This Act continues an act intended to regulate certain officials working in the courts for an additional seven years and amends the number of years those with a bachelors degree much work as clerks.
An Act amend former Act from 1817 that provided temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières. This Act revises the budget for each district's temporary gaol and provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described. By the 1817 Act committees are required to give an annual report of their expenses and processes by which the committees are to be appointed and proceed were also outlined. This Act is to expire in 1819.
An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in 1793 which divided Lower Canada into three districts and established a court of King's Bench in each. By this Act, any Judge in the province is authorised to preside over the duties of the Chief Justice of Puisne Justices of their district in the event that they are unable to perform these duties due to illness. This Act is to expire in 1819.
An Act to apply a sum not exceeding two hundred and ninety-five pounds, three shillings currency for repairing the Common Gaol in the District of Quebec.
This Act outlines the fees and operation of the inferior courts of the province and continues a former act, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions” for an additional year. It explains the role of sheriffs, deputy-sheriffs, and constables in executing orders by the court and also penalties for those who do not abide by its terms.
An Act to grant a sum not exceeding twelve hundred pounds to make repairs to the Court House in the City of Montreal. Three commissioners are to be appointed to oversee these repairs.
An Act to repeal, in part, an Act passed in 1789 “An Act to continue the Ordinances regulating the practice of the Law and to provide more effectually for the dispensation of justice, and especially in the new Districts." By this act, any three Justices of the Peace may judge cases of petty larceny that were previously set before the Court of King’s Bench or the sittings of Commissions of Oyer and Terminer.