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An Act to ascertain the rate at which certain Coins therein mentioned shall pass current in this Province, and for other purposes. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 5 1830 This Act sets the rates of the silver coins called Pistareens and half Pistareens. This Act also retires certain bank notes as outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the better defence of the Province, and to regulate the Militia thereof. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 3 1830 This Act determines who is liable to serve as militiamen for the Province, and who is to be exempted. Under this Act, all able-bodied men having resided in the Province more than six months, between the ages of 18 and 60, may serve in the militia—except in the cases outlined. This Act outlines how militiamen should be selected, trained, and serve in the case of war or an invasion. This Act is to remain in force until 1832. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the qualification of Justices of the Peace. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 2 1830 This Act reforms how Justices of the Peace are to be appointed with the intention of ensuring only the most qualified persons in the province shall hold that position. This Act specifies land, tenement, or real property requirements for persons appointed as Justices of the Peace. This Act is to remain in force until 1835. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for ascertaining the Population of the several Counties in this Province, and for obtaining certain Statistical information therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 1 1830 An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the more speedy remedy of divers abuses prejudicial to Agricultural Improvement in this Province,” and to make further provision to the same effect. (26th March, 1830.) Early Canadiana Online
An Act relative to Confiscated Estates. Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 10 1829 This act makes legal and financial provisions for owners of properties which have been erroneously seized or sold. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-fourth year of George the Third, entitled, “An Act for the better securing this Province against all seditious attempts or designs to disturb the tranquility thereof.” Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 5 1829 The repeal of an act first passed in 1804 which allowed This act allows senior magistrates to arrest persons not having lived in Upper Canada for at least six months. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to afford greater facility in procuring testimony upon claims to Lands in this Province, by the Heirs or Devisees of the original nominees of the Crown, or their Assignees. Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 4 1829 This act enables all commissioners of the court of the king's bench in the province to hear matters relating to the relief of persons who may be entitled to inherit land where no patents exist, since the prior arrangements allowing one commissioner per district has not been sufficient to meet the demand of claimants. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorise the detention of Debtors in certain cases. Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 2 1829 Due to creditors losing money over the length of time it takes to process debtors through the court system, this act legislates specific time frames for processing debtors, with the caveat that nothing in this act should be construed as permission to skip any of the necessary forms and procedures. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the Admission of the Evidence of Quakers, Menonists, Tunkers and Moravians, in Criminal Cases. Passed 20th March, 1829. 10 George IV – Chapter 1 1829 This act specifies an affirmation which religious sects who are uncomfortable taking an oath due to religious reasons can take in place of an oath for legal purposes. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for rendering valid conveyances of Lands and other immoveable Property held in free and common Soccage within the Province of Lower-Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 9 George IV Chapter 77 1829 This Act declares that all grants, bargains, sales, enfeoffments, alienations, gifts, exchanges, disposals, descents, devises, inheritance, right of dower or other conveyances of land or other immovable properties held in Free and Common Soccage in the Province are to be valid in Law. The processes by which these transfers of property can take place are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to extend certain privileges therein mentioned to the Religious Classes of Persons denominating themselves Wesleyan Methodists. 9 George IV Chapter 76 1829 This Act makes it lawful for Wesleyan Ministers to have and keep registers of marriages, baptisms, burials, and marriages, and gives further direction for how this should be done. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to extend certain Privileges therein mentioned to Persons professing the Jewish Religion and for the obviating certain inconveniences to which others of His Majesty’s Subjects might otherwise be exposed. 9 George IV Chapter 75 1829 This Act extends rights to Jewish British Subjects including provisions for the construction of Synagogues and burial grounds and gives further direction for how registers of births, marriages, and deaths should be kept. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for continuing the Provincial Parliament in case of the death or demise of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors. 9 George IV Chapter 74 1829 Under this Act, the Provincial Parliament is not be dissolved, (that is, to be allowed to continue to meet or to convene) in the event of the Sovereign’s death. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make a new and more convenient subdivision of the Province into Counties, for the purpose of effecting a more equal Representation thereof in the Assembly than heretofore. 9 George IV Chapter 73 1829 This Act redefines the boundaries of several counties in the Province of Lower Canada, for the purpose of electing Members to serve in the Assembly, as the boundaries defined in 1792 have become inconvenient as new settlements have formed. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money towards defraying the expenses of the Civil Government, incurred during the year eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and also certain expenses of preceding years. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 70 1829 This Act, a sum not exceeding nine thousand and thirty-one pounds, three shillings and six pence is to be supplied to defray the Civil Government’s expenses from 1828 not covered by the sums already allotted for that purpose. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make further provision towards defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government for the current year. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 69 1829 This Act, a sum not exceeding fifty-four thousand, five hundred and forty-two pounds, two shillings and six pence is to be supplied to defray the Civil Government’s expenses not covered by the sums already allotted for that purpose. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend and further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled “An Act to continue, for a limited time, and amend certain Acts therein-mentioned relating to the Trial of controverted Elections of Members to serve in the Assembly of this Province.” (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 61 1829 This Act continues and amends the 1825 “Act An Act to continue for a further limited time and amend certain Acts therein mentioned, relating to the Trial of Controverted Elections of Members to serve in the Assembly of this Province.” This Act makes amendments to the processes by which an undue Election can be ascertained. This Act is to remain in force until 1834. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal and amend part of an Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the safe custody and registering of all Letters Patent, whereby any grant of the Waste or other Lands of the Crown, lying within this Province, shall hereafter be made.” (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 56 1829 This Act repeals the second section of the 1796 Act, “An Act for the safe custody and registering of all Letters Patent, whereby any grant of the Waste or other lands of the crown lying within this Province shall hereafter be made.” Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make further provision for the relief of the Indigent Sick, and for the support of Foundlings and others, and to reimburse certain sums of Money advanced for such purposes. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 54 1829 This Act lists several sums of money that are to be applied to several hospitals and religious groups to provide for foundlings and the indigent sick, as described. Restrictions on and directions for how this money should be used are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make further provision for the relief of the Indigent Sick, and for the support of Foundlings and others, and to reimburse certain sums of Money advanced for such purposes. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 54 1829 This Act lists several sums of money that are to be applied to several hospitals and religious groups to provide for foundlings and the indigent sick, as described. Restrictions on and directions for how this money should be used are outlined. Early Canadiana Online