Legislation by Concept: Financial Regulation
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein mentioned under the name of the “The City Bank,” to be established in Montreal. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 32 | 1833 | An Act to incorporate "The City Bank" in Montreal. The Act lists the persons who are constituted and declared to be a Body Politic and Corporate under the name "The City Bank," as well as their obligations to stockholders. The value and number of shares permitted are outlined, as well as how the bank is to operate. The company's fundamental rules, restrictions, and provisions are described. This Act is to remain in force until 1837. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to amend the Act relating to the Support and Relief of confined Debtors. Passed 19th March 1833. | 3 William IV – Chapter 18 | 1833 | This Act authorizes the City of Saint John to provide support for debtors. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1833. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1833. |
| An Act further to suspend certain parts of an Act or Ordinance therein mentioned, and to consolidate and further to continue for a limited time the provisions of two other Acts therein mentioned, for more effectually ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange, and for determining disputes relating thereto, and for other purposes. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 14 | 1833 | This Act suspends and replaces most of the 1777 Act, “An Ordinance for ascertaining damages on protested Bills of Exchange, and fixing the rate of interest in the Province of Quebec.” This Act is to remain in force until 1838. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue two Acts therein mentioned for preventing the seizure of certain articles. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 11 | 1833 | This Act continues the 1831 Act, “An Act to exempt from seizure in satisfaction of judgment, certain articles therein mentioned,” until 1837. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue a Certain Act concerning Fraudulent Debtors. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 8 | 1833 | This Act revives and continues the 1827 Act, “An Act to prevent fraudulent Debtors evading their Creditors in certain parts of the Province,” which is to remain in force until 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of, amend and reduce to one Act of Parliament the several Laws now in force in this Province, for the recovery of Small Debts; and to extend the Jurisdiction of the Court of Requests within the same. Passed 13th Feb. 1833. | 3 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1833 | This Act repeals certain previous legislation regarding small debt, and institutes a new system for settling the same, provided the debt be less than ten pounds. The new system is to be comprised of a series of Courts of Requests, and to come into effect 1 September 1833. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage the establishment of Banks for Savings in this Province. (25th February, 1832.) | 2 William IV Chapter 59 | 1832 | This Act gives certain instructions for how banks for savings should operate, including how records should be kept and the role and privileges of banks' trustees. This Act is to remain in force until 1837. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money for the purposes therein mentioned. Passed 28th January, 1832. | 2 William IV – Chapter 27 | 1832 | This Act authorizes funds to pay certain previously-approved sums to certain current or former government officials or their widows. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to improve the Law relating to Mortgages. Passed 9th March 1832. | 2 William IV Chapter 23 Session 1 | 1832 | This act creates new regulations governing mortgages. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1832. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1832. |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled An Act to incorporate sundry Persons by the Name of the ‘New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company.’ Passed 9th March 1832. | 2 William IV Chapter 22 Session 1 | 1832 | This act creates new provisions and regulations for the funds of the New Brunswick Fire Insurance Company. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1832. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1832. |
| An Act to Incorporate certain Persons under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company, of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District. Passed 23th January, 1832. | 2 William IV – Chapter 11 | 1832 | This Act incorporates the Commercial Bank of the Midland District and its officers, and makes further provisions regarding the direction of and shares and stock in the said bank. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering and amending the Charter of the President, Directors and Company, of the Bank of Upper Canada, and for encreasing the number of Shares to be held in the Capital Stock of the said Company. Passed 28th January, 1832. | 2 William IV – Chapter 10 | 1832 | This Act provides for a doubling of the number of shares in the capital stock of the Bank of Upper Canada, and specifies further detail regarding the holding of such stock. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for making Stock held in Companies having a Joint Transferable Stock, liable to the satisfaction of Debts. Passed 28th January, 1832. | 2 William IV – Chapter 6 | 1832 | This Act stipulates that stock held by a debtor may be seized and sold in order to satisfy the debt, and that whosoever should purchase such stock will be able to collect any potential income associated therewith. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford means for attaching the Property of Absconding Debtors. Passed 28th January, 1832. | 2 William IV – Chapter 5 | 1832 | This Act describes the process by which the property of an absconded debtor may be seized. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Laws in Force relating to insolvent confined Debtors. Passed 31st March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 43 | 1831 | This act amends legislation creating new provisions for the incarceration of insolvent debtors. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to incorporate sundry Persons by the Name of the New-Brunswick Fire Insurance Company. Passed 31st March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 39 | 1831 | This act allows for the incorporation of the New-Brunswick Fire Insurance Company and stipulates how it will be governed and financed. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to afford further aid to the Welland Canal Company, and to repeal part of and amend the Laws now in force relating to the said Company. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 18 | 1831 | This Act allows for a government loan of up to 50,000 pounds to the Welland Canal Company, to be put toward the Welland Canal's completion. The Act also describes some of the particulars of the loan, repeals certain previous legislation concerning such a loan, and outlines some of the details relating to the continued construction of the Canal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue for a limited time a certain Act passed in the First year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, “An Act for the Incorporation of certain persons therein-mentioned, under the name of the ‘Quebec Bank.’” (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 13 | 1831 | This Act amends and continues the 1821 Act, “An Act for the Incorporation of certain persons therein-mentioned, under the name of the ‘Quebec Bank.’” The rate of Capital Stock is amended, including how these changes should be implemented, and some regulations on the Board of Directors are altered. This Act is to remain in force until 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act to incorporate sundry Persons by the Name of the Saint John Marine Insurance Company. Passed 25th March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 7 | 1831 | This act amends earlier legislation for the incorporation of the Saint John Marine Insurance Company to give the stockholders power to disolve it. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to Borrow a Sum of Money in England at a reduced rate of Interest, to cancel the Public Debt of this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1830 | This Act authorizes the Receiver General of Upper Canada to allot 5,400 pounds per year for the payment of the interest and, eventually, the principal on a loan the provincial government hopes to obtain from England. This loan would be for the purpose of paying off debts owed by the province to other creditors. | Early Canadiana Online |