Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale, Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act in further amendment to an Act, made in the third and fourth years of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 51 George III – Chapter 21 | 1811 | This Act amends the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," already amended several times. The present amendment concerns fines imposed by assessors, and the appointment of said assessors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to relieve certain Persons who have now on hand a quantity of Pickled Fish, packed in Barrels under the size appointed by Law. | 51 George III – Chapter 20 | 1811 | This act allows merchants to export any pickled fish that they have had in their possession for a specified amount of time without a certificate from an inspector, in order to clear out a backlog of inventory. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, and in addition to, and amendment of, the several Acts of the General Assembly, for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. | 51 George III – Chapter 19 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and continue an Act, passed in the fiftieth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to encourage the Fisheries of this Province.” | 51 George III – Chapter 18 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts of the General Assembly, for raising a Revenue to repair the Roads throughout the Province, by laying a Duty on Persons hereafter to be Licensed to keep Public Houses or Shops for the retail of Spirituous Liquors. | 51 George III – Chapter 17 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, for granting to His Majesty certain duties on Wine, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee, and Brown Sugar. | 51 George III – Chapter 16 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for imposing an additional duty of Excise on Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, and for appropriating the same. | 51 George III – Chapter 15 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of insane persons and for the support of Foundlings and others therein mentioned. (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 15 | 1811 | An Act to provide support to people of "deranged Intellect," incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief, as the most recent act for the purpose (passed 1808) was to expire. This Act grants a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds per annum for the benefit of foundlings or the mentally infirm and dictates who will be responsible to administer this money. The Act also makes it lawful for Commissioners to bind out foundlings of a proper age as apprentices. The Act is to expire in 1813. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting a Province House, on the ground where the old Government House now stands, for the meeting of the different Branches of the Legislature and other public purposes. | 51 George III – Chapter 14 | 1811 | This act establishes a location for a new province house to be built. A basic outline is laid out for the building, along with some rudimentary dimensions, and commissioners are appointed to oversee the project. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time and amend an Act passed in the forty eighth year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for the better regulation of the Lumber Trade.” (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 14 | 1811 | An Act to continue an Act originally passed in 1808 by the same name. The original Act placed regulations on the export of certain types of lumber and made it lawful for the governor to appoint Master Cullers and Measurers of boards and planks, staves, timber, and masts and spars at the ports of Montreal and Quebec. Expectations and duties for these positions and standards for lumber being exported were outlined. This Act amends certain measures within the original Act and is to expire in 1813. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage the raising of Bread Corn on New Lands. | 51 George III – Chapter 13 | 1811 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue in force the several laws empowering the Justices of the Peace to make Rules and Regulations of Police within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and Town of Three Rivers, and also Rules and Regulations for the Government of Apprentices and others; and for extending Regulations of Police to other Towns and Villages in certain cases, and which amends one of the said Acts. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 13 | 1811 | An Act to extend "An Act to provide for the more effectual regulation of the Police within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and Town of Three Rivers; also for extending Regulations of Police to other Towns and villages in certain cases; and for repealing the Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned,” passed in 1802 and continued in 1807. The former Act outlined the rules police in localities throughout the province must abide by, including that laws must be announced before they are enforced and that financial penalties cannot exceed five pounds, except in the circumstances described. The Act is to expire in May 1813. The Act repeals certain measures of the original Act. The Act also extends "“An Act to empower the Justices of the peace to make for a limited time Rules and Regulations for the Government of Apprentices and others,” originally passed in 1802. The original Act granted Justices of the Peace the authority to regulate apprentices, domestics, hired servants, journeymen, and their masters and mistresses. It outlined the permissible punishments for apprentices, domestics, hired servants, or journeymen who break the rules and regulations. This Act is continued until 1815. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better Regulation of Pilots and Shipping in the Port of Quebec and in the Harbours of Quebec and Montreal; and for improving the Navigation of the River Saint Lawrence, and for establishing a Fund for decayed Pilots, their Widows and Children.” (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 12 | 1811 | An Act to amend a former Act passed in 1805, aspects of which had been found inadequate. The manner that funds for the Trinity House of Quebec were to be collected was amended. The Act makes it lawful for the Trinity House to arrest Branch Pilots condemned by Judgement to fines and penalties. The Act also allows the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Government to distribute pilot licenses to fill vacancies and sets new restrictions on the distribution of pilot licenses. Restrictions on the number of apprentices pilots may have are set. The rights of the Trinity House Corporation are clarified and extended, and penalties for tampering with navigational landmarks, buoys, and the like are set. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more easy recovery of Debts against Co-Partners and Joint Debtors. | 51 George III – Chapter 10 | 1811 | This act makes it easier to proceed against debtors who hold debt jointly, whether they be in province or out of province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for preventing the forging and counterfeiting of foreign Bills of Exchange and of foreign Promissory Notes and Orders for the payment of Money. (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 10 | 1811 | This Act outlines the charges to be laid against anyone within Lower Canada found to forge, counterfeit, or knowingly obtain and distribute false currency. Those taken to be guilty are to be charged with a Misdemeanour and a Breach of the Peace and sentenced up to two years in prison, publicly whipped, or both at the first offence. If an individual should be charged a second time, they are to be found guilty of a felony and receive more severe sentences. The Act also implements measures to make it more difficult to procure the equipment necessary to forge currency. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish Grammar Schools in several Counties and Districts of this Province. | 51 George III – Chapter 9 | 1811 | This act establishes the regulations for the establishment of grammar schools (or secondary schools) throughout the province. The appointment of trustees given the responsibility of establishing and maintaining these schools is left up to the executive, rather than being a responsibility handed to the community as was done for primary schools in 51 Geo.III cap 8. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the forty third year of his Majesty’s reign, intituled: “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts of Ordinances therein mentioned.” (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 9 | 1811 | An Act to continue, for a limited time, a former Act from 1803. The original Act declares that all men between the ages of eighteen and sixty 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. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Ordinance of the Province of Quebec, passed in the seventeenth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance for ascertaining damages on Protested Bills of Exchange, and fixing the rate of Interest in the Province of Quebec;’’ also, to ascertain damages on Protested Bills of Exchange, and fixing the rate of Interest in this Province. (Passed 13th March, 1811.) | 51 George III – Chapter 9 | 1811 | An amendment to a past act which standardizes the exchange rate on foreign bills. The amendment clarifies the procedures to be followed in cases of dispute, and defines rates of interest to be charged in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Encouraging the Establishment of Schools throughout the Province. | 51 George III – Chapter 8 | 1811 | This act empowers townships, districts or settlements of at least 30 families to establish their own schools. The process for the establishment of these schools is laid out within the act, from raising the funds to support such a school to appointing trustees to manage the schools. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to repeal the several Acts now in force in this Province, relative to Rates and Assessments, and also to particularize the Property Real and Personal, which during the continuance thereof, shall he subject to Rates and Assessments, and fixing the several valuations at which each and every particular of such property shall be Rated and Assessed,” and to make further provision for the same. (Passed March 13th, 1811.) | 51 George III – Chapter 8 | 1811 | An act to modify as well as standardize property assessments throughout the province, with detailed table of rates attached. | Early Canadiana Online |