Legislation by Concept: Justice System, Infrastructure
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act relating to the Police Office established in the City of Saint John, and to provide for the relief of Debtors confined in the Gaol of the said City for small sums, and making provision for the levying and collecting of assessments in the said City, and other purposes. Passed 18th March 1850. | 13 Victoria Chapter 1 (NBLA) | 1850 | This act creates new rules and regulations for the Saint John Police regarding their duties and their department's finances. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1850. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1850. |
| An Act to incorporate the Toronto Necropolis. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 141 | 1850 | This act allows the individuals named to incorporate and establish a non-sectarian cemetery. The act specifies the various rules and regulations under which they are to operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Cataraqui Cemetery Company. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 140 | 1850 | An act to incorporate The Cataroqui Cemetery Company who will build a cemetery outside of the city of Kingston. The act outlines construction, business structure, property the corporation can hold, the boundaries of the cemetery, and the way people will be buried. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Hamilton Gas Light Company. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 136 | 1850 | An act to incorporate the Hamilton Gas Light Company to provide lighting to public and private spaces in the city of Hamilton. The act outlines the construction, business structure, and property that the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prolong the time for the completion of the Grimsby Breakwater, Pier and Harbour. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 135 | 1850 | An act to give an additional twn years for the completion of the Grimsby Breakwater, Pier, and Harbour. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate certain persons under the name of ‘The Vaughan Road Company’. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 134 | 1850 | An act to incorporate the Vaughan Road Company who have built a road from the Albion Road to Vaughan. The road was originally a branch road of the Albion Road but is now at the size to require their own corporation. The act outlines the business structure and property that the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act intituled, An Act to incorporate certain person as ‘The Guelph and Dundas Road Company.’ 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 133 | 1850 | An act to amend the incorporation The Guelph and Dundas Road Company as the County of Waterloo and Counties of Wentworth and Halton are the sole shareholders. They are allowed 22,900 pounds in capital stock made up of five pound shares and the wardens of each county will serve as chairmen of the board. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the incorporation of a Company to construct a Rail-road between Bytown and Prescott. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 132 | 1850 | An act to incorporate The Bytown and Prescott Rail-way Company to build a line between Bytown and Prescott. The act outlines construction, business structure, and property that the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act intituled, An Act, to incorporate the Toronto, Simcoe, and Lake Huron Union Rail-road Company. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 131 | 1850 | An act to amend the incorporation of The Toronto, Simcoe, and Lake Huron Union Rail-road Company giving it a new name: The Ontario, Simcoe, and Huron Union Rail-road and stating it will start at Lake Ontario go to the south shore of Lake Huron and end in the town of Barrie. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to empower the Great Western Rail-road Company to make a Branch Rail-road to the Town of Galt. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 130 | 1850 | An act which allows the Great Western Rail-road Company to build a branch line off of the mainline to Galt. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to empower Municipal Corporations to subscribe for Stock of the Great Western Rail-road Company, or otherwise to aid in completing that undertaking. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 129 | 1850 | An act which allows municipalities who have the Great Western Rail-road running through their borders to buy stock in said railroad. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Bytown and Montreal Telegraph Company. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 120 | 1850 | An act to incorporate the Bytown and Montreal Telegraph Company to build a telegraph between Bytown and Montreal. The act outlines where it will be built, the construction, business structure, and property that the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the period for completing the Telegraph of the British North American Electric Telegraph Association, and for other purposes relative to the said Association. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 119 | 1850 | An act to extend the period to complete the British North American Telegraph Association's telegraph by three years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to amend An Act to incorporate the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company, and other Acts relative to the said Company, and to extend the powers of the said Company. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 118 | 1850 | An act to amend the incorporation act of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway Company. This will allow the mayor of Montreal to be a director of the corporation and also amend how shares are sold and tolls are collected. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Quebec and St. Andrews Rail-road Company. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 117 | 1850 | An act to incorporate the Quebec and St. Andrews Rail-road Company who will build a railroad connecting Point Levi to the New Brunswick border to connect to a line to St. Andrews, NB. The act outlines construction, business structure, and property that the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate Peter Patterson, Esquire, and others, under the name of “The Quebec and Richmond Rail-way Company.” 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 116 | 1850 | An act to incorporate the Quebec and Richmond Rail-way Company who will build a railway between Quebec City and Richmond to connect to the Saint Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-road. The act outlines the business structure, construction, and property that the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate a Company for making a Rail-road from the Village of Industry to the Township of Rawdon, in Lower Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 115 | 1850 | An act to incorporate a company to build a railway between Industry to Rawdon which will allow for trade between Leinster County and the cites of Montreal and Quebec. The act outlines the construction, business structure, and property that the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Company of Proprietors of the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Rail-road to extend the said Road, and for other purposes. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 114 | 1850 | An act to allow the railway line built by the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Rail-road to extend from the Saint Lawrence River opposite Montreal to Saint John's. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and extend the Montreal and Lachine Rail-road, and to incorporate The Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Grand Junction Rail-road Company. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 113 | 1850 | An act to extend the Montreal and Lachine Rail-road and to incorporate the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Grand Junction Rail-road Company. The act outlines the construction, business structure, and property the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Union of the Montreal and Lachine Rail-road Company and the Lake St. Louis and Province Line Rail-way Company, and for other purposes connected with the said Companies. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 112 | 1850 | An act to combine two railroad companies together under one corporation: The Montreal and Lachine Rail-road Company and the Lake St. Louis and Province Line Rail-way Company. | Early Canadiana Online |