Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Private
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for the relief of such Students in Law preparing themselves for the professions of Advocates and Attornies, or Notaries as Have served in the Embodied Militia, during the late War with the United States of America. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 13 | 1815 | An Act to excuse Students in Law who served for the defence of the province during the War of 1812 after having commenced their clerkship under the terms outlined in "An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Anomies, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy collection of His Majesty's Revenues," passed in 1785, from repeating their entire five-year clerkship, rather, allowing them to complete the remainder of their respective terms. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant an annuity to such Militia-men as were wounded during the late war with the United States of America, and to apply a sum of money therein mentioned, to aid and assist His Majesty in defraying the expenses of the Militia incurred during the said War, and also to indemnify certain Officers of Militia and the Families of such Militiamen as were killed in the said war. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 10 | 1815 | An Act to grant six pound annuity to any non-commissioned Officer, Militiaman, or Canadian Voltigeur rendered incapable of earning a livelihood by injuries obtained during the War of 1812, over and above the annuity of nine pounds allowed by an Act passed in 1803, “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned.” Officers of the Embodied Militia and of the Corps of Canadian Voltigeurs, not being officers in His Majesty’s Regular Forces who served at the date peace agreements were ratified are to receive eighty days' pay under this Act, to make up for the losses sustained through the sudden disbanding of those Corps. Widows of militiamen killed in the war or their children or parents if they have no widow, are to receive a sum not less than twenty-five pounds or exceeding one hundred pounds. The source of these funds and the manner in which they are to be distributed are detailed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the forty-eighth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to impose and appropriate an additional Duty on all Wine hereafter to be imported into this Province.” | 55 George III – Chapter 10 | 1815 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1808, imposes a further duty of six pence per gallon of wine imported into the province in order to pay an annual pension of five hundred pounds to Sir John Wentworth, former Lieutenant-Governor, for his lifetime. The amendment relates to the manner in which this duty is collected. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exonerate Isaac Swayze, Esquire, from the payment of certain Monies therein mentioned. Passed the 14th March, 1815. | 55 George III – Chapter 7 | 1815 | This Act gifts funds to Isaac Swayze after he was robbed. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the last Session of the General Assembly, entitled, “An Act to enable the Proprietors to repair the Meeting-House at Truro; to enclose the Burying Place belonging to the same;” and also to assess Monies for defraying the expences thereof. | 55 George III – Chapter 5 | 1815 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1814, which allowed the proprietors of the Truro meeting-house to raise funds to conduct repairs to their building. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting a Compensation to Thomas Merritt, Esquire, Sheriff of the District of Niagara, for Certain Extraordinary Services performed by him. Passed the 14th March, 1815. | 55 George III – Chapter 4 | 1815 | This Act grants funds to Thomas Merritt, Sheriff, for his service he has performed. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act to enable the Proprietors to repair the Meeting-House at Truro, and to inclose the Burying Place belonging to the same, and also to assess Monies for defraying the expences thereof. | 54 George III – Chapter 18 | 1814 | This act makes it possible for the proprietors of the meeting-house in Truro to find money necessary to fund repairs to the building and the adjacent graveyard. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying a Certain Sum of Money to make good certain Monies issued an advanced by His Majesty, through His Honor Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, Baronet, President in pursuance of an Address of the House of Assembly. | 54 George III – Chapter 12 | 1814 | Unpublished. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise François Frichette, to build a Bridge over the River du Sud, in the County of Devon, to fix the Rates of Toll For passing thereon, and to provide Regulations for the said Bridge. (15th February, 1813.) | 53 George III Chapter 10 | 1813 | An act authorising François Frichette (also spelled Frichet) to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the River du Sud, in the County of Devon. Frichette 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 authorise Jacques Morin, Junior, to build a Bridge over the Arm of St. Nicolas, in the County of Devon, to fix the Rates of Toll for passing thereon, and to provide Regulations for the said Bridge. (19th. May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 22 (S1) | 1812 | An act authorising Jacques Morin, Junior to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Arm of St. Nicolas, in the County of Devon. Morin 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 grant to Alexis Gosselin, a right of Toll over the Bridge erected on the River Boyer, in the County of Hertford. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 20 (S1) | 1812 | An act authorising Alexis Gosselin collect a toll over the bridge crossing the River Boyer in exchange for completing repairs on the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's repair 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 twenty-five years, the bridge's ownership is to transfer to the Crown. Time restraints allowed for repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant, annually, for a limited time a sum of money therein mentioned for the relief of the Indigent Sick, administered to in the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec. (19th. May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 19 (S1) | 1812 | An act to grant of sum of three hundred pounds annually, half the amount to be paid out every six months, for a limited time to the Religious Ladies Hospitalières of the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec for the relief of the indigent sick. This act is to expire in 1816. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant to the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital, a sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 18 (S1) | 1812 | An act to pay a sum of three hundred pounds to the seal of the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital in order to make good the disbursements they were obliged to make under the 1801 act "An Act for the Relief of Insane Persons and for the Support of Foundlings." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise François Huot and Joseph Jacob, to erect a Bridge over the Montmorency, above the Falls. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 17 (S1) | 1812 | An act authorising François Huot and Joseph Jacob to erect a bridge, toll house, and turnpike over the Montmorency River. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's location, construction, and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, it is made lawful for the Crown to purchase the Bridge from its proprietors after a term of fifty years. Time restraints on construction and time allowed for repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the encouragement of Inland Navigation. | 51 George III – Chapter 25 | 1811 | This act grants the right to the named individuals to form a company with the goal of creating a canal system between Forchu Harbour and Lake George for the purpose of easing transportation between the settlements and to more easily transport lumber. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act tor granting an additional sum of Money for erecting a Bridge across the Grand River. | 50 George III – Chapter 13 | 1810 | Unpublished. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the sale of part of the Lands and Tenements of Samuel Hart, of Halifax, merchant, a lunatick, or insane person, for payment of his Debts, and for his maintenance and support. | 50 George III – Chapter 16 (Session 2) | 1809 | This act places the goods and finances of Samuel Hart under the care of three guardians. Hart, a Halifax merchant, has been declared a lunatic, and his estate is protected from being completely liquidated by creditors in order to leave him enough to support him for his lifetime. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting a sum of Money in aid of the building a Bridge across the Grand River. | 49 George III – Chapter 7 | 1809 | Unpublished. |
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| An Act to incorporate certain persons therein named, and their associates, for the purpose of opening, making and keeping in repair, a Turnpike Road from the Southern boundary of the Seigniory of Saint Armand, to the Town of Saint John’s, in the District of Montreal, and for the erecting and building of Bridges over Pike River and the River Richelieu, or for the establishment of a Ferry over the said River Richelieu. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 33 | 1808 | An Act to establish the Bedford Society for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a Turnpike Road from the Southern Boundary of Saint Armand to the Town Saint John's and a bridge or ferry across the River Richelieu. The Act sets terms the established society must abide by, including the rates of tolls they may charge, standards for roadside ditches, and fines. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise Thomas Porteous of Terrebonne, Esquire, to erect a Bridge, from Repentigny to the Island, called, Bourdon. (14 April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 24 | 1808 | An Act to allow Thomas Porteous, esq. to build a bridge from Repentigny to Bourdon Island, which will communicate with two other bridges Porteous was authorised to build by an Act passed in 1805. Porteous is authorised to charge a toll for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the bridge. Restrictions are outlined, such as the space he must allow between support pillars in the River Outaouais. | Early Canadiana Online |