Legislation by Province: United Canadas (1841-1857)
Displaying 1941 - 1950 of 1978 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to secure to, and confer upon, certain inhabitants of this Province, the civil and political rights of natural born British Subjects. 21th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 7 | 1841 | Act naturalizing all Aliens in United Canadas who resided in the province for seven years. They are entitled to all the rights and privileges of British Subjects once they said an Oath or Affirmation and were recorded in the Book of Registry. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt from duty all copies of the Holy Scriptures, imported into this Province by Sea. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1841 | An Act passing the petition of the Montreal Auxiliary Bible Society to exempt all Bibles and Testaments imported into former Lower Canada from duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the Despatch of Business in the Court of Queen’s Bench of Upper Canada. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 5 | 1841 | Act which allows the Court of the Queen's Bench of Upper Canada to sit in Banc on Tuesday and Wednesday of the second week after the end of each term. They are to give judgement only and rules and orders in matters moved and argued in said court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Members of the Legislative Assembly for places within that part of the Province formerly constituting the Province of Upper Canada, to vacate their seats in certain cases and for other purposes. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 4 | 1841 | Act to allow Members of the Legislative Assembly of former Upper Canada to resign in certain cases. Must give notice of intention to the Speaker who then will allow a warrant for election and if Parliament is not in session, notice must be sent to the Speaker by mail. No member can resign in the first fifteen days of the First Session of Parliament. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the Laws now in force in that part of this Province, formerly Upper Canada, for the recovery of Small Debts, and to make other provisions therefor. 27th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 3 | 1841 | To repeal an Act passed in the third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, An Act to repeal part of amend and reduce to one Act of Parliament, the several Laws now in force in this Province for the recovery of Small Debts, and to extend the jurisdiction of the Court of Requests within the same, in former Upper Canada. Outlines the new Small Debts court system including the appointment of six divisions in each judicial district, appointment of Clerks, Bailiffs, Deputies, and Treasurers. Also, gives details of the job expectations, limitations, and wages. Dictates how the courts will operate when dealing with small debt recovery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Amend the Militia Law of that part of this Province formerly constituting the Province of Upper Canada. 17th August 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 2 | 1841 | Act to Amend Militia Law. Allows for exemption of Quakers, Mennonits, and Tunkers from the Militia as long as a certificate of religious practice is provided and they pay annually ten shillings in peacetime and five shillings in times of conflict to the Town Assessor. The money is used for roads and highways. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter for a limited period the place of sitting of the Heir and Devisee Commission of the late Province of Upper Canada and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1st July, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 1 | 1841 | An act to which covers two years and the former Upper Canada concerning the Heir and Devisee Commission. Amends the Act passed in the forty-fifth year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled An Act to afford relief to those persons who may be entitled to claim Lands in this Province as Heirs or Devisees of the Nominees of the Crown in cases where no patent hath issued for such Lands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Acts for the formation of Companies for constructing Roads and other Works, to Companies formed for the purpose of acquiring Public Works of like nature. 24th July, 1850. | 11 Victoria – Chapter 14 | 1840 | Early Canadiana Online | |
| An Act to reduce the Salaries attached to certain Judicial Offices, in the cases therein mentioned, and to fix the Salaries of the Speakers of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly. | 14 Victoria – Chapter 174 | 1810 | Early Canadiana Online | |
| An Act further to amend the Acts for supplying the City of Quebec and parts adjacent thereto with Water. 30th August, 1851. | 14 Victoria – Chapter 131 | 1810 | Early Canadiana Online |