Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Ordinance to make good a certain sum of money therein mentioned, advanced in payment of certain indispensable Expenses of the Civil Government of this Province, between the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and the thirty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. | 3 Victoria Chapter 23 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance provides a sum not exceeding forty-nine thousand and fifteen pounds thirteen shillings and seven pence to cover the expenses of the Civil Government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government, for the year ending on the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty; for the support of certain Charitable Institutions; for the promotion of Education; for certain Public Works; for the improvement of Internal Communications; for the encouragement of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | 3 Victoria Chapter 22 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance lists several sums to be provided towards supporting charitable and healthcare institutions, as well as to support schools and educational institutions, and to cover the expense of several public works, roads, and bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent an Ordinance passed in the second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to secure to and confer upon Alfred Rambau, an inhabitant of this Province, the civil and political rights of a natural born British subject.” | 3 Victoria Chapter 21 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to secure to and confer upon Alfred Rambau, an inhabitant of this Province, the civil and political rights of a natural born British subject," permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend and render permanent an Ordinance passed in the second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to authorise the Commissioners for making the Canal from Saint John’s to Chambly, to borrow a certain sum of money to complete the said Canal.” | 3 Victoria Chapter 20 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance amends and makes permanent the 1839 Ordinance, "An Ordinance to authorize the Commissioners for making the Canal from St. John’s to Chambly, to borrow a certain sum of money to complete the said Canal," and provides for further sums to be borrowed towards putting it into effect. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent a certain Ordinance for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of Unlawful Oaths, and for preventing Treasonable and Seditious practices. | 3 Victoria Chapter 19 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of Unlawful Oaths, and for better preventing Treasonable and Seditious Practices,” permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent the Ordinance therein mentioned relative to the Estates and Property, in this Province, occupied for the Ordnance Service. | 3 Victoria Chapter 18 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance “An Ordinance for vesting all the Estates and Property in the Province of Lower Canada, occupied for the Ordnance Service, in the Principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance, and for granting certain powers to the said Principal Officers, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to extend the provisions of the Ordinance for establishing an efficient system of Police in the Cities of Québec and Montreal to the District of Saint Francis, n this Province. | 3 Victoria Chapter 17 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance extends the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance for establishing an efficient system of Police in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal,” to the District of Saint-François | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Ordinances therein mentioned, and to amend one of the said Ordinances. | 3 Victoria Chapter 16 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes various Ordinances, listed, permanent and amends certain sections of a number of them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance further to continue, for a limited time, certain Acts therein mentioned. | 3 Victoria Chapter 15 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance continues several Acts, listed, which are to remain in force until 1845. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue for a limited time, two certain Acts therein mentioned, relative to the erection of Court Houses and Gaols in the several Counties of this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. | 3 Victoria Chapter 14 (Session 5) | 1840 | This Ordinance continues the 1832 Act, “An Act to authorise the erection of Court Houses and Goals in the Counties of this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” as amended by another Act in 1834., which Acts are to remain in force until 1845. | Early Canadiana Online |