Scott Act may refer to:
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Scott Act (1863), which guaranteed the right to
separate schools
In Canada, a separate school is a type of school that has constitutional status in three provinces (Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan) and statutory status in the three territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut). In these Canadian ...
in what became Ontario, Canada, named for
Richard William Scott
Sir Richard William Scott, (February 24, 1825 – April 23, 1913) was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister.
Early life
He was born in Prescott, Ontario, in 1825, a descendant of a family from County Clare. A lawyer by training, Scot ...
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Scott Act (1878), the Canada Temperance Act in the Dominion of Canada, also named for Richard William Scott
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Scott Act (1888)
The Scott Act was a United States law that prohibited U.S. resident Chinese laborers from returning to the United States. Its main author was William Lawrence Scott of Pennsylvania, and it was signed into law by U.S. President Grover Cleveland o ...
, an American law prohibiting immigration of virtually all Chinese by rescinding certificates of reentry for Chinese who were then abroad
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