Legislation by Concept: Elections & Public Office, Financial Regulation, Infrastructure
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to provide for an Encrease of the number of Overseers of Highways, Pounds, and Pound-keepers, in the respective Townships throughout this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1830 | This Act allows for the selection of up to thirty Overseers of Highways for each township in the province, along with one pound-keeper for each pound. The Act also specifies to which pound(s) seized property may be conveyed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better Regulation of the Currency. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1830 | This Act repeals certain previous legislation pertaining to currency in Upper Canada, and specifies which British silver coins are no longer to be accepted as currency within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Indigent Debtors. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1830 | This Act protects the bedding and clothing of debtors and their families from seizure by legal authorities. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act for the more speedy recovery of small debts. Passed 8th March, 1830. | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 21 (Session 1) | 1830 | This act amends an 1810 act on debt collection. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1830. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1830. |
| An Act to continue for a limited time and to amend a certain Act passed in the first year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to incorporate certain persons therein mentioned, under the name of the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal.” (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 6 | 1830 | This Act continues and amends the Act from 1821 “An act for incorporating certain persons therein-named, under the name of ‘President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal.’” This Act outlines how the Directors, President, and Vice President of the Bank are to be elected, and their duties. Stipulations on the amount and denominations of current bills or coins to be held distributed by the bank, and allowable amounts of debts owing to the corporation are described. This Act is to remain in force until 1837. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to ascertain the rate at which certain Coins therein mentioned shall pass current in this Province, and for other purposes. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 5 | 1830 | This Act sets the rates of the silver coins called Pistareens and half Pistareens. This Act also retires certain bank notes as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make more effectual provision for settling the affairs of the late pretended Bank of Upper Canada. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1829 | This act legislates certain provisions and securities to be made in order to settle the business of the Bank of Upper Canada, which has failed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the detention of Debtors in certain cases. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 2 | 1829 | Due to creditors losing money over the length of time it takes to process debtors through the court system, this act legislates specific time frames for processing debtors, with the caveat that nothing in this act should be construed as permission to skip any of the necessary forms and procedures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate certain persons. therein-named, under the name of the "Quebec Fire Assurance Company.” (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 58 | 1829 | This Act lists the individuals that compose the ““The Quebec Fire Assurance Company,” that offers insurance against losses by fire. Under this Act, amendments are made to the company’s rates of premium, shares of the Capital Stock, and the company is allowed to invest in real estate. The company is to continue and have succession until 1868 unless otherwise authorised or repealed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the proceedings against the Estates and Effects of Debtors, in certain cases. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 28 | 1829 | This Act makes it lawful for the Court to proceed in cases in which debtors have concealed themselves in order to elude the ordinary process of law. The processes and terms under which these suits are to proceed are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent fraudulent Debtors evading their Creditors in certain parts of this Province. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 27 | 1829 | This Act allows for the arrest of debtors under the due course of law, to await trial and judgement, in order to prevent debtors from leaving the jurisdiction of the Courts before their trial. Several forms are attached to the Act. This Act is to remain in force until 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make perpetual the Act of the Sixth George the Fourth, Chapter fourth, intituled, “An Act for more particularly ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange in the Province of Lower-Canada, and to suspend, for a limited time, certain parts of the Ordinance therein-mentioned.” (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 1 | 1829 | An Act to extend certain provisions from an Act from 1826, “An Act for more particularly ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange in the Province of Lower-Canada, and to suspend, for a limited time, certain parts of the Ordinance therein-mentioned,” and to continue the Act until 1833. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better Regulation of Sales by Auction. Passed 10th February 1829. | 9 & 10 George IV Chapter 17 | 1829 | This act replaces existing legislation regulating auctions and creates new regulations for the practice. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1829. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1829. |
| An Act to continue until the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, certain Acts for the support and relief of confined Debtors. Passed 5th April, 1828. | 9 George IV Chapter 16 | 1828 | This act continues two earlier acts on debt collection and relief until 1830. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1828. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1828. |
| An Act to borrow a Sum of Money from His Majesty’s Government, and to make provisions for the payment of the same. Passed 25th March, 1828. | 9 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1828 | This Act states it is likely that the province will be able to borrow 100,000 pounds from the British government to repay debts up to that amount in Upper Canada. The Upper Canadian government will repay the loan (plus interest) to England at the rate of 4,500 pounds per year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the Laws now in force respecting the late Pretended Bank of Upper Canada, and to make provision for settling the affairs of the said Institution. Passed 25th March, 1828. | 9 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1828 | This Act specifies the means of selecting Commissioners to recover the debts owed the now-defunct Pretended Bank of Upper Canada, and the means of recovering the said debt. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of James Radcliffe. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 20 | 1827 | This act allows for a loan of money to James Radcliffe, who claims to be a co-inventor of a power-generating wheel, and is applying for said funds under an act passed in 1826 called "An Act to encourage the progress of Useful Arts within this Province." The loan is approved, depending on proof of his ownership of the patent of said invention. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in further addition to the Act relating to Wills, Legacies, and Executors, and for the Settlement and distribution of the Estates of Intestates.” | 8 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1827 | The continuation of an act passed in 1812, which allows for the estates of debtors to be distributed to creditors against the estate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further Relief of Insolvent Debtors. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 8 | 1827 | The repeal and amendment of part of an act passed in 1805, which deals with when debtors who have been sent to debtors prison are to be released following the sale of their various goods. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more easy assessment of damages in actions on Bonds payable by Instalments, and other similar Instruments, and for the more convenient service of Writs of Scire Facias. Passed the 19th March, 1827. | 8 George IV Chapter 4 | 1827 | This act makes changes to New Brunswick's policy on the payment of bonds | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |