Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to incorporate certain persons by the name of The President, Trustees and Proprietors of the Saint Stephens Academy. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 47 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act incorporates the administrative officials of the Saint Stephen Academy, detailing their responsibilities and stocks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Salmon Falls Bridge Company. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 46 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act incorporates the Salmon Falls Bridge Company, detailing the erection of the management and funds necessary to erect a bridge over the Saint Croix River. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Sheffield Mill and Land Company. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 45 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act incorporates the Sheffield Mill and Land Company, detailing the erection of mills, value of capital stock, and the distribution of shares. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law for the Improvement of the Navigation of the Saint Lawrence. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 45 | 1837 | This act amends an act first passed in 1833 which sought to improve the navigation of the Saint Lawrence River. It repeals the thirty-first clause of the 1833 act, and adds two new clauses, one which forbids the commissioners of the project to build bridges over the canals which would impede public navigation, the other clarifying the act to state that the construction of a towing-path will not be impeded. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Salmon River Mill Company. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 44 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act incorporates the Salmon River Mill Company, detailing the erection of mills, value of capital stock, and management of shareholders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Villages of Hallowell and Picton, by the name of the Town of Picton, and establish a Police therein. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 44 | 1837 | This act incorporates two villages, Hallowell and Picton, into one town to be called Picton, and sets out regulations by which a police force is to be established for the town. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Fredericton Mill Company. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 43 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act incorporates the Fredericton Mill Company, detailing the erection of machinery, value of capital stock, and the management of such. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act authorising the Magistrates of the Midland District to make Rules and Regulations for the prevention of accidental Fires, in the Town of Kingston, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 43 | 1837 | This act allows the elected officials of Midland to make rules and regulations specific to their district to protect against fire. It also clarifies certain local tax regulations | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a Police in the Town of Cobourg, and to define the limits of the said Town. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 42 | 1837 | This act defines the specific borders of the town of Cobourg. It also specifies the electoral districts for town representatives and the manner in which these representatives will be elected, along with the election of members of the board of police. Duties of the town council and police board are detailed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act incorporating The Restook Lower Mill Company. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 41 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act reduces the capital stock of the Restook Lower Mill Company and redivides the shares. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish two additional Markets in the City of Toronto. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 41 | 1837 | This act establishes two new market areas in Toronto as a result of petitions from inhabitants of the city, which are to be controlled by the city council. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act to incorporate the Saint John Mechanics’ Whale Fishing Company. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 40 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act confirms that the Saint John Mechanics' Whale Fishing Company is not authorized to conduct business other than whale fishing, and details the list of stockholders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Magistrates of the Home District to erect a New Gaol within the said District. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 40 | 1837 | Due to unsafe and "objectionable" conditions at the Toronto jail, this act authorises the Home district to construct a new jail. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to increase the Capital Stock of the Saint John Bridge Company. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 39 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act increases the capital stock of the Saint John Bridge Company and how the new shares shall be sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the fourth year of His Majesty's reign, entitled, “An Act to extend the limits of the Town of York, to erect the said Town into a City, and to Incorporate it under the name of the City of Toronto.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 39 | 1837 | This act amends an act first passed in 1834, which created the city of Toronto, formerly known as York, and specified services to be provided by the city, taxes that can be levied, city limits, and many other specific legislative issues. The amendments mostly pertain to tax rates, appointment of tax assessors, and the election of local officials. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise His Majesty’s Justices, under certain provisions therein mentioned, to hold Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Assize and Nisi Prius, and General Gaol Delivery, in the Ottawa District. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 38 | 1837 | This act amends an act first passed in 1816, repealing the fifth through tenth clauses, and allows the district of Ottawa to establish its own district courts of assize, nisi prius, oyer and terminer, and general gaol delivery. The said courts will have the same powers as the other district courts of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend the Acts relating to Firewards in the Town of Fredericton. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 37 (Session 1) | 1837 | The continuance of several acts passed in prior legislative years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Herring Fisheries in the County of Charlotte. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 36 (Session 1) | 1837 | A continuance of an act passed in 1824 (5 George IV ch 2) and the addition of further clauses. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize William Johnson to convey to Trustees a Lot of Land, for purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 36 | 1837 | This act authorises William Johnson of the township of Georgina to sell a parcel of land containing a schoolhouse to school trustees. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a Boundary Line between the Counties of Westmorland and Saint John, and King’s and Queen’s Counties. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 35 (Session 1) | 1837 | Definition of the boundary lines between Westmorland, Saint John, Kings and Queens counties. | Early Canadiana Online |