An amendment to an act first passed in 1814, which allowed the proprietors of the Truro meeting-house to raise funds to conduct repairs to their building.
This act makes it possible for the proprietors of the meeting-house in Truro to find money necessary to fund repairs to the building and the adjacent graveyard.
This act allows for the rector of an Anglican church in Saint Andrews' to sell glebe land to the government to construct a fortification for provincial security, and awards the church a new plot of land for a glebe.
An act to continue an act passed in 1808 that made the Office of Church Warden responsible for maintaining good order in Churches and Chapels in Lower Canada. The original act stipulates the duties of "ancient" Church Wardens and Overseers and how they are to be replaced. Penalties for causing disturbances on Sundays and holidays are also outlined in the 1808 act. The act is set to expire in 1816.
This act makes it possible for the youth of the Menonite and Anabaptist faith communities to avail themselves of a clause in a past militia act which would exempt them from militia service.
This act allows for a separate oath for Menonites and anabaptists when the occasion requires such an oath, while still barring them from public office.
An Act to make the Office of Church Warden responsible for maintaining good order in Churches and Chapels in Lower Canada. The Act stipulates the duties of "ancient" Church Wardens and Overseers and how they are to be replaced. Penalties for causing disturbances on Sundays and holidays are outlined.
This Act makes it illegal to sell goods, wares, merchandise, wine, spirits or liquor on the Lord's day (Sunday), on the basis that this constitutes immoral and irreligious practice. The Act sets the fine for defiance of this Act, and sets exceptions to it.
An Act to declare marriages performed by Ministers of the Church of Scotland, Protestant Dissenting Ministers, or Justices of the Peace legitimate under law.
An Act to provide copies of new laws to the rector, curate, priest, or minister of each parish within the province, also stating that they will read acts or proclamations after services when required.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, this act executes the sale of glebe land in Granville by reverend Archibald Paine Inglis, and approves the appointment of church wardens elected by the congregation to manage further church affairs.
This act corrects a clerical error in recent letters patent, allowing the erroneous "clergymen" to have the same force and effect as the intended "clergy."
This act makes it law for both Catholic and Protestant churches throughout the province to officially register all baptisms, marriages, and burials in their parish or congregation.
Cet acte exige que toutes les églises dans la province du Bas-Canada, soit protestant ou Catholique, enrégistrera tous baptêmes, mariages et sépultures qui auront lieu dans leur paroisse aussi tôt qu'ils on lieu.