Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Interprovincial, Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to treat with Commissioners of the part of Upper Canada, respecting the drawing of a division Line, between Lower and Upper Canada. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 15 | 1831 | This Act authorizes Commissioners to appoint fit and proper persons to meet with Commissioners from Upper Canada to draw a line of division between the provinces across the lands situated between the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the payment of certain monies due by the Commissioners for the erection of the Gaol at Sherbrooke. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 14 | 1831 | This Act authorizes certain sums to be paid to cover expenses incurred for the construction of a gaol in Sherbrooke, including sums borrowed from a Mistress Painter and the Montreal Bank. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 13 | 1831 | This Act allows for the establishment of the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company, and specifies the details for the operation and management of the same. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remove Doubts respecting the Competency of Citizens of the City of Saint John as Witnesses in Cases where the Corporation of that City is a Party. Passed 25th March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 12 | 1831 | This act specifies that any inhabitant of Saint John is deemed competant to be a witness in a case against the city government. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to Incorporate certain Persons under the Style and Title of the Marmora Foundery Company. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 12 | 1831 | This Act provides for the establishment of the Marmora Foundery Company out of the previously existing Marmora Iron Works, and specifies the details for the operation and administration of the same. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further provision for establishing Light Houses on the Island of Anticosti. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 12 | 1831 | This Act advances a sum not exceeding four thousand eight hundred pounds for the purpose of completing a Lighthouse on the Island of Anticosti, in accordance with the 1829 Act, “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money towards erecting Light Houses on the shores of the River Saint Lawrence, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” as amended by another Act. A further a sum not exceeding six thousand four hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings is to be applied towards building a second lighthouse on the island. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Minister and Elders of the Kirk of Scotland, in the Town of Newcastle, and for the Purposes therein mentioned. Passed 25th March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 11 | 1831 | This act allows for the incorporation of a Presbyterian Church in Newcastle, Northumberland County. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein mentioned under the style and title of the Tay Navigation Company. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 11 | 1831 | This Act lays out the many rules and regulations pertaining to the use and management of the Tay River in the eastern part of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Commissioners appointed under a certain Act passed in the eleventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, “An Act to provide for the improvement and enlargement of the Harbour of Montreal,” to borrow an additional sum of money, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 11 | 1831 | This Act grants the Commissioners appointed under a former Act for the purpose of improving the Harbour of Montreal a further sum of sum not exceeding ten thousand pounds currency for the purposes outlined. The rates of wharfage that are to refund the amounts advanced for this project are listed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for vesting in Trustees, the Market Square in the Town of York, for the benefit of the Inhabitants of the said Town. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 10 | 1831 | This Act transfers the trust for lands intended for use as a public market to "the Church and Town Wardens" for the town of York, and constitutes them as a "Corporation for Leasing and managing" the market lands. The Act also identifies the details of how the new trustees are to manage the lands in question. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to vest in the City of Montreal the property of the Common of Montreal, and for other purposes relating to the said Common. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 10 | 1831 | This Act grants allows Common of Montreal to be appropriated by the city, for the several reasons outlined. The Act provides that a new deed or grant should be written to replace the original deed that was lost, and defines the Common’s borders. Provisions for how the Common is to be maintained are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for Settling and Determining by Arbitration certain difficulties that have arisen or may arise between persons owning Land in the Eighth Concession of Saltfleet and persons owning or claiming to own Lands in the First Concession of Binbrook, who through mistake may have made improvements on the rear part of the said Eighth Concession of Saltfleet. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 9 | 1831 | This Act provides for the settlement of disputes resulting from a surveying error affecting the First Concession of Binbrook and the Eighth Concession of Saltfleet. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act to regulate the Herring Fishery in the Parishes of Grand Manan, West Isles, Campo Bello [Campobello], Pennfield, and Saint George, in the County of Charlotte, and to provide for the Inspection of smoked Herrings in the said Parishes. Passed 25th March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 8 | 1831 | This act creates new regulations for the herring fishery off Charlotte County and penalities for their violation. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to appropriate certain sums of Money therein mentioned, for the Improvement of the Internal Communications of the Province. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 8 | 1831 | This Act authorizes a sum not exceeding forty-seven thousand eight hundred and eighty-three pounds and sixpence, one farthing to be used to improve internal communications in the province as outlined. The Act also repeals a part of the 1829 Act, “An Act to appropriate certain sums of money stewards Macadamizing and improving certain roads near Quebec, and lay out certain new roads.” Further regulations for the commissioners who are to oversee these improvements are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the time for taking the Oath prescribed by a certain Act passed in the ninth year of His late Majesty's Reign entitled, “An Act to secure to and confer upon certain Inhabitants of this Province the Civil and Political Rights of Natural Born British Subjects.” Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 8 | 1831 | This Act extends the period during which inhabitants of Upper Canada who were not British-born may swear an oath to receive rights inherent to British-born subjects, from three years to four. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act to incorporate sundry Persons by the Name of the Saint John Marine Insurance Company. Passed 25th March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 7 | 1831 | This act amends earlier legislation for the incorporation of the Saint John Marine Insurance Company to give the stockholders power to disolve it. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to Erect the County of Prince Edward into a Separate District. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 7 | 1831 | This Act establishes Prince Edward County (or, at this time, the "County of Prince Edward") as a separate "District" within the province of Upper Canada, making it no longer part of the Midland District. The Act also establishes the regulations around justice, education, and taxation for the new District. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to indemnify the Magistrates of the Newcastle District, and to authorise them to raise a Loan, on the Credit of the Funds of the said District, to complete a Building Erected at the Village of Amherst as the Gaol and Court House of the said District. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 6 | 1831 | This Act recognizes the legal validity of the funds thus far put toward the construction of a "Gaol and Court House" in Amherst, and authorizes the local Justices of the Peace to raise and apply the funds necessary to complete construction of the building. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace of the County of Gloucester to make Rules and Regulations respecting the taking of Fish in the different Harbours, Rivers, and Creeks in the said County. Passed 25th March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 6 | 1831 | This act allows for Gloucester County officials to create new fishery regulations in the county. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to authorize the expenditure of certain sums of Money therein mentioned, for deepening the Little River Saint Pierre, at Montreal, and for making a Basin near the Lachine Canal. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 5 | 1831 | This Act provides further sums towards improving the Saint Pierre River in Montreal, as described, and prohibits rafts of fire wood from coming into the Lachine Canal in order to reduce obstructions in the canal. | Early Canadiana Online |