Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Private
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to Incorporate certain persons under the style and title of “The Windsor Road Company.” Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 33 | 1838 | This act incorporates the Windsor Road company, which is authorized to build a macadamized (that is to say, a gravel) road between Windsor harbour and Dundas street. Once the road is completed the company is authorized to charge a toll on all vehicles making use of the road. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons under the style and title of the Waterloo Bridge Company. Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1838 | This act incorporates the Waterloo Bridge company. The company is authorized to build a bridge at their own costs, the location and dimensions of which are specified. Once the bridge is completed, the company is authorized to collect tolls. The act specifies how directors will be elected, how stocks will be managed, issued and sold, and the company's responsibilities to shareholders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons, under the style and title of the Bond Head Harbour Company. Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1838 | This act incorporates the Bond Head harbour company. The company is empowered to construct a habour and all associated structures at its own costs. The act specifies how directors will be elected, how stocks will be managed, issued and sold, and the company's responsibilities to shareholders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate sundry persons, under the name of the Kingston Marine Railway Company. Passed 6th March, 1833. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 30 | 1838 | This act incorporates the Kingston Marine Railway company. The company is authorised to acquire and hold land in order to build a harbour and railway. It specifies how directors will be elected, how stocks will be managed, issued and sold, and the company's responsibilities to shareholders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate sundry persons under the style and title of the Grantham Navigation Company, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 29 | 1838 | This act incorporates the Grantham Navigation company. It specifies how directors will be elected, how stocks will be managed, issued and sold, and the company's responsibilities to shareholders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Charter of the Welland Canal Company. Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 28 | 1838 | This act amends the charter of the Welland canal company in order to deal with lawsuits from private individuals who are claiming damages against the company for costs to repairs to their property made by waste water. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to enable the Proprietors or Shareholders of a Company called the Bank of British North America, to sue and be sued, in the name of any one or more of its Local Directors or Managers, for the time being, and for other purposes therein mentioned. | 1 Victoria Chapter 25 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance stipulates certain measures regarding the conduct of the Bank of British North America's branches in Lower Canada, including that its proprietors or shareholders can be sued or sue in the Courts of this province and regulations pertaining to the denominations of its notes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the Incorporated and Chartered, and other Banks in this Province to suspend the redemption of their Notes in Specie, under certain regulations, for a limited time. | 1 Victoria Chapter 24 (Session 1) | 1838 | Under this Ordinance, any Bank within the Province that ceases to redeem its notes in the current coin of the Province is not to be compelled to cease its operations, within the terms as described. Measures relating to the suspension of Cash Payments are outlined. A form for obtaining the general statement of affairs for banking branches is included. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the seventh year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to protect the Public against injury from Private Banks, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 23 | 1838 | This act deals with the procedure to follow in the specific case of fraudulent bank notes created by two individuals under the name of the Agricultural Bank. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the payment of certain Moneys due by the Commissioners for the erection of a Common Gaol in the District of Montreal. | 1 Victoria Chapter 21 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance provides certain sums to be paid to individuals and companies, as listed, to cover the expenses incurred in fulfilling the 1830 Act, “An Act to provide for the erection of a Common Gaol in the District of Montreal." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain sums of money therein-mentioned to the support of certain Charitable Institutions, and for other purposes. | 1 Victoria Chapter 17 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance distributes several sums to reimburse the expenses incurred by several charitable and healthcare institutions in the Province. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. The Ordinance also makes provisions respecting Guardians for foundlings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to incorporate certain persons therein named, under the name of “The President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Montreal.” | 1 Victoria Chapter 14 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance establishes “The President, Directors and Company of the ‘Bank of Montreal,’” as a corporation, body politic, and corporate. The Ordinance outlines how this company shall function and lists several rules and regulations it must abide by. To forms relating to the stock in the company follow its articles. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty George the Third, entitled, “An Act to Incorporate the Midland District School Society.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 113 | 1837 | This is an amendment to an act passed in 1815 which incorporated the Midland District School society. The amendment allows trustees to fill vacancies by election, specifying the condition of such elections, along with other clauses relating to financial management. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act authorising the payment of Pensions to Militia-men, disabled during the late War with the United States of America, under certain restrictions. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 103 | 1837 | This act calls for the petitioners named, who are asking to receive a veteran's pension, be examined by a surgeon to determine whether they were actually injured and disabled during the war of 1812. If a surgeon should determine the answer to be yes, they will receive the pension they are requesting. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of Money to His Majesty, for the remuneration of certain Services rendered by the late Hugh C. Thompson, Esq. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 102 | 1837 | This act renumerates the family of Hugh C. Thompson, who was one of the commissioners of the provincial penitentiary and died while overseeing various matters relating to its construction, before receiving payment for his work. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the permanent completion of the Welland Canal, and for other purposes herein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 92 | 1837 | This act amends the act which incorporates the Welland Canal company to allow the issuing and sale of more company stocks as a way for the company to repay various loans made to the company now that the canal project is complete. It also calls for an examination and survey of the completed canal by engineers who are in no way associated with the company. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Grant a Loan to the Port Dover Harbour Company, and increase the Capital Stock of the said Company. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 86 | 1837 | This act grants a loan to the Port Dover Harbour company, allowing them to complete their construction project. It also amends the act which incorporates the company, repealing the twelfth clause, and changes the maximum number of company shares which can be issued and sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of Money, by way of Loan, to the President, Directors and Company, of the Tay Navigation Company. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 75 | 1837 | This act grants a loan of seven hundred and fifty pounds to the Tay Navigation company. No part of said loan will be issued until a prior loan granted by the legislature has been repaid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise a Loan to the Cobourg Rail Road Company. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 74 | 1837 | This act grants a loan of ten thousand pounds to the Cobourg Rail Road company. Terms of interest and repayment are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Loan a certain sum of Money to the Grand River Navigation Company. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 73 | 1837 | This act grants a loan of twelve thousand five hundred pounds to the Grand River Navigation company. Terms of repayment and interest are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |