Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to grant to John Bragg the Exclusive Right and Privilege of erecting Bridges in this Province, according to the model therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 29 | 1819 | An act to grant John Braggs sole right to erect bridges according to new method that is described after the final clause. Fines for infringements are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Anthony Anderson and others, Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge, to remove the same. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 28 | 1819 | An act authorising the Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge to remove the current bridge, build, and collect a toll on a new draw bridge crossing the River Saint Charles, in the County of Quebec. The Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge are granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge and, once completed, are responsible for ensuring the draw bridge is raised when required within a reasonable time. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. 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 to authorize George Waters Allsopp, Esquire, and others therein mentioned, to build a Toll-Bridge over the River Jacques Cartier in the County of Hampshire. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 27 | 1819 | An act authorising George Waters Allsopp, Robert Allsopp and Anna Maria Allsopp to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the River Jacques Cartier in the County of Hampshire. The Allsopps are 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. 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 to authorize Jean Lagorce to erect a Toll-Bridge over the Rivers Sud-Ouest and Calix, in the Parish of Saint Hyacinthe, in the County of Richelieu. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 26 | 1819 | An act authorising Jean Lagorce to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Rivers Sud-Ouest and Calix, near their confluence. Lagorce 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. 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 to make good a certain sum of money therein-mentioned, advanced to defray the expences of the Civil Government of this Province for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 25 | 1819 | An act to advance a sum of forty thousand two hundred and sixty three pounds eight shillings and nine pence to the then Governor in Chief towards defraying the expenses of the Civil Government of the Province to be charged against any unappropriated funds in the hands of the Receiver General of the Province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise George Le Pallieur to sell a certain Lot of Ground in his possession, entailed upon the Heirs of the late Charles Le Pallieur, situate on Saint Joseph Street, in the City of Montreal. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 24 | 1819 | An act authorising George Le Pallieur to sell a plot of land he inherited from his father and specifies how the sale of this lot will be made legal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money to provide for the expense of laying out Lands for Reduced Officers and Men of the Embodied Militia, and others, who served during the late War. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 23 | 1819 | An act to provide a sum not exceeding three thousand pounds to be appropriated and paid by a warrant or warrants for the purpose of carrying into effect instructions to grant portions of the Crown's waste lands to Offices and men of the Embodied Militia and discharged troops who served in the late War. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Lot of Ground in the City of Montreal for the Site of a Public Library, and to incorporate certain Persons therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 22 | 1819 | An act to grant the Company of Proprietors of the Montreal Library land out of the lot of ground appropriated and occupied for the use of the Court House, at the North-West angle of the lot, to build a Public Library. The library is to be built within five years from the passing of this act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good a certain Sum of Money advanced by the Commissioners heretofore appointed for superintending the Temporary House of Correction, for the District of Montreal. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 21 | 1819 | An act to supply the sum of four hundred and twenty pounds, one shilling and nine-pence from unappropriated funds to cover the debt incurred for the maintenance of the Temporary House of Correction for the District of Montreal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to facilitate the administration of Justice in certain small matters therein-mentioned, in the Country Parishes.” (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 20 | 1819 | An Act to continue a former act by the same name passed in 1817 in force until 1821. The 1817 Act granted the authority for Justices of the Peace to administer cases in country parishes pertaining to fences or ditches on property lines and damage to livestock. Processes by which these cases are to be heard were outlined in this former Act. | Early Canadiana Online |