Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the relief of Insane persons and for the support of Foundlings and others therein mentioned,” and also to grant a further sum of money for the more effectual attainment of the purposes of the said Act. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 14 | 1815 | An act to continue an act by the same name passed in 1811, continued in 1813, and amended in 1814. The original act was to provide support to people of 'deranged Intellect', incapable of earning their subsistence, foundlings, sick and infirm persons, as well as the support of Religious communities that administer relief. This act grants a sum not exceeding three thousand pounds, for the benefit of foundlings or the mentally infirm and dictates who will be responsible to administer this money. This act specifies the maximum funds permitted per district, including fifteen hundred pounds, for the District of Quebec, of one thousand pounds for the District of Montreal and of Five hundred pounds for the District of Trois-Rivières. The 1813 act also made it lawful for Commissioners to bind out foundlings of a proper age as apprentices. The act is to expire in 1817. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of such Students in Law preparing themselves for the professions of Advocates and Attornies, or Notaries as Have served in the Embodied Militia, during the late War with the United States of America. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 13 | 1815 | An Act to excuse Students in Law who served for the defence of the province during the War of 1812 after having commenced their clerkship under the terms outlined in "An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Anomies, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy collection of His Majesty's Revenues," passed in 1785, from repeating their entire five-year clerkship, rather, allowing them to complete the remainder of their respective terms. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time certain parts of an Act passed in the Forty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide for the more effectual regulation of the Police within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, and Town of Three-Rivers; also for extending regulations of Police to other Towns and Villages in certain cases, and for repealing the Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned.” (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 12 | 1815 | An act to extend "An Act to provide for the more effectual regulation of the Police within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and Town of Three Rivers; also for extending Regulations of Police to other Towns and villages in certain cases; and for repealing the Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned,” passed in 1802 and continued in 1807, 1811, and 1813. The former act outlined the rules police in localities throughout the province must abide by, including that laws must be announced before they are enforced and that financial penalties cannot exceed five pounds, except in the circumstances described. The act is to expire in 1816. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making a temporary provision for the regulation of Trade between this Province and the United States of America by Land, or by inland Navigation. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 11 | 1815 | An act to further continue an act from 1796, and amended in 1808 for a limited time. The act grants the Governor or Lieutenant Governor the authority to suspend, revive, annul, or make void this act, or every and any of its clauses. Th act allows the suspension of any act or ordinance relating to trade, in whole or in part, by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. It further allows the Governor or Lieutenant Governor to make regulations with respect to imports, exports, duties, or anything else between Lower Canada and the United States. The act is to expire in 1816. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant an annuity to such Militia-men as were wounded during the late war with the United States of America, and to apply a sum of money therein mentioned, to aid and assist His Majesty in defraying the expenses of the Militia incurred during the said War, and also to indemnify certain Officers of Militia and the Families of such Militiamen as were killed in the said war. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 10 | 1815 | An Act to grant six pound annuity to any non-commissioned Officer, Militiaman, or Canadian Voltigeur rendered incapable of earning a livelihood by injuries obtained during the War of 1812, over and above the annuity of nine pounds allowed by an Act passed in 1803, “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned.” Officers of the Embodied Militia and of the Corps of Canadian Voltigeurs, not being officers in His Majesty’s Regular Forces who served at the date peace agreements were ratified are to receive eighty days' pay under this Act, to make up for the losses sustained through the sudden disbanding of those Corps. Widows of militiamen killed in the war or their children or parents if they have no widow, are to receive a sum not less than twenty-five pounds or exceeding one hundred pounds. The source of these funds and the manner in which they are to be distributed are detailed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate several sums of money therein mentioned, for repairing, improving and enclosing the Court House in the City of Quebec. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 9 | 1815 | An act to apply a sum not exceeding two thousand six hundred pounds towards repairing the Court House in the City of Quebec,a sum not exceed two thousand six hundred pounds towards adding a third storey to the structure, and a sum of one thousand five hundred pounds to enclose the premises. The processes by which Commissioners, a Treasurer, and Clerk are to be appointed for these purposes and their duties are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to improve the Internal Communications of this Province. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 8 | 1815 | An Act to advance a sum of eight thousand six hundred pounds towards the improvement of internal communities within the province under the direction of the Grand Voyer of the District of Quebec or his Deputy. Specific allowances within the districts of Quebec, Montrèal, and Trois-Rivières are outlined, as well as how Commissioners will be appointed within these districts. The Act specifies where some of these roads and bridges are to be constructed and grants further sums towards to purposes outlined in the 1808 Act “An Act to appropriate a sum of money therein mentioned to assist in opening a Road of communication between the Parish of Saint Pierre in Saint Paul's Bay and the Parishes of Saint Féréol and Saint Joachim.” Additionally, plans are to be prepared for the next Session outlining how to make the River Richelieu navigable between Chambly and Saint John. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to demolish the Market House of the Upper Town of Quebec, and to provide means for erecting new Stalls, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 7 | 1815 | An Act to allocate funds to the construction of a new Market House in the Upper Town of Quebec, the standing wooden Market House posing risks to public heath and safety. The act outlines how Trustees will be appointed and their duties, including that they are to report on expenses. The act details how the money should be managed and repaid. Some directions for the construction of the new market are also outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage and diffuse the practice of Vaccine Inoculation. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 6 | 1815 | An Act to apply the sum of one thousand pounds through the districts of Quebec, Montrèal, Trois-Rivières, and Gaspé to defray the expenses necessary for diffusing the practice of vaccine inoculation. The processes by which physicians or surgeons will be appointed to administer vaccines, as well as procedural stipulations they are to abide by are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate Persons engaged in the Business or Trade of baking and selling Bread within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and in the Town of Three Rivers, and to repeal an Ordinance therein mentioned. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 5 | 1815 | Under this Act, any person found baking and selling bread without a license is subject to certain penalties. Directions for the distribution of licenses are outlined, as well as stipulations relating to the production and sale of bread. This Act is to expire in 1817. | Early Canadiana Online |