Act to Amend Militia Law. Allows for exemption of Quakers, Mennonits, and Tunkers from the Militia as long as a certificate of religious practice is provided and they pay annually ten shillings in peacetime and five shillings in times of conflict to the Town Assessor. The money is used for roads and highways.
This act grants a pension to the widow and children of the late William Kerry, who was killed in an attempt to capture american brigands who had crossed the border into Upper Canada.
This act continues and makes perpetual an act passed in 1835. It concerns pensions for militia members and was passed after being petitioned by veterans of the war of 1812.
This act establishes a board of three people to determine whether veterans of the war of 1812 should receive a pension due to their age and inability to work. It defines further rules for those receiving said pensions, whether they be veterans or the widows of veterans.
This Ordinance amends the 1838 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to provide for the better defence of the Province, and to regulate the Militia thereof,” as regards the annual muster of the companies of the Militia. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1843.
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1838, which makes it possible for the lieutenant governor to assemble the militia to defend the province in cases where foreign nations who do not currently have a peace agreement with Britain commit acts of aggression against the province. The amendments primarily concern the form of punishments for those convicted of treason in these cases, and prescribe capital punishment for those found guilty of treasonous acts (or felony in cases of foreign non-subjects participating in acts of aggression within the province while their home country is at peace with Britain).
This Ordinance continues the 1838 Ordinance, "An Ordinance to provide for the better defence of this Province, and to regulate the Militia thereof," which is to remain in force until 1843.
This Ordinance makes several ordinances related to the arrest of people suspected of treasonable practices or acting in defence of the Province, permanent.
This act repeals an act first passed in 1804 which describes the punishment(s) to befall civilians who encouraged or assisted a soldier to desert. Punishment was to consist of both imprisonment and fines, and replaces it with new laws which are very similar.
This Ordinance continues the 1838 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to authorize the seizing and detaining, for a limited time, of Gunpowder, Arms, Weapons, Lead and Munitions of War,” which is to remain in force until 1840.