Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the fortieth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to give further powers to the Executive Government to prevent the introduction or spreading of infectious or contagious diseases in this Province.” (14th. April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 18 | 1808 | An Act to extend a former act passed in 1800, “An Act to give further powers to the Executive Government to prevent the introduction or spreading of infectious or contagious diseases in this Province,” without amendments, for a limited time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the forty-fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the preservation of Apple Trees in the Parish of Montreal.” (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 17 | 1808 | An Act to continue an Act passed in 1805, “An Act for the preservation of Apple Trees in the Parish of Montreal," for a limited time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise Jacques Morin, Junior, to build a Bridge over the River Du Sud, at the fourth range of concessions, in the Parish of St. Valier, near the Fall; to fix the rates of Toll for passing thereon; and to provide Regulations for the said Bridge. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 16 | 1808 | An Act to allow Jacques Morin, Junior to build a toll bridge of the River du Sud near the fall, at his own cost. The Act stipulates that as long as he, his heirs, executors, or curators collect a toll at this bridge, they are responsible for its maintenance and the maintenance of the byroads leading to it. The Crown may assume possession of the bridge after fifty years, or if Morin fails to complete the bridge within three years from the passing of this Act or fail to repair the bridge if deemed required. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act made and passed in the forty seventh year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for the more easy recovery of small Debts in certain parts of this Province.” (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 15 | 1808 | An Act to extend a former Act from 1807, and further enacts that all Justices who are to be appointed will have the rights, powers, and authority mentioned in the former Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, An Act passed in the thirty sixth year or His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for making a temporary provision for the regulation of Trade between this Province, and the United States of America, by Land or Inland Navigation.” (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 14 | 1808 | An Act to further continue an act from 1796 for a limited time. The Act grants the Governor or Lieutenant Governor the authority to suspend, revive, annul, or make void this Act, or every and any of its clauses by Proclamation. This Act allows the suspension of any act or ordinance relating to trade, in whole or in part, by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. It further allows the Governor or Lieutenant Governor to make regulations with respect to imports, exports, duties, or anything else between Lower Canada and the United States. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making perpetual, with some amendments, the Act, intituled, “An Act for the appointment of an Inspector and, Measurers of Scows and Rafts, and for regulating the Pilots and Conductors thereof, between Chateauguay and the City of Montreal.” (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 13 | 1808 | An Act to make a former Act from 1805 perpetual, with some amendments. The Act annuls the former's regulations for the measurement and branding of scows, amends stipulations regarding fees and penalties, and the Inspector's duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise Eustache Nicolas Lambert Dumont, Esquire, to erect a Toll Bridge over the River Outaouais. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 12 | 1808 | An Act to authorise Eustache Nicolas Lambert Dumont, esq. to construct a toll bridge across the River Outaouais from the Îsle Jesus to the Island of Montreal. Toll rates and restrictions are outlined. The Act stipulates the amount of space to be allowed between pillars in the river to allow traffic through, and procedures if damage to the bridge should be incurred. The Act makes provisions that roads and highways may be redirected or routed to communicate with these bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying a certain Sum therein mentioned, to make good a like Sum, issued, and advanced in pursuance of an Address of the House of Assembly, and for the relief of Insane Persons, and for the support of Foundlings. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 11 | 1808 | An Act to advance a sum for the support of people of 'deranged Intellect', incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for extending the duration of the Patent granted for erecting the Bridge over the river Saint Charles, now called, Dorchester Bridge. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 10 | 1808 | An Act to extend the term allowed for the Dorchester bridge's proprietors and their heirs to collect tolls for passage across the River Saint Charles on the basis that the expiring period of 50 years was not sufficient to present a profit to the proprietors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide a temporary Gaol for the District of Montreal. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 9 | 1808 | An Act to erect a temporary gaol in the District of Montreal until a permanent gaol is erected according to the terms presented in an 1805 act. | Early Canadiana Online |