Legislation by Province: United Canadas (1841-1857)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to provide for the better organization of Agricultural Societies in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 127 1851 This act reorganizes the agricultural societies of Upper Canada in order to make them more efficient and uniform. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an Act, intituled, An Act to compel Vessels to carry a Light during the Night, and to make sundry provisions to regulate the Navigation of the waters of this Province. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 126 1851 This is an amendment to an act requiring ships to sail with an indicator light when navigating at night. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal the provision limiting the distance between the County Town and any additional Grammar School in the same County, in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 125 1851 This act repeals a clause in a past act called "An Act to make temporary provision for the appropriation of the Funds derived from the sale of School Lands in that part of the Province formerly Upper Canada, and for other purposes," which requires schools be located more than six miles from each other. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to enable Municipal Corporations in Upper Canada to contract Debts to the Crown, in the purchase of Public Works, without imposing a Special Rate or Tax for the payment of the same. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 124 1851 This act makes provisions to repay debts incurred for various public works built in Upper Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to explain and amend the Acts for preventing obstructions in Rivers and Rivulets in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 123 1851 This is an amendment to a past act which prevented obstructions in rivers in Upper Canada. The amendment omits the rivers Saint Lawrence, Ottawa, and any rivers which contain salmon, pickerel, black bass or perch from the said amendment. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Act, intituled, An Act to authorize the formation of Joint Stock Companies for the construction of Roads and other Works in Upper Canada, and to extend the provisions thereof. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 122 1851 This is an amendment to a past act which allows for the formation of joint stock companies for public works. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal so much of the Act thirteenth and fourteenth Victoria, Chapter Seventy-two, as relates to the construction of Rail-ways. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 121 1851 This is an amendment to past act allowing the formation of joint stock companies for the construction of railways in Upper Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to explain and amend the act of the last Session, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to Tavern Licenses in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 120 1851 This is an amendment to a past act which allows municipalities to regulate taverns within their own town limits. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to establish an Uniform Rate of Fees to be received by Justices of the Peace in Upper Canada, and to repeal the Act of Upper Canada, passed in the fourth year of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventeen. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 119 1851 This act defines the fees to be collected by justices of the peace in Upper Canada for various services. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorize and require the several Deputy Clerks of the Crown to perform the duties of Clerks of Assize in their respective Counties in Upper Canada, except as therein mentioned. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 118 1851 This act appoints deputy clerks for the courts of assize, and specifies what their duties are to be. Early Canadiana Online