Legislation by Concept: Defence, Welfare
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for the relief of Peter Miller. Passed 17th January 1822. | 2 George IV – Chapter 24 | 1822 | This Act provides that Peter Miller be supported with twenty pounds per year thenceforward, as an illness he contracted while serving in the "First Regiment of York Militia" during the War of 1812 has left him unable to work and support himself. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money therein-mentioned for the relief of Insane Persons and for the support of Foundlings. (18th February, 1822.) | 2 George IV Chapter 12 | 1822 | An Act to apply sums to religious communities for the support of Foundlings, and towards the relief of Sick and Infirm persons in the districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières. It is also made lawful for Commissioners to bind out foundlings as apprentices. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to amend and to extend the Provisions of certain Act therein-mentioned, relating to Pilots, and to the Navigation of the River Saint Lawrence, and for other purposes therein specified. (18th February, 1822.) | 2 George IV Chapter 7 | 1822 | An Act to further amend a former Act passed in 1805, "An Act for the better regulation of the 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" that was amended in 1807, 1811, and 1812. Under this Act, it is made lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of this Province to appoint additional Wardens at the ports of Montreal and Quebec. Several additional regulations for the Trinity House of Quebec and ports are outlined, concerning fees, duties, and rules. |
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| An Act to amend and rectify the operation of an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Third, intituled, “An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal.’’ (18th February, 1822.) | 2 George IV Chapter 6 | 1822 | An Act to amend the second clause of an Act from 1818 “An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal.” This original Act was passed to aid with the construction of an House of Industry for the poor on the lots left for that purpose by John Conrad Marsteller and outlined processes by which this House of Industry was to be realized, including how Wardens will be appointed and their duties. By this Act, the number of Wardens to be appointed from four to eight, under terms of two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed the 20th of March, 1821. | 2 George IV Chapter 24 | 1821 | This act awards sums of money to various people for their services to the province, and for various local infrastrucutre projects. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821. |
| An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Lawe. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 20 | 1821 | This Act guarantees a yearly pension of twenty pounds to Elizabeth Lawe, whose husband and son both died during or due to injuries sustained during the War of 1812, leaving her without means of financial support. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and extend some of the previsions of an Act intituled “An Act to provide for the necessities of the Province, occasioned by the failure of the late crop.” Passed the 20th of March 1821. | 2 George IV Chapter 17 | 1821 | This act allows for those owing the province money for famine relief granted under a 1817 act to pay it back via road labour, and establishes penalties for those who refuse to. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821. |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace for the City and County of Saint John, to levy a further assessment on the Inhabitants of the said City, for the purpose of building and finishing a Poor House in the said City. Passed the 20th of March, 1821. | 2 George IV Chapter 1 | 1821 | This act allows for the authorities in Saint John to raise additional funds to complete the building of the city's poor house. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821. |
| An Act to reimburse a certain sum of Money therein-mentioned, to His Majesty’s Government, and to make further provision for the relief of Insane Persons and for the support of Foundlings and others therein-mentioned. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 18 | 1821 | An Act to reimburse funds in the amount of sum of six thousand seven hundred pounds, two shillings and five pence half penny given in 1819 and 1820 for the relief of Insane Persons and Foundlings in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivières. The Act also makes it lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or person Administering the Government of the Province to issue an amount not exceeding two thousand and thirty pounds in the District of Quebec, fifteen hundred pounds in the District of Montreal, and five hundred sixty-seven pounds in the District of Trois-Rivières in 1821. Additionally, a sum not exceeding three hundred and thirty-six pounds is granted towards completing repairs to cells for the reception and relief of Insane persons and the General Hospital near Quebec.The expenses are to be recorded and presented at the ensuing Session of the Legislature of the Province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to an Act, intituled “An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace for the City and County of Saint John, to levy an assessment on the Inhabitants of the said City, for the purpose of building a Poor-House in the said City.” Passed the 25th of March 1820. | 60 George III Chapter 14 | 1820 | This act allows for Saint John justices of the peace to raise additional funds to support the building of a poor house. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1820. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1820. |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, made and passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within the Province to maintain their Poor.” | 59 George III – Chapter 28 | 1819 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which describes how townships are to be assessed and sums granted to the freeholders of each town for the maintenance of their poor. The amendment details the procedure to be followed in cases where those who are assessed fail to pay. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of John Wagstaff, of Niagara, in the District of Niagara, Tinsmith. Passed 12th July, 1819. | 59 George III – Chapter 21 | 1819 | This Act provides funds for the relief of John Wagstaff, as previously determined by an act concerning immigration. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act to afford relief to Abner Chapin. Passed 12th July, 1819. | 59 George III – Chapter 20 | 1819 | This Act devotes funds to the relief of Abner Chapin, as provided by previous acts concerning immigrants. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace for the City and County of Saint John, to levy an Assessment on the Inhabitants of the said City, for the purpose of building a Poor House in the said City. Passed the 24th of March, 1819. | 59 George III Chapter 3 | 1819 | This act awards the justices of the peace for the city and county of Saint John to raise funds to rebuild the city poor house. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819. |
| An Act in addition to the Acts to prevent the Forestalling Cord Wood. | 58 George III – Chapter 30 | 1818 | This Act allows the Commissioners of the Poor to buy and sell cord wood without being subject to the penalties imposed on persons monopolizing the trade for a term of three years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 15 | 1818 | An Act to aid with the construction of an House of Industry for the poor on the lots left for that purpose by John Conrad Marsteller. The processes by which this House of Industry is to be realized are outlined, including how Wardens will be appointed and their duties. The Act requires that commissioners be appointed to report on this House of Industry and describes how the funds for it are to be handled. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act therein-mentioned, and to grant a certain sum of Money, more effectually to provide for the relief of infirm and insane persons, and for the support of Foundlings. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 13 | 1818 | An Act to apply a sum of two thousand five hundred pounds for the purpose of building and repairing certain wards or apartments in one of the wings of the General Hospital near the city of Quebec and a further sum of two thousand pounds for the same purpose at the General Hospital near the city of Montreal. An additional sum not exceeding five hundred pounds is to be applied for the relief of insane persons, are described in the 1817 Act “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,’ and also, to grant a further sum of money for the more effectual attainment of the purposes of the said Act.” | 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 Friendly Society,” under certain restrictions, rules and regulations therein-mentioned. | 57 George III Chapter 39 | 1817 | An Act to permit several individuals to form the "Quebec Friendly Society" to collect voluntary contributions from its members for their mutual relief and maintenance in sickness, old age and infirmity. A committee composed of society members was to form to establish the rules, orders, and regulations. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money for the purchase of Seed Grain, towards the Relief of the Parishes in Distress, by the failure of the late Harvest. (22d March, 1817.) | 57 George III Chapter 12 | 1817 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding twenty thousand pounds to purchase wheat and other grain, seed, and potatoes for planting to be distributed among "the most indigent husbandmen" in light of the late harvest's failure. Limits on the amounts to be distributed to each person and in several regions are set, in addition to how repayments under this act and the former "An Act for the relief of the Poor, in the Loan of Seed Wheat, and other necessary Grain" from 8 March 1817 will be made. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good a certain Sum of Money therein mentioned, advanced for the relief of certain Country Parishes in distress, owing to the failure of the late harvest. (8th March, 1817.) | 57 George III Chapter 11 | 1817 | An act to make good on a sum of fourteen thousand two hundred and sixteen pounds applied for the relief of parishes in light of the famine that followed the late failed harvest. | Early Canadiana Online |