An Act to repay the sum of money forwarded by His Majesty's Treasury in order to build Houses of Correction and to repair the Gaol of Montreal, which was damaged by fire.
An Act for the construction of new common jails in the districts of Quebec and Montreal occasioned by the insufficient space in existing jails. The Act sets a budget for construction costs, and instructions for how the construction will be approached. The Act also requires that auctioneers within the province must be licensed and imposes new duties upon them.
An Act to continue the Act passed in 1803, without amendments, for a limited time. The Act allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this Act is in effect. The Act outlines exceptions to this and sets a date upon which these terms will expire.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which outlined how creditors could collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors.
This Act states that, beginning this year and continuing until construction is complete, his Majesty the King be paid 400 pounds annually from the coffers of the Receiver General of Upper Canada, in order to erect buildings to house government offices and meeting rooms for such bodies as the Legislative Council, the Assembly, the Executive Council, and the Courts of Justice.
This Act stipulates that his Majesty the King be paid 175 pounds out of the Provincial Treasury in order for the government of Upper Canada to "purchas[e] the Statute Laws of England" and apply them within its own jurisdiction.
This Act gave the Court of King's Bench the power to decide upon the fees permitted to various officers of the justice system, including Attorneys and Sheriffs. Previous legislation vesting this power elsewhere was deemed ill-suited to new circumstances in the province, and determined better to be replaced.
An Act to continue the act passed in 1803, without amendments, for a limited time. The Act allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this act is in effect. The Act outlines exceptions to this and sets a date upon which these terms will expire.
This act describes the punishment(s) to befall civilians who encouraged or assisted a soldier to desert. Punishment was to consist of both imprisonment and fines.
This act revives and amends an act first passed in 1792, which outlines the processes by which civil actions or suits should be tried in the county of Halifax and the rotation of justices to serve.