Legislation by Concept: Welfare
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to grant to the Ladies of the Order of Charity of the City of Montreal, a Sum of Money, for the purposes therein mentioned. (17th March, 1814.) | 54 George III Chapter 11 | 1814 | An act to grant to Ladies of the Order of Charity of the City of Montreal a sum of three hundred and fifty-eight pounds to reimburse the money forwarded by them "for the relief of insane persons and foundlings." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant a further Sum of Money, for the more effectual attainment of the purposes of the Act of the Fifty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, which provides for the Relief of Insane Persons and the support of Foundlings, and others therein mentioned. (17th March, 1814.) | 54 George III Chapter 10 | 1814 | An act to attribute further funds for the purposes stated in an act by the same name passed in 1811 and renewed in 1813. The original act was to provide support to people of 'deranged Intellect', incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief. This act granted a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds per annum, and an additional nine hundred pounds per annum, for the benefit of foundlings or the mentally infirm and dictates who will be responsible to administer this money. The act specifies the maximum funds permitted per district, including Fourteen Hundred Pounds for the District of Quebec, Seven Hundred Pounds for the District of Montreal, and Three Hundred Pounds for the District of Trois-Rivières. The 1813 act also made it lawful for Commissioners to bind out foundlings of a proper age as apprentices. The act is to expire in 1815. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time an act passed in the fifty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the relief of insane Persons and for the support of Foundlings, and others therein mentioned.” (15th February, 1813.) | 53 George III Chapter 7 | 1813 | An act to continue an act by the same name passed in 1811. The original act was to provide support to people of 'deranged Intellect', incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief. This act granted a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds per annum for the benefit of foundlings or the mentally infirm and dictates who will be responsible to administer this money. The act also made it lawful for Commissioners to bind out foundlings of a proper age as apprentices. The act is to expire in 1815. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the maintainance of Persons disabled and the Widows and Children of such Persons as may be killed in His Majesty’s Service. Passed the 13th day of March, 1813. | 53 George III – Chapter 4 | 1813 | This Act provides for disabled persons by putting aside an annual fund for their maintenance, and the same for the widows and children of officers killed in the line of duty. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1813. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1813. |
| An Act to grant, annually, for a limited time a sum of money therein mentioned for the relief of the Indigent Sick, administered to in the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec. (19th. May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 19 (S1) | 1812 | An act to grant of sum of three hundred pounds annually, half the amount to be paid out every six months, for a limited time to the Religious Ladies Hospitalières of the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec for the relief of the indigent sick. This act is to expire in 1816. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant to the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital, a sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 18 (S1) | 1812 | An act to pay a sum of three hundred pounds to the seal of the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital in order to make good the disbursements they were obliged to make under the 1801 act "An Act for the Relief of Insane Persons and for the Support of Foundlings." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better regulation of Pilots and Shipping in the Port of Quebec and in the Harbours of Quebec and Montreal, and for improving the navigation of the River Saint Lawrence, and for establishing a Fund for decayed Pilots, their widows and children.” (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 12 (S1) | 1812 | An act to amend a former act passed in 1805, aspects of which had been found inadequate. The fund established, called the "decayed Pilot Fund" is to be divided between two distinct funds, the "Quebec Decayed Pilots' Fund" and the "Montreal Decayed Pilots' Fund." The revenue to support each fund is clarified. The act also amends the sum that will be due to pilots travelling to sea through "stress of weather." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further amendment to an Act, made in the third and fourth years of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 51 George III – Chapter 21 | 1811 | This Act amends the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," already amended several times. The present amendment concerns fines imposed by assessors, and the appointment of said assessors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of insane persons and for the support of Foundlings and others therein mentioned. (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 15 | 1811 | An Act to provide support to people of "deranged Intellect," incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief, as the most recent act for the purpose (passed 1808) was to expire. This Act grants a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds per annum for the benefit of foundlings or the mentally infirm and dictates who will be responsible to administer this money. The Act also makes it lawful for Commissioners to bind out foundlings of a proper age as apprentices. The Act is to expire in 1813. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better Regulation of Pilots and Shipping in the Port of Quebec and in the Harbours of Quebec and Montreal; and for improving the Navigation of the River Saint Lawrence, and for establishing a Fund for decayed Pilots, their Widows and Children.” (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 12 | 1811 | An Act to amend a former Act passed in 1805, aspects of which had been found inadequate. The manner that funds for the Trinity House of Quebec were to be collected was amended. The Act makes it lawful for the Trinity House to arrest Branch Pilots condemned by Judgement to fines and penalties. The Act also allows the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Government to distribute pilot licenses to fill vacancies and sets new restrictions on the distribution of pilot licenses. Restrictions on the number of apprentices pilots may have are set. The rights of the Trinity House Corporation are clarified and extended, and penalties for tampering with navigational landmarks, buoys, and the like are set. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of the Poor in the loan of Seed Wheat, Corn and other necessary Grain. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 6 | 1811 | Following a short harvest year, this Act makes any contract or agreement for supplies of wheat, peas, oats, or other seeds made within a limited time and in the presence of a credible witness a privileged debt to offer security for the payment of such supplies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Inhabitants of each Township to raise Money for defraying the expense attending the running or perambulating the Lines and Bounds of the respective Townships in this Province. | 51 George III – Chapter 4 | 1811 | This act makes it possible for townships to raise money in order to pay for the expense of having to re-establish their boundaries every three years, as required by the laws governing the support of the poor of each township. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act, to make perpetual an Act, for the further and better support of the Poor in the City of Saint John. Passed the 14th of March, 1810. | 50 George III Chapter 19 | 1810 | This act amends an 1801 law for supporting the poor of Saint John to make it perpetual. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1810. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1810 |
| An Act to authorise the sale of part of the Lands and Tenements of Samuel Hart, of Halifax, merchant, a lunatick, or insane person, for payment of his Debts, and for his maintenance and support. | 50 George III – Chapter 16 (Session 2) | 1809 | This act places the goods and finances of Samuel Hart under the care of three guardians. Hart, a Halifax merchant, has been declared a lunatic, and his estate is protected from being completely liquidated by creditors in order to leave him enough to support him for his lifetime. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Acts for the better support of the Poor in the respective Counties of this Province. | 50 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1809 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to correct an accidental Error in the Act therein mentioned for the relief of Insane Persons and others. (15th May, 1809.) | 49 George III Chapter 3 | 1809 | An Act to correct an error that effected the date at which the 1808 Act to apply a certain sum for the relief of insane persons and the support of foundlings could take effect. The Act retroactively fulfills the terms of the former, to advance a sum for the support of people of 'deranged Intellect', incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for the better support of the Poor, in the respective Counties of this Province. | 49 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1808 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying a certain Sum therein mentioned, to make good a like Sum, issued, and advanced in pursuance of an Address of the House of Assembly, and for the relief of Insane Persons, and for the support of Foundlings. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 11 | 1808 | An Act to advance a sum for the support of people of 'deranged Intellect', incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impose and appropriate an additional Duty on all Wine, hereafter to be imported into this Province. | 48 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1808 | This act imposes a further duty of six pence per gallon of wine imported into the province in order to pay an annual pension of five hundred pounds to Sir John Wentworth, former Lieutenant-Governor, for his lifetime. The act also includes provisions for any leftover sums which may accrue from this duty, should the tax result in more than the five hundred pounds required for the specified pension. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the encouragement and relief of certain persons therein named and others, and authorising them to associate themselves by the name of the “Quebec Benevolent Society,” under certain Restrictions, Rules and Regulations therein mentioned. | 47 George III Chapter 17 | 1807 | An Act allowing the "Quebec Benevolent Society" to form and to create a fund for the purpose of supporting members of the said society in illness, infirmity, old age, or their widows. A committee composed of society members was to form to establish the rules, orders, and regulations. | Early Canadiana Online |