This act authorises representatives from the Roman Catholic church in Peterborough to sell lands that had been granted to them in order to defray the costs of building a new church.
This act admits John Bristowe, originally of London, where he was educated as a solicitor, and recently admitted as a lawyer in Toronto, to the court of Chancery of Upper Canada.
This act raises a levy on the inhabitants of the western district in order to pay off the debt of the district as well as to raise money to make repairs to the district jail.
This act extends certain clauses from an act passed in 1837 which created the district of Colborne and which concerns the creation of tax rates in order to erect a court house and jail.
This act amends the 1838 act which creates a separate district in the county of Huron, to determine the tax rates which this new district should pay to the district of London until the new tax district is properly established.
This act extends certain provisions from the 1837 act which created the district of Brock, allowing the district more time to repay the amount loaned to build their district court house and jail.
This act amends an act passed in 1838 which established the district of Dalhousie. This amendment defines the grounds which will hold the jail and court house, which had not at that point been determined.
This act calls for the return of receipts and vouchers by the commissioners of public works such as road improvements to the legislative assembly. Should any commissioners fail to make a proper report of their expenditures, no further funding will be approved for their project and the commissioner in question risks dismissal.