This act confirms a law passed by the judges of the Upper Canadian court of appeals, which cannot take effect until they have been reviewed and approved by the parliament.
This act clarifies the religious requirements of the various colleges of the University of Toronto, stipulating that students must meet the religious education prerequisites set out by their colleges, and how those prerequisites are to be met and verified.
This act amends and consolidates several past acts pertaining to education in Upper Canada, as well as passing new clauses relating to public school trustees, teachers, and the responsibilities of all those involved in the maintenance of educational standards.
This act allows wesleyan ministers, who are in Lower Canada as missionaries, to perform baptisms, marriages, and burials in that part of the province without having to first obtain a special license to do so.
This act permits the members of county agricultural societies in Lower Canada to be elected at any time during the year, so long as these elections take place before the first day of October.