Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial - Partial
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to provide Funds for defraying the cost of the erection of the Lunatic Asylum and other Public Buildings in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 68 | 1850 | This act imposes a tax on personal and real property in Upper Canada in order to raise funds to erect an asylum, as well as to create a fund of five thousand pounds to complete the asylum, or for the creation of other unspecified buildings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a more equal and just system of Assessment in the several Townships, Villages, Towns and Cities in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 67 | 1850 | This act standardizes the process by which property is assessed for tax purposes in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the Acts and provisions of Law relative to Assessments and matters connected therewith in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 66 | 1850 | This act repeals a series of past acts relating to property assessment and road maintenance in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the laws relative to Tavern Licenses in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 65 | 1850 | This act transfers the power of controlling and licensing tavens, bars, and inns, to municipalities rather than the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for correcting certain errors and omissions in the Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the last Session thereof, intituled, An Act to provide, by one general law, for the erection of Municipal Corporations and the establishment of Regulations of Police in and for the several Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships and Villages in Upper Canada, for amending certain of the provisions of the said Act, and making some further provisions for the better accomplishment of the object thereof. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 64 | 1850 | This is a correction to an act passed in 1849. The original act facilitates the creation of municipal corporations so that townships can in turn establish their own police forces. It defines what constitutes a township for the purposes of incorporation, the responsibilities of the municipal councils once they are established, matters which will be policed by the established village police force, and various other matters. The current act corrects the omission of a schedule as well as a few other errors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Registry Law of Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 63 | 1850 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1846, which consolidated, amended, and repealed various registry laws in Upper Canada, including the mandatory establishment of registry offices in every county. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend the Act requiring Mortgages of Personal Property in Upper Canada to be filed. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 62 | 1850 | This is an amendment to mortgage law in Upper Canada, adding a paragraph clause which stipulates that all mortgages which are not followed by an immediate transfer of goods will be accompanied by an affidavit specifying the property which has been mortgaged, as well as the names of the seller and buyer. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, An Act to prevent the unnecessary multiplication of Law-suits, and increase of costs in actions on Notes, Bonds, Bills of Exchange and other Instruments. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 59 | 1850 | This is an amendment to a past act regarding the issuing, use, and payment of promissory notes, bonds, and bills of exchange in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the Practice of the Law in actions of Dower, in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 58 | 1850 | This act is meant to simplify the process by which a widow can recover her share of her husband's property after he dies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend the practice and proceedings in actions of Ejectment in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 57 | 1850 | This act is an amendment to the process by which landlords evict tenants from their property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the consolidation and amendment of the Laws relative to Jurors, Juries and Inquests in that part of this Province called Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 55 | 1850 | This act is a complete overhaul of laws respecting jurors and juries in Upper Canada, and covers numerous issues including jury rolls are to be maintained and organized and by whom, to qualifications that must be met by potential jurors, how jurors are to be selected from the rolls and who is responsible for selecting them, when a jury is necessary, and the responsibilities of a jury when one is appointed, among other things. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the right of Appeal in certain cases in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 54 | 1850 | This act makes it necessary to hold all appeals requested within twelve days of the conviction of the appellant, and details the conditions which must be met by the officers of the court for a conviction to be heard on appeal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and consolidate the several Acts now in force, regulating the Practice of Division Courts in Upper Canada, and to extend the jurisdiction thereof. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 53 | 1850 | This act amends the manner in which small debts are claimed throughout Upper Canada by altering the division of the court system and redefining the responsibilities of each division. Responsibilities of court officers, as well as their eligibility for office, are specified, as well as conditions for removing and replacing them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend the Act regulating the Practice of the County Courts in Upper Canada, and to extend the Jurisdiction thereof. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 52 | 1850 | This act extends the jurisdiction of county courts in Upper Canada to cases regarding debt. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm and give effect to certain Rules and Regulations made by the Judges of Her Majesty’s Court of Error and Appeal for Upper Canada, and for other purposes relating to the powers of the Judges of the Courts of Law and Equity in that part of the Province, and the practice and decisions of certain of those Courts. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 51 | 1850 | This act confirms a law passed by the judges of the Upper Canadian court of appeals, which cannot take effect until they have been reviewed and approved by the parliament. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 50 | 1850 | This act allows for the appointment of administrative officials by judges in the courts of chancery in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better establishment and maintenance of Common Schools in Upper Canada. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 48 | 1850 | This act amends and consolidates several past acts pertaining to education in Upper Canada, as well as passing new clauses relating to public school trustees, teachers, and the responsibilities of all those involved in the maintenance of educational standards. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to relieve Ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, from the obligation to obtain Special Licenses in order to keep Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials in Lower Canada. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 47 | 1850 | This act allows wesleyan ministers, who are in Lower Canada as missionaries, to perform baptisms, marriages, and burials in that part of the province without having to first obtain a special license to do so. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to allow the Members of County Agricultural Societies in Lower Canada, to be elected in any year, after the period fixed by law. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 46 | 1850 | This act permits the members of county agricultural societies in Lower Canada to be elected at any time during the year, so long as these elections take place before the first day of October. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend the Ordinance concerning the erection of Parishes, and the construction and repairing of Churches, Parsonage Houses, and Church-yards. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 44 | 1850 | This is an amendment to past act concerning the management of property by church trustees. | Early Canadiana Online |