Legislation by Concept: Infrastructure
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act further to amend the Acts for supplying the City of Quebec and parts adjacent thereto with Water. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 131 | 1851 | This act defines the rates at which various businesses and dwellings within the city of Quebec will be charged for being supplied with water. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to amend the Ordinances incorporating the City of Quebec. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 130 | 1851 | This is an amendment to the act incorporating the City of Quebec. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and consolidate the provisions of the Ordinance to incorporate the City and Town of Montreal, and of a certain Ordinance and certain Acts amending the same, and to vest certain other powers in the Corporation of the said City of Montreal. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 128 | 1851 | This is an amendment and consolidation of the original incorporating acts of Montreal, granting the city other powers and dividing it into new wards. It redefines the city's election acts, and defines the powers of the city's council, and sets out various regulations for markets, fire codes, and other sundry regulations for the city. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act, intituled, An Act to authorize the formation of Joint Stock Companies for the construction of Roads and other Works in Upper Canada, and to extend the provisions thereof. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 122 | 1851 | This is an amendment to a past act which allows for the formation of joint stock companies for public works. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal so much of the Act thirteenth and fourteenth Victoria, Chapter Seventy-two, as relates to the construction of Rail-ways. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 121 | 1851 | This is an amendment to past act allowing the formation of joint stock companies for the construction of railways in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Upper Canada Municipal Corporations Act of one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, by adapting the same to the late change in the Upper Canada Assessment Laws, and for other purposes relating to the Municipal Corporations of that section of the Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 109 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an act passed in 1849, called "An Act to provide, by one general law, for the erection of Municipal Corporations, and the establishment of Regulations of Police, in and for the several Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships and Villages in Upper-Canada," which facilitates the creation of municipal corporations so that townships can in turn establish their own police forces. It defines what constitutes a township for the purposes of incorporation, the responsibilities of the municipal councils once they are established, matters which will be policed by the established village police force, and various other matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal a Proviso of the Act of the now last Session, amending the Lower Canada Municipalities Act. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 99 | 1851 | This act repeals the second clause of an 1850 act called "An Act to amend the Municipal Law of Lower Canada," which was an amendment to a past act regarding the various powers of municipalities in Lower Canada as well as their responsibilities. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to amend the Municipal Laws of Lower Canada. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 98 | 1851 | This act further amends municipal law and responsibilities in Lower Canada, in conjunction with a law passed in 1850 called "An Act to amend the Municipal Law of Lower Canada." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the eighth year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled, An Act for the better preservation of the Peace, and the prevention of Riots and Violent Outrages at and near Public Works, while in progress of construction, and to extend the operation thereof to certain works undertaken by Incorporated Companies. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 76 | 1851 | This is a continuation of an 1845 act, which lays out penalties for people who disrupt construction on public works. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for raising, by way of Loan, a sum not exceeding Four Millions of Pounds Currency, for making a Main Trunk Line of Rail-way throughout the length of this Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 75 | 1851 | This act allows for the raising of no more than four million pounds to build an inter-provincial railroad stretching from Halifax through to Hamilton or some other convenient point in United Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the present Session, intituled, An Act to make provision for the construction of a Main Trunk Line of Rail-way throughout the length of this Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 74 | 1851 | This act clarifies the rights held by the Great Western Rail-road company, stating they have the right to build a railroad between Hamilton and Detroit, but not any branches. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the construction of a Main Trunk Line of Rail-way throughout the whole length of this Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 73 | 1851 | This act makes it possible for the province to raise through public and private debenture as much money as possible for the Halifax to Upper Canada railroad project to prevent as much public debt as possible. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend The Post Office Act. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 71 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1850 act, which transfers responsibility of the postal service to the provincial government, specifying the responsibilities of various individuals within the service of the post, along with fees, penalties for tampering with parcels, and various other measures relating to provincial postage. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remove doubt as to Municipal Corporate Bodies acquiring Public Works without the limits of such Municipalities. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 57 | 1851 | This act clarifies a past act called "An Act for the better management of the Public Debt, Accounts, Revenue and Property," which makes it possible for municipalities to purchase public works owned by private corporations. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further amendment of the Laws relating to the Public Works in this Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 53 | 1851 | This is an amendment to the act which establishes the provincial board of works. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to consolidate and regulate the General Clauses relating to Rail-ways. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 51 | 1851 | This act establishes a standardized management of railroads in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to vest a certain Allowance for Roads, in the Township of York, in certain Persons. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 39 | 1851 | This act makes funds available for the construction of a road in York, and specifies the limits of the said road. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to vest a certain allowance for Road in the Township of Woodhouse, in the County of Norfolk, in Andrew Thompson. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 38 | 1851 | This act makes money available to build a road in the town of Woodhouse. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act intituled, An Act to incorporate the City of Kingston Water Works Company. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 37 | 1851 | This is an amendment to the act which incorporates the Kingston Water Works. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to indemnify the Municipal Councillors of the County of Peterborough and others, for passing a certain By-law of the Municipal Council of the said County, which was afterwards quashed. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1851 | This act indemnifies the municipal councilors of Peterborough who passed an act concerning road construction which was later quashed. | Early Canadiana Online |