Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Ordinance to exempt certain Officers of Her Majesty’s Army from the payment of the rate or assessment therein mentioned, in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal. | 3 Victoria Chapter 39 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance amends the 1799 Ordinance, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for making, repairing and altering the highways and bridges within this Province, and for other purposes,’” to exempt any officer of any Regiment or part of a Regiment or Corps in Garrison in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal from the fees required. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for dividing the Township of Hallowell, in the District of Prince Edward. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 39 | 1840 | This act divides the township of Hallowell into two towns, specifying where the division will be. The new town will be called Athol, and will have all the same rights as Hallowell. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, intituled “An Act to repeal all the Laws now in force relating to Parish Schools, and to make other provisions respecting the same.” Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 39 | 1840 | This act amends an 1834 act to change the system by which money is given out to parish schools by the government. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to attach certain Townships to the County of Huron. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 38 | 1840 | This act assigns the named townships to the County of Huron. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace in and for the City and County of Saint John to erect a building in the said City for a Common Gaol, and to raise a sum of money for erecting and completing the same. Passed 25th march, 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 38 | 1840 | This act allows Saint John officials to raise money to build a county gaol. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to authorize Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of King’s County to erect a Building in the said County for a Common Gaol, and to assess the Inhabitants towards defraying the expenses thereof. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 37 | 1840 | This act allows for Kings County officials to raise money to erect a new county gaol. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to Incorporate the City and Town of Montreal. | 3 Victoria Chapter 36 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes "The Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Montreal” as a body politic and corporate. Directions for the rights granted to the said corporation, and how it is to function, including how elections should take place, are outlined, including the authority that members of the Common Council and the Mayor have. Instructions for how these positions are to be elected are also outlined. The city of Montreal is to be divided into six wards, as outlined. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the temporary occupation, by the proposed University at Kingston, of the General Hospital at Kingston, upon certain terms therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 36 | 1840 | This act authorises the University of Kingston to lease the building built for the Kingston hospital, as the lack of funding has prevented the building from being used as a hospital. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize an Assessment on the Inhabitants of a part of the Parish of Saint Stephen, in the Comity of Charlotte, for the purpose therein mentioned. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 36 | 1840 | This act allows for St. Stephen's officials to raise money to improve their fire fighting capabilities. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to Incorporate the City and Town of Quebec. | 3 Victoria Chapter 35 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes "The Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Quebec,” as a body politic and corporate. Directions for the rights granted to the said corporation, and how it is to function, including how elections should take place, are outlined, including the authority that members of the Common Council and the Mayor have. Instructions for how these positions are to be elected are also outlined. The city of Quebec is to be divided into six wards, as outlined. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act to provide for the collection of County and Parish Rates. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 34 | 1840 | This act continues an 1837 act regulating the collection of county rates until 1845. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to provide more effectually for the safe storing and keeping of Gunpowder within and near the City and Town of Montreal. | 3 Victoria Chapter 33 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance outlines several rules and restrictions on the manner in which gunpowder can be stored in Montréal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue an Act, intituled “An Act for the appointment of Firewards and the better extinguishing of Fires which may happen in that part of the Parish of Saint Stephen, commonly called Mill Town and its immediate vicinity.” Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 33 | 1840 | This act amends an 1835 act making any St. Stephen's firemen appointed under it exepmt from serving in other government offices. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to appropriate a further sum of money to defray the expenses of the Rural Police in the Districts of Montreal and Three Rivers, for the year ending in October one thousand eight hundred and forty. | 3 Victoria Chapter 32 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance provides a sum not exceeding in the whole five thousand five hundred pounds towards defraying the salaries and expenses of the rural police force for the Districts of Montreal and Trois-Rivières. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the time for molding the Terms of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace for the County of York. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 32 | 1840 | This act allows for changes to the sitting times two York County courts to more convenient times. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to provide for the improvement of the Roads in the neighbourhood of, and leading to the City of Montreal, and to raise a fund for that purpose. | 3 Victoria Chapter 31 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance lists several roads in and leading into Montréal that are to be improved and maintained and describes the methods by which the associated costs will be provided for, such as by establishing tolls. The Ordinance makes provision for the appointment of trustees to keep, repair, and open roads and outlines their duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to define the Limits of the Town of London, in the District of London, and to establish a Board of Police therein. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1840 | This act incorporates the town of London. It defines its borders as well as its subdivisions, how town magistrates will be elected and who is eligible to be elected, as well as who is eligible to vote. It also creates the town board of police and defines their purview and powers, specifying how the board will be elected and what kind of laws they are empowered to enact. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to incorporate the Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, to confirm their Title to the Fief and Seigniory of the Island of Montreal, the Fief and Seigniory of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and the Fief and Seigniory of Saint Sulpice, in this Province; to provide for the gradual extinction of Seigniorial Rights and Dues, within the Seigniorial limits of the said Fiefs and Seigniories, and for other purposes. | 3 Victoria Chapter 30 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes the Seminary of Saint Sulpice as an Ecclesiastical Corporation, under the name “The Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal" and under the provisions outlined. The Ordinance describes the obligations of, and rules, regulations, and exceptions for the said corporation. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting a part of the Parish or Township of Sussex, in King’s County, into a separate and distinct Parish or Township. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 30 | 1840 | This act creates a new parish, Studholm, in Kings County, and awards it powers similar to other parishes. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Ordinance to render permanent a certain Ordinance therein mentioned, relative to the improvement and enlargement of the Harbour of Montreal. | 3 Victoria Chapter 29 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes the 1838 "An Ordinance to authorize the Commissioners appointed under a certain Act of the Legislature of this Province therein mentioned, to borrow a further sum of money to be applied to the improvement and enlargement of the Harbour of Montreal, and for other purposes," permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |