Legislation by Province: United Canadas (1841-1857)
Displaying 1881 - 1890 of 1978 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to Incorporate the Montreal Asylum for aged and Infirm Women. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 67 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate "The Montreal Asylum for Aged and Infirm Women" who provide aid and care for destitute aged, infirm,and decrepit women in the city. The act also outlines how the corporation will run and exempts the women involved from needing their husbands' permission to make decisions. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Ladies’ Benevolent Society of Montreal. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 66 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate "The Montreal Ladies' Benevolent Institution" who provide relief and education to widows and orphans of Montreal. It also states how the corporation will run and allows the women involved to make decisions without the consent of their husbands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate a Company under the style and title of “The City of Toronto Gas Light and Water Company.” 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 65 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate "The City of Toronto Gas Light and Water Company" which will provide the city of Toronto with gas and water. The Act allows the company to lay mains and pipes throughout the city and they must have gas fully operational in one year and water within two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act of the Parliament of the late Province of Upper Canada, intituled “An Act to authorize the establishment of Mutual Insurance Companies in the several Districts of this Province.” 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 64 | 1841 | An Act that repeals part of an Act of Parliament of former Upper Canada concerning having only one mutual insurance company per district. The act now allows any mutual insurance company that is incorporated to insure property in their district. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, relative to District Turnpike Trusts. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 63 | 1841 | An Act to amend the previous act of the former Upper Canada related to turnpike roads. It states that no person living within a half mile of the road needs to do their statue labour and pay until the road has been macadamized or improved. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Ladies of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum of Montreal. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 62 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate the "Ladies of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum" to provide care for orphans of the Roman Catholic faith in the city of Montreal. The Act also outlines the way that the company will run and allows married women to make decisions without their husbands' permission. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the protection of Copy Rights in this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 61 | 1841 | An Act creating copy rights for authors or engravers in the Province of Canada. This extends to all books, maps, charts, musical compositions, engravings, or etchings made in the province and last for twenty-eight years. The copy right then can be renewed for fourteen more. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein mentioned, for the purpose of making a Macadamized Road from Dundas Street to the River Humber, in the Township of York. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 60 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate "The Weston Road Company" for the purpose of macadamizing or planking Dundas Street to Humber River in York Township. The Act outlines how the company will run that the regulations that it has as well as allows them to collect tolls on any part of the road once completed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the construction of certain Light Houses and Lights within the Port of Montreal. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 59 | 1841 | An Act that advances nine hundred and twenty-five pounds to the Trinity House of Montreal to pay to build light houses for the Port of Montreal. The money will be repaid by the corporation to the Receiver General using the light-duty charged to all ships using the Port. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to consolidate certain debts due by the Home District, and to make provision for the payment thereof. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 58 | 1841 | An Act that consolidates two loans taken by the Home District to build a new goal and court house. The debt will be paid with the sale of the old goal and court house block. | Early Canadiana Online |