Legislation by Concept: Labour Regulation, Justice System, Financial Regulation, Industry, Property Law, Public Order, Religion
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts therein mentioned. | 3 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes several Acts, set to expire, permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the Inspection of Fish and Oil. | 2 Victoria Chapter 65 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides for the appointment of Inspectors of Fish and Oil for the cities of Québec and Montréal. Their duties, rates to be charged, and the processes by which they may be replaced are described. The grades of and meaning of labels for Fish and Oil are listed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend for a limited time, certain sections of the Ordinance for the better Packing and Inspection of Flour and Meal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 59 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance suspends and replaces certain sections of an Ordinance passed earlier in this session of Parliament, "An Ordinance to suspend certain Acts therein mentioned, and to regulate in a better manner the packing and inspection of Flour and Indian Meal,” relating to the construction, materials, branding, and markings of Flour and Meal casks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate the curing, packing, and inspection of Beef and Pork, intended for exportation. | 2 Victoria Chapter 15 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance suspends and replaces all former acts regulating the curing, packing and inspection of Beef and Pork. The processes by which Boards of Examiners for the Inspector of Beef and Pork are to be established and their duties are described. The terms used to label grades of beef and pork are defined. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend certain Acts therein mentioned, and to regulate in a better manner the Packing and Inspection of Flour and Indian Meal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 10 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance temporarily suspends and replaces three Acts relating to the packing and inspection of flour and cornmeal. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulation of the Fisheries in the Inferior District of Gaspe. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 57 | 1836 | This Act makes several provisions to support the fisheries in Gaspe, including allowing unoccupied beach to be used to cure and prepare fish for exportation. The Act outlines several rules and regulations for the fisheries, including where and how fishing may take place. Fishing weirs, as used by Indigenous Peoples are not to be used as they are destructive to the salmon industry. Penalties for those who act in defiance of this Act are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Measurement of Coal. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 36 | 1836 | This Act specifies how coal is to be measured. It is to remain in force until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the lighting of the City of Montreal, by Gas. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 18 | 1836 | This Act establishes the “The Montreal Gas Light Company,” as a body politic and corporate, and outlines how the company should operate. This Act is to remain in force until 1861. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Saint John’s Mechanics’ Society. (12th June, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 22 (Session 1) | 1834 | This act incorporates the Saint John's Mechanics' Society, allowing them to purchase and hold real estate, and specifying how and when their elections will be held. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Quebec and Halifax Steam Navigation Company. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 33 | 1831 | This Act lists the individuals to be incorporated as “The Quebec and Halifax Steam Navigation Company,” and establishes them as a body politic. The rate of shares and other regulations are outlined. Directions for how the company should be managed are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to further amend an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty, George the Third, intituled, “An Act to establish a House of Industry, in the City of Montreal.” (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 43 | 1829 | This Act amends several measures set out in the 1818 Act “An Act to establish a House of Industry, in the City of Montreal,” as pertain to the number and appointment of Wardens composing the Corporation of the “Wardens of the House of Industry in the City of Montreal.” The Act repeals a former Act from 1822 that amended the same 1818 Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Wardens of the House of Industry in the City of Montreal. (7th March, 1827.) | 7 George IV Chapter 4 | 1827 | An Act to allow that four Wardens for the House of Industry in the City of Montreal are to annually retire and be replaced by equal number. The process by which these retirements should take place are explained. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to allow of the Bridge at Bridgetown, in the County of Annapolis, being made a Drawbridge. | 7 George IV – Chapter 37 | 1826 | This act makes provisions for the construction of a drawbridge on the Annapolis River in order to accommodate the lumber transported to Bridgetown for ship builders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Incorporation of a Company for Working Mines of Iron, and Manufacturing Iron, in the County of Annapolis. | 6 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1825 | This act provides for the incorporation of a private mine company to extract the iron present in Annapolis company, whenever a group of individuals should come forward who are ready to fund the project and incorporate the company. General clauses of incorporation are specified by the act, including the future company's right to hold land and charge rents, sell and transfer shares, and incur debt on behalf of the company. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Improvement of the Communications with Upper-Canada. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1825 | An Act to allow the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Person administering the Government of the province to appoint up to two commissioners to meet with commissioners from Upper Canada to consult on necessary improvements in communication between the provinces by land or water. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money annually for a limited time, in aid and for the support of the House of Industry in the City of Montreal. (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 29 | 1823 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds to support the House of Industry in Montreal established under “An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and rectify the operation of an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Third, intituled, “An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal.’’ (18th February, 1822.) | 2 George IV Chapter 6 | 1822 | An Act to amend the second clause of an Act from 1818 “An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal.” This original Act was passed to aid with the construction of an House of Industry for the poor on the lots left for that purpose by John Conrad Marsteller and outlined processes by which this House of Industry was to be realized, including how Wardens will be appointed and their duties. By this Act, the number of Wardens to be appointed from four to eight, under terms of two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make perpetual an Act to encourage Persons engaged in the Lumber Trade, and authorising Courts of Sessions to make regulations for preventing obstructions in bringing the same, with other articles, down the several Rivers of the Province: and also, the Act in addition to and amendment thereof. | 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 10 | 1821 | This act makes perpetual an act first passed in 1818, which makes it lawful for people involved in the timber trade to remove obstructions from rivers to allow them to move timber to market. It should be noted that the title referred to in the present act is incorrect; the correct title of the 1818 act is, "An Act to encourage Persons concerned in the Lumber Trade, and authorising Courts of Sessions to make regulations for preventing Obstructions in bringing the same, with other Articles, down the several Rivers in this Province." The title, "An Act to encourage Persons engaged in the Lumber Trade" etc. refers to an 1820 amendment. | LLMC Digital Law Library |
| An Act to continue an Act to encourage persons engaged in the Lumber Trade; and authorising Courts of Session to make regulations for preventing obstructions in bringing the same, with other articles, down the several Rivers of the Province; and also, the Act, passed in the fifty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s reign, in addition to and amendment thereof. | 60 George III – Chapter 19 | 1820 | A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1818 which makes it lawful for people involved in the timber trade to remove obstructions from rivers to allow them to move timber to market. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act, to encourage persons concerned in the Lumber Trade, and authorising Courts of Session to make regulations for preventing obstructions in bringing the same, with other articles, down the several Rivers in this Province. | 59 George III – Chapter 27 | 1819 | A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1818 which makes it lawful for people involved in the timber trade to remove obstructions from rivers to allow them to move timber to market. | Early Canadiana Online |