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The " Suggestions " they have already issued, embracing the sub- stance of the Amendments now proposed, have received the cordial and unanimous approval of all the Dissentient Trustees yet heard from. From many parts of the country in which there are Protestant Dissentients, they have received urgent requests to insist on an entire separation of the Roman Catholic and Protestant systems of education. It is their conviction that nothing less than this will be satisfactory to the Protestants of Lower Canada. CONTENTS. CAP. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. PAoa Aid to Superior Educational Institutions 5 Aid to Parish and Township Libraries 5 Normal Schools 5 Of the Councils of Public Instruction 6 Of the Superintendents of Education 6 Division of Lower Canada into Municipalities 7 Of School Commissioners 8 Protestant School Commissioners, Non-Residents, &c 8 Secretary-Treasurers 10 Duties of School Commissioners 10 With respect to School Property 10 (( 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. " to Schools for Girls " " to annual Census " " to Inspectors of Schools " " to Assessments, &c., &c Distribution and Application of Common School Funds Application of Local Funds 12 Of Boards of Examiners 12 Duties of Boards of Examiners 13 Inspectors of Common Schools 13 Common School Visitors 13 Suits and Prosecutions 13 Special provisions for Quebec and Montreal 13 Miscellaneous Provisions, Quorums, &c , 15 Koman Catholic Minorities 15 Rights of Parents 15 Rights of Parties neither Roman Catholic nor Protestant 16 Interpretation 16 Account to the Legislature 16 Collection of Rates 16 !'5. 1 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 1] 1] 1] 1] 1] Amendments to the Educational Laws of Lower Canada suggested by the Committee of the Protestant Educational Association of Lower Canada. WHEREAS tho Common Schools under the control of Roman Catholic Commissioners in Lower Canada are in fact and practice so thoroughly Roman Catholic in their character, that it ia just and proper to secure to tho Protestants of Lower Canada relief in the matter of School Assessments in certain cases, and the free exercise of their own rights and privileges iu the matter of Edu- cation. Therefore, &c. Aid to Superior Educational Institutions. 1. That Section 6, cap. 15 of the Consolidated Statutes of Lower Canada be so far ameuded, as that " Superintendent " shall be taken and understood to mean the Roman Catholic and Protestant Su- perintendents, and that the said Income Fund shall be apportioned to them according to the ratio of the Roman Catholic and Protes- tant populations as determined by the decennial census, and that for this purpose, Protestant, shall mean all who are not returned a Roman Catholic. 2. That Section 9 be so far amended as that " Superintendent of Education " shall mean either the Roman CathoUc or Protestant Superintendent. Aid to Parish awl Toionship Libraries. 3. That in Section 10 the " Superintendent of Education" shall mean either the Roman Catholic or Protestant Superintendent. Normal ScJwols. 4. That Section 16 be amended so far as that the Protestant Nor- mal School or Schools of Lower Canada shall be under the control of the Protestant Superintendent subject to the provisions of said ection. 6 5. That Section 17 be amended in so far as relates to Protestants, as that tlie " Superintendent of Education" shall mean the Pro- testant Superintendent. Of the Councils of Public Instruction, (». That Sections 18 and 19 ))e repealed, and the following sub- stituted in lieu thereof, viz. : The Governor may appoint thirty per- sons to be a Council of Public Instruction for Lower Canada, fifteen of whom shall be Roman Catholics, and fifteen Protestants repre- senting the general Protestant community ; and such persons shall form two separate and distinct Councils, the one for the Roman Catholics, the other for the Protestants ; they shall hold their oflSce during pleasure, and shall be subject to all lawful orders and direc- tions in the exercise of their duties, which may from time to time be issued hj the Governor in Council. The Roman OathoUc and Protes- tant Superintendents shall be ex-officio members of their respective Councils, and shall each proride a place for the meetings of their own Councils, call the first meeting thereof, and may call such special meeting as may at any time be required. The expenses attending the proceedings of the Council shall be defrayed and accounted for by the Superintendents of Education, as part of the contingent expenses of the Education Offices. A recording Clerk shall be appointed to each of the said Councils, by the Governor in Council. 7. That Sections 20, 21, and 22, with their several sub-sections, shall be taken and understood as applying equally to the respective Councils and Superintendents. Of the Superintendents of Education. 8. That Section 23 be repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz. . The Governor may, from time to time, appoint by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Province, fit and proper persons to be Superintendents of Education for Lower Canada, and hold their office during pleasure ; one of whom shall be Superintendent of Roman Catholic Schools and the other of Protestant Schools, which offices shall be the same as that called in some of the Acts hereby consolidated " Superintendent of Schools," and no enactment commission, instrument, or proceeding, shall in any way be invalidated by the use of the above-mentioned « I titles as the names of the offices of the eaid S?iperintendent9. Tlic said Roman Catholic Superintendent shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, and shall be allowed nine hun- dred dollars per annum for a Secretary, and seven hundred dollars for a clerk, also tho contingent expenses of his office. The said Protestant Supwintendent shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and shall be allowed nine hundred dollars per annum for a Secretary and clerk ; also the contingent expenses of hi3 office ; and the said Superintendents shall each give security to ller Majesty, to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council, to the amount of -f 8000. 1). That Sections 24, 25, and 26, shall equally apply to the Roman Catholic and Protestant Superintendents in the discharge of their respective functions. Division of Lower Canada into Municipalities and Districts for Common S"hool PtirjMses. 10. All that relates to Dissentient Schools, Districts and Trus- tees in Sections 27, 28, 29, 80, 31, 32, and 33, be repealed in so far as relates to Protestants, and in lieu thereof substitute as follows : — 1. That the Protestant inhabitants of any existing City, Town or Village Municipality in which Protestants shall be in the minority other than the Cities of Montreal and Quebec, shall, for the pur- poses of this amended Act, be under the jurisdiction of the Pro- testant School Commissioners, elected for the Municipality of which such City, Town or Village makes a part, and shall have the right of voting at the election of such Protestant School Commissioners, subject always to the provisions that any Municipality established for Protestant School purposes hereafter in such City, Town or Village Municipalities, or part thereof, shall henceforth be a School Munici- pality . 2. But the Protestant Superintendent and Council of Public Instruction may, for Protestant purposes and where Protestants are in the minority, from time to time alter the limits of any existing School Municipalities, sub-divide the same, or estabUsh new ones ; of all -which such public notice shall be g'ven as such Superintendent xind Council may direct. ^ 8 3. Such Protestant School Commissioners shall divide the Mun- icipality for which they are elected into School Districts as provided by Cap. 15, Sect. 31, Con. Stat., L. C, without any limitation as to the number of children resident in such Districts, and shall take care that there be Schools in each District as provided by Cap. 15, Sect. 33, Con. Stat., L. C. Of School Commissioners — Hicir Election. 11. That Sections 34 to 54 both inclusive, be so far amended for the purposes of Protestant Schools only, as that the words " land- holders and householders. School Municipalities, School Commis- sioners, Clergymen, Ministers of the Gospel, Justice of the Peace, Electors, Assessors, School Laws, Superintendent of Education, Religious Denominations, and Secretary Treasurer," shall be under- stood and interpreted as Protestant respectively, as also shall any other words in said Sections that require to be so construed for the purposes of this Amended Act. Protestant School Commissioners, No i- Residents, <&c. 12. That in so far as Sub-section 1st, SecHon 55, may refer to Protestants, it be repealed, and the following sub-sections enacted in lieu thereof: — 1. In any Municipality in which the majority of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics, and the Common Schools are under the care of Roman Catholic Commissioners, the Protestant .inhabitants thereof may, either individually or collectively signify the fact of there being Protestants to such School Commissioners, and at the call of any three of their number, may meet and chose for them selves five Protestant School Commissioners for the purposes of this Amended Act. 2. The real estate of non-resident proprietors shall be assessed only by the Protestant School Commissionei*3 when either by them- selves or their agents, tliay declare themselves, in writing, to such Commissioners to be Protestants, and in the event of non-resiuent proprietors making m such declaration, then the assessment levied on them by the School Commissioners shall be divided between the Roman Catholic and Protestant School Commissioners according to^ the ratio of the respec^^ive populations in any Municipality. ■1 If It 9 3. That the assessment due hy any Railway or Connnei-eial Com- pany shall be collected by the School Commissioners and divi- ded between themselves and the Protestant or Il(jman Catholic Scliool (.Commissioners, as the case may be, according to the ratio of the Roman Catholic and Protestant inhabitants in such Munici- pality, such sums to l)e jiaid annually by tlic Secretary Treasurer of the School Commissioners to the Secretary Treasurer of the Protestant or Roman Catholic Scliool Commissioners. 13. That sub-section 2nd of Sect. 5o, be repealed sl) far as con- cern Protestants and the following be substituted : — Such Protestant School Commissioners shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties as School Commissioners, but for the management of those Schools only which shall be under their control ; and such Protestant residents and non-resident proprietors may, by the intervention of the Protestant School Commissioners, establish in the manner provided for other Schools, one or more Schools Avliieh shall be subject to the same provisions, duties, and supervision and shall be entitled to receive from the Protestant Superintendent and from the Protestant School Commissioners such sums us they may bo entitled to by law proportionate to the Pro- testant population tliey represent. 14. That sub-section 3rd of Section .')'> be repealed in so far as Protestants are concerned, and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz. : — If at the date of the passing of this amended Act, any School- house shall belong to or be occupied by Protestant dissentient Trus- tees, such school-house shall henceforth belong to and bo used by the Protestant School Commissioners. That Sub-section 4th, Sect. 53, hi so far as Protestants are con- cerned be repealed. 15. That Sect. 56 so far as regards Protestants be amended as that " the Trustees" shall mean Protestant School Commissioners, and " dissentients" be taken for Protestants. 16 That Section 57, which has reference to Trustees of Dis- sentient Schools, shall be construed and understood as applicable ' • ^5 10 ii tt to Protestant School Commissioners, and Protestant Schools, except m so fiir as the same is hereinafter amended, namely ; that sub- section 1, of Section 57 be repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz., 1. That whenever, in any Protestant municipality, Protes- tant School Commissioners shall have been elected, they shall from the -;. • * y, , V •;•' -.'■ , , A ■ ^'' '■' 1 t m 1 .' '^' e - \ '^-^^V: .;■*- / /