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Plan
of a Code of Laws for the Province of Québec, Reported by the
Advocate General, James Marriott, 1774
Document Summary:
This lengthy document begins by stating that the King has the
legal right by treaty to change the laws of the province of Québec,
and that by all reports, the people seem satisfied with the common
law in place. He makes recommendations for a number of bills:
- A bill establishing courts and setting the rules for those
courts.
- A bill declaring common law as the law of the province.
- A bill for raising revenue.
- A bill allowing free exercise of Catholic religion, with restrictions
on the power of the church.
He also refers to the Canadian population as indolent and ignorant,
and calls for assimilation of the French-speaking inhabitants
to English customs and language.
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