This act allows for the building of canals to connect the Ottawa river to the great lakes in order to promote trade, agriculture, and to facilitate the transportation of naval and military stores. It specifies the goods to be allocated, who shall be responsible for supervising the building and allocation of goods, and the appropriation of lands necessary for the project.
This act repeals existing militia legislation, and creates new regulations for militia mustering, command, training, furnishing, inspection, discipline, and local jurisdiction, as well as fines and punishments for violations of these rules.
An Act to further continue an Act from 1803, “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein-mentioned,” as amended by the 1817 Act, “An Act for reviving and continuing for a limited time, and amending an Act passed in the forty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein-mentioned,’” and the 1819 Act “An Act further to continue for a limited time, and to amend an Act passed in the forty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein-mentioned.’” These Acts are to remain in force until 1827.
This act confirms the passage of several acts from the last session which were delayed in passage due to the illness and death of Lieutenant-Governor George Stracey Smyth.
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1795, which imposes a penalty of five pounds on anyone who should assist any member of the British forces in an attempt at desertion, and further penalties on anyone who tries to sell any of their gear. The amendment allows for the imprisonment of any offender who does not have enough material goods or money to cover the fine incurred for being found guilty.
This act provides for a pension for the said James Carrol, a former militia man, who contracted a disease while in the service of the militia which rendered him completely blind, therefore making him unable to provide for himself.