Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for completing and property enclosing the new Gaol, at Montreal. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 14 | 1834 | This Act authorises a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred and ninety-two pounds six shillings and one penny towards building a wall around the Gaol at Montreal. The terms under which these funds are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the appointment of Commissioners for ascertaining the most eligible site and plan for and the probable cost of, a Custom House for the Port of Montreal. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 13 | 1834 | This Act outlines how Commissioners should be appointed to ascertain a place and estimate the costs of a Customs House at the port of Montreal. Their duties and allowable expenses are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the making of certain improvements about the Lachine Canal. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 12 | 1834 | This Act provides for the enlargement of the Lachine Canal, as described, and specifies that the land owned by the Corporation of the City of Montreal that may be used to enlarge the canal further cannot be constructed upon for a period as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further provision for the completion for the Chambly Canal, and for other purposes therein mentioned, relating to the same object. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 11 | 1834 | This Act provides further sums to be put towards the Chambly Canal's completion, to be distributed under terms as specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the appointment of Commissioners for obtaining the necessary information preparatory to the introduction of the Penitentiary System of Prison Discipline into this Province. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 10 | 1834 | This Act makes provision for the establishment of a Penitentiary System of Prison Discipline in the Province, including that Commissioners are to visit penitentiaries in the United States. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue certain Acts therein mentioned. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 9 | 1834 | This Act extends several Acts, as listed. These Acts are to remain in force until 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act passed in the second year of His Majesty’s reign, for the erection of Court Houses and Gaols in the Counties of this Province. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 8 | 1834 | This Act amends the 1832 Act, “An Act to authorize the erection of Court Houses and Gaols in the Counties of this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” relating to the location where the Court House and Gaol should be built, how its location will be determined, and how the costs associated will be paid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make more ample provision for the encouragement of Agriculture. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 7 | 1834 | This Act makes provisions for agricultural societies to be organised in each county in the province and outlines how these societies should function, including the the roles to be filled in each. This Act is to remain in force until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act of the ninth George the Fourth, chapter seventy-three, subdividing the Province into Counties, by establishing new places of Election in certain Counties therein mentioned. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 6 | 1834 | This Act amends the 1873 Act, "An Act to make a new and more convenient subdivision of the Province into Counties, for the purpose of effecting a more equal representation thereof, in the Assembly, than heretofore.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of the “Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford and Missisquoi,” to lands held in free and common soccage in the Counties of the Two Mountains and Acadie. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 5 | 1834 | This Act extends the provisions of the 1830 Act, "An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford and Missisquoi,” to the counties of Deux-Montagnes] and Acadie. | Early Canadiana Online |