Legislation by Concept: Trade Regulation, Financial Regulation
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for rendering a Written Memorandum necessary to the validity of certain Promises and Engagements. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 61 | 1850 | This act validates debts contracted between merchants, if they were made under certain conditions with proof such as a written bill or contract. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, An Act to prevent the unnecessary multiplication of Law-suits, and increase of costs in actions on Notes, Bonds, Bills of Exchange and other Instruments. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 59 | 1850 | This is an amendment to a past act regarding the issuing, use, and payment of promissory notes, bonds, and bills of exchange in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for incorporating certain Charitable Philanthropic and Provident Associations, and for the effectual protection from fraud and misappropriation of the funds of the same. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1850 | This act allows for the incorporation of community-driven funds with the goal of supporting individuals or families facing emergencies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and explain the Acts therein mentioned relative to Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange, and to limit the sum to be allowed for the expenses of noting and protesting Bills and Notes, in certain cases, under the Act to regulate the damages on protested Bills of Exchange within this Province. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 23 | 1850 | This act amends how promissory notes and bills of exchange are paid and disputed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confer certain rights upon the Chartered Banks of this Province, and to declare the rights already possessed by them in certain cases. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 22 | 1850 | This act confirms certain rights given to the chartered banks within the province, and confers certain new ones to them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish freedom of Banking in this Province, and for other purposes relative to Banks and Banking. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 21 | 1850 | This act establishes regulations under which banks in the province are to operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford relief to Bankrupts in certain cases. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 20 | 1850 | This act details how a person who not been issued a bankruptcy certificate after the bankruptcy commissioners have declared them bankrupt can go about obtaining that certificate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Acts for the formation of Companies for constructing Roads and other Works, to Companies formed for the purpose of acquiring Public Works of like nature. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 14 | 1850 | An act to extend the act related to the formation of companies constructing roads near public works to companies formed to acquire public works including collecting tolls. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Public Works of this Province. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 13 | 1850 | An act to amend the acts relating to public works allowing the commissioners to acquire and take possession of land adjoining or in the neighbourhood of any public work to improve or enlarge it. The act outlines this process. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue for a limited time the Act making provision for a Geological Survey of this Province. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 12 | 1850 | An act to revive funding for a geological survey of the province for five years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the rate at which certain Silver Coins shall be a Legal Tender. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 9 | 1850 | This act establishes the exchange rate for silver coins from other countries. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Currency Act of this Province. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 8 | 1850 | This is an amendment to the provincial currency act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums required for defraying certain expenses of the Civil Government for the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and one thousand eight hundred and fifty. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 1 | 1850 | An act to defray expenses of Civil Government for 1849 and 1950 up to 173,448 pound three shillings and ten pence from the Consolidated Revenue Funds and 2592 pounds four shillings and seven pence from the Jesuits' Estate Fund for education in Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Saint John and Shediac Railway Company. Passed 14th April 1849. | 13 Victoria Chapter 75 (1849) | 1849 | This act allows for the incorporation of the Saint John and Shediac Railway Company and stipulates how it will be administered. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1850. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1850. |
| An Act further to facilitate the making of a Rail Road from Saint Andrews to Woodstock, with a Branch to Saint Stephen. Passed 14th April 1849. | 13 Victoria Chapter 74 (1849) | 1849 | This act allows for the province to make a grant to the Saint Andrews and Quebec Railway Company. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1850. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1850. |
| An Act to amend the Act incorporating the City Bank, and to provide for a reduction of its Capital Stock. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 185 | 1849 | This act reduces the capital stock of the City Bank twenty-five pounds currency to eighteen pounds fifteen shillings currency. It also limits the term in which shares can be subscribed to after the passing of this act, and amends some of the original terms of the original act by which the City Bank was incorporated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the time limited for an increase of the Capital Stock of the Bank of Montreal. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 184 | 1849 | This act grants a further three years to the Bank of Montreal to increase its capital stock. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to extend the time for paying up the new Stock of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 170 | 1849 | This act grants the Commercial Bank of the Midland district until January 1852 to pay up their capital stocks | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act to incorporate the Gore Bank, and to increase the Capital Stock of the said Bank. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 169 | 1849 | This is an amendment to the act which originally incorporated the Gore Bank, allowing said bank to increase its capital stocks under the specified regulations. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Canada Life Assurance Company. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 168 | 1849 | This act incorporates the Canada Life Assurance Company under the individuals named, and legislates the rules and regulations under which it will operate. | Early Canadiana Online |