Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to authorize the Prothonotaries or Clerks of the Civil Courts in this Province to number and authenticate, “parapher” the Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials required by Law to be kept, to receive the advice of relations and friends “l’avis des Parens et Amis,” in certain cases; and to issue Writs of capias ad respondendum and attachment without the Fiat of a Judge. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 8 | 1829 | An Act to authorize Prothonotaries of the several courts of the King’s Bench or the Provincial Court of Trois-Rivières to number and authenticate the registers required to be kept recording marriages, burials, and baptisms within the Province. The specific duties that Prothonotaries and Clerks are allowed to perform are in the place of a judge are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to regulate Persons who keep Houses of Public Entertainment, and retail Spirituous Liquors, and for other purposes. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 7 | 1829 | This Act puts further regulations in place to fix the number of licenses granted for keeping Houses of Public Entertainment and for retailing spiritous liquors in the province. The processes by which licenses can be obtained are described. Penalties for those who do not abide by the tenets of this Act are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1831. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making certain Regulations respecting the office of Sheriff. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 6 | 1829 | An Act to clearly define the duties of the office of Sheriff or Coroner. Under this Act, every Sheriff or Coroner must enter a bond to the Crown, as described. The amounts to be paid by each Sheriff or Coroner are outlined. The processes by which Sheriffs are to be appointed, their responsibilities and accountabilities, and the ways in which they are to make reports are described. Regulations for Sheriffs’ sales are also explained. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissaires Enqueteurs for the District of Montreal, and other purposes relating to the Administration of Justice in the said District. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 5 | 1829 | This Act explains the processes by which two Commissioners (Commissaires Enqueteurs) are to be appointed in order to receive evidence in causes pending in the Superior Terms of the Court of the King’s Bench for the District of Montreal, for one year from the passing of this Act. Their duties and function and the provisions to be supplied to these Commissaires Enqueteurs are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and further to continue, for a limited time, and to amend a certain Act passed in the fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, relating to Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 4 | 1829 | And Act to revive and continue an Act from 1825, the term of which was limited to 1827, “An Act still further to continue, for a limited time, certain Acts therein-mentioned, relating to Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.” This Act is to remain in force until 1832. Under this Act, the Houses of Correction are under the superintendence of the District Sheriff. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt from seizure in satisfaction of Judgment, the Bedding and necessary Wearing Apparel of Debtors. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 3 | 1829 | This Act makes it illegal for any Sheriff or officer carrying out a Writ of Execution against a debtor to seize necessary wearing apparel, bed or bedding, from the debtor or their family. This Act is to remain in force until 1833. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money therein-mentioned, towards the support of the Emigrant Hospital established in Quebec. (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 2 | 1829 | An Act to advance a sum of seven hundred pounds to the hospital in Quebec to be used according to the terms outlined in the 1823 Act “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money therein-mentioned, for the relief of Indigent Sick Emigrants from the United Kingdom.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make perpetual the Act of the Sixth George the Fourth, Chapter fourth, intituled, “An Act for more particularly ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange in the Province of Lower-Canada, and to suspend, for a limited time, certain parts of the Ordinance therein-mentioned.” (14th March, 1829.) | 9 George IV Chapter 1 | 1829 | An Act to extend certain provisions from an Act from 1826, “An Act for more particularly ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange in the Province of Lower-Canada, and to suspend, for a limited time, certain parts of the Ordinance therein-mentioned,” and to continue the Act until 1833. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Eustache Nicolas Lambert Dumont, Esquire, to build a Toll Bridge over the River Jesus, opposite the Village of Saint Eustache. (7th March, 1827.) | 7 George IV Chapter 21 | 1827 | An Act authorising Eustache Nicolas Lambert Dumont, Esquire to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the River Jesus, opposite the Village of Saint Eustache. Dumont is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined, and Dumont’s obligations in the event alterations to the bridge are required. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act declaratory lo explain the provisions of an Act passed in the fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, chapter thirty-one, relating to Elementary Schools in this Province. (7th March, 1827.) | 7 George IV Chapter 20 | 1827 | This Act explains the thirty-first chapter of an Act passed in 1824, “An Act to facilitate the Establishment and Endowment of Elementary Schools in the parishes in this Province,” to clarify that any Frabrique not exceeding one acre acquired by the Province upon which there may be a house or edifice proper for the purpose of a school may retain the said land and tenement. | Early Canadiana Online |