Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to make good the deficiency of the Funds by Law provided for the paying Salaries of the Officers of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, and the Contingent expences thereof. (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 12 | 1804 | An act outlining where funds for paying back an amount advanced to pay the salaries of the officers of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly are to be taken from, as the monies put to this purpose originally were insufficient. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm certain Marriages therein mentioned. (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 11 | 1804 | An Act to declare marriages performed by Ministers of the Church of Scotland, Protestant Dissenting Ministers, or Justices of the Peace legitimate under law. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for appointing Commissioners to treat with Commissioners appointed or to be appointed on the part of Upper-Canada, for the purposes therein mentioned. (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 10 | 1804 | This Act appoints commissioners to represent Lower Canada and who are empowered to meet, treat, consult, and agree with commissioners from Upper-Canada. The commissioners are also authorized to establish and regulate trade duties between the provinces. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Curing, Packing and Inspection of Beef and Pork to be exported from the Province of Lower Canada. (2d. May,1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 9 | 1804 | This Act outlines the regulations pertaining to quantity, inspection, packaging to be placed on exports of beef and pork. The Act directs how inspectors should be appointed and how penalties will be applied. The Act also distinguishes between grades of beef and pork. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for further encouragement of the Culture of Hemp in this Province. (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 8 | 1804 | An Act to provide financial encouragement for people in the province to start growing hemp. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more easy administration of Oaths to Witnesses before the Grand Jury. (2d May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 7 | 1804 | An Act to make the Foreman of the Grand Jury empowered and required to administer oaths to witnesses. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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.” (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 6 | 1804 | An Act to extend a former act passed in 1800, without amendments, for a limited time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to further continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the thirty sixth year of 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.” (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 5 | 1804 | This Act continues an Act which was first passed in 1796, and which 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 to continue, for a limited time, the provisions of an Act passed in the forty first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the Relief of Insane persons, and for the support of Foundlings.” (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 4 | 1804 | An Act to continue for a limited time an Act passed in 1801 to offer financial relief for the mentally ill and for the maintenance of foundling children, as well as to religious communities who administer relief to sick or infirm persons and foundlings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the encouragement of the persons who shall apprehend Deserters from His Majesty’s regular Forces in this Province. (2d. May, 1804.) | 44 George III Chapter 3 | 1804 | An Act to grant an award to any person or persons who deliver deserter(s) from His Majesty's regular Forces, so long as the deliverer is not in the in the Forces themselves. The Act specifies that this will remain in force until the next session of the Provincial Parliament after the end of the war. | Early Canadiana Online |