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 explain doubts which have arisen respecting the right of persons holding a Licence to keep a House of Public Entertainment to Retail Spirituous Liquors to be consumed out of their houses without any additional Licence. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 8 | 1821 | This Act permits the owners of Public Houses to sell certain alcoholic beverages for consumption outside of their retail establishments without requiring a separate license. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relative to the Service of Process issuing out of His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench and the several District Courts in this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1821 | This Act stipulates that only sheriffs and their employees will qualify for reimbursement for travel or other expenses incurred in providing legal service in situations where such is requested in stead of the services of a less qualified official more locally. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act for vesting in Commissioners the Estates of certain Traitors and also the Estates of Persons declared Aliens by an Act passed in the fifty-fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled ‘An Act to declare certain persons therein described Aliens and to vest their Estates in His Majesty, and for applying the proceeds thereof towards compensating the Losses which His Majesty’s Subjects have sustained in consequence of the late war, and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful debts and claims thereupon.” Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1821 | This Act allows Commissioners to vest in bona fide purchasers, title to the lands they have purchased that previously belonged to landholders now deemed to be aliens. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make more effectual regulations relating to Pilots within this Province. Passed the 20th of March 1821. | 2 George IV Chapter 6 | 1821 | This act repeals all exisiting legislation governing ship pilots and creates a new system of rules directing their appointment and behaviour, and penalties for violations. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821. |
| An Act to authorise the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government of this Province, to borrow a sum of money upon the securities therein mentioned, to be applied in discharging the arrearages due to Militia Pensioners. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 5 | 1821 | This Act authorizes the government of Upper Canada to borrow up to 25,000 pounds to pay overdue military pensions. It delineates the terms of the loan(s) and their respective repayment(s). | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the services of the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and for defraying the expenses and travelling charges of the Members of the said House attending in General Assembly. Passed the 20th of March, 1821. | 2 George IV Chapter 5 | 1821 | This acts awards the assemblymen money to defray their travel expenses to attend the House sessions. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821. |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the fifty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled ‘An Act to provide for the maintenance of persons disabled, and the widows and children of such persons as may be killed in his Majesty’s Service,” and also an Act passed in the fifty-sixth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to repeal part of and to alter and amend the Laws now in force for granting Pensions to persons disabled in the Service, and the widows and children of persons who may have been killed in the Service, and to extend the provisions of the same” and an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to repeal part of and amend an Act passed in the fifty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled ‘An Act to repeal part of and to alter and amend the Laws now in force for granting Pensions to persons disabled in the Service, and the widows and children of persons who may have been killed in the Service, and to extend the provisions of the same’ and to make provision for granting Pensions to persons disabled in the Service, and to the widows and children of persons who may have been killed in the Service, or who may have died while in captivity with the enemy, during the late War with the United States of America.” Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1821 | This Act repeals several previous Acts relating to military pensions, and specifies the means by which one may now qualify for such a pension. The Act is meant to apply for four years plus the time until the conclusion of the next legislative term, and was born of the need to reduce the amount of government money being spent on military pensions. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the preservation of the Red and Fallow Deer. Passed the 20th of March, 1821. | 2 George IV Chapter 3 | 1821 | This act makes it illegal to kill and sell Red and Fallow Deer in New Brunswick. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821. |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the thirty-eighth year of His late Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act for the better division of this Province’’ and to make further provision for the Division of the same into Counties and Districts. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1821 | This Act specifies geographical divisions and associations (such as townships and counties, and townships within counties) in various parts of Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the Improvement of the Internal Navigation of this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 2 | 1821 | This Act, to be in effect for three years, makes plans to survey the potential routes for a canal system running from Lake Erie to the eastern border of Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue for a limited time two certain Acts therein-mentioned, for regulating and facilitating the Trial of controverted Elections or returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 21 | 1821 | An act to revive and continue an two acts originally passed in 1808 and 1818. The 1808 act "An Act to regulate the Trial of controverted Elections or Returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly of Lower-Canada" specifies standards for petitions complaining of undue elections of Members to the House of Assembly. Restrictions including the contents, allowable dates for petitions, and a fee to bring forward a petition were also outlined in the original act. The 1818 act "An Act to facilitate the Trial of controverted Elections or Returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly" is also renewed under this act. These acts are to expire in 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to reimburse a certain sum of Money therein-mentioned, to His Majesty’s Government, and to make further provision for the relief of Insane Persons and for the support of Foundlings and others therein-mentioned. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 18 | 1821 | An Act to reimburse funds in the amount of sum of six thousand seven hundred pounds, two shillings and five pence half penny given in 1819 and 1820 for the relief of Insane Persons and Foundlings in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivières. The Act also makes it lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or person Administering the Government of the Province to issue an amount not exceeding two thousand and thirty pounds in the District of Quebec, fifteen hundred pounds in the District of Montreal, and five hundred sixty-seven pounds in the District of Trois-Rivières in 1821. Additionally, a sum not exceeding three hundred and thirty-six pounds is granted towards completing repairs to cells for the reception and relief of Insane persons and the General Hospital near Quebec.The expenses are to be recorded and presented at the ensuing Session of the Legislature of the Province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time two certain Acts therein-mentioned, relating to Houses of Correction in the several Districts in this Province. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 13 | 1821 | An Act to further continue a former Act from 1817, amended in 1818, and continued in 1819 that provided temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières. The 1818 Act revised the budget for each district's temporary gaol and provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described. By the 1817 Act committees are required to give an annual report of their expenses and processes by which the committees are to be appointed and proceed were also outlined. The act is to expire in 1823. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to extend for a limited time, the duration of an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to grant new Duties to His Majesty to supply the wants of the Province.” (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 12 | 1821 | An act to further continue an act originally passed in 1815 and continued in 1817 and 1819. The original act imposed new duties on items including varies teas, wines, molasses, and syrups. The rates of these duties were also set. The act also specified the processes by which licenses for auctioning the goods subject to these duties are to be obtained, including the oath or affirmation auctioneers must swear to when rendering their accounts to the Receiver General. This act is to expire in 1822. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Third, intituled, “An Act to impose certain Duties on divers articles therein mentioned, and to regulate for a limited time the trade with the United-States of America, by Land or by Inland Navigation, and to suspend certain Acts and Ordinances therein-mentioned.” (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 10 | 1821 | An Act to continue an Act from 1819 that imposed duties on articles including grains, ship timber, fruits, among others until 1822. The original Act outlined rates for duties and the articles to which they apply, and suspended several former ordinances. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for appointing Commissioners to treat with Commissioners appointed or to be appointed on the part of the Province of Upper-Canada, for the purposes therein-mentioned. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 9 | 1821 | This Act appoints Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau, and Austin Cuvillier, John Davidson, John Neilson and George Garden, Esquires as commissioners to represent Lower Canada and who are empowered to meet, treat, and consult with commissioners from Upper-Canada regarding trade regulations and duties between the provinces. This Act is to expire in 1823. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal and amend certain parts of an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the Division of the Province of Lower-Canada, for amending the Judicature thereof, and for repealing certain Laws therein-mentioned.” (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 8 | 1821 | An Act to repeal certain articles from an Act from 1793 that divided Lower Canada into three districts and established a court of King's Bench in each. This Act repeals and replaces the terms by which any Writ of Habeas shall be made returnable. Under this Act, the powers and authority granted to Chief Justices under the original Act may also be excercied by Puisné Justices and Provincial Judges. |
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| An Act to encourage the practice of Vaccine Inoculation and to appropriate a certain sum of money for that purpose. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 7 | 1821 | An Act to apply the sum of fifteen hundred pounds through the province to defray the expenses necessary to fight against the extension of smallpox and to diffuse the practice of vaccine inoculation. The distribution of these funds between the districts of Quebec, Montrèal, Trois-Rivières, and Gaspé is described. The Act outlines how “The Board to provide against the extension of the Small-pox, to promote Vaccine Inoculation” is to be appointed and their responsibilities. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act further to encourage Agriculture in this Province. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 5 | 1821 | An Act to grant a sum further than the two thousand pounds granted by a former Act in 1818 to Agricultural societies and for the creation of new Auxiliary Agricultural Societies within the province. Allowances for the districts of Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and Montreal, and Inferior District of Gaspé are described, as well as how the money is to be used. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, three Acts therein-mentioned, for better regulating the Militia of this Province. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 4 | 1821 | An act to continue a former act originally passed in 1803 “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned,” which was amended in 1819. The act declares that all men between the ages of eighteen and fifty are to be militia men, bound to serve in their division's militia.The act also outlines who is to be excepted from this law, how order is to be maintained, and how these men are to be enrolled and trained. This act makes it lawful for men drawn for service to present a substitute in their stead. These acts are to continue in force until 1823. | Early Canadiana Online |