This Ordinance makes provisions for the construction of a railroad from the from Carillon, on the River Ottawa, to Grenville , as specified. The railroad's proprietors are listed and made a body politic and corporate by the name “The Company of Proprietors of the Upper and Lower Ottawa Rail-road.” Their rights, duties, and the terms under which they may operate are outlined. Stipulations for the construction and maintenance of the railroad are provided. This Ordinance is made permanent.
This is the repeal of an act passed in 1839, which appropriated a revenue to create a transportation service between Newfoundland and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
This act authorises a loan to be taken from the Bank of Upper Canada in order to assure provincial revenue and make up for shortfalls which may occur due to lack of duties which would normally come in from imports arriving in Lower Canada.
This act makes available the payment of two hundred pounds to the arbitrator who was appointed to negotiate trade regulations and duties between Upper and Lower Canada in 1823.
An act establishing a yearly sum of money to be paid to the Govenor of Nova Scotia for the maintenance of a lighthouse on Scattarie Island, off the coast of Cape Breton.
An act allowing the Bank of British North America to operate within the limits of New Brunswick and pursue all functions necessary to conduct business.