Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to incorporate certain persons. therein-named, under the name of the "Quebec Fire Assurance Company.” (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 58 1829 This Act lists the individuals that compose the ““The Quebec Fire Assurance Company,” that offers insurance against losses by fire. Under this Act, amendments are made to the company’s rates of premium, shares of the Capital Stock, and the company is allowed to invest in real estate. The company is to continue and have succession until 1868 unless otherwise authorised or repealed. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal and amend part of an Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the safe custody and registering of all Letters Patent, whereby any grant of the Waste or other Lands of the Crown, lying within this Province, shall hereafter be made.” (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 56 1829 This Act repeals the second section of the 1796 Act, “An Act for the safe custody and registering of all Letters Patent, whereby any grant of the Waste or other lands of the crown lying within this Province shall hereafter be made.” Early Canadiana Online
An Act further to provide for a limited time for the want of Notaries in the County of Gaspe. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 55 1829 This Act continues a clause in the 1824 Act, “An Act to render valid certain Acts Agreements in Writing and Contracts of Marriage (Contrats de Marriage sous seing prive”) heretofore executed in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and to provide for the want of Notaries in the said District,” until 1832. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make further provision for the relief of the Indigent Sick, and for the support of Foundlings and others, and to reimburse certain sums of Money advanced for such purposes. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 54 1829 This Act lists several sums of money that are to be applied to several hospitals and religious groups to provide for foundlings and the indigent sick, as described. Restrictions on and directions for how this money should be used are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make further provision for the relief of the Indigent Sick, and for the support of Foundlings and others, and to reimburse certain sums of Money advanced for such purposes. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 54 1829 This Act lists several sums of money that are to be applied to several hospitals and religious groups to provide for foundlings and the indigent sick, as described. Restrictions on and directions for how this money should be used are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to establish a New Market Place in Saint Paul’s Street, in the Lower Town of Quebec, and to authorize the advance of a certain Sum of money to the Trustees of the said Market. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 53 1829 An Act to authorise the construction of a new public marketplace and wharf in Quebec, on Saint Paul Street, between Ramsay Street and Saint Roch Street. Processes for the construction of the market stalls and weigh house are outlined, as well as penalties for those who offend against the Act’s terms. Five persons residing in Quebec are to be appointed as trustees for the market who are to oversee its construction. Early Canadiana Online
An Act towards encouraging the Fisheries. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 52 1829 Under this Act, dernier equippeurs who provide the necessary outfits and supplies for fishing voyages in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the coast of Labrador, Strait of Belle Isle, or Banks of Newfoundland are to be granted a privilege and be paid out of the returns of voyages. This Act is to remain in force until 1832. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the preservation of the Salmon Fisheries in the Counties of Cornwallis and Northumberland. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 51 1829 This Act restricts fishing in the places described to preserve the salmon fisheries in the Counties of Cornwallis and Northumberland. Under this Act, Indigenous peoples are not permitted to fish for salmon except for their own families’ use. The Act outlines penalties to be applied when its terms are broken. This Act is to remain in force until 1831. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorize the advance of a certain sum of money therein mentioned to relieve certain Inhabitants of Lotbiniere from their sufferings through the failure of the last Harvest. (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 50 1829 Under this Act, a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds is to be applied to provide relief for the inhabitants of Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière following a poor harvest. The processes by which these funds are to be distributed and how they should be used are described. Early Canadiana Online
An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to erect certain Townships therein-mentioned, into an Inferior District, to be called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to establish Courts of Judicature therein.” (14th March, 1829.) 9 George IV Chapter 49 1829 This Act continues the 1823 Act, “An Act to erect certain Townships therein-mentioned into an Inferior District to be called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to establish Courts of Judicature therein.” This Act is to remain in force until 1830. Early Canadiana Online