This act allows for the construction of various fixtures to improve the navigability of the bays and rivers of Northumberland County, and creates a system of duties to pay for it.
This act amends an 1801 act, allowing for the funding of projects to improve the navigability of Passamaquoddy Bay, and system of duties to pay for them.
An Act to implement a fee to be paid to the Inspector of Scows and Rafts at Chateauguay by pilots transporting masts, timber, staves, boards, planks, firewood, or other articles through the rapids along the River St. Lawrence in order to establish a permanent fund for continued improvements to waterways between Montreal and Lake St. Francis. Fines for those who fail to pay this fee are established.
An Act to make a former Act from 1805 perpetual, with some amendments. The Act annuls the former's regulations for the measurement and branding of scows, amends stipulations regarding fees and penalties, and the Inspector's duties.
This act makes perpetual an act first passed in 1763 prohibiting persons in the province from building fish weirs, hedges, fish garths, or other obstructions that may prevent fish from spawning.
An Act to amend a former Act passed in 1805, aspects of which had been found expensive and ineffective. The manner in which funds for the Trinity House of Quebec were to be collected was amended, so that ship commanders would pay the Naval Officer at the Port of Quebec rather than the Clerk of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Quebec.
This act continues prior legislation enabling the chief administrator of Upper Canada to appoint collectors at points or ports of entry throughout the province.
An Act to allocate further funds towards clearing the rapids from, and improvement of, the Saint Lawrence River between la Chine [Lachine] and Montreal as well as the channel between Montreal and Lake Saint Francis.
This Act creates the positions of Master, Deputy Master, and Wardens of the Trinity House of Quebec to reside in Quebec City and Montreal, to improve the navigability of the St. Lawrence River by building light houses, beacons, and so on. These positions are also meant to regulate and enforce order within the cities' ports, harbours, and cul-de-sacs.
An Act to limit accidents at the rapids on the St. Lawrence river above Montreal caused by going over the rapids with heavy loads. The Act sets guidelines for the appointment of an Inspector and Measurers of scows and rafts of timber/lumber who are responsible to determine and enforce "safe" weights based on water conditions. Fines to be given to those who fail to comply are described.
An act to apply a sum of one thousand pounds for the purpose of clearing the rapids from the St. Lawrence River between La Chine and Montreal, to encourage the river's use as a trade route between Upper and Lower Canada.
This act keeps the duties of an 1801 act to pay for building lighthouses in Passamaquoddy Bay in place until 1806, as the exisiting lighthouses havwe yet to be fully paid for.