Legislation by Concept: Waterways, Infrastructure
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to Incorporate sundry, Persons under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company, of the Port Darlington Harbour. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 49 | 1837 | This act incorporates the Port Darlington Harbour Company, and empowers it to construct, at its own cost, a harbour and all associated infrastructure at the mouth of Black Creek, near the township of Darlington. This includes negotiating and acquiring land for the building of said harbour, and paying damages to those whose property is being appropriated. The company is authorized to charge tolls on incoming vessels once the harbour is complete, and rates on specific goods are specified. Management by directors, as well as election of directors by shareholders, is also specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate sundry Persons, under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company, of the Colborne Harbour. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 48 | 1837 | This act incorporates the Company of the Colborne Harbour, and empowers it to construct, at its own cost, a harbour and all associated infrastructure near the village of Colborne. This includes negotiating and acquiring land for the building of said harbour, and paying damages to those whose property is being appropriated. The company is authorized to charge tolls on incoming vessels once the harbour is complete, and rates on specific goods are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate a Joint Stock Company, under the style and title of the President, Directors, and Company of the Grafton Harbor. Passed 9th December, 1836. | 7 William IV – Chapter 47 | 1837 | This at incorporates the Company of the Grafton Harbour. The company is empowered to obtain and hold any lands required to construct a harbour at their own cost near the village of Grafton, negotiating for payment of any damages to property owners. The company is authorized to charge tolls upon completion of the harbour, and the rates per specific items are specified. Management by directors, and the manner in which directors will be elected, is also specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company, of the Fort Erie Canal Company. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 46 | 1837 | This act incorporates the named individuals as the For Erie Canal Company. The company is empowered to purchase, appropriate, take, and hold lands in order to build canals and locks, towing paths, and other associated structures to connect the rapids at the head of the Niagara river to the foot of the rapids. They are also empowered to charge a toll for use of the canal once the project is completed. The act specifies what types of vessels should be able to navigate the canal once it is complete, and the company is given eight years to complete it. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law for the Improvement of the Navigation of the Saint Lawrence. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 45 | 1837 | This act amends an act first passed in 1833 which sought to improve the navigation of the Saint Lawrence River. It repeals the thirty-first clause of the 1833 act, and adds two new clauses, one which forbids the commissioners of the project to build bridges over the canals which would impede public navigation, the other clarifying the act to state that the construction of a towing-path will not be impeded. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the payment of a portion of the expenses of maintaining certain Light Houses and Establishments in the Gulph of Saint Lawrence. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 34 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act establishing a yearly sum of money to be paid to the Govenor of Nova Scotia for the maintenance of a lighthouse on Scattarie Island, off the coast of Cape Breton. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to compel Vessels to carry a Light during the Night, and to make sundry provisions to regulate the Navigation of the Waters of this Province. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 22 | 1837 | This act aims to make boats and passenger wharves and gangways safer by legislating lights on all watercrafts after dark, "dark" being defined as one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. It also requires secured gangways and handrails with sufficient lighting on wharves and gangways, as well as other matters regarding security while navigating provincial waters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue an Act, intituled “An Act for the better and more effectually securing the navigation of the River Saint Croix in the County of Charlotte,” and also further to continue an Act, intituled “An Act to empower the Justices of the County of Charlotte to make regulations for driving timber and logs down the Rivers Saint Croix, Magaguadavic, Digdeguash and their branches.” Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 20 (Session 1) | 1837 | A continuance of acts passed in prior years concerning the regulation of navigation of the St Croix river, until 1845. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act made and passed in the third year of His Majesty’s reign in amendment of an Act for the better securing the navigation of the inner Bay of Passamaquoddy. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 16 (Session 1) | 1837 | Legislation repealing an act passed in 1833 (3 William IV Chapter 7). | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the greater safety of passengers on board Steam Boats. Passed 22d July 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 7 (Session 2) | 1837 | An act legislating emergency measures to be taken on steamboats, and penalties to be enacted against any steamboat master who shall neglect to execute these measures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the raising by Loan a further Sum of Money for the completion of the Light House on Harbour Grace Island, and to make further Regulations respecting the same. (18th November, 1837.) | 1 Victoria Chapter 8 | 1837 | As the initial sum granted by the government was not sufficient to complete the construction of the Harbour Grace lighthouse, this act allows the treasurer of the province to raise further funds from either corporations or private individuals to complete the project. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled “An Act for the Regulation of Pilots and the Pilotage of Vessels at the Port of Saint John’s.” (18th November, 1837.) | 1 Victoria Chapter 6 | 1837 | This act is an amendment to an act first passed in 1833, which regulated navigation into and out of the port of Saint John's, and sets tariffs on each vessel by type. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide means for putting the Steam Dredging Vessel into operation. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 58 | 1836 | This Act makes further provision to put the 1830 Act, “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purchase of a Steam Dredging Vessel.” into effect. A sum not exceeding two thousand six hundred pounds is provided to defray remaining costs, as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulation of the Fisheries in the Inferior District of Gaspe. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 57 | 1836 | This Act makes several provisions to support the fisheries in Gaspe, including allowing unoccupied beach to be used to cure and prepare fish for exportation. The Act outlines several rules and regulations for the fisheries, including where and how fishing may take place. Fishing weirs, as used by Indigenous Peoples are not to be used as they are destructive to the salmon industry. Penalties for those who act in defiance of this Act are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of John Pearse, William Dumble, and William Hoar. The Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 50 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act authorises the payment of seven hundred and sixty six pounds to John Pearse, William Dumble, and William Hoar, contractors who completed work on the inland navigation in Newcastle but were not paid in full by the commissioner in charge. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the first Session of the present Parliament, entitled, “An Act granting a sum of Money for the erection of a Light-house on Gull Island, or such other place as the Commissioners may select. Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 47 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act amends an act passed earlier in this session, relieving certain commissioners appointed to oversee the construction of a lighthouse on Gull Island, and appointing new ones in their place. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to raise a sum of Money for the purpose of completing a Steam Dredge, for Deepening the several Harbours in this Province. Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 46 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act permits the raising of money for the use of dredging machines to deepen several harbours in the province, including that of Burlington Bay. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty the sum of One Hundred Pounds, for the purpose of repairing the Dwelling-house of the Light-house Keeper on Gibraltar Point, in the Home District. The Royal Assent to this Bill promulgated by Proclamation, 29th September, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 45 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act makes one hundred pounds available for the repair of the lighthouse keeper's residence on Gibraltar Point, and appoints a commissioner to supervise the project. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting Three Hundred Pounds towards the completion of a Light-house on Bois Blanc Island, in the Western District. Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 44 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act grants a further three hundred pounds to the construction of a light house on Bois Blanc island, and directs the commissioners to make a report of their expenditures to the legislature no later than January 1837. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of Money, for the support of Light-houses in this Province. The Royal Assent promulgated by Proclamation, 29th September, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 43 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act permits the use of one thousand pounds to support the lighthouses of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |