Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to remunerate Lewis Bright, for his long and faithful services, by granting a Pension to him and his aged wife, or the survivor of them during their natural lives. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 64 1840 This act grants a pension to Lewis Bright and his wife. Early Canadiana Online
An Act granting a sum of money to Samuel B. Smith, to make good a deficiency in his salary, as one of the Junior Clerks in the Executive Council Office, for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 63 1840 This act increases the sum paid to the Samuel B. Smith, one of the junior clerks in the executive council office, by twenty pounds, to make up for a deficiency of the same amount in his salary for 1839. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to remunerate John Kidd for certain services. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 62 1840 This act enables the payment of John Kidd, jailer for the Home district. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to remunerate the Honourable John Henry Dunn, for services rendered to this Province.” Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 61 1840 This act allows John Henry Dunn to keep a portion of a loan made to him by the province as a reimbursement for services he rendered to the province, as per an act passed in 1837. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to enable Her Majesty to remunerate the services of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, Knight, Speaker of the Commons House of Assembly. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 60 1840 This act authorises the payment of Sir Allan Napier MacNab as speaker of the House of Assembly. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the support and maintenance of the Provincial Penitentiary. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 59 1840 This act authorises money to be transferred for the maintenance of the provincial penitentiary and its inmates. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorise the Receiver General of this Province to borrow a certain sum of money upon Debentures, for the purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 58 1840 This act authorises the assembly to acquire loans from private companies in order to complete infrastructure projects. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorise the Receiver General to dispose of the Provincial Stock, in the Bank of Upper Canada. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 57 1840 This act authorises the sale of two thousand shares held by the province in the Bank of Upper Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the relief of Philip De Grassi. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 56 1840 This act authorises the reimbursement of Philip de Grassi for repairs he undertook at his own expense. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the relief of Allan MacDonell, Esquire, the Sheriff of the Midland District. Passed 10th February, 1840. 3 Victoria – Chapter 55 1840 This act permits the reimbursement of the sheriff of the Midland district, who has found himself paying for the repairs of the local jail out of pocket. Early Canadiana Online