Legislation by Concept: Defence, Welfare
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to continue and amend an Act, intituled “An Act for the relief of Old Soldiers of the Revolutionary War and their Widows.” Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 16 | 1841 | This act continues prior legislation for the relief of veterans of the Revolutionary War and their widows. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Ordinance to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government, for the year ending on the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one; for the support of certain Charitable Institutions; for the promotion of Education; for certain public Works; for the improvement of the Internal Communications; for the encouragement of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | 4 Victoria Chapter 9 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance lists sums in total not exceeding sixty eight thousand three hundred and eighty pounds, ten shillings and six pence, to be distributed to defray the Provincial Government's civil expenses, including to hospitals and charitable institutions and to cover costs of building and maintaining roads, rail-roads, and waterways as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Third Year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled “An Act to Incorporate the Benevolent Irish Society,” and to make other provision for the Incorporation of the said Society. (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 8 | 1841 | This act amends an act first passed in 1839, which incorporated the Irish Benevolent Society. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth (2nd Session) intituled “An Act to afford relief to Wives and Children deserted by their Husbands and Parents.” (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 7 | 1841 | This act re-enacts an act first passed in 1834, which makes public provisions available for children who have been abandoned by their parents, and wives and children who have been abandoned by their husbands. The definition of "abandonment" in this case includes neglect, and calls for the seizure of assets of parents who spend their money at taverns while neglecting their families. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace in certain Counties in this Province to exempt the French Inhabitants from the assessment of Poor Rates. Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 5 | 1841 | This act authorizes justices of the peace in certain counties throughout the province to exempt French inhabitants from the assessment of poor rates. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to incorporate the Saint John Orphan Benevolent Society. Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 73 | 1840 | This act allows for the establishment of the Saint John Orphan Benevolent Society, and stipulates what its power shall be. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to afford assistance to the House of Industry in the City of Toronto. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 67 | 1840 | This act grants financial assistance to the Toronto house of industry. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of the late William Kerry, who was killed in the service of Her Majesty. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 66 | 1840 | This act grants a pension to the widow and children of the late William Kerry, who was killed in an attempt to capture american brigands who had crossed the border into Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a Pension to Joseph Randal, who lost his arm in the service of Her Majesty. Passed 10tb February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 65 | 1840 | This act grants a pension to Joseph Randal, who lost his arm at Fighting Island clearing canon left behind by rebels of the 1837 uprising. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remunerate Lewis Bright, for his long and faithful services, by granting a Pension to him and his aged wife, or the survivor of them during their natural lives. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 64 | 1840 | This act grants a pension to Lewis Bright and his wife. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to Incorporate the Montreal Public Bakery and Fuel Company. | 3 Victoria Chapter 34 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes the “Montreal Public Bakery and Fuel Company,” and provides instructions for the company's operation and management, and gives certain instruction on the value of shares. The company is also authorised to borrow a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred pounds towards providing fire wood or fuel to the poor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act authorising the payment of Pensions to Militia-men, and Widows of deceased Militia-men, under certain restrictions, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 27 | 1840 | This act establishes a board of three people to determine whether veterans of the war of 1812 should receive a pension due to their age and inability to work. It defines further rules for those receiving said pensions, whether they be veterans or the widows of veterans. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government, for the year ending on the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty; for the support of certain Charitable Institutions; for the promotion of Education; for certain Public Works; for the improvement of Internal Communications; for the encouragement of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | 3 Victoria Chapter 22 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance lists several sums to be provided towards supporting charitable and healthcare institutions, as well as to support schools and educational institutions, and to cover the expense of several public works, roads, and bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to defray certain charges that have arisen for the support of Aged and Infant Paupers up to the First of February, 1840. (Passed 28th February, 1840.) | 3 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1840 | This act grants specific sums of money to the individuals named who have fallen on hard times for various reasons, and therefore find themselves in need of state support. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Benevolent Irish Society. (Passed 12th October, 1839.) | 3 Victoria - Chapter 9 | 1839 | This act incorporates the Benelvolent Irish Society, giving it all the advantages of the body corporate such as owning land and making investments. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a Pension to the Widow and Children of the late Captain Edgworth Ussher. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 66 | 1839 | This act grants a pension to the widow of Captain Edgworth Ussher of the provincial militia, who had been assassinated in his home at night by American brigands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a certain sum of money for the maintenance and support of the House of Industry, in the City of Toronto. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 63 | 1839 | This act grants a sum of money to the "house of industry," the work house set up in Toronto for the poor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain sums of money to the support of certain Charitable Institutions. | 2 Victoria Chapter 42 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides several sums, as listed, to support charitable institutions in the province, to be put to the purposes described. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the subsistence of Volunteers and Militiamen who may have been, or may be wounded, and for that of the families of those who may have been, or may be killed, in certain cases hitherto unprovided for. | 2 Victoria Chapter 32 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides sums as listed to the families of militiamen killed or volunteer militiamen wounded during the 1837-8 rebellion. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend in part certain Acts therein mentioned, and to establish and incorporate a Trinity House in the City of Montreal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 19 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance establishes a Trinity House at Montréal for the better regulation of the Saint Lawrence River around Portneuf and the city. This Ordinance suspends replaces sections of several former Acts, as outlined, and vests authority formerly distributed by these Acts in the Deputy Master and Wardens of the Trinity House, as described. Directions for the operation of the Trinity House are given. | Early Canadiana Online |