This act makes provisions for the collection of sums of money due from various districts in order to support sick and disabled seamen, fishermen, and other mariners, as per a tax passed by an act in 1836.
An act to confirm that upon the death of Richard Phillips Hotham, Esquire, his deputy, Donald McDonald, performed official acts in his name and that these acts are indeed official and that Donald McDonald is due any fees he should have received for performing these duties.
An act to provide compensation to Doctor Thomas Rolph for past services as an Emigration Agent in the United Kingdom, upon the recommendation of Sir Charles Bagot, Governor General of the province.
An Act which consolidates the Act of former Upper and Lower Canada concerning the curing, packing, and inspection of beef and pork. This includes how the inspectors are appointed, the rules and regulations that they abide by, and how the beef and pork must be to pass inspection.
This act stipulates that ships coming into New Brunswick ports from the United Kingdom must have a specified number of crewmen, and establishes penalties for any violations.
This act increases the sum paid to the Samuel B. Smith, one of the junior clerks in the executive council office, by twenty pounds, to make up for a deficiency of the same amount in his salary for 1839.
This Ordinance establishes the “Montreal Public Bakery and Fuel Company,” and provides instructions for the company's operation and management, and gives certain instruction on the value of shares. The company is also authorised to borrow a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred pounds towards providing fire wood or fuel to the poor.
This act permits John Ford Maddock, an Englishman who was educated as a lawyer in England and practiced law in both England and Jamaica, to practice law in Upper Canada.