Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act granting to His Majesty a certain sum of money to defray the expenses of the Civil Government for the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-six, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 9th December, 1836. | 7 William IV – Chapter 111 | 1837 | This act specifies payments for services rendered to the legislative assembly in 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a Salary to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 110 | 1837 | This act makes available a salary for the clerk of the crown in Chancery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed during the last Session of the Legislature, entitled, ‘An Act granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money, for the Improvement of the Roads and Bridges in the several Districts of this Province.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 107 | 1837 | This is an amendment to an act passed in 1836, which granted specific sums of money allocated to various areas of the province to be used for the improvement of roads and bridges. This new revised act specifically names the amounts to be parceled to each district, the roads which are to be improved, and the commissioners who will be in charge of overseeing the improvements. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of Money for the support of Common Schools, for the Year 1837. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 105 | 1837 | This act provides specific sums of money to the various school districts of the province for their upkeep and to pay teachers' salaries. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remunerate the Honorable John Henry Dunn, for Services rendered to this Province. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 101 | 1837 | This act reimburses John Henry Dunn, the receiver general of the province, for having gone to England in order to negotiate favourable loans on behalf of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of Money, for the purpose of Purchasing Books for the Library, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 99 | 1837 | This act grants a sum of money to purchase books for the legislative library. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the payment of Light-house Keepers in this Province; to maintain Lights in the several Light-houses, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 96 | 1837 | This act provides a salary for various lighthouse keepers throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of Money for the erection of certain Light-houses, within the Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 95 | 1837 | This act dispenses funds for the construction of various lighthouses throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act providing for the support of the Provincial Penitentiary.Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 90 | 1837 | This act grants a sum not exceeding five thousand pounds to support the services and staff of provincial penitentiary. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for a Survey of the Ottawa River, and the Country bordering on it, together with the Country and Waters lying between that River and Lake Huron. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 57 | 1837 | This act calls for a survey of the Ottawa river and the surrounding countryside, including tributary streams, and the land between the river and Lake Huron. The purpose of the survey is to determine the best way to open navigation between the two bodies of water. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Acadian Company. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 42 (Session 1) | 1837 | This Act incorporates the Acadian Company, detailing the value of stock, management of shareholders, and conduct of company. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, intituled “An Act relating to insolvent confined Debtors.” Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 33 (Session 1) | 1837 | An amendment to an act passed in 1836 (6 William IV Chapter 41) | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Bank Notes. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 32 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act regulating the use of bank notes, and specifying procedures which must take place for bank notes to be considered valid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, An Act for Licensing Ale and Beer Houses. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 28 | 1837 | This act continues, without any amendment, an act first passed in 1823 and last continued in 1832, which regulates the production, sale, and taxation of various forms of alcohol. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, “An Act to impose an additional Duty on Licenses to vend Wines, Brandy, and Spirituous Liquors.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 27 | 1837 | This act continues, without any amendment, an act first passed in 1832 which increased the cost of a license for the sale of certain types of alcohol, placed penalties on anyone selling alcohol on a steamboat without a license, and directed the revenue raised under the terms of this Act toward road and bridge repair. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time An Act entitled, “An Act to promote the Public Health, and to guard against Infectious Diseases in this Province.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 26 | 1837 | This act continues an act first passed in 1835 which appointed three or more health officers in every town of the province, and specified what they are empowered to do as health officers. It is continued without any amendments. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the additional Terms of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Kent. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 24 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act amending the dates on which the court of common pleas can be held. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Erection, and provide for the Maintenance of Houses of Industry, in the several Districts of this Province. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 24 | 1837 | This act sets out rules and regulations for the funding, building, and maintaining for public work houses, where people who are otherwise incapable of supporting themselves but still able-bodied will be employed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish Agricultural Societies, and to encourage Agriculture in the several Districts of this Province. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 23 | 1837 | This act establishes agricultural societies in each district in order to encourage agricultural development throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to compel Vessels to carry a Light during the Night, and to make sundry provisions to regulate the Navigation of the Waters of this Province. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 22 | 1837 | This act aims to make boats and passenger wharves and gangways safer by legislating lights on all watercrafts after dark, "dark" being defined as one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. It also requires secured gangways and handrails with sufficient lighting on wharves and gangways, as well as other matters regarding security while navigating provincial waters. | Early Canadiana Online |