Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to provide for the Erection of a Common Gaol in the District of Montreal. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 31 | 1830 | Under this Act, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand pounds is to be applied to erect a new gaol in the District of Montreal, as the growing population rendered the old gaol insufficient. Directions for the construction, including how Commissioners should be appointed, are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the Ninth Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the establishment of a New Market Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs, Montreal.” (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 30 | 1830 | This Act amends an Act passed in 1829, “An Act for the establishment of a New Market Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs, Montreal.” Under this Act, the Trustees for the market place are authorised to borrow a sum not exceeding three thousand pounds to erect the market house or temporary stalls, where they are to keep a fire engine as directed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to partition the Common of the Barony of Longueuil among the Co-proprietors thereof. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 29 | 1830 | An Act to partition the tract of land called the Common in the Parish of Longueuil, in the Barony of Longueuil, among the proprietors of that land. The processes by which the land will be partitioned out is described, including how a commissioner will be appointed for this purpose and their duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the improvement and enlargement of the Harbour of Montreal. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 28 | 1830 | Under this Act, three Commissioners are to be appointed to oversee an enlargement of the Harbour of Montreal, as directed. The Commissioners are authorised to borrow a total sum not exceeding ten thousand pounds for that purpose. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money, for ascertaining the best mode of improving the Navigation of certain parts of the river Saint Lawrence. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 27 | 1830 | Under this Act, Commissioners are to be appointed to survey the Saint Lawrence River from the Cascades to Prescott in Upper-Canada, and along the banks for a place to make a Tow Path. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal so much of the Ordinance of the Twenty-seventh George the Third, chapter four, intituled, “An Ordinance to continue in force for a limited time, an Ordinance made in the Twenty-fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Ordinance to regulate the proceedings in the Courts of Civil Judicature, and to establish Trials by Juries in Actions of a Commercial nature and Personal wrongs to be compensated in damages,’ with such additional regulations as are expedient and necessary,” as requires that Writs of Attachment be indorsed. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 26 | 1830 | This Act repeals an Ordinance as it required Writs of Attachment for Defendants believed to intend to defraud their creditors in a sum exceeding ten pounds, to be endorsed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money therein mentioned for the encouragement of Agriculture. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 25 | 1830 | Under this Act, a sum of one thousand eight hundred and thirty pounds is to be advanced and paid to the agricultural societies in the Province’s districts as outlined for the encouragement of agriculture. The ways in which members of the Legislature and Clergy should be made members of these agricultural societies is explained. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the Ninth Year of His Majesty’s Reign, for the appointment of Commissaires Enqueteurs in the District of Montreal, and other purposes relating to the Administration of Justice. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 24 | 1830 | This Act continues an Act passed in 1829, “An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissairee Enqueteurs for the District of Montreal, and other purposes relating to the Administration of Justice in the said District,” which shall remain in force until 1831. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the erection of a Marine Hospital in or near Quebec. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 23 | 1830 | This Act makes provisions for the establishment of a hospital in or near the City of Quebec that will receive and treat sick seamen and indigent sick persons. Directions for the construction and operation of the hospital are given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal in part and to amend an Act passed in the Thirty-fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, “An Act for the division of the Province of Lower Canada, for amending the judicature thereof and for repealing certain Laws therein mentioned,” in certain matters relating to the District of Three-Rivers. (26th March, 1830.) | 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 22 | 1830 | This Act repeals certain parts of “An Act for the division of the Province of Lower Canada, for amending the Judicature thereof, and for repealing certain Laws therein mentioned,” as pertains to the Provincial Judge in the district of Trois-Rivières’s appointment and duties. Under this Act, the powers, jurisdiction, authority, duty, rank and pre-eminence of the said Provincial Judge shall be vested in one of the Justices of the Court of King’s Bench for the District of Three Rivers, who is to be called the resident Judge of the District of Three Rivers. | Early Canadiana Online |