Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to authorize the Commissioners for making the Canal between Lachine and Montreal, to effect a Loan to complete the said Canal. (22d March, 1823.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1825 | An Act to grant the commissioners of the Lachine Canal a loan not exceeding thirty thousand pounds to be put towards the completion of the canal. Directions for the manner in which this loan is to be repaid are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time two Acts therein-mentioned, relating to the Inspection of Fish and Oil intended for exportation. (22d. March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1825 | An Act to continue two Acts, including the 1823 Act "An Act to provide for the Inspection of Fish and Oil intended for exportation, from the Ports of Quebec and Montreal," and an Act passed in 1824 "An Act to extend the provisions of a certain Act therein-mentioned, relating to the Inspection of Fish and Oil, intended for exportation." These Acts are to remain in force until 1827. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Inspectors of Flour. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1825 | An Act to augment the fees allowed to Inspectors of Flour from the two-pence permitted under the 1822 Act “An Act to provide for the better Inspection of Flour,” to three-pence currency per barrel. |
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| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, two certain Acts therein- mentioned, relating to the Lumber Trade. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1825 | An Act to continue an Act from 1819, "An Act to repeal certain Acts therein-mentioned and to regulate the Lumber Trade," that repealed and replaced several acts pertaining to the lumber trade including "An Act for the better regulation of the Lumber Trade," originally passed in 1808. This Act also continues an Act passed in 1823, “An Act to repeal in part and to amend and continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, George the Third, intituled, ‘An Act to repeal a certain Act therein-mentioned, and to regulate the Lumber Trade.’” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further provision for the Salmon Fisheries in the Bay of Gaspé, and in certain parts of the County of Northumberland, and to repeal in part a certain Act therein-mentioned. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1825 | An Act to prohibit the inhabitants or persons in the Inferior District of Gaspé, and in the County of Northumberland east of the little River Malbaie to the Black River to set up nets to catch salmon or spear salmon in any of the rivers falling into the Bay of Gaspé, or into the River Saint Lawrence. Regulations are also put on the times of year that Indigenous peoples are allowed to hunt Salmon with spears, with the assistance of flambeaux, and a clause from a former Act that prohibited the use of any Caplin, or any Herring Spawn or Caplin Spawn, for the purposes of Manure is repealed. This Act is to expire in 1829. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a sum of Money therein-mentioned, for defraying the expense of preparing plans and estimates of a New Gaol, for the District of Montreal. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1825 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds towards defraying the expense of preparing the Plans, Estimates and Statements necessary to erect a New Gaol in the Town of Montreal. Plants, Statements, and Estimates are to be submitted in a competition, from which the best are to be chosen. Directions for how the Plans, Estimates and Statements are to be submitted and selected are outlined including how the funds should be distributed and awarded to the best submissions. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further encouragement of Agriculture in this Province. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1825 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding one thousand, three hundred and twenty-five pounds towards the encouragement of agriculture in the province for the present year, divided between the Agricultural Societies in existence or to be formed in the Districts of Montreal, Quebec, Trois-Rivières and the Inferior District of Gaspé, and a further sum to the Agricultural Society of Quebec to liquidate a balance owing. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money towards the support of Hospitals, and for other charitable purposes therein-mentioned. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1825 | An Act to provide several sums of money to hospitals and charitable organizations in 1825, including the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital near Quebec, the General Hospital near Quebec, Religious Ladies of the General Hospital at Montreal, the Religious Ladies of the Hotel Dieu at Montreal, the Corporation of the General Hospital at Montreal, and several sums to support and repay expenses already dispensed in order to support Indigent Sick and Infirm Persons and Foundlings in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières. The commissioners responsible for disbursing these funds are made to report on how they have been distributed before the three Branches of the Legislature at the next session. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money therein-mentioned for the support of the Emigrant Hospital, in Quebec. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1825 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five pounds to the Hospital established for the relief of Indigent Sick Emigrants from the United-Kingdom in Quebec City and an additional sum towards defraying certain arrears due to the Quebec Bank. The Act also continues certain clauses within the 1824 Act “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money therein-mentioned, towards the support of the Emigrant Hospital established in Quebec,” until 1826. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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. (22d. March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 10 | 1825 | An Act to further continue an Act from 1817 as amended by the 1818 Act, "An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province and for other purposes," which was continued in 1819, 1821, and 1823, and an Act passed in 1823 “An Act to extend certain provisions contained in an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, ‘An Act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.’” These Acts are to expire in 1827. | Early Canadiana Online |