An act to incorporate the Presbyterian Church of Canada's Managers of the Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund. This will allow proper collection, administration, investment, application, and management of the fund. The act outlines the business structure and the property they can hold.
An ac to incorporate the Montreal Fireman's Benevolent Association and allow them to provide relief to firemen who are injured or killed while working. The act outlines the structure of the Association and allows them to own property.
This act continues an act first passed in 1834, which made provisions available for children who have been abandoned by their parents, and wives who have been abandoned by their husbands.
This act incorporates the Quebec Charitable Firewood Society, which purchases and donates firewood to the poor of the city and the suburbs of Quebec City.
This act amends a 1792 act relating to bastardry to allow overseers of the poor or commissioners of alms houses to seek compensation for certain damages before local courts.
This act continues various local acts having to do with various matters regarding the destruction of wolves, local fisheries, the prosecution of debtors, agriculture, and other matters.
This act requires the Commissioners of the Saint John Alms House and Work Home to make reports on the condition of their buildings and the costs of their repairs.
This act makes provisions for the collection of sums of money due from various districts in order to support sick and disabled seamen, fishermen, and other mariners, as per a tax passed by an act in 1836.
This act allows justices of the peace in Saint John to assess a portion of the city's inhabitants for compensation of one Angus M’Affee whose burning shop was pulled down by public authorities in order to stop the further spread of fire.
This act allows justices of the peace for Saint John to assess a portion of the city's inhabitants for compensation of one William Kirkpatrick whose burning house was pulled down by public authorities in order to stop the spread of fire.
This act incorporates the Charitable Association of the Roman Catholic Ladies of Quebec, which has as its goal the assistance of orphans and the education and "moral edification" of young girls and women. Times and dates of meetings are specified, as well as limits on property ownership - particularly the limits on participation of married women.
This act adds to and amends prior legislation providing for the erection of an almshouse and workhouse and to establish a public infirmary in Saint John.