: ’ TOLERATION. 371 
Account of their religious opinions. The Ro¬ 
man Catholic religion is that of a great majo¬ 
rity of the inhabitants ; and by the Quebec bill 
of 1774, the ecclesiastics of that persuasion are 
empowered bylaw to recover all the dues which, 
previous to that period, they were accustomed 
to receive, as well as tithes, that is, from the 
Roman Catholic inhabitants ; but they cannot 
exact any dues or tithes from Protestants, or off 
lands held by Protestants, although formerly 
such lauds might have been subjected to dues 
and tithes for the support of the Roman Catho¬ 
lic church. The dues and tithes from off these 
lands are still, however, to be paid; but they 
are to be paid to persons appointed by the go¬ 
vernor, and the amount of them is to be reserved, 
in the hands of his Majesty’s receiver general, 
for the support of the protesfant clergy ac¬ 
tually residing in the province. 
By the act of the year 1791, also, it Was or¬ 
dained, that the governor should allot out of all 
lands belonging to the crown, which should be 
granted after that period, one-seventh for the 
benefit of a Protestant clergy, to be solely ap¬ 
plicable to their use; and all such allotments 
must be particularly specified in every grant 
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of waste lands, otherwise the grant is void. 
With the advice of the executive council, 
the governor is authorized to constitute or erect 
parsonages or rectories, and to endow thein out 
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