Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to confirm certain Marriages, heretofore solemnized in the Inferior District of Gaspé. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 19 1821 An Act to confirm that marriages solemnized by ministers of the Church of Scotland, Protestant Dissenting ministers, or Justices of the Peace within District of Gaspé are valid in Law to all civil effects. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to reimburse a certain sum of Money therein-mentioned, to His Majesty’s Government, and to make further provision for the relief of Insane Persons and for the support of Foundlings and others therein-mentioned. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 18 1821 An Act to reimburse funds in the amount of sum of six thousand seven hundred pounds, two shillings and five pence half penny given in 1819 and 1820 for the relief of Insane Persons and Foundlings in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivières. The Act also makes it lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or person Administering the Government of the Province to issue an amount not exceeding two thousand and thirty pounds in the District of Quebec, fifteen hundred pounds in the District of Montreal, and five hundred sixty-seven pounds in the District of Trois-Rivières in 1821. Additionally, a sum not exceeding three hundred and thirty-six pounds is granted towards completing repairs to cells for the reception and relief of Insane persons and the General Hospital near Quebec.The expenses are to be recorded and presented at the ensuing Session of the Legislature of the Province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to partition the Common of the Seigneurie of Boucherville, among the persons having a right of Commonage in the said Common. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 17 1821 An Act to partition the tract of land called the Common in the Seigneurie of Boucherville among the proprietors of that land. The processes by which the land will be partitioned out is described, including how a commissioner will be appointed for this purpose and their duties. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to establish a Public Market Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs of the City of Montreal. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 16 1821 An Act to authorise several individuals, called "The Corporation of the Market for the St. Lawrence Suburbs in the City of Montreal," to build a public market place on a lot bounded on the west by La Gauchetière street on the south by Saint-Charles-Borromée street and extending eastward as far as may be judged necessary. The processes for the construction of the market stalls, as well as the duties of the said Corporation, are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to extend to the Town of Three-Rivers certain provisions, contained in an Ordinance, passed in the twenty-seventh year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to explain and amend an Ordinance for establishing Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in the Province of Quebec.” (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 15 1821 An Act to extend the provisions from an Ordinance passed in 1787 relating to the appointment of constables to the Town of Trois-Rivières. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to grant a further sum of money to complete the Court House for the District of Three-Rivers. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 14 1821 An Act to grant an additional sum not exceeding three thousand four hundred and one pounds, eight shillings and three pence to the purpose of completing the Court House for the District of Trois-Rivières. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue for a limited time two certain Acts therein-mentioned, relating to Houses of Correction in the several Districts in this Province. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 13 1821 An Act to further continue a former Act from 1817, amended in 1818, and continued in 1819 that provided temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières. The 1818 Act revised the budget for each district's temporary gaol and provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described. By the 1817 Act committees are required to give an annual report of their expenses and processes by which the committees are to be appointed and proceed were also outlined. The act is to expire in 1823. Early Canadiana Online
An Act further to extend for a limited time, the duration of an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to grant new Duties to His Majesty to supply the wants of the Province.” (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 12 1821 An act to further continue an act originally passed in 1815 and continued in 1817 and 1819. The original act imposed new duties on items including varies teas, wines, molasses, and syrups. The rates of these duties were also set. The act also specified the processes by which licenses for auctioning the goods subject to these duties are to be obtained, including the oath or affirmation auctioneers must swear to when rendering their accounts to the Receiver General. This act is to expire in 1822. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide more effectually for the security of the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, and for establishing a Watch and Night Lights, in the said Cities, and for other purposes.” (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 11 1821 An Act to continue an Act passed in 1818. Under the original Act, the Justices of the Peace residing in the cities of Quebec and Montreal were allowed to establish any number of men they deem necessary as Night Watchmen and cause the principal streets, public places, lanes, and avenues, to be lit by lamps at night. This act is to expire in 1823. Early Canadiana Online
An Act further to 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 impose certain Duties on divers articles therein mentioned, and to regulate for a limited time the trade with the United-States of America, by Land or by Inland Navigation, and to suspend certain Acts and Ordinances therein-mentioned.” (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 10 1821 An Act to continue an Act from 1819 that imposed duties on articles including grains, ship timber, fruits, among others until 1822. The original Act outlined rates for duties and the articles to which they apply, and suspended several former ordinances. Early Canadiana Online