This Act stipulates that sheep-owners not allow their rams to roam at large at any time between September 1st and December 20th; also, that owners who fail to obey this law be fined, and that anyone finding such a ram and unable to ascertain the identity of its owner be permitted to sell the ram after one week's passage.
This Act gave the Court of King's Bench the power to decide upon the fees permitted to various officers of the justice system, including Attorneys and Sheriffs. Previous legislation vesting this power elsewhere was deemed ill-suited to new circumstances in the province, and determined better to be replaced.
This act describes the punishment(s) to befall civilians who encouraged or assisted a soldier to desert. Punishment was to consist of both imprisonment and fines.
This act allows senior magistrates to arrest persons not having lived in Upper Canada for at least six months who "endeavour to alienate the minds of His Majesty's subjects" or "intend to disturb the tranquility" of the province.
This act allows the receiver general to retain various rates on taxes collected in the province and to claim drawbacks on monies collected in trade with Lower Canada.
This act authorizes the province's chief administrative officer to appoint flour inspectors "to establish the credit of those articles in foreign markets."
This act renews earlier legislation that prevents anyone owing allegiance to a country or state at war with Britain within the last seven years from residing in Upper Canada.
This act continues a prior piece of legislation that prevents anyone owing allegiance to a country or state at war with Britain within the last seven years from residing in Upper Canada.
This act makes it lawful for felons from other British North American provinces to be apprehended in Upper Canada and transmitted back to the province in which their offences were committed.
This act replaces a 1786 act and creates new rules governing the quality and packaging of exported fish and lumber, and establishes fines for violating these rules.
This act authorizes the lieutenant governor to appoint commissioners to negotiate a new arrangement for the regulation of trade between Upper and Lower Canada.