Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ordinance to incorporate the Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, to confirm their Title to the Fief and Seigniory of the Island of Montreal, the Fief and Seigniory of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and the Fief and Seigniory of Saint Sulpice, in this Province; to provide for the gradual extinction Of Seigniorial Rights and Dues, within the Seigniorial limits of the said Fiefs and Seigniories, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 50 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance establishes “The Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal" as an Ecclesiastical Corporation or Body Corporate and Ecclesiastical and confirms the proprietors of the same have right and title to the fiefs and seigneuries held and possessed by them, and gives instruction for how seigneurial or feudal rights and burthens can be extinguished. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate the Practice of the Courts of Judicature in this Province, respecting certain proceedings. | 2 Victoria Chapter 49 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes it lawful for the Clerks or Prothonotaries of the Court of King's Bench or Provincial Court to issue writs of capias ad respondendum and of attachment without the fiat of a judge in certain cases as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to prevent Real Property, under Seizure, from being injured or wasted, to the damage of the party seizing. | 2 Victoria Chapter 48 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, any person who diminishes the value of any immovable property seized in execution of judgement, as described, may be committed to prison for a period not more than six months. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend and continue the Act to regulate the exercise of certain rights of Lessors and Lessees. | 2 Victoria Chapter 47 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 1833 Act, “An Act to regulate the exercise of certain rights of Lessors and Lessees,” and is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate the Currency of this Province. | 2 Victoria Chapter 46 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance replaces the 1808 Act, “An Act for better regulating the weight and rates at which certain Coins shall pass current in this Province, for preventing the falsifying, counterfeiting, or impairing of the same, and for repealing the Act and Ordinance therein mentioned,” and clarifies rates of exchange between currencies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue the Act to provide less expensive means for the recovery of Wages due to Seamen of vessels belonging to or registered in this Province. | 2 Victoria Chapter 45 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues the 1836 Act, “An Act to provide less expensive means for the recovery of Wages due to Seamen of vessels belonging to or registered in this Province,” which is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 44 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends an ordinance passed earlier in this session, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein" and is to remain in force until 1842. This Ordinance clarifies that all vessels travelling on Lake Champlain from any place in the United States are subject to the regulations outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain Sums therein mentioned to the encouragement of Education. | 2 Victoria Chapter 43 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides several sums, listed, to schools within the province to be used for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the schools. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain sums of money to the support of certain Charitable Institutions. | 2 Victoria Chapter 42 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides several sums, as listed, to support charitable institutions in the province, to be put to the purposes described. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to remove certain doubts as to the extension of the benefit of the Warehousing system, established by a certain Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the third and fourth years of His late Majesty’s Reign, to duties imposed by Provincial Acts. | 2 Victoria Chapter 41 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance suspends several sections of “An Act to regulate the Trade of the British Possessions abroad,” relating to warehouses and the warehousing of goods. | Early Canadiana Online |