Legislation by Concept: Education, Public Health
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to authorise the temporary occupation, by the proposed University at Kingston, of the General Hospital at Kingston, upon certain terms therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 36 | 1840 | This act authorises the University of Kingston to lease the building built for the Kingston hospital, as the lack of funding has prevented the building from being used as a hospital. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Management of the Estate of William Handley, Esquire. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 30 | 1840 | This act appoints trustees to manage the estates of William Handley, who is being confined to the lunatic asylum. Since there is no such asylum in the province, his wife is taking him out of province for treatment in the hopes he will return to manage his own affairs. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government, for the year ending on the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty; for the support of certain Charitable Institutions; for the promotion of Education; for certain Public Works; for the improvement of Internal Communications; for the encouragement of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | 3 Victoria Chapter 22 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance lists several sums to be provided towards supporting charitable and healthcare institutions, as well as to support schools and educational institutions, and to cover the expense of several public works, roads, and bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance further to continue, for a limited time, certain Acts therein mentioned. | 3 Victoria Chapter 15 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance continues several Acts, listed, which are to remain in force until 1845. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to defray certain charges that have arisen for the support of Aged and Infant Paupers up to the First of February, 1840. (Passed 28th February, 1840.) | 3 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1840 | This act grants specific sums of money to the individuals named who have fallen on hard times for various reasons, and therefore find themselves in need of state support. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of money, for the maintenance and support of the General Hospital, of the City of Toronto. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 64 | 1839 | This act grants a sum of money for the continued maintenance of the hospital in Toronto. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue for a limited time, the “Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of Medical Assistance for Sick Emigrants, and of enabling Indigent Persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 54 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues the 1832 Act,“An Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of Medical assistance for Sick Emigrants, and of enabling indigent persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination,” which is to remain in force until November, 1839. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain sums of money to the support of certain Charitable Institutions. | 2 Victoria Chapter 42 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides several sums, as listed, to support charitable institutions in the province, to be put to the purposes described. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to empower the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital at Saint Andrews, in the County of Charlotte, to purchase a lot of land for the benefit of the said Hospital. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 40 | 1839 | This act allows the commissioners of the Marine Hospital of Saint Andrews tp purchase more land to service the hospital. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons under the style and title of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Upper Canada. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 38 | 1839 | This act incorporates the named individuals into the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Upper Canada, who will have the authority to regulate the medical profession in the province. The act specifies the board's authority and responsibilities, and the penalties for those who should practice any type of medicine without first obtaining a license from the College. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, intituled “An Act in addition to and in amendment of the several Acts now in force to provide for sick and disabled Seamen, not being paupers belonging to this Province.” Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 32 | 1839 | This act creates a new duty for certain ships entering Saint John Harbour to support sick and disabled seamen. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of King William the Fourth, entitled “An Act to promote the public health, and to guard against infectious diseases in this Province.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 21 | 1839 | This act continues and makes perpetual an act first passed in 1835, which permitted the appointment of three or more health officers in every town of the province. It specifies what they are empowered to do as health officers as well as the penalties for those who disobey the appointed health officers. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the erection of an Asylum within this Province, for the reception of Insane and Lunatic persons. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 11 | 1839 | This act sets out regulations for the establishment and maintenance of an asylum. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to protect the Public against accidental injury from Machinery used in Mills, and for other purposes. Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 18 | 1838 | This act requires the placement of guards over dangerous machinery, and requires the inspection of said machinery to make sure it the owners have installed the proper guards and that they are in good and proper repair. The act also specifies the penalty for refusal to follow this law. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain sums of money therein-mentioned to the support of certain Charitable Institutions, and for other purposes. | 1 Victoria Chapter 17 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance distributes several sums to reimburse the expenses incurred by several charitable and healthcare institutions in the Province. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. The Ordinance also makes provisions respecting Guardians for foundlings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the erection of an Alms House and Work House, and to establish a Public Infirmary in and for the City and County of Saint John. Passed 9th March 1838. | 1 Victoria Chapter 17 | 1838 | This act allows for Saint John officials to raise funds to erect an alms house and stipulates how it is to be administered. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Ordinance to continue a certain Act therein mentioned, making provision for the Assistance of Sick and Indigent Emigrants. | 1 Victoria Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance continues the 1832 Act, “An Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of providing medical assistance for Sick Emigrants, and of enabling Indigent persons of that description to proceed to the place of their destination,” and the 1834 Act that continued it, which are to remain in force until 1839. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of Money in aid of the Kingston Hospital. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 98 | 1837 | This act grants five hundred pounds to the Kingston hospital to help them rebuild after having recently experienced a fire. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of Money in aid of the Toronto Hospital. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 97 | 1837 | This act grants two hundred and fifty pounds to the Toronto Hospital. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the Third year of His present Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to continue an Act passed in the Eleventh year of His late Majesty's Reign, entitled, ‘An Act to authorise the Quarter Sessions of the Home District to provide for the relief of Insane Destitute Persons in that District,’ and to extend the provisions of the same to the other Districts of this Province.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 29 | 1837 | This act continues an act first passed in 1830 and most recently continued in 1833, which authorized the Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the Home District to request the District Treasurer to release funds for the support of those insane inhabitants of the District who have insufficient means of supporting themselves. No amendments to the act are made. | Early Canadiana Online |