
 sum of 
 
 " 3. AtQuebec,theprop8rty of tlieoid college 
 is valued in the official reports at a price 
 varying from $50,000, to $200,000 say... 
 
 " 4. The revenues since 1867 reach the sum of 
 
 •' 5. The capital of the hdsei ventes is 
 
 " 6. ApropertyatN.D.desAngeswassoldfor 
 
 5,000.00 
 
 990,009.00 
 
 100,000.00 
 
 400,000.00 
 
 92,572.00 
 
 18,200.00 
 
 " Which gives a total of over two million dollars. 
 
 " You will notice, Sir, that nothing is said of interest 
 even since Confederation. 
 
 " It is therefore in view of these documents that I am 
 called upon to make a claim for a reasonable and moderate 
 compensation, before putting the Government in full 
 enjoyment and lawful possession of all the Jesuits' Estates 
 in Canada. 
 
 " Now, !-y reasonable and moderate proposition is this : 
 
 " I ask from the Government of the Province of Quebec 
 
 one half of the actual value of only one of the properties 
 
 which our "athers bought with their own money, of our 
 
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 property in Montreal, that is to say $990,009.00, and the 
 Jesuit Fathers will abandon all the other properties. (See 
 list of the Jesuits' Estates.) 
 
 " I base my moderate claim upon the following' reasons : 
 
 " 1 . I ask only one half of single property, and I concede 
 twenty others, (see list of the estates) ; is not that reason- 
 able and moderate ? 
 
 " 2. Our present debts amovint to $200,000.00 ; for our 
 three establishments for study and training, we require 
 not less than 1-30,000.00 of annual revenue ; to make the 
 urgent repairs which are required at our establishments 
 of Quebec, Three Rivers, Montreal, Sault au RecoUet and 
 Lake Nominingue, it would require not les than |200,000 
 so that my demand is reasonable and moderate. 
 
 " 3. Will the Government find my demand exaggerated 
 when it considers that the sale of one property alone would 
 reimburse it and be more than enough ? 
 
 " For instance the Champ de Mars at $5.00 a foot would 
 bring 11,024,110.00; would not a similar result be obtained 
 with the seigniory of Cap la Magdeleiue, which is 40 
 leagues in superficies. 
 
 " That is the reason, why I consider my demand rea- 
 sonable and moderate. 
 
 " I am not unaware that in a document presented at 
 Rome, some years ago, the whole of the Jesuits' Estates 
 were valued at $400,000.00 ; but the incorrectness of that 
 valuation is shown even in the official reports above cited. 
 
 " The same document contains other statements none the 
 less incorrect to prove that the society of Jesus would be 
 unable of itself to recover the property owing the oppo- 
 sition which it would meet with in the Legislature. 
 
 "L iotesting against this insinuation, I am happy to 
 affirm that since the society of Jesus entered into nego- 
 tiations with the Government it has met with the utmost 
 kindness from you, and your honorable colleagues and 
 the Honorable members of both Houses. 
 
 " In conclusion may I. suggest : 
 
 "As soon as the settlement is arrived at, would it not be 
 possible, beyond of the compensation allowed, to give to 
 the J-isuit Fathers a lot of land which would be a monu- 
 ment to commemorate the eminently Catholic and con- 
 servative act which you are about to perform. 
 
 "I would suggest the Common of Laprairie; this proper- 
 ty, in its present condition, is of little value, but it would 
 suffice for the commemorative purpose indicated. 
 
 " It is also one way of commemorating, in the political 
 history of the country, that glorious concordat, the effect- 
 ing whereof would be associated with the name of your 
 
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 Government, as soon as the Holy Father has ratified 
 it ; that is, that the establishments of the Jesuits' Fathers 
 in this Province are always allowed, in accordance with 
 their deserts and if they ask for it, to participate in the 
 grants which the Government of this Province allows to 
 other institutions to encourage teaching, education, indus- 
 tries, arts and colonization. 
 
 " The reason of this favor is that these grants would be 
 made in great part out of the funds of the " Jesuits' 
 Estates." 
 
 " Would it not be strange, to say nothing further, to 
 refuse the Jesuits a share, granted to others, out of the 
 pecuniary benefits derived from the revenues of these 
 sameEstates with whicli the Jesuits enriched theProvince. 
 
 "Here then, Sir, is what I think it necessary to say to you 
 before knowing what the government is ready to offer 
 as compensation for the " Jesuits' Estates." 
 
 "Awaiting the honor of a reply I depend upon the 
 justice of my claim and upon the liberality of a wise 
 government. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 " Sir, 
 " Your humble servant, 
 
 (Signed) A. D. Turgeon, S.J. 
 
 " Procurator of the Jesuit Fathers." 
 
 " Premier's Office, 
 
 " Province of Quebec, 
 
 " Quebec, 4th June, 1888. 
 " Very Reverend Father, 
 
 "I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter 
 dated the 20th May last. 
 
 " You acquaint me with the conditions upon which you 
 are prepared to settle the question of the " Jesiiits' 
 Estates" by means of a compensation equal to one half 
 of the value of one of the properties of the Jesuits bought 
 with their own money. 
 
 " I submitted your letter to my colleagues, assembled in 
 Council, anJ ./.^ came to the conclusion to answer you as 
 follows : 
 
 "1. Seeing the difficulties surrounding the settlement 
 of this question and the situation cf the Province, we are 
 obliged with regret to say that we can not offer more 
 thaJi HOOMO.M. 
 
 I / 
 
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 " 2. To arrive at this figure we do not take as a bads the 
 intrinsic value of the property, as the religious authorities 
 long ago abandoned the claim for a rei^titution in kind, 
 and invariably limited their claim to a compensation. 
 
 " The amount of this compensation waseven indicated by 
 the religious authorities of this country, at Rome, which 
 authorities on several occasions declared themselves will- 
 ing to accept the $400,000.00. 
 
 " 3. It is therefore impossible for us to exceed that sum. 
 
 " We are ready to offer it to you upon the conditions con- 
 tained in my letter of the 1st May last. 
 
 "4. Further.in commemorationof the settlement, wewill 
 retrocede to you the rights which theG-overnment possesses 
 in the Common of Lapraiiie. 
 
 "Such rights, small it is true, are however the same 
 which the Jesuit Fathers reserved for themselves by the 
 deed of concession to the inhabitants of Laprairie de la 
 Madeleine, passed on the 19th May, 1694, before Mtre 
 Adhemar, royal notary of the Island of Montreal, less the 
 few changes in such rights made by acts of the Legisla- 
 ture, 
 
 '• These are the offers which my colleagues charged me 
 to make to you. 
 
 " Hoping that under the circumstances above set forth 
 you may accept them. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Your very devoted, 
 
 (Signed) Honors Mekcier. 
 
 " Very Reverend Father Turgeon, 
 
 " Agent of the Holy See, 
 
 " Quebec, P.Q." 
 
 " Quebec, 8th June, 1888. 
 
 The Honorable Honore Mercier, 
 
 " Premier, 
 
 " Province of Quebec, 
 " Sir, 
 
 " In view of your letter of the 4th of June instant, de- 
 claring that it is impossible for the Government to offer 
 more than $4()(),00(), and for the reasons given by you 
 and the difficulties you allege, I think I am fulfilling the 
 mandate entrusted to me and carrying out the wishes of 
 the Holy See and of the Superior of the Company of 
 Jesus, who have at heart the removal of the uneasiness 
 
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 caused by this question in the country, by accepting- your 
 offers, small as they are, and by hoping that the Holy See 
 ■will agree to them and be pleased to ratify them. 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 "Sir, 
 " Your very humble servant, 
 (Signed) "A. D. Tukoeon, S.J., 
 
 " Procurator of the Jesuits." 
 
 " Premier's Office, 
 
 " Province of Quebec, 
 
 "Quebec, 8th June, 1888. 
 "Very Reverend Father, 
 
 " I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of yours of 
 this day, in w^hich you inform me that in your official ca- 
 pacity you accept the offers made bv the Government to 
 you in my letter of the 4th of June, 'instant. 
 
 " There only remains for me to prepare the necessary 
 documents and to submit them to the proper persons. 
 
 " Your very devoted, 
 Signed) Honors Meecier. 
 
 " Premier. 
 "The Very Reverend Father Turgeon, 
 
 " Procurator of the Jesuits, 
 
 Quebec, P.Q." 
 
 " TVhereas copies of the said letters of the Reverend Fa- 
 ther Turgeon, dated the 25th April, 1888, and of the 
 Premier of the 1st May, 188S, have been communicated 
 to His Eminence Cardinal Taschereau, as appears by the 
 following- correspondence : 
 
 " Premier's Office, 
 
 '• Province of Quebec. 
 
 " Quebec, 3rd May, 1888. 
 " To His Eminence Cardinal Taschereau, 
 ■' May it please Your Eminence. 
 
 " I have the honor to forward you herewith, for the in- 
 formation of your Eminence, copies of the following docu- 
 iucnts. 
 
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 " 1. A letter of the Prefect and Secretary of the Sacred 
 Congregation of th(3 Propaganda, dated Rome, 27th 
 March, 1888, authorizing the Procurator of the Jesuits, at 
 Montreal, to treat with the Government of this, Provinc3, 
 on the question of the Jesuits Estates. (Italian version.) 
 
 2. French version of the same letter, the translation 
 having been made by the Keverend Jesuit Fathers ; 
 
 3. A letter of the lieverend Father Turgeon, enclosing 
 the said letter from the Propaganda ; 
 
 4. The reply of the Government to the Reverend Fa- 
 thers. 
 
 " I remain 
 
 "Your Eminence's, 
 
 " Most obedient servant, 
 
 (Signed) Honors Mercier. 
 
 " Premier." 
 
 His Eminence wds pleased to reply to the said commu- 
 nication as follows on the 4th May, 1888. 
 
 " Sir, 
 
 " I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your 
 letter of yesterday with the documents which accompany 
 it respecting the matter of the Jesuits' Estates. 
 
 " Please accept my thanks. 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 E. A. Cardinal Taschereau, 
 
 Archbishoj) of Quebec." 
 
 Whereas the documents transmitted by the very Reve- 
 rend Father Turgeon, with his aforesaid letter of the 8th 
 May, 1888, are in the following words : 
 
 " Extract from the minutes of the corporation of the 
 Society of Jesus at a meeting of the members of the said 
 congregation, held on the second of April, eighteen 
 hundred and eighty-eight, at the house of the Immaculate 
 Conception in Montreal, Rachel street. 
 
 ( Trans/ation) 
 "Father Adrien Turgeon is appointed general and 
 special attorney of the reverend Father Superior for the 
 purpose of treating with the Government of the Province 
 of Quebec, resjiecting the question of the estates of the 
 late order of Jesuits in Canada (Jesuits' estates) or any 
 other question." 
 
 (Signed) F. Vignon, S. J. 
 
 Secret. 
 
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 " Before Leonard Ovide Hr^tu, notary public, duly 
 admitted in and for the Province of Quebec, one of the 
 Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, residinir in the 
 city of Montreal, in the district of Montreal, in the said 
 Province of Quebec, undersigned, appeared : 
 
 " Reverend Father Pierre Harael, superior of the Society 
 of J.'sus in Canada, residiiii,'- in the city of Montreal, in 
 the district of Montreal, who, by these presents, consti- 
 tutes and appoints as his sreneral and special attorney, 
 the Reverend Father Adrien D. Turgeon, Rector of St. 
 Mary's College, of the city and district of Montreal, to 
 whom he gives and delegates all rights and powers 
 \yhich he possesses or may possess hereafter, either in 
 his personal capacity or as the Superior of the Society of 
 Jesus, or as delegate, attoniev or charge d'affaires of the 
 Reverend Father General of "the Society of Jesus, or as 
 delegate, attorney or charge d'affaires^ of the Holy See, 
 with reference to the property of the Jesuits now held 
 by the Oovernment of the Province of Quebec, and to nny 
 matter directly or indirectly connected with the question 
 of the former estates of the Jesuits in Canada, and with 
 reference to all transactions of any kind whatsoever, which 
 might be effected from and after this date with the Gov- 
 ernment or Legislature of the Province of Quebec, or with 
 any minister or member of the federal or provincial Gov- 
 ernments in Canada, and also with reference to any 
 petition, bill or measure which might be submitted of tho 
 parliaments or legislatures of Canada by the Society of 
 Jesus or by any establishment of the Order of Jesuits or 
 submitted to the said parliaments or legislatures -by other 
 persons, but affecting directly or indirectly in any manner 
 the rights or interests of the Society of Jesus or of any of 
 its estab'ishments, especially the "power of asking and 
 receiving from all persons to whom it may appertain, the 
 moveable and immoveable property and moveable and 
 immoveable claims belonging to the Society of Jesus or of 
 which the party appearinlr in any of his aforesaid quali- 
 ties shall have the control, direction, administration or 
 disposal, by any title whatsoever, the power to sell, 
 abandon, exchange, transfer or lease the said property to 
 such person by such means and for such prices, charges, 
 clauses, conditions and considerations, as the constituted 
 attorney shall deem advantageous, or acceptable, to bind 
 himself to all guarantees, to receive the price of the said 
 property and give a discharge therefor, to accept any 
 indemnity and consent to any arrangement or compro- 
 mise of any kind whatsoever, to receive the said indem- 
 nity or compens! ^'on and to o<ive a ffood and valid 
 
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 acqtiittanco therefor, to name and a]i|)oint all advocaten, 
 counsel, iirbitrutorK, umpires and experts, etc., to snhsti- 
 tutt! one or more persons in the \vhole or in a portion of 
 the present powers, to revoke the same and substitute 
 others therelbr and sign all deeds to the above effect and 
 generally to do, in the most ample manner, everythinir 
 which the appearing party miijht himself do, although 
 not hei-ein provided, ratifying and promising to ratify 
 the same at once upon being so recfaested, these present's 
 to remain valid until expressly revoked, noiwithstanding 
 their expiration or lapse of time. 
 
 "Thus done and passed in the city of Montreal, in the 
 district of Montreal, in the ollice of the said undtMsit-ned 
 notary, in the year one thousand eight hundred and 
 eighty eight, on the ninth day of the month of April, in 
 the alternoon, under the niiml)er eleven thousand eiuht 
 hundred and iifty-four. 
 
 "And the party appearing has signed with me the said 
 notary." 
 
 (Signed) P. Hamel, S.J., 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 L. 0. HftTU, N.P. 
 
 "True copy of the original remaining of record in my 
 office. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 L. 0. Hi^:tu, iV. P. 
 
 "In the year one thousand eight hiindred and eiirhty 
 eight, on the fifth of May, before tlie undersigned Notary 
 Public ibr the Province of Quebec, Canada, residing in 
 the city of Quebec, appeared : 
 
 " The Very Reverend Father Adrien D. Turgeon, ot the 
 city of Montreal, Member of the Society oi Jesus, rector 
 of St. Mary's College, at Montreal, in his quality of 
 representative or attorney, in accordance with the deed 
 of delegation of powers of the 9th of April last 188^), 
 before L. O. Pletu, notary, ot Montreal, of the Very 
 Reverend Father Pierre Hamel, of the city ol Montieal, 
 Superior of the Society of Jesus in Canada, in the 
 different capacities detailed in the said act, who hereby 
 deposits with Cyrille Tessier, the undersigned notary, 
 and requires liim to place the same among his minutes, 
 dated this day, the original of a letter (or Indult) in 
 Italian and Latin, addressed to the Very Reverend 
 Father, the Procurator of the Jesuits of Montreal, by His 
 Eminence Jean Carditial Simeoni, Prefect of the Coflege 
 of the Propaganda, dated at Rome, on the 27th day of 
 March last ; which letter, to which is affixed the siirnature 
 
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 oi His Lordship tho Archbishop of Tyro, Secretary of the 
 said Colloge, is annexed totho minute hereof, after havinc: 
 been by the appearing party, duly certified and signed in 
 presence of the said notary, 
 
 " To the minute of this deed are also annexed two so- 
 lemn declarations verifying and identifying the signa- 
 tures affixed to the end of the said letter ; oiie of Monsignor 
 Henri Tetu, of Quebec, priest, Private Chamberlain of 
 His Holiness Leon XIII, Almo- n- of the Archbishop of 
 Quebec, and the other of Monsi^ c Cyrille Alfred Marois, 
 priest. I'rivate Chamberlain of His Holiness, Secretary of 
 the Archdiocese of Quebec, residing at Quel)ec, which 
 declarations are dated this day and were received before 
 Cy. Tessier, the undersigned notary, at Quebec, under 
 the number seven thousand four hundred and sevent3r- 
 nine of the minutes of Cy. Tessier, the undersigned notary. 
 
 In faith and testimony whereof, the party appearing 
 has signed with the said notary, the same having been 
 duly read. 
 
 (Signed) A. D. Turoeon, S. J., 
 (Signed) Cy. Tessier, N. P. 
 
 " True copy of the original remaining of record in my 
 office." 
 
 (Signed) Cy. Tessier, N. P. 
 
 " S. Congregazione di proi)aganda 
 
 " Segretaria 
 
 " No. 1590. 
 
 " Oggetto. 
 
 " Roma li 27 Marzo 1888. 
 " Rmo Padke, 
 
 " Ho il piacere di siguificare alia P. V. che deferita la 
 questione concernente il riacquisto dei beni dei Padri 
 (iesuili nel basso Canada ad una speciale commissione 
 Cardinalizia nel giorno 20 corr. Marzo fa ad essa proposto 
 a risolvere il du])bio seguente : " Se, come, ed a chi con- 
 venga dare I'autorizzazione di reclamare dal Groverno 
 della Provincia di Quebec . beiii appartenuti ai PP' . 
 Gesuiti prima della soppressione della compaguia." Ora 
 gli Emi Cardinali risposero : "Affirmative — '.-^ PP. 
 Societatis Jesu, et iuxta modum alias praesc: . v i f- ilicet 
 PP. Societatis Jesu suo nomine cum ci\ oernio 
 
 agant, ita tamen ut Sedi aplicae plena libertas, maneat de 
 iis bonis disponendi, prout opportunum indicaverir. et 
 ideo curandum illis omni studio est, ut nulla conditio vel 
 clausula in publico instrumento cessionis bonorum appo- 
 
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 natur, quihiis S. iSodis libortn8qnocumqufi modo nfTiciatur. 
 Iiisnpor 4nnrncuin<|u»« sumrnan PP. »Sociotu*is Jcsu prr- 
 cepturi erunt a Gubornio, deponere teneantur in loco 
 tn*o a 8. Conine dotorminando." 
 
 "Riferita la snd". risoluzione nell'Udienza del trionio 
 stesso 20. Marzo al S. Padn'' Sua SaJitita si depno ai)pro- 
 varla in tutto U> Nue parti. Quindi e cho la P. V. <• auto- 
 rizzata a revendicare i beni stessi con lo coiidizioni «?ia 
 esposte. 
 
 " In qiipsta intelli^onza prego il Signore, che La con- 
 servi, o La pro.speri. 
 
 "DiV. P. 
 Affmo 
 
 Giovanni Card. Simeoni Prefetto. 
 " Revmo 
 
 " P"^^ Procuratore dei .Tesuiti di 
 
 "Montreal. 
 
 D. Arciv. di Ti'R Segret. 
 
 " This is the original letter mentioned in a cerain deed 
 of deposit made by me this day before Cy. Tessier, notary, 
 at Quebec, which letter I certify to be true. 
 
 "Quebec, 5th May, 1888. 
 
 (Signed) A. D. Turgeon, S. J., 
 " In presence of 
 
 (Signed) Cy. Tessier, N. P. 
 
 A true copy, 
 (Signed) Cy. Tessier, N. P. 
 "I, Henii Tetu, Priest, Private Chamberlain of His 
 Holiness Leo XIII, Jhaplain of the Archbishop's Palace, 
 Quebec, residing in the city of Quebec, solemnly declare 
 that the signatures, " Giovanni Card. Simeoni, Prefetto " 
 and " D. Archiv. di Tyr Segret," at the foot of the letter— 
 or indult— in the Italian and Latin languages, addressed 
 to the Keverend Father Procurator of the Jesuits of V:>^\- 
 treal, dated at Rome on the twenty-seventh M„(>!i ]ast 
 (1888) and bearing the number 1590 are severally the 
 signatures of Cardinal Simeo}ii, Prefect, and of His Lord- 
 ship the Archbishop of Tyre, Secretary of the Collece of 
 the JVopaganda. 
 
 " AT)'^ J make this solemn declaration, conscientiously 
 beiiff- :■?."■ .lie ?. me to be true and by virtue of the act 
 pass t'<' iu tfc.> thirty-seventh year of Her Majesty's reicn. 
 ini.iii..>f.j. : "An Act for the suppression of voluntary and 
 extra-jndiciai oaths," 
 
 (Signed), H. Tetu, Priest, C. S. 
 
 
/ 
 
 A. D. TURUEON, S.J. 
 
 Cy. Tessier, N.P. 
 
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 •' Declared betV^re me, notary, at Quebec, this fifth cUv 
 of May, 1888." ./ 
 
 (Signed), Cy. Testier, N. P. 
 
 " This is one of the solemn declanitious of which men- 
 tion is made in a certain deed of deposit made by me this 
 day, before Cv. Tessier. notary at Quebec, to the original 
 of which deed it has reraoined annexed. 
 "Quebec, 3rd May, 1888. 
 
 (Signed), 
 " In presence of 
 
 (Signed), 
 
 A true copy," 
 (Signed), Cy. Tessier.N. P. 
 
 " I, Cyriile Alfred Marois, priest. Private Chamberlain of 
 His Holiness Leo XIII, Secretary of the Archdiocese of 
 Quebec, residing in the city of Quebec, solemnly declare 
 that the signatures : " Giovanni Card. Siraeoni, Profetto," 
 and " D. Archiv. di Tyr Segret," at the foot of the letter 
 or indult in the Italian and Latin languages addressed 
 to the reverend Father Procurator of the Jesuits of Mon- 
 treal, dated at Rome, the twenty-seventh March last 
 (l>s88), and bearing the number 1590, are, severally, the 
 signatures of Cardinal Siraeoni, Prefect and of His Lord- 
 ship the Archbishop of Tyre, Secretary of the College of 
 the Propaganda. 
 
 " And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously 
 believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Act 
 passed in the thirty-seventh year of Her MajeKty's reign, 
 intituled " An Act for the suppression of voluntary aiid 
 extra-judicial oaths." 
 
 (Signed) C. A Marois, Priest, C. S, 
 
 " Declared before me. Notary, at Quebec, this fifth of 
 May, 1888.'-' 
 
 (Signed) Cy. Tessier, N. P. 
 
 " This is on'^ of the solemn declarations mentioned in a 
 certain deed o. deposit made by me, this day, before Cy. 
 Tessier, Notary, at Quebec, to the original of which deed 
 it has remained annexed. 
 " Quebec, 5th May, 1888." 
 
 (Signed,) A. D. 
 
 '* In presence of 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 Cy. 
 
 A true copy, 
 (Signed) Cy 
 
 TURGEON, S. J. 
 
 Tessier, N. P. 
 Tessier, N. P. 
 
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 Whereas it is expedient to put an end to the uneasiness 
 which exists in this Province in connection with the 
 question of the Jesuits' Estates, by settling it in a definite 
 manner ; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with advice and 
 consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows : 
 
 1 The aforosaid arrangement, entered into between 
 the Premier and the very Reverend Father Turgeon is 
 hereby ratified, and the Lieutenant-Governor m Council 
 is authorized to carry it out according to its torm and 
 
 2. The Lieutentant-Governor in Council is authorized 
 to pay, out of anv public money at his disposal, the sum 
 of four hundred 'thousand dollars, in the manner and un- 
 der the conditions mentioned in the documents above 
 cited, and to make any deed that he may deem necessary 
 for the full and entire execution of such agreement. 
 
 3. The ieu tenant-Governor in Council is authorized 
 to transfer to the Society of Jesus, a society ii'.corporated 
 under the act of this Province, 50 Victoria, chapter 28, 
 all the rights of this Province in and to T.aprairie Common. 
 
 4. On such settlement being effected the Lieutenant- 
 Governor in Council may pay, out of any public money at 
 his disposal, a sum of sixty-thousand dollars to the diifer- 
 ent Protestant and dissentient universities and education- 
 al institutions, according to the distribution which shall 
 be previously made by the Protestant Committee of the 
 Council of Public Inshuction. , • , 
 
 5. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council is authorized 
 to enforce wherever necessarv all claims that may become 
 due to the Government of 'the Province owing to the 
 execution ot the aforesaid agreements. 
 
 6. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council n hereby au- 
 thorized to dispose in the manner he deems most advan- 
 tageous to the Province, of the whole of the property, 
 moveable and immoveable, interests and rights, generally 
 whatsoever of the Province upon the said property known 
 as the Jesuits' Estates. . 
 
 7. The act of the Legislature 48 Victoria, chapter 10, 
 notwithstanding section 5 of the said act, and notwith- 
 standing any other act to the contrary, shall apply to the 
 said estates, the proceeds whereof may be applied aiso :>ot- 
 withstanding any act to the contrary, for the above men- 
 tioned purposes, or for any other purposes approA-ed by 
 the Legislature. 
 
JO THE READER. 
 
 r . thnt Clause No. ^ on this page 
 Please notice tliat Liaiu^t 
 
 should read as follows .•— 
 
 u • off.otod the LieiUenant- 
 4 On such settlement ^^"^"^ f.^^' public money at 
 
 Govevnor in Council J^'^Y P^7/,"^i7ollars to the Fro- 
 S disposal, a s^ oi s..gr housan^ ^^^^^^^^^,^^,, ,, 
 
 t^^^^-:-X^ .all he annually 
 this Provnice.