Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, chapter seventeen, and further to facilitate the prosecutions of actions in certain cases. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 4 | 1834 | This Act amends the 1824 Act, "An Act to provide more effectual means than heretofore have been, to compel in the proper Jurisdiction, the appearance of Defendants, residing in different districts, who ought to be joined in the same cause." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to relieve the distress under which by reason of the failure of the late Crops, the Inhabitants of certain Parishes, would otherwise labour, by assisting the said Inhabitants to procure seed to sow their Lands. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 3 | 1834 | This Act makes provision to provide poor farmers in the province with seeds, as required following the near total crop failure of the last year. This Act outlines several sums to be distributed in certain parishes in the province for this purpose. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to provide for the summary trial of Small Causes in the Country parts. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 2 | 1834 | This Act outlines further provisions and regulations surrounding the recovering of small debts in the province. The types of debts to which this Act applies are outlined as well as the processes by which courts to hear these cases should be held. The Act is followed by several forms. This Act is to remain in force until 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of the Inhabitants in distress, from the failure of the late Crops, in certain parts of this Province therein mentioned. (18th March 1834) | 4 William IV Chapter 1 | 1834 | This Act provides certain sums, as outlined, to many parishes in the province to provide for inhabitants made destitute by crop failures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Seminary of Saint Hyacinthe of Yamaska, in the District of Montreal. | 3 William IV Chapter 36 | 1833 | This Act incorporates “The Corporation of the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe of Yamaska,” as a body politic and corporate. Certain restrictions and regulations on how the corporation is to function are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Institution for Female Penitents in the District of Montreal. | 3 William IV Chapter 35 | 1833 | This Act establishes "The Charitable Institution for Female Penitents,” as a corporation and lists the people who make up the said corporation. Certain regulations and restrictions on how the corporation may function are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to provide for the Summary Trial of Small Causes. | 3 William IV Chapter 34 | 1833 | This Act makes provision for the trial of small causes in the Province, except in certain parishes as described. The processes by which these courts are to function and expenses incurred by them defrayed are explained. This Act is to remain in force until 1835. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Common of the Isle du Pads, in the County of Berthier. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 33 | 1833 | This Act outlines the process by which a Chair and Trustees are to be elected to govern the Common as a body politic and corporate by the name “The Chairman and Trustees of the Common of Isle du Pads.” The Act also outlines how the land is to be governed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein mentioned under the name of the “The City Bank,” to be established in Montreal. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 32 | 1833 | An Act to incorporate "The City Bank" in Montreal. The Act lists the persons who are constituted and declared to be a Body Politic and Corporate under the name "The City Bank," as well as their obligations to stockholders. The value and number of shares permitted are outlined, as well as how the bank is to operate. The company's fundamental rules, restrictions, and provisions are described. This Act is to remain in force until 1837. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to provide more effectually for the remedy of divers abuses prejudicial to Agriculture. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 31 | 1833 | This Act repeals and replaces the 1830 Act, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the more speedy remedy of divers abuses prejudicial to Agricultural Improvements in this Province,’ and to make further provision to the same effect.” This Act outlines several regulations on land and water use, how live stock and dogs should be kept, and the manner in which disputes pertaining to agricultural practices should be settled. | Early Canadiana Online |