Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Ordinance for suspending a certain Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein,” And a certain other Ordinance, intituled “An Ordinance for amending an Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province or residing therein.” | 4 Victoria Chapter 13 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance suspends two 1839 Ordinances, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coining into this Province or residing therein,” and “An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein.” Provisions for how these Ordinances can be restored are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize certain further improvements in the Harbour, of Montreal, to establish new rates of Wharfage therein, to authorize the Commissioners for the improvement of the same to borrow a further sum of money, and for other purposes relative to the said Harbour. | 4 Victoria Chapter 12 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance outlines certain improvements to be made to the Harbour at Montreal and describes how Commissioners are to be appointed to oversee the same. A table outlining wharfage to be collected at the harbour is provided. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the construction of a Turnpike-Road from the River Richelieu, opposite the Town of Dorchester, commonly called St. John’s, to the Village of Granby. | 4 Victoria Chapter 11 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance makes provision for the construction of a turnpike-road from the Rivière Richelieu oppose Dorchester to to the Granby. The road's proprietors are listed and the “The St. John’s and Granby Turnpike-Road,” is established, and instructions for how they are to operate are given. Instructions for how the road is to be constructed and provisions for the collection of tolls are also given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for making a Rail-road from Sherbrooke, to a point upon either Bank of the River Richelieu. | 4 Victoria Chapter 10 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance makes provisions for the construction of a railroad from Sherbrooke, by the way of the outlet of Lac Memphrémagog to the Rivière Richelieu . The railroad's proprietors are listed and made a body politic and corporate by the name“The Company of Proprietors of the Eastern Townships Rail-road.” Their rights, duties, and the terms under which they may operate are outlined. Stipulations for the construction and maintenance of the railroad are provided. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government, for the year ending on the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one; for the support of certain Charitable Institutions; for the promotion of Education; for certain public Works; for the improvement of the Internal Communications; for the encouragement of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | 4 Victoria Chapter 9 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance lists sums in total not exceeding sixty eight thousand three hundred and eighty pounds, ten shillings and six pence, to be distributed to defray the Provincial Government's civil expenses, including to hospitals and charitable institutions and to cover costs of building and maintaining roads, rail-roads, and waterways as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide means of keeping in repair that part of the Road from this Province to New Brunswick, commonly called the Temiscouata Portage Road. | 4 Victoria Chapter 8 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes provision for the appointment of Trustees tasked with maintaining the Temiscouata Portage Road, under the terms outlined, and gives instruction for the collection of tolls on the said road. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend and extend the provisions of an Ordinance passed in the third year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to provide for the improvement of the Roads in the neighbourhood of, and leading to the City of Montreal, and to raise a fund for that purpose.” | 4 Victoria Chapter 7 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance amends the 1840 Ordinance, "An Ordinance to provide for the improvement of the Roads in the neighbourhood of, and leading to the City of Montreal, and to raise a fund for that purpose." The provisions of the former Ordinance are extended to several additional roads, as listed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to empower the Corporation of the Trinity House of Quebec, to sell and convey a certain portion of the Harbour of the Cul-de-Sac, in the City of Quebec, to the Corporation of the said City. | 4 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance authorises the sale of a portion of the Harbour and Cul-de-Sac of Quebec, the limits of which are outlined, to the City for the purpose of reducing it. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the Corporation of the Trinity House of Quebec, to borrow a certain sum of money, and for other purposes relative to the said Corporation. | 4 Victoria Chapter 5 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance allows the Trinity House at Quebec to borrow a sum not exceeding in the whole five thousand pounds to pay for improvements to and maintenance of light houses and similar purposes and outlines the terms by which this loan is to be repaid. The Trinity House is also to be provided a decked vessel for laying down and taking up buoys. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the better internal Government of this Province, by the establishment of local or municipal authorities therein. | 4 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes the districts as defined as Bodies Corporate and describes how District Councils consisting of Wardens and Councillors are to be elected for the governance thereof. The Ordinance also provides for the appointment of District Surveyors. | Early Canadiana Online |