Legislation by Concept: Public Lands
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to empower and authorize the Justices of the Peace for the County of Charlotte, to lease a certain piece of Common Land in the Parish of Saint Andrews, and to invest the proceeds towards the support of the Poor of the said Parish. Passed the 11th March, 1818. | 58 George III Chapter 18 | 1818 | This act allows the officials in a Charlotte County parish to rent land granted to them and use the proceeds to help the poor. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1818. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1818. |
| An Act for the improvement of the Common of Halifax. | 58 George III – Chapter 13 | 1818 | This Act outlines new provisions for the management of the Halifax common, including the terms by which lots of land can be leased and appoints commissioners to oversee the common. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Robert Cartwright, Son of the late Honorable Richard Cartwright, Deceased, to surender certain Lands in the Town of Kingston to His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1818 | This act allows the sale of lands inherited by Richard Cartwright to the province. It specifies the location of the lands, and how much the province paid for the lands once the will of Robert Cartwright's father has been probated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering and amending an Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the safe custody and registering of all Letters patent, whereby any grant of the waste or other Lands of the Crown, lying within this Province, shall hereafter be made.” (22 March, 1817.) | 57 George III Chapter 28 | 1817 | An Act to repeal parts of the 1796 Act "An Act for the safe custody and registering of all letters patent, whereby any grant of the waste or other lands of the Crown lying within this Province, shall hereafter be made," and amend how payments shall be received from the grantees of the letters patent. The cost of these letters will depend on the word count of each letter, as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the closing and sale of a part of Capital Street in the City of Montreal; and for the disposal of the monies arising from the sale of the same. (22 March, 1817.) | 57 George III Chapter 22 | 1817 | An Act to close and sell the portion of Capital Street between St. Joseph street and lane commonly called St. Dizier’s Lane in Montreal. The monies resulting from this sale are to be put towards opening and improving other streets and public places in the city. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for better regulating the Common belonging to the Town of Three-Rivers.” (8th March, 1817.) | 57 George III Chapter 8 | 1817 | An act to allow the Chairman and Trustees appointed to manage and direct business relating to the Common in Trois-Rivières to have the land measured and surveyed, and to establish metes and bounds of the said Common. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the Fifty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act further to continue for a limited time the powers granted to certain Commissioners by an Act, intituled, ‘An Act for removing the old Walls and Fortifications that surround the City of Montreal and otherwise to provide for the salubrity, convenience and embellishment of the said City,’ and also to continue for a limited time the extension of the said powers in certain cases.” (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 16 | 1815 | This act extends the powers of commissioners and the treasurer appointed under an act passed in 1801 and continued in 1805, 1808, and 1813 which had been set to expire. The act sets a new expiry for these positions. The original act set out provisions for removing the walls and fortifications around Montreal, and outlined how the lands then occupied by the walls and fortifications should be sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the Fifty-First year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty seventh year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, An Act to repeal the several acts now in force in this Province relative to Rates and Assessments, and also to particularize the Property Real and Personal, which during the continuance thereof, shall he subject to rates and assessments, and fixing the several valuations at which each and every particular of such property shall be rated and assessed, and to make further provision for the same.” Passed the 14th March, 1815. | 55 George III – Chapter 5 | 1815 | This Act extends the deadline imposed by a previous act concerning the management of property. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act further to continue for a limited time the powers granted to certain commissioners by an act, intituled, “An Act for removing the Old Walls and Fortifications that surround the City of Montreal and otherwise to provide for the salubrity, convenience and embellishment of the said City;” as also to continue for a limited time the extension of the said powers in certain cases. (15th February, 1813.) | 53 George III Chapter 8 | 1813 | This act extends the powers of commissioners and the treasurer appointed under an act passed in 1801 and continued in 1805 and 1808 which had been set to expire. The act sets a new expiry for these positions. The original act set out provisions for removing the walls and fortifications around Montreal, and outlined how the lands then occupied by the walls and fortifications should be sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, the Powers granted to certain Commissioners by an Act, intituled, “An Act for removing the old Walls and Fortifications that surround the City of Montreal, and otherwise to provide for the salubrity, convenience and embellishment of the said City” as also, to continue for a limited time, the extension of the said Powers in certain cases. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 29 | 1808 | This Act extends the powers of commissioners and the treasurer appointed under an Act passed in 1801 and continued in 1805, which had been set to expire. The Act sets a new expiry for these positions. The original Act set out provisions for removing the walls and fortifications around Montreal, and outlined how the lands then occupied by the walls and fortifications should be sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for an omission respecting the Common of the Town or Borough of Three Rivers. (19th April, 1806.) | 46 George III Chapter 7 | 1806 | An Act detailing the process by which a Chairman and four Trustees of the Commons in Trois-Rivières [Three Rivers within the text] may be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, the powers granted to certain Commissioners, by an Act, intituled, “An Act for removing the old Walls and Fortifications that surround the City of Montreal, and otherwise to provide for the salubrity, conveyance and embellishment of the said City,” and for extending the said powers, in certain cases. (25th March, 1805.) | 45 George III Chapter 8 | 1805 | This Act extends the powers of commissioners and the treasurer appointed under an Act passed in 1801, which had been set to expire. The Act sets a new expiry for these positions. The original Act set out provisions for removing the walls and fortifications around Montreal, and outlined how the lands then occupied by the walls and fortifications should be sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Establishment of Free Schools and the Advancement of Learning in this Province. | 41 George III Chapter 17 | 1801 | This Act establishes the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, sets aside monies for the construction and maintenance of school houses, and lays out instructions for the appointment of school masters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for removing the old Walls and Fortifications that surround the City of Montreal, and otherwise to provide for the Salubrity, Convenience and Embellishment of the said City. | 41 George III Chapter 16 | 1801 | This Act sets out provisions for removing the walls and fortifications around Montreal, and outlines how the lands then occupied by the walls and fortifications will be sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for better regulating the Common belonging to the Town of Three Rivers. (8th April, 1801) | 41 George III Chapter 11 | 1801 | This Act outlines the process by which a Chair and Trustees are to be elected to govern the Common. The Act also outlines how the land is to be governed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| Acte qui pourvoit à la Sauve-Garde et Enrégistrement de toutes Lettres Patentes par lesquelles il sera ci-après fait quelque Octroi de Terres incultes ou autres de la Couronne situées en cette Province. [30me janvier, 1796.] | 36 George III Chapter 3 | 1796 | Cet acte exige que des copies des lettres patentes soient soumises au sécrétaire de la province. Ce bureau gardera ces copies en perpétuité. Cet acte spécifie aussi les pénalités pour les sécrétaires qui négligent ce devoir, ainsi que la pénalité pour la fabrication de fausses lettres patentes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Safe Custody and Registering of all Letters Patent whereby any Grant of the waste or other Lands of the Crown lying within this Province shall hereafter be made. [30th January, 1796.] | 36 George III Chapter 3 | 1796 | This act requires copies of letters patents for all grants of land be deposited at the office of the secretary of the province, to be held in perpetuity, specifying penalties for secretaries who should neglect this duty, as well as for counterfeiting letters patent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise certain Commissioners to dispose of the Building wherein the General Assembly now fits; and also to adjust the Debt due from the Province to the Public School at Halifax. | 30 George III Chapter 4 | 1790 | This Act makes provision for a former assembly house to be sold and the funds from the sale to be used to pay part of a debt owing to the public school at Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for enabling Commissioners to make Sale of the public Buildings therein named for public Uses, and to erect on the lower Parade in the Town of Halifax a commodious Building, and also to provide or build a Common Jail. | 28 George III Chapter 10 | 1787 | This Act makes provision for the sale of certain public properties, including the orphan house, in order to fund the construction of a new building to house the assembly, council, and courts in Halifax as well as a new jail. Instructions for the sale of these properties and the construction of the new buildings are outlined, including allowable costs and the duties of commissioners to be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act, made in the fifth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, an Act for the Choice of Town Officers and regulating Townships. | 17 George III – Chapter 1 | 1777 | An addition to an act first passed in 1765 which replaced the methods by which town officers, including fence viewers, constables, and surveyors, are to be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |