This act exempts the construction of the Hastings district jail from a bill passed in the same session which regulates the building and maintenance of jail houses.
This act authorises the magistrates of Brockville to hire assessors to determine the best placement and get quotes for the building of a jail and court house. It also authorises them to raise a levy to cover the costs of the project.
This act authorises the Talbot district justices of the peace to raise a tax in order to liquidate a loan made to the district to pay for the building of a court house and jail.
This act allows for the cessation of proceeding against the administrators of the estate of the late George Pidgeon Bliss, former Reciever General, upon the payment of what his estate owes to the province.
This act deals with the procedure to follow in the specific case of fraudulent bank notes created by two individuals under the name of the Agricultural Bank.
This Ordinance provides certain sums to be paid to individuals and companies, as listed, to cover the expenses incurred in fulfilling the 1830 Act, “An Act to provide for the erection of a Common Gaol in the District of Montreal."
This Ordinance makes it lawful for the Governor or person administering the government to issue a proclamation in the Quebec Gazette in the case that persons indicted with High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices are not found in their District, requiring them to surrender themselves to the Sheriff of their District. Exceptions and processes by which this is to be enforced are described.
Under this Ordinance, it is made lawful for the Governor or person administering the government to pardon persons charged with High Treason before their arraignment under such terms as deemed proper, within the limits described.
This is an amendment to an act passed in 1837 which established the court of chancery. It concerns the court fees, which have been deemed too high, and orders the relevant officials to amend the fees.
This Act continues several Acts pertaining to the justice system in the Inferior District of Saint-François, as listed, which are to remain in force until 1842.
This act pardons those who took actions which may not have been entirely legal, but were considered necessary at the time, in order to subdue the insurrection of December 1837.