Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to repeal an Ordinance therein-mentioned, and to provide more ample Regulations respecting Surveyors and the admeasurement of Lands. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 20 | 1824 | An Act to repeal and replace an Act from 1785 “An Ordinance concerning Land Surveyors and the admeasurement of Lands.” Under this Act, further regulations for Land Surveyors are put in place, including their level of education and minimum age requirements. The revised duties, restrictions, and rights of Land Surveyors are outlined. This Act is to expire in 1828. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Continue and Amend an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of His Late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Continue the Laws now in force for granting an additional Duty on Shop Licences,” and to require Persons selling Spirituous Liquors’ by Whole Sale to take out a Licence for that purpose. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1824 | The continuation of an act first passed in 1818 pertaining the acquiring of licenses by shop keepers and the duties imposed on these shop licenses, with amendments and additions of clauses pertaining to the selling of liquor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the manner in which the Justices of the Peace are annually, to account for Fines and Penalties by them imposed and levied pursuant to Law, and for other, purposes. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 19 | 1824 | An Act to regulate the manner in which the Justices of the Peace are to proceed in cases of Convictions, and to account for the fines imposed, levied and received by them by causing them to keep a register. The manner in which these registers are to be kept and how they should be recorded are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, the several Acts, now in force, for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1824 | A continuation of an act passed in 1822, which amends past acts concerning the mandatory labour required of residents to maintain roads, highways and bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Repeal part of, Continue, and Amend the Laws now in force imposing a Duty on Licences to Innkeepers within this Province. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1824 | This act continues certain clauses and repeals other clauses of an act first passed in 1822 which imposes a duty on the licenses required for Innkeepers to operate within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and continue the several Acts to provide for the greater security of this Province by a better regulation of the Militia, and to repeal the Militia Laws now in force. | 4 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1824 | A continuation of an 1821 act, which consolidated all past militia laws in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend certain parts of an Act passed in the forty-first year of the Reign of his late Majesty George the Third, Chapter Seventeenth, which directs the Circuit Courts to be held in the School Houses erected under the said Act. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 18 | 1824 | An Act to amend an Act originally passed in 1801, "An Act for the establishment of Free Schools and the advancement of Learning in this Province." This Act provides that the Circuit Court may be held in the Hall or Apartment of the Presbytery or Parsonage House or any other fit place within the limits of the said Parish, where the former Act stipulated that it was to be held at the School House, in some cases found to be insufficient. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act to provide for the Accommodation and Billetting of His Majesty’s Troops, or of the Militia, when on their march from one part of the Province to another; and also the Acts in amendment thereof. | 4 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1824 | This Act continues an act making provision for militiamen to be billeted when marching from one part of the province to another for one year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide more effectual means than heretofore have been, to compel, in the proper Jurisdiction, the appearance of Defendants residing in different Districts, who ought to be joined in the same Cause. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 17 | 1824 | An Act to allow persons who ought to be joined in the same Action as Defendants, who reside in different Districts, to be joined under the same Action to be held in the court where it was instituted. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act more effectually to secure the payment of the Provincial Duties of Excise, and to prevent Frauds in the collection of the Provincial Revenue.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1824 | A continuation of an act passed in 1822, which imposes harsher penalties for merchants who try to sell imported goods which are subject to import tax without having paid the applicable duties in order to impede the smuggling occurring in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Continue for a limited time an Act passed in the Second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to make Provision for the Improvement of the Internal Navigation of this Province, as amended by an Act passed in the Third Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act to Amend and Extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the Second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act to make Provision for the Improvement of the Internal Navigation of this Province, (except so much thereof as is thereby repealed,) and to grant a further sum of money for such Improvement.’ ” Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1824 | This act continues an act passed in 1822 which made plans to survey the potential routes for a canal system running from Lake Erie to the eastern border of Upper Canada. It grants a further sum of one thousand pounds, and calls for a survey to be done in Presqu'ile Harbour and at the head of the bay of Quinte in order to connect the two by a navigable canal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Expenditure of Monies hereafter to be appropriated for the Service of Roads and Bridges. | 4 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1824 | This act regulates the appointment of local commissioners to supervise the construction and the expenditure of money granted to improve and construct roads. The responsibilities of the commissioners, as well as the criteria which need to be met by anyone who would be appointed a commissioner, are specified by the act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of the Province, to restore Goods and Vessels seized to the Proprietor or Proprietors, on the terms and conditions therein-mentioned. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 14 | 1824 | This Act clarifies the terms by which Goods seized under circumstances wherein it would be just and reasonable that relief should be afforded should be returned to the proprietor or proprietors from who they were seized. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government are authorized to order any Goods or Commodities whatever, or any Ships, Vessels, Boats, Horses, Cattle or Carriages, which shall have been seized by Customs Officers or other individuals allowed to do so under other Acts or Ordinances to be restored to the proprietor or proprietors. The Act specifies that is the proprietor or proprietors accept the terms and conditions prescribed by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government that they shall not have, or be entitled to any recompence or damage on account of the seizure or detention of such Goods or Commodities, Ships, Vessels, Boats, Horses, Cattle or Carriages. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Repeal an Act passed in the Forty-Fourth Fear of His Late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Promulgate the Provincial Statutes, and also to Repeal so much of an Act passed in the Forty-First Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty as relates to Printing the Journals;” and to provide more adequate Remuneration for Printing Annually the Statutes of this Province. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1824 | This act repeals an act passed in 1804 and passes a new clause which stipulates that the printer of the journals of the Legislative Assembly will forward the bill and be reimbursed the costs, rather than being allotted a pre-determined budget. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the proceedings against the Estate and Effects of Debtors, in certain cases. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 13 | 1824 | An Act to facilitate the judgement of debtors who conceal themselves or depart the province, outlining how court dates should be announced and the processes by which debtors should be tried in the event that they fail to appear. The Act clarifies that the Estate, Debts and Effects of all and every person or persons residing out of this Province, shall also be subject and liable to be taken, seized, proceeded against and sold for the payment and satisfaction of their debts. This Act is to expire in 1828. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Prohibit Banks from Carrying on Business in this Province, that do not return their Notes in Specie within the same. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1824 | This act prohibits banks or anybody acting on behalf of banks who do not use the provincial currency from operating within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of His late Majesty George the Second, entitled, “An Act for regulating the rates and prices of Carriages.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1824 | A continuation of an amended 1759 act passed in 1809, which restricts the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend a certain Act therein-mentioned, relating to Voluntary Sheriff’s Sales, (Décrêts Volontaires). (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 12 | 1824 | An Act to amend an Act passed in 1823, “An Act to render Voluntary Sheriffs’ Sales, (Décrêts Volontaires,) more easy and less expensive.” Under this Act, Sheriffs are not entitled to a fee, Commission, or Poundage in the case of voluntary sheriff's sales. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Compensate the Services of the Commissioners of Customs. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1824 | An act providing for the payment of ten shillings per day of collection to the commissioners of customs by the Inspector General of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making further provision with respect to persons to be hereafter appointed Inspectors of Pot and Pearl Ashes. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 11 | 1824 | Under this Act, all Licences or Commissions heretofore issued to any Inspector or Inspectors of Pot and Pearl Ashes in this Province are nullified. The processes by which the Board of Examiners from the City of Montreal is to be appointed are outlined, including their oaths. This Act is to expire in 1828. | Early Canadiana Online |