Legislation by Province: United Canadas (1841-1857)
Displaying 951 - 960 of 1978 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to amend the Laws regulating the Election of Members of the Legislative Assembly in certain Counties, in so far as relates to the Return of Writs. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 87 | 1851 | This act amends the elections act for the Saguenay and Isle de Madeleine regions of Lower Canada, due to their inaccessibility, to assure that these counties are always represented in the legislature. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the incorporation and better Management of Library Associations and Mechanics’ Institutes. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 86 | 1851 | This act allows for the incorporation of the Library associations and Mechanics' Institutes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt Firemen in Cities from the payment of Statute Labour Tax. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 85 | 1851 | This act allows any municipality in the province to exempt firemen from paying statute labour tax once they have served for seven years, along exempting them from jury duty. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the regulation of Private Lunatic Asylums. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 84 | 1851 | This act legislates the rules and regulations surrounding the granting of licenses for individuals who wish to open a private asylum. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the confinement of Lunatics in cases where there being at large may be dangerous to the public. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 83 | 1851 | This act allows for the imprisonment of individuals who have been proven to be insane in asylums after having being found guilty of committing a crime. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the regulation of Pawnbrokers and Pawnbroking. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 82 | 1851 | This act requires pawn brokers and sellers to hold a license in order to practice, to be renewed on an annual basis. Fines for selling or brokering without a license are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of the Act therein mentioned, relative to the Printing and Distribution of the Provincial Statutes. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 81 | 1851 | This is an amendment to a 1849 act, which changed the distribution of provincial statues, stating that only public acts will be distributed to the public in order to save the expense of printing and distributing all legislative acts. The new act repeals the 1849 acts, and changes the distribution again to include private and local acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Discharge of Sureties for Public Officers in certain cases. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 80 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1841 act called "An Act to regulate the taking of securities in all Offices in respect of which security ought to be given, and for avoiding the grant of all such Offices in the event of such security not being given within a time limited after the grant of such office," which makes strict rules regarding government officers who are in charge of public moneys, requiring them to register their own debts with the provincial clerks before taking on any roles which require them to disburse government funds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable parties holding Patents for Inventions confined to one section of this Province, to obtain the extension of the same to the other section thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 79 | 1851 | This act enables patent holders who obtained their patents in either Upper or Lower Canada before the uniting of the Canadas to extend their patent rights to the entirety of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Emigrant Act, by reducing the tax on Emigrants coming into this Province, and for other purposes. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 78 | 1851 | This is an amendment to the province's emigrant act, changing the fees to be paid by newly arrived immigrants or ships' passengers on their arrival to the province. | Early Canadiana Online |