Legislation by Concept: Waterways, Natural Resources, Infrastructure
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for Erecting and Maintaining a Boom on the River Kouchibouguassis, in the County of Kent. Passed 8th March, 1830. | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1830 | This act allows for the Kent County authorities to erect a boom on the Kouchibouguassis River to aid the local timber trade. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1830. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1830. |
| An Act to continue an Act for the better Extinguishing of Fires that may happen within the City of Saint John, and to repeal all the Acts now in force relating to the same. Passed 8th March, 1830. | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1830 | This act continues an 1826 act regulating fire fighting in Saint John for an additional five years. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1830. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1830. |
| An Act to provide for the completing the Light House on the False Ducks Island, and for the keeping and maintaining the same during the present year. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 21 | 1829 | This act appoints commissioners to build a light house on False Ducks island and specifies the responsibilities of said commissioners. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the erection of a Light House on Long Point in Lake Erie. Passed, 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 20 | 1829 | This act appoints commissioners for the building of a lighthouse on Long Point, specifying their responsibilities. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend part of an Act, passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, entitled, “An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein mentioned, under the style and title of “The Cataraqui Bridge Company.” Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1829 | This act amends an act first passed in 1827, making what was once a private act into a public act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons for the purpose of making a Turnpike Road in the County of Hatton, under the name of the “Dundas and Waterloo Turnpike Company.” Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1829 | This act makes provisions for the improvement of roads in the district of Gore by incorporating the Dundas and Waterloo Turnpike Company, and empowering it to undertake road work in the area. It allows the company to toll the roads once they are complete in order to recover costs. It specifies penalties for land owners who should allow travelers to pass through their lands with the aim of avoiding the road tolls, and exempts tolls for those travelling to and from church services. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Survey of a part of the Township of Oxford, in the Johnstown District. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1829 | This act calls for a survey of the town of Oxford after the inhabitants of the said town petitioned the legislature for a survey of the town line between the concession Oxford and the ninth concession. The act states that the survey will be paid for by the residents of the town, and conducted by a disinterested third party. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the guiding line in the Township of Lancaster, in the Eastern District. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1829 | This act amends an ordinance first passed in 1814 in order to amend the town limits of Lancaster. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain Persons therein named, under the style and title of the “Port Hope Harbour and Wharf Company.” Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1829 | This act incorporates the Port Hope Harbour and Wharf Company, and empowers them to build a harbour and any related infrastructure such as wharves, buildings, or anything else that serves to help in navigation or protection of the harbour. The company is also empowered to toll vessels coming into the harbour, and the legislation specifies how much certain items coming into harbour are to be tolled. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Improve the Navigation of Lake Ontario, by authorising the construction of a Harbour at Cobourg, by a Joint Stock Company. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1829 | This act incorporates the Cobourg Habour Company and empowers them to build a harbour at Cobourg to facilitate navigation. It also permits the company to collect tolls from incoming vessels once the harbour is constructed, specifying what tolls shall be collected on what goods. Management of stocks by shareholders is also specified in this legislation. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render effectual certain Securities to be given by the Welland Canal Company, for a Loan advanced by His Majesty’s Government, and for other purposes relating to the said Canal: and also, for authorizing the making a lateral Cut from the Welland Canal, through the Town of Niagara to the mouth of the River Niagara, by a Company incorporated for that purpose. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 9 | 1829 | This act provides further loans for the Welland Canal Company for the purpose of completing their canal project, along with specifying terms by which they can hire workers, and the size of the structures which they can build on waterways. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to indemnify Antoine Gilbert Douglas for certain expenses by him incurred about the road from Saint Gregoire to the Township of Kingsey. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 62 | 1829 | Under this Act, a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds is to be applied towards covering the debt incurred by Antoine Gilbert Douglas for completing a road from Saint-Grégoire to the Township of Kingsey. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a New Market Place in Saint Paul’s Street, in the Lower Town of Quebec, and to authorize the advance of a certain Sum of money to the Trustees of the said Market. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 53 | 1829 | An Act to authorise the construction of a new public marketplace and wharf in Quebec, on Saint Paul Street, between Ramsay Street and Saint Roch Street. Processes for the construction of the market stalls and weigh house are outlined, as well as penalties for those who offend against the Act’s terms. Five persons residing in Quebec are to be appointed as trustees for the market who are to oversee its construction. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Provisions of two Acts therein mentioned for the benefit of the Company of Proprietors of the Montreal Library. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 45 | 1829 | This Act extends the provisions of the 1819 Act “An Act to appropriate a certain Lot of Ground in the City of Montreal for the Site of a Public Library, and to incorporate certain Persons therein-mentioned,” and extends the term allowed for the Company of Proprietors of the Montreal Library to erect a library as provided for by an Act passed in 1824, “An Act to extend the provisions of an Act therein-mentioned, passed in the fifty-ninth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, Chapter twenty-second, in favor of the Proprietors of the Montreal Library.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act the Establishment of a New Market Place, in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs, Montreal. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 40 | 1829 | This Act establishes a New Market Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs of Montreal on a plot as specified, and outlines rules and regulations for the Market. The Act appoints Josias Wurtele, Stanley Bagg, Joseph Chevalier, Charles Simon Delorme, Joseph Vallee, George Wurtele, Jean Baptiste Castonguay, Benjamin Hall and Augustin Tulloch, Junior as Trustees for the Market Place, and gives directions for its construction. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, for the Establishment of a New Market at Montreal, and to extend the provisions of the same. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 38 | 1829 | This Act amends the 1827 Act “An Act for the Establishment of a New Market at Montreal,” concerning how Trustees appointed under this former Act can be replaced, and their duties, including how the Trustees may appoint a Treasurer. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue, for a limited time, a certain Act passed in the fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to make certain alterations to the Road Laws.” (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 34 | 1829 | This Act amends and continues the 1825 Act “An Act to make certain alterations to the Road Laws.” Under this Act, streets of villages are to be treated as “front roads,” and provisions for the opening of new roads are made. This Act is to remain in force until 1833. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a sum of Money for the improvement and completion of the Road from Drummondville to the Seigniory of De Guire, and that from Drummondville to the Township of Brompton. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 19 | 1829 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding one thousand four hundred pounds towards completing and repairing certain roads within the district, constructed under the 1823 Act “An Act to appropriate certain sums of money therein-mentioned, towards opening and repairing a Road from Drummondville to Sorel, and the Temiscouata Road, and for other purposes,” and the 1817 Act “An Act to make more effectual provision for the improvement of the Internal Communications of this Province.” The processes by which these repairs are to take place and the commissioners who are to oversee the construction should be appointed and their duties are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a, certain Sum of Money to improve the High Roads within the Parish of Montreal and for other purposes therein mentioned. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 18 | 1829 | An Act to appoint commissioners to oversee repairs to certain highways within Montreal, as described. The processes by which they are to be appointed, their duties, and allowable expenses are outlined. Stipulations and standards for these repairs are described. These commissioners are also to adopt a plan to change the course of the Little River of Montreal (Rivière St. Pierre). This Act is to remain in force until 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain sums of Money towards the Macadamizing and improving certain Roads near Quebec, and to lay out certain new Roads. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 17 | 1829 | An Act to appoint commissioners to oversee repairs to certain highways within the province, as described. The processes by which they are to be appointed, their duties, and allowable expenses are outlined. Stipulations and standards for these repairs are described. This Act is to remain in force until 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |