Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to continue for a limited time a certain Act passed in the seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act more effectually to provide for the maintenance of good order in Churches, Chapels and other places of Public Worship, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 21 1830 This Act continues an Act from 1827, “An Act more effectually to provide for the maintenance of good order in Churches, Chapels and other places of Public Worship, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” This Act is to remain in force until 1834. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money, to reimburse a sum advanced by His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, for the Repairs of the Court-House, at Quebec, and for continuing and completing the said repairs. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 20 1830 This Act applies a sum of five hundred and fifty pounds towards reimburse a sum advanced for repairs to the Court House in the City of Quebec and to continue the repairs. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money for the purchase of a Steam Dredging Vessel. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 19 1830 This Act authorises the purchase of a Steam Dredging Vessel to be used for deepening and clearing out ports and rivers in the Province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the establishment of a Temporary Fever Hospital for the reception of persons infected with Contagious Diseases. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 18 1830 This Act provides for the establishment of a temporary Fever Hospital outside the City of Quebec from “paupers” and people arriving on ships infected with typhus fever, yellow fever, scarlet fever, plague, small pox or measles. Provisions needed to supply the hospital and funds granted to hire a house to be used are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the thirty fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the Division of the Province of Lower Canada, for amending the Judicature thereof, and fi for repealing certain Laws therein mentioned,” and to ascertain the Boundaries of the District of Three-Rivers. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 17 1830 This Act repeals and replaces certain parts of an Act passed in 1793, “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 boundaries of the districts of Montreal, Quebec, and Trois-Rivières. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Third, intituled. “An Act for the division of the Province of Lower Canada to amend the Judicature thereof and to repeal certain Laws therein mentioned” inasmuch as the same relates to the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 16 1830 This Act amends an Act passed in 1793, “An Act for the division of the Province of Lower Canada for amending the Judicature thereof and for repealing certain Laws therein mentioned.” Under this Act, any two of the Puisné Justices of the Court of King’s Bench in either of the Districts of Quebec or Montreal are allowed to take cognizance of crimes and criminal offences as if a Chief Justice were present. This Act is to remain in force until 1833. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to Incorporate the Quebec Exchange. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 15 1830 This Act establishes the body corporate and politic, by the name of “The Quebec Exchange,” who are allowed to build or maintain a building for merchants and others engaged in the pursuits of trade and navigation to meet, bargain, buy and sell goods and commodities, and for the sale and purchase of Bills of Exchange. The proprietors of The Quebec Exchange are listed, as well as instructions for how the exchange should operate, including how shares and votes should be distributed. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, concerning Elementary Education, and to make further provision for the instruction of youth. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 14 1830 This Act amends the 1829 Act “An Act for the encouragement of Elementary Education,” so that Rectors, Curates, and Ministers may serve as Trustees as defined in the former Act, despite not being freeholders. Several sums are to be distributed, under this Act, to defray expenses related to education, such as for the support of schools and printing books. Provisions are made to train person to qualify to open a school for deaf-mute persons in the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money towards erecting Light Houses on the Shores of the River Saint Lawrence and for other purposes therein mentioned.” (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 13 1830 This Act amends the 1829 Act “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money towards erecting Light Houses on the Shores of the River Saint Lawrence and for other purposes therein mentioned.” Under this Act, the place where a lighthouse is to be erected on the Island of Anticosti is changed from the island’s west point to its southwest point. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money to pay the Salaries and Allowance of the Tide Waiters, at the Port of Quebec. (26th March, 1830.) 10 & 11 George IV Chapter 12 1830 This Act appropriates sums as outlined to pay the salaries of Tide Waiters at the ports of Quebec for the years 1829 and 1830, and an additional sum to provide an allowance for every day they are employed on board a vessel in 1830. Early Canadiana Online