Legislation by Concept: Property Law, Public Lands
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for the permanent establishment of two Public Market Places in the Town of Three-Rivers. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 29 | 1824 | An Act to define the lots used as Public Market Places in the Town of Trois-Rivières and to confirm that these are to be reserved for that purpose. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Common of Yamaska. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 27 | 1824 | Under this Act, the Inhabitants of the Seigneurie of Yamaska are allowed to hold an election to elect the Chairman and Trustees for their Common, having failed to do so as outlined in the 1823 Act “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Seigniory of Yamaska, to provide for the better regulation of the Common of the said Seigniory.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Chairman and Trustees of the Common of the Seigniory of the Baie Saint Antoine, commonly called the Baie du Febvre, to terminate certain disputes relating to the limits of the said Common, and for other purposes appertaining to the same. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 26 | 1824 | This Act extends the powers of the “The Corporation of the Chairman and Trustees of the Common of the Seigniory [seigneurie] of La Bait Saint Antoine, commonly called La Baie du Febvre,” from those originally described in an Act from 1822 “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Seigniory of La Baie Saint Antoine, commonly called La Baie du Febvre, to provide for the better regulation of the Common in the said Seigniory.” Under this Act the Chairman and Trustees are empowered to handle disputes regarding the Common's borders, including encroachments into the Common or into neighbouring lands. This Act is to expire in 1843. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Ordinance therein-mentioned, and to provide more ample Regulations respecting Surveyors and the admeasurement of Lands. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 20 | 1824 | An Act to repeal and replace an Act from 1785 “An Ordinance concerning Land Surveyors and the admeasurement of Lands.” Under this Act, further regulations for Land Surveyors are put in place, including their level of education and minimum age requirements. The revised duties, restrictions, and rights of Land Surveyors are outlined. This Act is to expire in 1828. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend certain parts of an Act passed in the forty-first year of the Reign of his late Majesty George the Third, Chapter Seventeenth, which directs the Circuit Courts to be held in the School Houses erected under the said Act. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 18 | 1824 | An Act to amend an Act originally passed in 1801, "An Act for the establishment of Free Schools and the advancement of Learning in this Province." This Act provides that the Circuit Court may be held in the Hall or Apartment of the Presbytery or Parsonage House or any other fit place within the limits of the said Parish, where the former Act stipulated that it was to be held at the School House, in some cases found to be insufficient. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of His late Majesty Reign, entituled, “An Act to repeal an Ordinance of the Province of Quebec, passed in the twenty-fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entituled, “An Ordinance concerning Land Surveyor and the admeasurement of lands,” and also to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the thirty-eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entituled, “An Act to ascertain and establish on a permanent footing the boundery line of the different Townships of this Province; and further, to regulate the manner in which lands are hereafter to be surveyed,” in so far as it affects the Township of Cramahe, and to make further provisions for ascertaining the side line of lots within the same, and also to authorise the correction of the eastern side line of said township. Passed 19th March, 1823. | 4 George IV – Chapter 35 | 1823 | This Act redefines provincial boundary lines and repeals previous acts inconsistent with this. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1823. York: Charles Fothergill, 1823. |
| An Act to afford Relief to Persons claiming Lands in this Province, under Assignments form Heirs, Devizees, or Assignees of the original Nominee of the Crown, in cases where no Patents had issued, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 19th March, 1823. | 4 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1823 | This Act entails lands and funds to those determined by previous acts. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1823. York: Charles Fothergill, 1823. |
| An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Seigniory of Yamaska to provide for the better regulation of the Common of the said Seigniory. (22d. March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 18 | 1823 | This Act outlines the process by which a Chair and Trustees are to be elected to govern the Common in the Seigneurie of Yamaska as a body politic and corporate by the name “Chairman and Trustees of the Common of the Seigniory of Yamaska.” The Act also outlines how the land is to be governed. This Act is to expire in 1850. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of certain Censitaires or Grantees of La Salle, and others therein-mentioned, possessing Lands within the limits of the Township of Sherrington. (22d March, 1823.) | 3 George IV Chapter 14 | 1823 | An Act to revoke several letters patent granting certain parts of the Township of Sherrington and as relate to the Lands occupied by the persons claiming as Tenants of the Seigneurie of La Salle. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Surveyor General of this Province to receive the like sum for all original Schedules of New Townships furnished, or to be furnished since the first day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty, as he is authorised to receive by Law for such Schedules furnished before that period. Passed 17th January 1822. | 2 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1822 | This Act stipulates that the Surveyor General be paid twenty shillings for each schedule he produces of a new township. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish the division line between the Second and Third Concessions of the Township of Osnabruck, in the Eastern District. Passed 17th January, 1822. | 2 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1822 | This Act decrees that the survey line determined by Lewis Grant, Esquire, Deputy Provincial Surveyor, be considered the official boundary line "between the Second and Third Concessions of the Township of Osnabruck," thereby settling any disputes over said boundary. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Seigneurie of La Baie St. Antoine, commonly called La Baie du Febvre, to provide for the better regulation of the Common in the said Seigneurie. (18th February, 1822.) | 2 George IV Chapter 10 | 1822 | This Act outlines the process by which a Chair and Trustees are to be elected to govern the Common of the Seigneurie of La Baie as a body politic and corporate by the name “Chairman and Trustees of the Common of the Seigneurie of La Baie Saint Antoine, commonly called La Baie du Febvre.” The Act also outlines how the land is to be governed. This Act is to expire in 1843. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act For better regulating the Common of the Seigneurie of La Prairie de la Magdeleine. (18th February, 1822.) | 2 George IV Chapter 8 | 1822 | This Act outlines the process by which a Chair and Trustees are to be elected to govern the Common as a body politic and corporate by the name “The Chairman and Trustees of the Common of La Prairie de la Magdeleine.” The Act also outlines how the land is to be governed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to partition the Common of the Seigneurie of Boucherville, among the persons having a right of Commonage in the said Common. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 17 | 1821 | An Act to partition the tract of land called the Common in the Seigneurie of Boucherville among the proprietors of that land. The processes by which the land will be partitioned out is described, including how a commissioner will be appointed for this purpose and their duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a Public Market Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs of the City of Montreal. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 16 | 1821 | An Act to authorise several individuals, called "The Corporation of the Market for the St. Lawrence Suburbs in the City of Montreal," to build a public market place on a lot bounded on the west by La Gauchetière street on the south by Saint-Charles-Borromée street and extending eastward as far as may be judged necessary. The processes for the construction of the market stalls, as well as the duties of the said Corporation, are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make perpetual an Act in addition to an Act for regulating the Common belonging to the Township of Lunenburg. | 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1821 | This act makes perpetual an act regarding the regulation of the Lunenburg Common. It should be noted that the act refers to the title, "An Act for regulating the Common belonging to the Township of Lunenburg," an act which was passed in 34 Geo II (1760), but the regnal year referred to within this act is 58 Geo III, indicating they are probably referring to an amendment to the original act, "An Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, 'An Act for regulating the Common belonging to the Township of Lunenburg'" (1818). | LLMC Digital Law Library |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money to provide for the expense of laying out Lands for Reduced Officers and Men of the Embodied Militia, and others, who served during the late War. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 23 | 1819 | An act to provide a sum not exceeding three thousand pounds to be appropriated and paid by a warrant or warrants for the purpose of carrying into effect instructions to grant portions of the Crown's waste lands to Offices and men of the Embodied Militia and discharged troops who served in the late War. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Lot of Ground in the City of Montreal for the Site of a Public Library, and to incorporate certain Persons therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 22 | 1819 | An act to grant the Company of Proprietors of the Montreal Library land out of the lot of ground appropriated and occupied for the use of the Court House, at the North-West angle of the lot, to build a Public Library. The library is to be built within five years from the passing of this act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the fifty-sixty year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to revive and continue an Act passed in the fifty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign,” entitled, “An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign,” entitled, “An Act to afford relief to those Persons who may be entitled to claim Lands, in this Province, as Heirs or Devisees of the Nominees of the Crown, in cases where no Patent hath issued for such Lands, and further to extend the benefit of the said Act, and to continue part of the same.” Passed 12th July, 1819. | 59 George III – Chapter 18 | 1819 | This Act extends the deadlines imposed by previous acts concerning the entailment of lands. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating the Common belonging to the Township of Lunenburg.” | 58 George III – Chapter 34 | 1818 | This Act makes further provision for the maintenance of the common of Lunenburg, in addition to those provisions lain out in a former act. | Early Canadiana Online |