Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Private
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to authorize the Community of the Nuns of the General Hospital of Quebec, to acquire and hold additional Real and Personal property to a certain amount. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 140 | 1849 | This act allows the Nuns of the General Hospital of Québec to own and sell property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Religious Community of the Sœurs Hospitalières de St. Joseph de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montreal, to acquire and hold real and personal property to a certain amount, over and above that now held by them, as well for themselves as for the Poor of the Hôtel-Dieu, on whose behalf they administer certain Property, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 139 | 1849 | This act allows the Soeurs Hospitalières de St. Joseph de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal to acquire, hold, and sell property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate Les Sœurs de Miséricorde pour la régie de l’Hospice de la Maternité de Montréal. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 138 | 1849 | This act incorporates les Soeurs de Miséricorde pour la régie de l'Hospice de la Maternité de Montréal, for the purpose of establishing a maternity hospital in Montreal. They are given the right to own, acquire, and sell property, so long as the rents and profits they take in are applied to the hospital. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate La Communauté des Sœurs de Ste. Croix, in the Parish of St. Laurent, in the District of Montreal, for the purposes of Education. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 137 | 1849 | This act incorporates the Communauté des soeurs de Ste. Croix to establish a school for girls. The community is permitted to own, acquire, and sell property, so long as all rents and profits are applied to the said school. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Roman Catholic Archbishop and Bishops in each Diocese in Lower Canada. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 136 | 1849 | This act incorporates the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of each diocese of Lower Canada, enabling them to possess property for religious purposes. The act also applies to any new Catholic diocese which may be created after the passing of this act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Sureties of the late Municipal Council of the Township of Hatley to enforce their claims against the said Township. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 134 | 1849 | This act assures that lawsuits being held against the township of Hatley will be assessed by the county. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Montreal Turnpike Roads to purchase the St. Michel Road, and to open a Road to the Village of Sault-au-Récollet. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 120 | 1849 | An act authorizing the Trustees of the Montreal Turnpike Roads to purchase the St. Michel Road and to raise funds to build another road to the village of Sault-au-Récollet. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue a certain Act therein mentioned relative to the Public Health of the City of Montreal. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 118 | 1849 | An act to continue "An Act to enlarge the powers of the Trinity House of Montreal in certain cases where the Public Health of the City may be endangered," until 1850. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal a certain Act and Ordinance therein mentioned, relating to the Trinity House at Montreal, and to amend and consolidate the provisions thereof. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 117 | 1849 | This act makes numerous modifications to the original act incorporating Trinity House at Montreal, which had broad powers over the regulation of trade and mercantile issues including powers of justice in mercantile complaints. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to consolidate the Laws relative to the Powers and Duties of the Trinity House of Quebec, and for other purposes. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 114 | 1849 | This act makes numerous modifications to past acts regarding Trinity House at Quebec, including its incorporating act, which had broad powers over the regulation of trade and mercantile issues including powers of justice in mercantile complaints. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Hamilton and Gore Mechanics’ Institute. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 110 | 1849 | This act incorporates the Hamilton and Gore Mechanics' Institute for the purpose of educating its members in nature, science, manufacturing, or other subjects through lectures, readings, conversations, or any other method deemed suitable by its committee. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Hamilton Mercantile Library Association. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 109 | 1849 | An act to incorporate the Hamilton Mercantile Library Association, an association of businessmen and merchants working to provide lectures and education on matters of business and trade to members of the association. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate La Communauté des Révérendes Sœurs de la Charité, at Bytown. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 108 | 1849 | An act to incorporate La Communauté des Révérendes Soeurs de la Charité for the purposes of establishing a hospital to care for the sick and infirm at Bytown, in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The College of Bytown. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 107 | 1849 | An act to incorporate the College of Bytown, with the local Catholic Bishop as its president, conferring on it all the rights and responsibilities of a corporation. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm the Title of the Calvinistic Baptist Congregation of Perth, to a certain piece of Land in that Town 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 106 | 1849 | An act clearing any question of ownership over a certain plot of land originally owned by the Calvinistic Baptist Congregation of Perth, after questions arose concerning the authority of the Trustees of the congregation to transfer title of the land to a merchant named Murdoch McDonnell. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Rector and Church Wardens of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. James, Toronto, to lease part of the Land heretofore occupied by them as the site of a Church and Burying Ground. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 105 | 1849 | An act enabling the Rector and Church Wardens of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. James, Toronto, to lease part of their Church lands that was intended to be the site of a church and burial ground. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act therein mentioned, and to vest the Toronto General Burying Ground in certain Trustees, and their Successors. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 104 | 1849 | This act places the care and maintenance of the Toronto General Burying Ground in the hands of trustees, named within, and their successors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Kingston Hospital. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 103 | 1849 | An act incorporating the Trustees of the Kingston Hospital, giving the Hospital all the legal rights and responsibilities of a corporation. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Trustees of Churches and Parsonages and other Trusts belonging to the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, more conveniently to manage and dispose of their Estates, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th May, 1849 | 12 Victoria – Chapter 92 | 1849 | This act facilitates the selling and disposal of property by the trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend certain Acts for the Relief of Religious Societies. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 91 | 1849 | This act allows for religious societies to own, acquire, or sell land. | Early Canadiana Online |