Legislation by Concept: Religion
Displaying 141 - 160 of 279 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to incorporate the Association called “La Congregation de Notre Dame de Quebec.” 9th December, 1843. | 7 Victoria – Chapter 51 | 1843 | An act to incorporate the Congregation of Notre Dame, a religious organization in the City of Quebec. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate “Bishop’s College” in the Diocese of Quebec. 9th December, 1843. | 7 Victoria – Chapter 49 | 1843 | An act to incorporate Bishop's College in Lennoxville, in the Township of Ascot, in the District of St. Francis, in the Diocese of Quebec. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confer certain powers on the Bishop of Montreal, in the transfer of certain Lands. 9th December, 1843. | 7 Victoria – Chapter 48 | 1843 | An act to grant the Bishop of Montreal certain rights and privileges regarding the transfer of land in the former province of Lower Canada that would otherwise be in the power of the Bishop of Quebec, until such time as a successor to the Bishop of Quebec could be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the management of the temporalities of the United Church of England and Ireland, in the Diocese of Quebec, in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1842 | An act outlining the management of the United Church of England and Ireland in the Diocese of Quebec, including the election of Church-wardens, meetings of the Vestry, and other matters of management. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, certain Acts and Ordinances. 12th October, 1842. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 11 | 1842 | This act continues various past acts regarding parishes and the erection of churches, regulation of bills of exchange, inspection of pot and pearl ashes and fish oil, and the regulation of provincial courts, among other things. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to extend the provisions of a certain Ordinance concerning the erection of Parishes for civil purposes to Parishes canonically erected before the passing of the said Ordinance. | 4 Victoria Chapter 23 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance extends the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance concerning the erection of Parishes, and the building of Churches, parsonage houses and church yards,” to parishes erected since the passing of that Ordinance. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Parish Church of the Parish of Portland, in the County of Saint John, and to the Church Corporation of the said Parish. Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 3 | 1841 | This act concerns the Portland Parish Church in Saint John County. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to make provision for the management of the temporalities of the United Church of England and Ireland in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Royal Assent promulgated 3rd December. 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 74 | 1841 | This Act specifies details for the self-management of the United Church in Canada -- especially as regards various Church officials and their respective roles. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, chapter two, entitled An Act for the relief of the Religious Societies therein mentioned. Royal Assent promulgated 3rd December, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 73 | 1841 | This Act repeals previous legislation limiting the amount of land to which religious bodies are entitled. It also extends the purposes to which religious bodies may put their lands, and offers the same rights and privileges regarding land use to the Catholic Church, as apply to the other Christian denominations. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the College of L’Assomption, in the County of Leinster. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 68 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate the "College of L'Assomption" who provide education in Leinster County. The college is run by the Roman Catholic Church and has the Bishop of Montreal at its head. The act outlines how the college will be managed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Upper Canada Academy under the name and style of “Victoria College." 27th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 37 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate Upper Canada Academy in Kingston into Victoria College. This gives the them distinction of a college and allows for growth. The college is run by the Wesleyan Methodist Church or the Church of Scotland. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt from duty all copies of the Holy Scriptures, imported into this Province by Sea. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1841 | An Act passing the petition of the Montreal Auxiliary Bible Society to exempt all Bibles and Testaments imported into former Lower Canada from duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Amend the Militia Law of that part of this Province formerly constituting the Province of Upper Canada. 17th August 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 2 | 1841 | Act to Amend Militia Law. Allows for exemption of Quakers, Mennonits, and Tunkers from the Militia as long as a certificate of religious practice is provided and they pay annually ten shillings in peacetime and five shillings in times of conflict to the Town Assessor. The money is used for roads and highways. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act relating to Church Wardens and Vestrymen, and to persons having voices in their election, so far as relates to the Parish Church of Saint Andrews. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 25 | 1840 | This act extends the terms of an 1832 act regulating the governance of the parish church of Saint Andrews. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Ordinances therein mentioned, and to amend one of the said Ordinances. | 3 Victoria Chapter 16 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes various Ordinances, listed, permanent and amends certain sections of a number of them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts therein mentioned. | 3 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes several Acts, set to expire, permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to incorporate the Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, to confirm their Title to the Fief and Seigniory of the Island of Montreal, the Fief and Seigniory of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and the Fief and Seigniory of Saint Sulpice, in this Province; to provide for the gradual extinction Of Seigniorial Rights and Dues, within the Seigniorial limits of the said Fiefs and Seigniories, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 50 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance establishes “The Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal" as an Ecclesiastical Corporation or Body Corporate and Ecclesiastical and confirms the proprietors of the same have right and title to the fiefs and seigneuries held and possessed by them, and gives instruction for how seigneurial or feudal rights and burthens can be extinguished. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act authorising the Trustees of certain Lands in Peterborough, for the use of the Roman Catholic Church, to dispose of the same. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 35 | 1839 | This act authorises representatives from the Roman Catholic church in Peterborough to sell lands that had been granted to them in order to defray the costs of building a new church. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance concerning the erection of Parishes, and the building of Churches, Parsonage Houses and Church Yards. | 2 Victoria Chapter 29 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes provision for the appointment of Commissioners for the erection of Parishes in the Province. Their duties, purpose, and instructions for how they should carry out their work are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend an Act passed in the tenth and eleventh, years of the Reign of. His late Majesty George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for the relief of certain Religious Congregations therein-mentioned,” and to make other Legislative provision in the place thereof. | 2 Victoria Chapter 26 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, all lands held by any religious denomination by virtue of deed is made incommutable property, and the 1830 Act, , “An Act for the relief of certain Religious Congregations therein mentioned,” is suspended. | Early Canadiana Online |