Legislation by Concept: Education
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for the Encouragement of Education in this Colony. (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) | 6 Victoria Chapter 6 | 1843 | This act establishes various school boards throughout the province in order to establish new school districts. The districts are given funds to establish new schools, as well as regulations within which to operate. Board members are nominated by the governor, and locations of the school boards are dictated by the act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed 4th April 1842. | 5 Victoria Chapter 37 | 1842 | This act awards money to various persons for their services to the government and for local infrastructure projects. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1842. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1842. |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue to the payment of the Ordinary Services of the Province. Passed 4th April 1842. | 5 Victoria Chapter 36 | 1842 | This act awards money to various persons for their services to the government and for local infrastructure projects. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1842. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1842. |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the Services therein mentioned. Passed 26th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 36 | 1841 | This act appropriates part of the public revenue for the payment of various private services. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue to the payment of the Ordinary Services of the Province. Passed 26th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 35 | 1841 | This act appropriates part of the public revenue for the payment of various ordinary services. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to Incorporate the College of L’Assomption, in the County of Leinster. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 68 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate the "College of L'Assomption" who provide education in Leinster County. The college is run by the Roman Catholic Church and has the Bishop of Montreal at its head. The act outlines how the college will be managed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Ladies’ Benevolent Society of Montreal. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 66 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate "The Montreal Ladies' Benevolent Institution" who provide relief and education to widows and orphans of Montreal. It also states how the corporation will run and allows the women involved to make decisions without the consent of their husbands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Upper Canada Academy under the name and style of “Victoria College." 27th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 37 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate Upper Canada Academy in Kingston into Victoria College. This gives the them distinction of a college and allows for growth. The college is run by the Wesleyan Methodist Church or the Church of Scotland. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to a certain sum of Money as an aid to the Victoria College. 19th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 34 | 1841 | An Act to provide five thousand pounds to Victoria College from the Consolidated Revenue Fund as aid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make temporary provision for the appropriation of the funds derived from the sale of School Lands in that part of the Province formerly Upper Canada, and for other purposes. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 19 | 1841 | An Act to allocate funds from the sale of School Lands in former Upper Canada. The money is to be used for maintenance of schools in the area formerly known as Upper Canada or to build new schools. Also states that District Schools will now be Grammar Schools. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to make further provision for the establishment and maintenance of Common Schools throughout the Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 18 | 1841 | An Act to repeal past acts related to Common Schools and to create Common Schools for each township or parish in the Province. Also, a sum of fifty thousand pounds will be given from the Crown to manage the schools. The Act also outlines the jobs of the Superintendent and Boards of Education. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of money for the support of Common Schools, for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 68 | 1840 | This act grants various sums of money for the school districts throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 59 | 1840 | This act awards sums of money to various persons for their service to the government and for various local infrastructure projects. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue to the payment of the Ordinary Services of the Province. Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 58 | 1840 | This act awards money to various persons for their services to the government and for local infrastructure projects. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to incorporate the Quebec Library. | 3 Victoria Chapter 50 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes, “The Trustees of the Quebec Library,” as a body politic and corporate and provides instructions for its function and administration. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to incorporate the Quebec Advocates’ Library. | 3 Victoria Chapter 49 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes, of “ The Quebec Advocates’ Library,” as a body politic and corporate and provides instructions for its function and administration. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to incorporate the Advocates’ Library of Montreal. | 3 Victoria Chapter 48 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes, “The Advocates Library and Law Institute of Montreal,” as a body politic and corporate and provides instructions for its function and administration. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, intituled “An Act to repeal all the Laws now in force relating to Parish Schools, and to make other provisions respecting the same.” Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 39 | 1840 | This act amends an 1834 act to change the system by which money is given out to parish schools by the government. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to authorise the temporary occupation, by the proposed University at Kingston, of the General Hospital at Kingston, upon certain terms therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 36 | 1840 | This act authorises the University of Kingston to lease the building built for the Kingston hospital, as the lack of funding has prevented the building from being used as a hospital. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a College by the name and style of the University at Kingston. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 35 | 1840 | This act establishes the University of Kingston, establishing its board of trustees and giving it the right to hold and sell land. Rules are set out regarding admissions, stating that no tests regarding religion shall be made of anyone seeking to enter the institution. | Early Canadiana Online |