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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to alter and amend the Act regulating the Practice of the County Courts in Upper Canada, and to extend the Jurisdiction thereof. 10th August, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 52 1850 This act extends the jurisdiction of county courts in Upper Canada to cases regarding debt. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to confirm and give effect to certain Rules and Regulations made by the Judges of Her Majesty’s Court of Error and Appeal for Upper Canada, and for other purposes relating to the powers of the Judges of the Courts of Law and Equity in that part of the Province, and the practice and decisions of certain of those Courts. 10th August, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 51 1850 This act confirms a law passed by the judges of the Upper Canadian court of appeals, which cannot take effect until they have been reviewed and approved by the parliament. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the more effectual Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 50 1850 This act allows for the appointment of administrative officials by judges in the courts of chancery in Upper Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to remove certain doubts respecting the intention of the Act of the last Session of the Parliament of this Province for amending the Charter of the University of Toronto, and to provide for the institution and endowments of Regius and other Professorships, Lectureships, Fellowships, Scholarships, Exhibitions, Prizes and other Rewards in the said University, and for other purposes connected with the said University, and with the College and Royal Grammar School of Upper Canada College, forming an appendage thereof. 10th August, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 49 1850 This act clarifies the religious requirements of the various colleges of the University of Toronto, stipulating that students must meet the religious education prerequisites set out by their colleges, and how those prerequisites are to be met and verified. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the better establishment and maintenance of Common Schools in Upper Canada. 24th July, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 48 1850 This act amends and consolidates several past acts pertaining to education in Upper Canada, as well as passing new clauses relating to public school trustees, teachers, and the responsibilities of all those involved in the maintenance of educational standards. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to relieve Ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, from the obligation to obtain Special Licenses in order to keep Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials in Lower Canada. 24th July, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 47 1850 This act allows wesleyan ministers, who are in Lower Canada as missionaries, to perform baptisms, marriages, and burials in that part of the province without having to first obtain a special license to do so. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to allow the Members of County Agricultural Societies in Lower Canada, to be elected in any year, after the period fixed by law. 10th August, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 46 1850 This act permits the members of county agricultural societies in Lower Canada to be elected at any time during the year, so long as these elections take place before the first day of October. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Act to incorporate the Lower Canada Agricultural Society. 24th July, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 45 1850 This is an amendment to the act incorporating the Lower Canada Agricultural Society. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue and amend the Ordinance concerning the erection of Parishes, and the construction and repairing of Churches, Parsonage Houses, and Church-yards. 10th August, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 44 1850 This is an amendment to past act concerning the management of property by church trustees. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend and continue the Ordinance for the Inspection of Fish and Oil. 10th August, 1850. 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 43 1850 This act makes certain amendments to a past act regulating the inspection of fish and oil for trade. Early Canadiana Online