Legislation by Concept: Government Records
Displaying 21 - 40 of 153 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to extend the period limited for certain purposes in the Montreal Registry Act. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 93 | 1850 | This act extends the period for the registration of certain government documents by twelve months to account for errors made by a government official and his deputy. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the Enactment appropriating the proceeds of that portion of the Marriage License Fund arising in Upper Canada, to the support of certain specified Institutions only, and to leave the same at the disposal of Parliament for Upper Canadian purposes generally. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 70 | 1850 | This is a repeal of a 1846 act which appropriates the funds raised by the fees paid for marriage licenses and used to fund public institutions, and redirects those funds to parliament. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Registry Law of Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 63 | 1850 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1846, which consolidated, amended, and repealed various registry laws in Upper Canada, including the mandatory establishment of registry offices in every county. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to relieve Ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, from the obligation to obtain Special Licenses in order to keep Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials in Lower Canada. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 47 | 1850 | This act allows wesleyan ministers, who are in Lower Canada as missionaries, to perform baptisms, marriages, and burials in that part of the province without having to first obtain a special license to do so. | 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 continue for a limited time the several Acts and Ordinances therein mentioned. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 10 | 1850 | An act to continue various acts and ordinances related to fisheries, property, debtors, roads, trade, court, and agriculture. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Divide the County of Saguenay into two Divisions for the Registration of Deeds. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 131 | 1849 | This act divides the county of Saguenay into two counties, as the county has become too large for one registry office to manage the entirety of the population covered. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Removal of the Registry Office of the County of L’lslet, from the place where it is now kept, to the Parish of L’Islet. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 130 | 1849 | This act authorizes the removal of the parish registry office for the parish of l'Islet from St. Thomas to somewhere more central to the parish. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to divide the County of Megantic into two Districts for the Registration of Deeds. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 129 | 1849 | This act divides the county of Megantic into two districts for the purpose of registering lands and deeds, as the lack of separation has proven unwieldy in terms of keeping track of these records properly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to divide the County of Rimouski into two Districts for the Registration of Deeds. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 128 | 1849 | This act divides the county of Rimouski into two districts for the purpose of registering lands and deeds, as the lack of separation has proven unwieldy in terms of keeping track of these records properly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remedy certain defects in the Registration of Deeds and Instruments relating to Real Property in the Registry Office at Montreal. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 121 | 1849 | An act to address certain problems with the registration of deeds and instruments registered by Edward Dowling in the Registry Office of Montreal, specifically addressing his failure to properly registers deeds and instruments relating to real property, and declaring that all the deeds that he improperly filed were still legally binding as if they had been properly filed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Acts passed to remedy certain defects in the Registration of Titles in the County of Hastings. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 97 | 1849 | This act extends the deadline for the registration of property to January 1852. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to substitute Yearly Returns for the Quarterly Returns required of Clergymen and others by the Sixteenth Section of the Census Act. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 90 | 1849 | This act limits the necessity of submitting parish returns and other associated documents to the town clerk once per year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, intituled An Act for ascertaining the Population of this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 14th April 1849. | 12 Victoria Chapter 48 | 1849 | This act outlines a census of the province to be taken in 1851. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to provide for the insertion of certain Official and Legal Notices in the Canada Gazette only. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 26 | 1849 | This act changes the newspapers for which government notices must be published from the Upper Canada Gazette and the Quebec Gazette, respectively, to the Canada Gazette. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law relative to the printing and distribution of the Provincial Statutes. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 16 | 1849 | This act changes the distribution of provincial statues, stating that only public acts will be distributed to the public in order to save the expense of printing and distributing all legislative acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for putting a legislative Interpretation upon certain terms used in Acts of Parliament, and for rendering it unnecessary to repeat certain provisions and expressions therein, and for ascertaining the date and commencement thereof, and for other purposes. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 10 | 1849 | An act that allows future acts to let certain legal terms often repeated in acts to be interpreted as included in the bills without necessarily writing out all the provisions that are usually put in every act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for ascertaining the Population of this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 30th March 1848. | 11 Victoria Chapter 27 | 1848 | This act creates regulations for local officials to collect data on New Brunswick's population. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1848. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1848. |
| An Act to simplify the proceedings in the Court of Chancery in certain cases. Passed 7th April 1847. | 10 Victoria – Chapter 39 | 1847 | This Act limits the information that may be printed in newspapers in relation to court rulings. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1847. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1847. |
| An Act to provide for the removal of the Registry Office of the County of Bellechasse, from the place where it is now kept, to the Parish of St. Michel. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 51 | 1847 | An act to move the registry office in Bellechasse County from St. Gervais Parish to the central St. Michel Parish. | Early Canadiana Online |