This act consolidates several past acts regarding the enlargement and improvement of the port of Montreal. The act grants a sum of one hundred and sixteen thousand two hundred and seventy-five pounds, to be controlled by the commissioners who are in charge of the project. The commissioners are required to report all expenses once per year, and provisions concerning the borrowing and repayment of money for the project are specified. Tolls and rates to be charged on ships coming into harbour are also specified.
This act continues acts for securing the Navigation of the River Saint Croix, and to empower the Justices of the County of Charlotte to make regulations for driving Timber and Logs down the same until 1850.
This act continues an 1841 act to secure the Navigation of the River Miramichi, in the County of Northumberland, and to protect the Fisheries until 1850.
This act amends the regulation of pilots and pilotage of vessels in the harbour of St. John's, further defining how pilots are to be licensed, and the rates to be charged on different vessels by tonnage for pilotage.
This act continues an act first passed in 1839 which consolidated several past acts concerning the building and maintenance of lighthouses in the province.
This act creates regulations for those who own lumber mills to clean up slag their mills produce to preserve the navigability of the Saint John River, and penalties for their violation.
This act is an amendment and continuation of 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.
This act continues an act first passed in 1839 which consolidated several past acts concerning the building and maintenance of lighthouses in the province.