Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act respecting the Transportation of Convicts. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 7 | 1837 | This act legalizes deportation from the province as a punishment and enumerates the procedures necessary to undertake in order to banish a prisoner. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the issue of Private Bank Notes in this Province. Passed 22d July 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1837 | An act preventing the use of private notes as form of payment within the province, no matter what form of currency the note may be drawn upon. This act also specifies the punishment for those who would attempt to break this law. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Great Roads of Communication through this Province. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act which repeals prior acts relating to the building and repairing of roads, and which enacts new laws concerning maintenance, repair, and building of roads in various districts across the province, who is to supervise this work, and who is responsible for the maintenance. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide more effectually for the Punishment of certain Offences, and to enable the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province, to commute the sentence of Death, in certain cases, for other Punishment in this Act mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 6 | 1837 | This act permits the Governor or Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada to commute the sentence of anybody who has been sentenced to death for any crime except murder or high treason. It lists the crimes which are included under this act, and further specifies that the court of Quarter Sessions, and other court of similar jurisdiction, cannot imprison someone for more than two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Landlord and Tenant. Passed 22d July 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1837 | An act clarifying the rights of tenancy in the province, specifying court procedures available to tenants who wish to pursue specific grievances against landlords in court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act to provide for collection of the Revenue of the Province. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1837 | This is an amendment to an act passed in 1836 called "An Act to provide for the collection of the Revenue of the Province" (6 William IV Chapter 4), nullifying the sixth clause and modifying the twenty-eight, along with adding new clauses granting new powers to local officials in certain jurisdictions. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law respecting Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 5 | 1837 | This act regulates against the requirement to produce evidence of presentment when attempting to cash in promissory notes or bills of exchange. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for opening and repairing Roads and erecting Bridges throughout this Province. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act allowing the disbursement of public revenue for the repairing and expansion of roads. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to abolish the distinction between Grand and Petit Larceny, and to enable the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to try all cases of Simple Larceny, under certain restrictions, and to amend the Law respecting the punishment of Larceny. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 4 | 1837 | This act abolishes the distinction between grand larceny and petit larceny, making all acts of larceny equal under the law. It also empowers the courts of Quarter Sessions to try both those who are accused of larceny and accessories to larceny, and specifies sentences for those found guilty. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the appointment of Commissioners to examine and report upon the Casual Revenue Accounts. Passed 22nd July 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1837 | An act appointing three or more commissioners to report on the revenues of crown lands in the province of New Brunswick for the years 1831 through 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act to appropriate public funds in payment of various public services provided by the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to restrain the provisions of the fifth section of an Act, intituled “An Act for the support of the Civil Government in this Province,” and to establish sundry regulations for the future disposal of Crown Lands and Timber in certain cases. Passed 22d July 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1837 | This act nullifies the fifth section of "An Act for the support of the Civil Government in this Province," replacing it with new clauses containing greater detail of how the province is to deal with the resources of ungranted crown lands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue to the payment of the Ordinary Services of the Province. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1837 | This act appropriates public funds for the payment of various provincial services, as well as pensions to specific people who have served the province or the government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Establish a Court of Chancery in this Province. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 2 | 1837 | This act establishes a court of chancery in Upper Canada, with similar powers to that of England. It details who will sit on the court, its jurisdiction and powers, who has the right to practice within the court, and many other details regarding the court of Chancery. The court primarily deals with matters of property and equity. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the support of the Civil Government in this Province. Passed 17th July 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1837 | The leasing of Crown Lands to the Province of New Brunswick for the purpose of lumbering, with specific amounts to be paid to the crown versus the province annually. The Lieutenant Governor of the province may approve other uses of these lands as he and the Legislative Assembly see fit, but only by following the proper procedures laid out by this legislative act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act imposing duties upon certain articles imported into this Province. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act imposing duties on trade goods imported into the province, effective for one year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to increase the present number of the Judges of His Majesty's Court of King’s Bench in this Province; to alter the Terms for the sitting of the said Court; and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1837 | This act appoints more provincial judges, specifying salary for said judges, and various other matters regarding procedures and court schedules. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled “An Act to repeal all the laws now in force for regulating, laying out and repairing Highways and Roads, and for appointing Commissioners and Surveyors of Highways in the several Towns and Parishes in this Province, and to make more effectual provisions for the same,” so far as the same relates to the Parish of Portland in the County of Saint John. Passed 22d July 1837. | 7 Victoria Chapter 12 (Session 2) | 1837 | An act amending an act passed in 1835 concerning the laying out and repairing of roads and aboiteaux. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing the General Assembly in this Province, in case of the demise of the Crown. Passed 1st March 1837 | 1 Victoria Chapter 56 (1837) | 1837 | This act makes provisions for the assembly to continue sitting even after the death of the current monarch, and that of his successors. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Act in addition to and in amendment of the Laws now in force for regulating Elections of Representatives to serve in General Assembly in this Province. Passed 1st March 1837. | 1 Victoria Chapter 55 (1837) | 1837 | This act creates new regulations for the administration and oversight of elections. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |