Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ordinance to amend the Laws relative to Winter Roads. | 4 Victoria Chapter 33 (Session 6) | 1841 | Under this Ordinance, overseers of highways are to enforce the terms of the 1840 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to provide for the improvement during the winter season, of the Queen’s Highways in this Province and for other purposes," as amended. This Ordinance clarifies certain terms of the 1840 Ordinance. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend the Ordinance to Incorporate the City and Town of Montreal. | 4 Victoria Chapter 32 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance amends and repeals several sections of the 1840 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to incorporate the City and Town of Montreal" relating to the administration of the city and how the council and aldermen are to be elected. The Ordinance also makes amendments to the operation of the "Fire Society." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend the Ordinance to Incorporate the City and Town of Quebec. | 4 Victoria Chapter 31 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance amends and repeals several sections of the 1840 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to incorporate the City and Town of Quebec" relating to the administration of the city and how the council and aldermen are to be elected. The Ordinance also makes amendments to the operation of the "Fire Society." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to prescribe and regulate the Registering of Titles to Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Real or Immoveable Estates, and of Charges and Incumbrances on the same: and for the alteration and improvement of the law, in certain particulars, in relation to the Alienation and Hypothecation of Real Estates, and the Rights and Interest acquired therein. | 4 Victoria Chapter 30 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance clearly defines how property can be inherited, registered, as well as the extent of hypothecary rights and claims, and other ways property is transferred, to prevent the fraudulent conveyance of real estate. Penalties for those found to defy the terms of this Ordinance are outlined as well as the limits of the terms outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to make further provision for the effectual improvement of the internal communications between this Province and New Brunswick. | 4 Victoria Chapter 29 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance provides a sum not exceeding five thousand pounds towards improving and completing the Temiscouata Portage Road and towards improving or making other roads along the Madawaska River as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend the Law relative to the granting of Licences to keep houses of public entertainment, and to enable the Magistrates resident in the City of Montreal, to hold another special session for granting certificates, on which such Licences may be granted during the present year. | 4 Victoria Chapter 28 (Session 6) | 1841 | Under this Ordinance, magistrates in the City of Montreal are empowered to grant more licences for keeping houses of public entertainment as he sees fit under the terms outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize and enable the Corporation of the City of Montreal, to erect a Public Edifice in the said City, for certain purposes. | 4 Victoria Chapter 27 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance provides for the erection of a public edifice to house the city call, merchants exchange, Trinity House, post office, and meeting spaces, as well as a library and museum, as detailed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to facilitate the Dispatch of the Business now before the Court of King’s Bench for the District of Montreal. | 4 Victoria Chapter 26 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance makes provision for the appointment of a Commissioner of the Inferior Term of the Court of King’s Bench for the District of Montreal who is to sit and act as judge in certain cases. The salary and powers vested in the Commissioner are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the re-payment of a certain sum therein mentioned, advanced out of the Military Chest, for certain Provincial purposes. | 4 Victoria Chapter 25 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance provides a sum not exceeding eight hundred and forty-nine pounds to repay the sum advanced to pay for furniture for the Government Houses in the Province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the transfer of the property of the Old Gaol in the City of Montreal, to the principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance. | 4 Victoria Chapter 24 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance makes provision for the evaluation and transfer of the property of the lot provided for the construction of a jail in Montreal under the 1805 Act, “An Act to provide for the erecting of a Common Gaol in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal respectively, and the means for defraying the expenses thereof.” | Early Canadiana Online |