Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ordinance to amend certain Acts therein mentioned, relative to a certain Market at Montreal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 60 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends several Acts relating to the New Market at Montreal by making it lawful for the trustees of the said Market to let out the lot of ground specified for a term not exceeding fifty-five years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend for a limited time, certain sections of the Ordinance for the better Packing and Inspection of Flour and Meal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 59 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance suspends and replaces certain sections of an Ordinance passed earlier in this session of Parliament, "An Ordinance to suspend certain Acts therein mentioned, and to regulate in a better manner the packing and inspection of Flour and Indian Meal,” relating to the construction, materials, branding, and markings of Flour and Meal casks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to establish Circuit Courts of Requests in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Three Rivers, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 58 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 1836 Act, “An Act to provide for the Summary Trial of Small Causes,” and suspends some of its terms except as persons to the Districts of Saint-François and Gaspé, and establishes Courts of Requests to provide for the trial of small causes in the Districts of Montréal, Québec, and Trois-Rivières as outlined. Directions for how these Courts of Requests should operate are given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate Private Banking, and the Circulation, of the Notes of Private Bankers. | 2 Victoria Chapter 57 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance restricts who is legally allowed to sign or indorse, or draw any bill, note, bon, check, or other promise or undertaking, for the payment of any sum less than five pounds currency to chartered or recognised banks, as described. The Ordinance also makes provision for bankers to be licenced. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend an Act of the Legislature of this Province, intituled, “An Act for repealing certain Acts granting rates and duties to His Majesty, and for granting new and additional duties in lieu thereof, and for appropriating the same towards defraying the expenses of the administration of Justice and support of the Civil Government within this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 56 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 24th section of the 1799 Act, “An Act for repealing certain Acts granting rates and duties to His Majesty, and for granting new and additional duties in lieu thereof, and for appropriating the same towards defraying the expenses of the administration of Justice and support of the Civil Government within this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned." This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to extend the provisions of the Ordinance for establishing an efficient system of Police in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 55 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance extends the provisions of the 1838 Ordinance, “An Ordinance for establishing an efficient system of Police in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal,” to Trois-Rivières. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue for a limited time, the “Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of Medical Assistance for Sick Emigrants, and of enabling Indigent Persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 54 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues the 1832 Act,“An Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of Medical assistance for Sick Emigrants, and of enabling indigent persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination,” which is to remain in force until November, 1839. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the completion of certain Public Works, for the improvement of the Internal Communications, and for the encouragement of Agriculture, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 53 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides several sums, listed, to support or provide for various projects and organisations, such as for completing public roads, the Chambly Canal, and bridges, and for the encouragement of agriculture. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to revive and continue certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province therein-mentioned. | 2 Victoria Chapter 52 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues several acts relating to Houses of Correction, as listed, which are to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to repeal a certain Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance to declare that the second chapter of the Statute of the Parliament of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, is not, nor has ever been in force in this Province, and for other purposes.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 51 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance repeals an Ordinance passed in 1838, “An Ordinance to declare that the second chapter of the Statute of the Parliament of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, is not, nor has ever been in force in this Province, and for other purposes." | Early Canadiana Online |