Legislation by Concept: Financial Regulation

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to alter and amend an Act intituled “An Act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of The President, Directors, and Company, of the Bank of New-Brunswick.” Passed the 20th of March, 1821. 2 George IV Chapter 20 1821 This act amends an 1820 act incorporating the Bank of New Brunswick, changing the terms of how capital and stock are issued. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821.
An Act to amend an Act intituled “An Act to enable the Province Treasurer to borrow the sum of nine thousand pounds, for paying off bounties and ether debts payable by the Laws of the Province.” Passed the 20th March, 1821. 2 George IV Chapter 19 1821 This act winds down an 1819 act allowing the province to borrow money to pay off its debts, and stipulates that all notes handed out under the terms of this act are to paid back. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821.
An Act to establish an Uniform Currency throughout this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. 2 George IV – Chapter 13 1821 This Act stipulates that as of 1 July 1822 there should be a single currency in Upper Canada, rather than the existing combination of British and New York currencies. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to render legal certain Small Notes and Inland Bills of Exchange within this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. 2 George IV – Chapter 12 1821 This Act states that previous Acts of the British Parliament relating to "promissory notes" and "inland bills of exchange" do not apply to Upper Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act relative to the Service of Process issuing out of His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench and the several District Courts in this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. 2 George IV – Chapter 7 1821 This Act stipulates that only sheriffs and their employees will qualify for reimbursement for travel or other expenses incurred in providing legal service in situations where such is requested in stead of the services of a less qualified official more locally. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to incorporate certain persons therein named, under the name of the “Bank of Canada.” 1 George IV Chapter 27 1821 An Act to establish a bank in the City of Montreal. The Act names the persons who are ordained, constituted and declared, to be a Corporation, Body Corporate and Politic, by the name of “The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Canada,” as well as their obligations to stockholders. The value of 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. Forms relating to stocks follow the Act's articles. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the incorporation of certain persons therein-mentioned, under the name of the “Quebec Bank.” 1 George IV Chapter 26 1821 An Act to establish the a bank in Quebec City. The Act names the persons who are ordained, constituted and declared, to be a Body Politic and Corporate under the name "The Quebec 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. Forms relating to stocks follow the Act's articles. Early Canadiana Online
An act for incorporating certain persons therein-named, under the name of “President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal.” 1 George IV Chapter 25 1821 An Act to establish the Bank of Montreal. The Act names the persons who are to form “The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal," as well as their obligations to stockholders. The value of 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. Forms relating to stocks follow the Act's articles. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to restrain and prohibit the Negociation, within this Province, of Promissory Notes, or Inland Bills of Exchange, under a limited Sum. 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 38 1821 This act restricts the forms of notes being exchanged in lieu of cash being circulated within the province. LLMC Digital Law Library
An Act to alter and amend an Act, passed in the last Session of the General Assembly, entitled, “An Act to authorize the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to appoint Commissioners to issue Treasury Notes, to an amount not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pounds.” 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 37 1821 An amendment to an act passed in 1820, which makes provision for the appointment of three commissioners who will have the power to issue treasury notes, and outlines the procedures and regulations surrounding their issue. LLMC Digital Law Library
An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the first year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable Creditors to receive their just Debts out of the Effects of their Absent or Absconding Debtors.” 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 18 1821 An amendment of an act first passed in 1761, which outlines how creditors can claim debts owing to them from absent persons and provides the processes by which debtors who abscond out of the Province to account if they cannot repay the amount owed. LLMC Digital Law Library
An Act to authorise the cancelling of Treasury Notes, and to issue others in lieu thereof. 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 4 1821 This act permits treasury notes issued under any act of the general assembly to be cancelled by commissioners appointed by the treasurer of the province, and to re-issue treasury notes in the amount cancelled, in order to keep 62,227 pounds in circulation. LLMC Digital Law Library
An Act to authorise the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the time being, to appoint Commissioners to Issue Treasury Notes, to an amount not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pounds. 60 George III – Chapter 18 1820 This Act makes provision for the appointment of three commissioners who will have the power to issue treasury notes, and outlines the procedures and regulations surrounding their issue. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of the The President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of New Brunswick. Passed the 25th of March 1820. 60 George III Chapter 13 1820 This act establishes a provincial bank and stipulates its powers and how it is to be administered. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1820. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1820.
An Act to provide for the cancelling the Treasury Notes that have been issued in this Province. Passed the 22nd of March 1820. 60 George III Chapter 9 1820 This act cancels treasury notes issued by an 1818 act. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1820. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1820.
An Act to amend an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, “An Act for better regulating the Weight and Rates at which certain Coins shall pass current in this Province, for preventing the falsifying, counterfeiting and impairing of the same, and for repealing the Act and Ordinance therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) 59 George Chapter 1 1819 An act to amend an act passed in 1818, outlining the relative value of French coins that are made legal tender in Lower Canada. Penalties for counterfeiting currency are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to incorporate sundry Persons under the style and title of The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Upper Canada. The Royal Assent to this Act was promulgated by Proclamation bearing date April twenty first, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and second of His Majesty’s Reign. 59 George III – Chapter 24 1819 This Act incorporates officials in the Bank of Upper Canada, detailing their rights, responsibilities, and conduct. Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819.
An Act to repeal an Act, passed in the fifty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act in addition to, and amendment of, An Act, passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors.’” 59 George III – Chapter 22 1819 Repeal of an act passed in 1813, which was itself an amendment to an act first passed in 1763. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in further addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors.” 59 George III – Chapter 20 1819 An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which outlines how creditors can collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to Incorporate certain Persons under the Style and Title of the President, Directors, and Company, of the Bank of Kingston. Passed 12th July, 1819. 59 George III – Chapter 15 1819 This Act incorporates officers of the Bank of Kingston, detailing their rights, responsibilities, and conduct within the company. Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819.