Legislation by Concept: Government Records
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for taking the Census of the Inhabitants of Lower Canada, and for obtaining certain statistical information therein mentioned. 9th December, 1843. | 7 Victoria – Chapter 24 | 1843 | An act to take a census of the population of Lower Canada because the census of 1842 was not taken. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Ordinance providing for the Registration of Titles to Real Property or Incumbrances thereon in Lower Canada; and further to extend the time allowed by the said Ordinance for the Registration of certain claims. 9th December, 1843. | 7 Victoria – Chapter 22 | 1843 | An act to repeal certain sections of the Ordinance "An Ordinance to prescribe and regulate the Registering of Tides to Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Real or Immoveable Estates, and of charges and incumbrances on the same; and for the alteration and improvement of the Laic in relation to the Alienation and Hypothecation of Real Estates, and the Rights and Interest acquired therein," and establish Public Offices to record deeds in all districts in Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to change the place of the Registry Office for the County of Middlesex. 12th October, 1842. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 21 | 1842 | This act changes re-establishes the registry office for the county of Middlesex in the town of Dunwich. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act therein mentioned, and to provide for taking a periodical Census of the Inhabitants of this Province, and for obtaining the other statistical information therein mentioned. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 42 | 1841 | An Act to repeal parts of an Act from former Upper Canada related to the duties of Township Officers. It also states that a census of the Province of Canada will be taken in 1842 and every five years after. The Act outlines how the census will be delivered and the duties of the Assessors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the translation into the French Language of the Laws of this Province, and for other purposes connected therewith. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 11 | 1841 | An Act to have all laws passed in the Legislature of the Province or the Imperial Legislature translated into French and distributed to the French speaking population. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for ascertaining the Population of this Province. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 52 | 1840 | This act establishes a new system for conducting a census of New Brunswick. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to render permanent, with the amendment made therein by a certain Ordinance, certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province relating to the establishment of Registry Offices. | 3 Victoria Chapter 7 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes the 1830 Act, "An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford, and Missisquoi,” as amended by several other acts, permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the Distribution of the Printed Copies of the Ordinances passed by the Governor of this Province and the Special Council for the affairs thereof. | 2 Victoria Chapter 63 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides that the terms of the 1832 Act, “An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to provide for the more certain and expeditious distribution of the printed Acts of the Legislature of this Province,” are to be extended to the Ordinances passed by the Governor of this Province, and the Special Council appointed for the affairs thereof. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to change the place of the Registry Office for the County of Stanstead. | 2 Victoria Chapter 37 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, the Registry Office established for Stanstead under the 1830 Act, “An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford and Missiskoui,” is to be moved to Stanstead Plain. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to extend certain privileges therein-mentioned to the Ministers of the Methodist New Connexion, and the Congregations under their care. | 2 Victoria Chapter 17 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, the Ministers of the Methodist New Connexion, Reverend John Addyman, and the Reverend John Hutchinson, are authorised to keep Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, under such rules and regulations outlined in the Ordinance. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to facilitate the manner in which Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, shall in future be numbered and authenticated, in the Province of Lower Canada. | 2 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides instructions for how registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in the Province should be numbered and authenticated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to confirm certain Ordinances of the Governor of this Province, and of the Special Council for the affairs thereof, and to declare the period at which they respectively commenced and took effect. | 2 Victoria Chapter 10 (Session 3) | 1838 | This Ordinance confirms that several ordinances, as listed, took effect on the day they were passed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province, relating to the Establishment of Registry Offices. | 1 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance continues the 1830 Act, “An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford, and Missisquoi,” the 1831 Act that amended it, and the 1834 Act that extended it, as outlined. These Acts are to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Expiring Laws. Passed 12th January, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 4 | 1838 | This act continues all laws that were passed by the last provincial legislature and are about to expire. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to declare and ascertain the period when the Laws and Ordinances made and passed by the Governor, or Person authorized to execute the Commission of Governor, and Special Council of this Province, shall take effect. | 1 Victoria Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance provides that the Governor of the Province and Clerk of the Special Council for the affairs of the Province are to sign each law or ordinance with the date of its commencement. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of Money, for the purpose of Purchasing Books for the Library, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 99 | 1837 | This act grants a sum of money to purchase books for the legislative library. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Members of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of this Province, to Frank Letters by the General Post, during the Sessions of the Legislature. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 21 | 1837 | This act allows members of the legislative council and house of assembly to superscribe letters sent by the post so as to avoid paying postage during the sitting of any session. This applies to a maximum of ten letters or parcels per day, and can be sent anywhere within the empire. It also makes the reception of parcels less than six ounces free of postage for the members of the legislative council and assembly. The act takes effect January 1st 1838. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the Dissolution of the Parliament of this Province, in the event of a Demise of the Crown. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 17 | 1837 | This act legitimates the provincial government even in the case of the demise or death of the monarch. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to supply, by a General Law, certain forms of Enactment in common use, which may render it unnecessary to repeat the same in Acts to be hereafter passed. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 14 | 1837 | This act defines how to implement certain statutes, and defines certain terms, in order to prevent redundancy within provincial acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend certain privileges to the Class of persons denominating themselves, Methodist Protestants. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 50 | 1836 | Under this Act, the ministers of the Methodists recently having attended a conference in Dunham are authorised to keep in due form of Law, Registers of all such Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, under such rules and regulations outlined in the Act. | Early Canadiana Online |