Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Private
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to grant to John Bragg the Exclusive Right and Privilege of erecting Bridges in this Province, according to the model therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 29 | 1819 | An act to grant John Braggs sole right to erect bridges according to new method that is described after the final clause. Fines for infringements are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Anthony Anderson and others, Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge, to remove the same. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 28 | 1819 | An act authorising the Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge to remove the current bridge, build, and collect a toll on a new draw bridge crossing the River Saint Charles, in the County of Quebec. The Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge are granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge and, once completed, are responsible for ensuring the draw bridge is raised when required within a reasonable time. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize George Waters Allsopp, Esquire, and others therein mentioned, to build a Toll-Bridge over the River Jacques Cartier in the County of Hampshire. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 27 | 1819 | An act authorising George Waters Allsopp, Robert Allsopp and Anna Maria Allsopp to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the River Jacques Cartier in the County of Hampshire. The Allsopps are granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Jean Lagorce to erect a Toll-Bridge over the Rivers Sud-Ouest and Calix, in the Parish of Saint Hyacinthe, in the County of Richelieu. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 26 | 1819 | An act authorising Jean Lagorce to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Rivers Sud-Ouest and Calix, near their confluence. Lagorce is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate sundry Persons under the style and title of The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Upper Canada. The Royal Assent to this Act was promulgated by Proclamation bearing date April twenty first, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and second of His Majesty’s Reign. | 59 George III – Chapter 24 | 1819 | This Act incorporates officials in the Bank of Upper Canada, detailing their rights, responsibilities, and conduct. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act to authorise George Le Pallieur to sell a certain Lot of Ground in his possession, entailed upon the Heirs of the late Charles Le Pallieur, situate on Saint Joseph Street, in the City of Montreal. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 24 | 1819 | An act authorising George Le Pallieur to sell a plot of land he inherited from his father and specifies how the sale of this lot will be made legal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Lot of Ground in the City of Montreal for the Site of a Public Library, and to incorporate certain Persons therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 22 | 1819 | An act to grant the Company of Proprietors of the Montreal Library land out of the lot of ground appropriated and occupied for the use of the Court House, at the North-West angle of the lot, to build a Public Library. The library is to be built within five years from the passing of this act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford relief to Abner Chapin. Passed 12th July, 1819. | 59 George III – Chapter 20 | 1819 | This Act devotes funds to the relief of Abner Chapin, as provided by previous acts concerning immigrants. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act for Incorporating certain Persons therein mentioned, for Insuring Houses, Buildings, Goods, Wares and Merchandises, from loss and damage by Fire. | 59 George III – Chapter 17 | 1819 | This act incorporates the named individuals into an insurance company. It outlines the basic obligations and responsibilities of the company along with their corporate structure. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain Persons under the Style and Title of the President, Directors, and Company, of the Bank of Kingston. Passed 12th July, 1819. | 59 George III – Chapter 15 | 1819 | This Act incorporates officers of the Bank of Kingston, detailing their rights, responsibilities, and conduct within the company. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act to authorized François Verrault, Esquire, to build a Toll-Bridge over the River Etchemins, in the Parish of Saint Henry, near the Church of the said Parish, in the County of Dorchester. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 25 | 1818 | An Act authorising François Verrault, Esquire to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Etchemin River in the parish of Santi-Henri, near the Church of the said Parish, in the County of Dorchester at his own cost. Verrault is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Walter Davidson, Esquire, to erect a Toll-Bridge over the River Chaudière, below the Great Fall of the said River. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 24 | 1818 | An Act authorising Walter Davidson, Esquire to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the River Chaudière, below the Great Fall of the said River between the Parishes of Point-Levi and Saint-Nicholas in the County of Dorchester at his own cost. Davidson is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize François Verrault, Esquire, to build a Toll-Bridge over the River Chaudière, in the Parish of Sainte-Marie de la Nouvelle-Beauce, near the Church of the said Parish, in the County of Dorchester. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 23 | 1818 | An Act authorising François Verrault, Esquire to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the River Chaudière, in the Parish of Sainte-Marie de la Nouvelle-Beauce, near the Church of the said Parish, in the County of Dorchester at his own cost. Verrault is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize William Hall, Esquire, to build a Toll-Bridge over the Great Branch of the River St. François, near the line of separation between the Townships of Dudswell and Westbury, in the County of Buckinhamshire. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 22 | 1818 | An Act authorising William Hall, Esquire to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Great Branch of the River St. François, near the line of separation between the Townships of Dudswell and Westbury, in the County of Buckinhamshire at his own cost. Hall is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize William Hall, Esquire, to build a Toll-Bridge over the River Etchemin, at the lower Ford in the Parish of Saint Henry, in the County of Dorchester. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 21 | 1818 | An Act authorising William Hall, Esquire to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Etchemin River, at the lower Ford in the Parish of Saint-Henri, in the County of Dorchester at his own cost. Hall is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Jean Thomas Taschereau, Esquire, and others therein-mentioned, to erect a Toll-bridge over the River Etchemin, in the Parish of Sainte Claire, in the County of Dorchester. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 20 | 1818 | An Act authorising Jean Thomas Taschereau, Esquire, George Pyke, Pierre Edouard Desbarats, and François Roy, Esquires, to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Etchemin River, in the Parish of Sainte Claire, in the County of Dorchester at their own cost. Taschereau and his associates are granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to remunerate certain persons therein mentioned. | 58 George III – Chapter 19 (Session 3) | 1818 | Act not published in this version of the published acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Claude Dénéchau and Joseph Fraser, Esquires, to erect a Toll-Bridge over the River Du Sud, in the Parish of Saint François, in the County of Hertford. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 19 | 1818 | An Act authorising Claude Dénéchau and Joseph Fraser, Esquires to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Rivière-du-Sud, in the Parish of Saint François, in the County of Hertford at their own cost. Dénéchau and Fraser are granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace for the District of Montreal, to lay out and open a new street in the City of Montreal, upon a Lot of Ground in the possession of George Le Pailleur, and to obviate certain inconveniences therein-mentioned. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 17 | 1818 | An Act to open a new street from Glacis Lane to St. Jacques street in Montreal across lands belonging to two individuals, Jean Bouthillier and George Le Pailleur. The Act outlines the dimensions and placement of the new street. The processes by which Le Pailleur will be compensated are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 15 | 1818 | An Act to aid with the construction of an House of Industry for the poor on the lots left for that purpose by John Conrad Marsteller. The processes by which this House of Industry is to be realized are outlined, including how Wardens will be appointed and their duties. The Act requires that commissioners be appointed to report on this House of Industry and describes how the funds for it are to be handled. | Early Canadiana Online |