Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act further to continue an Act for the more effectual punishment of Persons who shall be guilty of the Trespasses therein mentioned in the City of Saint John. Passed 8th March, 1830. | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1830 | This act continues an 1819 act concerning trespasses in Saint John for an additional five years. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1830. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1830. |
| An Act to continue an Act for the better Extinguishing of Fires that may happen within the City of Saint John, and to repeal all the Acts now in force relating to the same. Passed 8th March, 1830. | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1830 | This act continues an 1826 act regulating fire fighting in Saint John for an additional five years. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1830. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1830. |
| An Act to provide for the completing the Light House on the False Ducks Island, and for the keeping and maintaining the same during the present year. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 21 | 1829 | This act appoints commissioners to build a light house on False Ducks island and specifies the responsibilities of said commissioners. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the erection of a Light House on Long Point in Lake Erie. Passed, 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 20 | 1829 | This act appoints commissioners for the building of a lighthouse on Long Point, specifying their responsibilities. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in York, to exchange certain Real Estate now holden by them, for other Real Estate in or near the said Town of York. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1829 | This act empowers the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of York to purchase and sell property within the town of York for the purposes of the church. It defines the authority required from church members in order to sell or purchase these lands, and how much land will be open for sale to the congregation in order to build a new residence for the erection of a new chapel and | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend part of an Act, passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, entitled, “An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein mentioned, under the style and title of “The Cataraqui Bridge Company.” Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1829 | This act amends an act first passed in 1827, making what was once a private act into a public act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Survey of a part of the Township of Oxford, in the Johnstown District. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1829 | This act calls for a survey of the town of Oxford after the inhabitants of the said town petitioned the legislature for a survey of the town line between the concession Oxford and the ninth concession. The act states that the survey will be paid for by the residents of the town, and conducted by a disinterested third party. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the guiding line in the Township of Lancaster, in the Eastern District. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1829 | This act amends an ordinance first passed in 1814 in order to amend the town limits of Lancaster. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make valid under certain restrictions the Registry of Deeds and Conveyances, made by the Registrar of the County of Northumberland, under an appointment adjudged to be invalid. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 8 | 1829 | This act forces a certain Thomas Ward to surrender all registries and memorials associated to his former position as registrar of the county of Northumberland. After having been appointed registrar, his appointment was invalidated, but he refused to surrender the deeds and conveyances in his possession. This act gives him two months to surrender said deeds and conveyances, stating that all land transfers made before the appointment of Thomas Ward was voided shall be treated as valid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the time of holding the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the Ottawa District. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1829 | This act changes the times at which the court of general quarter sessions of the peace will be held for the district of Ottawa to the third Tuesday of the months of January, April, June, and September. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act, the better to protect the Mississaga [Mississauga] Tribes living on the Indian Reserve of the River Credit, in their exclusive right of Fishing and Hunting therein. Passed 20th March, 1829. | 10 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1829 | This act acknowledges the area currently known as Etobicoke and Mississauga as land belonging to the Mississauga tribe, and is to be their acknowledged fishing and hunting ground. After lodging a complaint concerning a depletion of their resources caused by unlawful settler fishing and hunting, the legislature enacts a law threatening three days of jail to anyone caught unlawfully hunting or fishing on Mississauga land. The act is not permanent; it is in place for four years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money therein mentioned for making Experiments on the best mode of fixing the Shafts of Winter Carriages in order to prevent the formation of Cahots. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 71 | 1829 | This Act grants several sums of money to the Agricultural Societies of the Districts of Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivières so that they may support experiments for ascertaining the best mode of fixing shafts of winter carriages in order to prevent the formation of Cahots. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain sums of money towards the support of insane Persons and Foundlings and other destitute persons in the District of Three Rivers. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 59 | 1829 | This Act provides several sums of money towards the support of foundlings and the mentally ill in the district of Trois-Rivières. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to suspend, for a limited time, certain Ordinances therein-mentioned, as far as the same relate to the City of Montreal, and to establish a Society therein for preventing Accidents by Fire. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 57 | 1829 | This Act repeals and replaces two ordinances meant to prevent fires as they apply to Montreal. This Act establishes the Fire Society and defines the duties, appointment, and exceptions made for its members and chairman. The processes by which funds to support the fire society are to be raised are also described. This Act is to remain in force until 1834. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to provide for a limited time for the want of Notaries in the County of Gaspe. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 55 | 1829 | This Act continues a clause in the 1824 Act, “An Act to render valid certain Acts Agreements in Writing and Contracts of Marriage (Contrats de Marriage sous seing prive”) heretofore executed in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and to provide for the want of Notaries in the said District,” until 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a New Market Place in Saint Paul’s Street, in the Lower Town of Quebec, and to authorize the advance of a certain Sum of money to the Trustees of the said Market. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 53 | 1829 | An Act to authorise the construction of a new public marketplace and wharf in Quebec, on Saint Paul Street, between Ramsay Street and Saint Roch Street. Processes for the construction of the market stalls and weigh house are outlined, as well as penalties for those who offend against the Act’s terms. Five persons residing in Quebec are to be appointed as trustees for the market who are to oversee its construction. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the preservation of the Salmon Fisheries in the Counties of Cornwallis and Northumberland. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 51 | 1829 | This Act restricts fishing in the places described to preserve the salmon fisheries in the Counties of Cornwallis and Northumberland. Under this Act, Indigenous peoples are not permitted to fish for salmon except for their own families’ use. The Act outlines penalties to be applied when its terms are broken. This Act is to remain in force until 1831. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the advance of a certain sum of money therein mentioned to relieve certain Inhabitants of Lotbiniere from their sufferings through the failure of the last Harvest. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 50 | 1829 | Under this Act, a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds is to be applied to provide relief for the inhabitants of Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière following a poor harvest. The processes by which these funds are to be distributed and how they should be used are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to erect certain Townships therein-mentioned, into an Inferior District, to be called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to establish Courts of Judicature therein.” (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 49 | 1829 | This Act continues the 1823 Act, “An Act to erect certain Townships therein-mentioned into an Inferior District to be called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to establish Courts of Judicature therein.” This Act is to remain in force until 1830. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to further amend 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.” (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 43 | 1829 | This Act amends several measures set out in the 1818 Act “An Act to establish a House of Industry, in the City of Montreal,” as pertain to the number and appointment of Wardens composing the Corporation of the “Wardens of the House of Industry in the City of Montreal.” The Act repeals a former Act from 1822 that amended the same 1818 Act. | Early Canadiana Online |