CATHOLIC
BOARD
OF
SCHOOL
COMMISSIONERS
OF
MONTREAL,
AND
RESPONDENTS. JOSEPH SCHUBERT,
AND
THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR
QUEBEC
ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APPEAL SIDE, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC
The Quebec Legislature in 1903 (3 Edw. VII, c. passed "an Act to amend the law concerning education, with respect to persons professing the Jewish religion." Section 1 provides that " in all the municipalities of the province, * * * persons professing the Jewish religion shall, for school purposes, be treated in the same manner as Protestants, and for the said purposes shall be subject to the same obligations and shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as the latter."
Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 deal with school revenues and taxation and, speaking generally, provide that such taxation payable by persons professing the Jewish religion and revenue for school purposes derived from them, or from their properties, shall go to the support *PRESENT:-Anglin CJ.C. and Mignault, Newcombe and Rinfret JJ. and Maclean J. ad hoc.
Statutes and regulations cited
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Unresolved citations
- Section 1
- Sections 2
- 3
- 4
- 5