An Ordinance to suspend for a limited time certain parts of two Ordinances therein mentioned, as far as the same relate to the City of Montreal, and to establish a Society therein for preventing accidents by Fire.

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    2 Victoria Chapter 8 (Session 4)
  • Year
    1839
  • Concepts
    Public Order
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Local
  • Number of Articles
    29
  • Description
    This Ordinance suspends and replaces the 1777 Act, “An Ordinance for preventing accidents by Fire,” and the 1790 Act, “An Act or Ordinance to amend an Actor Ordinance for preventing accidents by Fire, passed in the seventeenth year of His Majesty’s Reign,” as relates to the appointment of an Overseer for Montreal for a limited time. The Ordinance outlines the duties and operation of the "Fire Society" who are to assume the Overseer's role. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842.
  • Source
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