Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial - Partial
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to declare certain Lands in Upper Canada liable to Assessment, and oblige the Owners of such Lands to make returns thereof to the District Treasurer. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 58 | 1845 | This act declares a property tax on properties which are held by fee simple within the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. The act describes how the tax rates shall be determined, who is responsible for payment and collection, and the penalties for refusal or neglect of payment. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to empower the District Councils of Municipal Districts, and Boards of Police of Incorporated Towns in Upper Canada, to impose a Tax on Dogs, within their respective Districts and Towns. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 57 | 1845 | This act permits municipal councils and police boards to enact bylaws concerning dog ownership and licensing, and allowing them to impose punishment on owners who should allow their dogs to run within their jurisdiction unchecked. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the encouragement of Agricultural Societies and Agriculture in Upper Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 54 | 1845 | This act allows for the creation of agricultural societies in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. It specifies how these societies will be funded and organized, but is much less detailed than the act of the same title allowing for the creation of agricultural societies in Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| All Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and better to encourage Agriculture in Lower Canada, by the establishment of Agricultural Societies therein. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 53 | 1845 | This act allows for the establishment of agricultural societies in the part of the province formerly known as Lower Canada. These societies will be given a revenue by the provincial government and will raise funds by subscription, which they will spend on establishing awards for excellence in rearing cattle or produce. The act specifies how these societies are to be organized and how funds are to be collected and disbursed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to suspend for a limited time two certain Ordinances therein mentioned, relating to Winter Roads in that part of the Province heretofore Lower Canada, in so far as regards the District of Quebec, the District of Gaspe, and that part of the District of Three Rivers which is or was in the Municipal District of Portneuf. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 52 | 1845 | This act continues an act passed by the former legislative assembly of Lower Canada, concerning the maintenance and clearing of roads in winter. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue, for a limited time, a certain Ordinance therein mentioned, for regulating the Militia in Lower Canada, and to suspend for a like time a certain provision, of the Militia Law of Upper Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 51 | 1845 | This act continues an act passed by the former legislative assembly of Upper Canada regarding the regulation of the Militia, with some amendments regarding when and how the militia of the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada can be mustered. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for better enforcing the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, for the Regulation of Ferries, and for protecting the rights of the Lessees of Ferries. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 50 | 1845 | This act protects the rights of ferries and ferrymen in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors in Upper Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 48 | 1845 | This act specifies how bankrupts and financial insolvency will be dealt with through the courts in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal and reduce into one Act the several laws now in force for the Preservation of Salmon in that part of this Province formerly Upper Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 47 | 1845 | This act sets limits on salmon fishing in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada, prohibiting the fishing or destruction of salmon at any stage of life between September and March, to buy salmon caught during this period, and prohibits the setting of nets in Twenty Mile Pond. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the Profanation of the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday, in Upper Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 45 | 1845 | This act prevents all forms of trade and labour on Sundays, as well as legislating for the closure of all public houses and taverns, in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent persons riding or driving at a fast rate over Bridges of more than a certain length in Upper Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 44 | 1845 | This act sets speed limits for bridges in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. It sets laws for posting said limits, as well as specifying penalties for anyone who should deface the signs posting those limits. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act the better to facilitate Optional Commutation of the Tenure of Lands en roture, in the Seigniories and Fiefs in Lower Canada into that of franc-aleu roturier. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 42 | 1845 | This act details how to transfer and sell former seigneurial lands in the part of the province formerly known as Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make better Provision for Elementary Instruction in Lower Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 41 | 1845 | This act details the regulation of public education in the former Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Ordinances therein mentioned, and to make better provision for the establishment of Local and Municipal Authorities in Lower Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 40 | 1845 | This act makes provisions for the election of municipal officials in various areas throughout the former Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Fees of certain District Officers in that part of this Province called Upper Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 38 | 1845 | This act fixes certain fees relative to the officers administering justice in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled, “An Act to repeal the laws now in force in that part of this Province formerly Upper Canada, for the recovery of Small Debts, and to make other provisions therefor.” (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 37 | 1845 | This act amends an act passed in the former legislation of Upper Canada, regulating the prosecution, documentation, and fees paid to clerks in order to file the required paperwork when fines are paid and evidence is given in court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to allow the issuing of Testatum Writs of Capias ad Respondendum in the several Districts in Upper Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 36 | 1845 | This act amends certain practices and procedures of the court of the Queen's Bench. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the benefit of a certain Act of Upper Canada therein mentioned, to the Clergymen or Ministers of The Evangelical Association. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 34 | 1845 | This act continues an act passed in Upper Canada which grants certain privileges to members of the Evangelical association. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of a certain Ordinance therein mentioned, and to enable Notaries to act as Clerks of Circuit and Commissioners Courts in Lower Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 33 | 1845 | This act clarifies the role of clerks and notaries in the part of the province formerly known as Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Limitation of Actions, for avoiding Suits at Law, and for rendering a written Memorandum necessary to the validity of certain promises and engagements, in that part of the Province which heretofore constituted the Province of Lower Canada. (29th March, 1845.) | 8 Victoria Chapter 31 | 1845 | This act solidifies the requirements for contracts between merchants and traders in order to make them enforceable. | Early Canadiana Online |