Report of a Select Committee of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada (Classic Reprint): Upon the Provision Made by Law for the Support of a ... Clergy in That Province (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Discover how Upper Canada planned funding for a Protestant clergy through early laws and land policy.

This edition compiles legal texts and committee notes that shape the administration of clergy lands, sales, and related financial procedures. It covers how lands were allotted, how funds were to be collected and used, and the governance structures that supervised these processes in the province’s Protestant church system.

The material highlights the mechanisms for land sales, receipts, and accountability, as well as the roles of district commissioners and government officials. It also presents several provisions that link land policy to broader goals like education and church endowment, all set within the framework of imperial and provincial authority.

• How lands were allotted and funds applied to support the Protestant clergy.


• Procedures for selling clergy lands and managing sale proceeds.


• The duties of district commissioners and government officers in implementing the acts.


• Connections between land policy, education funding, and church governance in the era.

Ideal for readers of Canadian colonial history and legal reform, as well as anyone curious about how state policy shaped religious establishments in the province.

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