Legislation by Province: Lower Canada (1792-1841)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Ferréol and Saint Joachim. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 28 | 1808 | An Act to fund a road between the Parish of Saint Pierre in Saint Paul’s Bay and the Parishes of Saint Ferréol and Saint Joachim to be overseen by the Grand Voyer of the District of Quebec. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act For the better regulation of the Lumber Trade. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 27 | 1808 | An Act placing regulations on the export of certain types of lumber. The Act makes it lawful for the governor to appoint Master Cullers and Measurers of boards and planks, staves, timber, and masts and spars at the ports of Montreal and Quebec. Expectations and duties for these positions are outlined. Standards for lumber being exported are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the maintenance of good order on Sundays and Holidays in the Country Parishes of this Province. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 26 | 1808 | An Act to make the Office of Church Warden responsible for maintaining good order in Churches and Chapels in Lower Canada. The Act stipulates the duties of "ancient" Church Wardens and Overseers and how they are to be replaced. Penalties for causing disturbances on Sundays and holidays are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act more effectually to provide for the making, altering and repairing the Highways and Bridges, within the Inferior District of Gaspé, and to repeal so much of an Act, passed in the thirty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for making, repairing and altering the Highways and Bridges within this Province, and for other purposes” as regards the said Inferior District. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 25 | 1808 | An Act to repeal and amend a former provincial Act so far as it applies to the District of Gaspé in order to make the maintenance of highways and bridges more effective there. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise Thomas Porteous of Terrebonne, Esquire, to erect a Bridge, from Repentigny to the Island, called, Bourdon. (14 April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 24 | 1808 | An Act to allow Thomas Porteous, esq. to build a bridge from Repentigny to Bourdon Island, which will communicate with two other bridges Porteous was authorised to build by an Act passed in 1805. Porteous is authorised to charge a toll for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the bridge. Restrictions are outlined, such as the space he must allow between support pillars in the River Outaouais. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prolong the time granted to Thomas Porteous of Terrebonne, Esquire, for rebuilding certain Bridges therein mentioned. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 23 | 1808 | An Act to extend the period Thomas Porteous, esq., his heirs, or executors had to make repairs or rebuild bridges if deemed unsafe or impassable, on pain of losing title to the bridges, from eighteen months to six years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Judges in Civil Causes, in this Province, to delegate the power of administering Oaths, in certain cases therein mentioned. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 22 | 1808 | An Act to allow judges in civil causes to authorise individuals including notaries and justices of the peace to administer to the oath to experts, guardians, tutors, sub-tutors, or curators in places more than five leagues away from the Court to avoid the delay and expense of bringing distant experts to Court. The oaths that may be taken by these individuals are attached. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Trial of controverted Elections or returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly of Lower-Canada. (14th. April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 21 | 1808 | An Act to specify standards for petitions complaining of undue elections of Members to the House of Assembly. Restrictions including the contents and date of the petitions are outlined, and a fee to bring forward a petition is implemented. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying a further sum of money towards the building and compleating of a Common Gaol, for the District of Quebec. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 20 | 1808 | An Act to provide further funds towards demolishing an old gaol and for the completion of the common gaol in the District of Quebec. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide a permanent Fund, for the improvement of the Inland Navigation of the River Saint Lawrence. (14th April, 1808.) | 48 George III Chapter 19 | 1808 | An Act to implement a fee to be paid to the Inspector of Scows and Rafts at Chateauguay by pilots transporting masts, timber, staves, boards, planks, firewood, or other articles through the rapids along the River St. Lawrence in order to establish a permanent fund for continued improvements to waterways between Montreal and Lake St. Francis. Fines for those who fail to pay this fee are established. | Early Canadiana Online |