Legislation by Concept: Property Law

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An Act to extend the period limited by an Act passed in the first year of His Majesty’s Reign, chapter the third, for enregistering certain Acts or Deeds, in Law, or Instruments in Writing, therein-mentioned. (25th February, 1832.) 2 William IV Chapter 7 1832 This Act extends the period granted to enregister certain Acts or Deeds, as outlined by the second article of the 1831 Act, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the eleventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford, and Missiskoui, and to extend the provisions of the said Act.” Under this Act, any Acts or Deeds not enregistered by first of May, 1833 will be considered void. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to confirm British Subjects in their Titles to Real Estates in this Province, derived through Aliens. Passed 28th January, 1832. 2 William IV – Chapter 7 1832 This Act states that no property may be seized simply because it was purchased from an alien. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to afford means for attaching the Property of Absconding Debtors. Passed 28th January, 1832. 2 William IV – Chapter 5 1832 This Act describes the process by which the property of an absconded debtor may be seized. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to incorporate the City of Montreal. 1 William IV Chapter 54 1831 This Act establishes "The Corporation of the City of Montreal,” as a body politic and corporate. Directions for the rights granted to the said corporation, and how it is to function, are outlined, including the authority that members of the Common Council and the Mayor have. Instructions for how these positions are to be elected are also outlined. The city is divided into eight wards as described. This Act is to remain in force until 1836. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to incorporate the City of Quebec. 1 William IV Chapter 52 1831 This Act establishes "The Corporation of the City of Quebec,” as a body politic and corporate. Directions for the rights granted to the said corporation, and how it is to function, are outlined, including the authority that members of the Common Council and the Mayor have. Instructions for how these positions are to be elected are also outlined. The city is divided into ten wards as described. This Act is to remain in force until 1836. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorize the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Trinity Church, in the Parish of Kingston, to convey their Right to the Land whereon the Court House has been erected to the Justices of the Peace of King’s County, in Exchange for other Land; and to establish a public Square in the said Parish. Passed 25th March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 41 1831 This act allows the officials of the Trinity Church, in the Parish of Kingston, to sell a parcel of land they own to Kings County for use as a public square. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to partition the Common of the Fief Gros Bois among the Co-proprietors thereof. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 32 1831 This Act grants further authority it the Chairman and Trustees, or co-proprietors in their stead, of the Common of the Fief Gros Bois, as established under the 1826 Act, “An Act to authorize the Inhabitants of the Fief Gros Bois, in the County of Saint Maurice, to make regulations for the Common of the said Fief.” Further direction for their duties and processes by which they should be appointed are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorize the persons interested in the Common of the Parish of Sainte Anne de La Perade in the County of Champlain, to make Regulations for the government of the said Common. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 31 1831 This Act establishes the body politic, “the Chairman and Trustees of the Common of the Seigniory of Sainte Anne La Perade, and of the Fief Dorvilliers,” and outlines their duties and processes by which they should be appointed. This Act is to remain in force until 1850. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for vesting the Estates which were of the late Laurent Quetton Saint George, deceased, in this Province, in William Warren Baldwin, and for declaring the trusts upon which certain other Estates by the said William Warren Baldwin, for the said William Warren Baldwin the better to of the said Laurent Quetton Saint George, relating to the Real and Personal Estates which Quetton Saint George, in this Province. Passed 16th March, 1831. 1 William IV – Chapter 27 1831 This Act vests the Upper Canadian properties of the late Frenchman Laurent Quetton Saint George in the hands of William Warren Baldwin, the Executor of his will. The Act details some of the terms of Saint George's will and specifies how Baldwin is to satisfy them. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make more effectual provision for the security of the Titles to Real Property in the Inferior District of Gaspe. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 23 1831 This Act resolves some doubts about the 1819 Act, “An Act to secure the inhabitants of the Inferior District of Gaspe in the possession and enjoyment of their Lands,” pertaining to the legal effect of entries in the Register. The Act also amends and repeals sections of the 1819 Act.

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An Act to empower the Chancellor, President and Scholars of King’s College to assign a certain Mortgage and mortgaged Premises therein mentioned. Passed 25th March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 20 1831 This act allows the King's College administration to sell a piece of property. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act for amending the Laws relative to malicious Injuries to Property. Passed 25th March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 16 1831 This act creates measures to punish wanton damage of property, public and private. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to enable His Majesty to acquire the property of the Episcopal Palace at Quebec, and of the Ground thereunto attached, for the Public uses of the Province. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 16 1831 This Act outlines the reasons why and the processes by which the Episcopal Palace at Quebec is to become public property. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith. Passed 25th March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 15 1831 As Imperial acts regarding larceny have been repealed this act creates new regulations for the dealing with various crimes. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to Incorporate certain Persons under the Style and Title of the Marmora Foundery Company. Passed 16th March, 1831. 1 William IV – Chapter 12 1831 This Act provides for the establishment of the Marmora Foundery Company out of the previously existing Marmora Iron Works, and specifies the details for the operation and administration of the same. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to vest in the City of Montreal the property of the Common of Montreal, and for other purposes relating to the said Common. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 10 1831 This Act grants allows Common of Montreal to be appropriated by the city, for the several reasons outlined. The Act provides that a new deed or grant should be written to replace the original deed that was lost, and defines the Common’s borders. Provisions for how the Common is to be maintained are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for vesting in Trustees, the Market Square in the Town of York, for the benefit of the Inhabitants of the said Town. Passed 16th March, 1831. 1 William IV – Chapter 10 1831 This Act transfers the trust for lands intended for use as a public market to "the Church and Town Wardens" for the town of York, and constitutes them as a "Corporation for Leasing and managing" the market lands. The Act also identifies the details of how the new trustees are to manage the lands in question. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for Settling and Determining by Arbitration certain difficulties that have arisen or may arise between persons owning Land in the Eighth Concession of Saltfleet and persons owning or claiming to own Lands in the First Concession of Binbrook, who through mistake may have made improvements on the rear part of the said Eighth Concession of Saltfleet. Passed 16th March, 1831. 1 William IV – Chapter 9 1831 This Act provides for the settlement of disputes resulting from a surveying error affecting the First Concession of Binbrook and the Eighth Concession of Saltfleet. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal all the Acts in Force relating to Trespasses, and to make more effectual Provision for the same. Passed 25th March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 9 1831 This act repeals existing legislation concerning trespass and creates new regulations and penalties for its prevention. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to continue the Acts to empower and authorize the Justices of the County of Westmorland, at their General Sessions of the Peace, to regulate the grazing and depasturing of the several Marshes, Low Lands or Meadows within the said County. Passed 25th March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 4 1831 This act continues the terms of an earlier act allowing for Westmorland County judges to reulate grazing on marshlands until 1836. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.