An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money for the purchase of Seed Grain, towards the Relief of the Parishes in Distress, by the failure of the late Harvest. (22d March, 1817.)

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    57 George III Chapter 12
  • Year
    1817
  • Concepts
    Welfare
    Agriculture
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    10
  • Description
    An Act to apply a sum not exceeding twenty thousand pounds to purchase wheat and other grain, seed, and potatoes for planting to be distributed among "the most indigent husbandmen" in light of the late harvest's failure. Limits on the amounts to be distributed to each person and in several regions are set, in addition to how repayments under this act and the former "An Act for the relief of the Poor, in the Loan of Seed Wheat, and other necessary Grain" from 8 March 1817 will be made.
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