| An Act for altering the time of issuing Licences, for the keeping of a House or any other place of Public Entertainment, or for the retailing of Wine, Brandy, Rum, or any other Spirituous Liquors, or for having and using of Stills for the purpose of disputing Spirituous Liquors, or for repealing so much of an Act passed in the forty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, as relates to the periods of paying into the hands of the Receiver General, the Monies collected by the Inspector of each and every District throughout this Province, for such Licences. Passed 2d March, 1805. |
45 George III – Chapter 1 |
1805 |
This act alters previous legislation concerning the keeping of public houses and the distillation of spirits. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1805. York: John Bennet, 1805. |
| An Act for granting to his Majesty a certain sum of Money for the further encouragement of the Growth and Cultivation of Hemp within this Province, and the Exportation thereof. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 11 |
1804 |
This Act stipulates that 1,000 pounds' worth of "a public stock or capital" be made available by the Receiver General of Upper Canada to his Majesty the King, for the purchase of hemp. The Act outlines the regulations for appointing Commissioners to purchase the hemp, and specifies the details around its purchase and exportation. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act for applying a certain sum of Money, therein mentioned, to make good certain Monies issued and advanced by his Majesty through the Lieutenant Governor, in pursuance of an Address. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 10 |
1804 |
This Act applies a sum of money from the coffers of the Receiver General to reimburse his Majesty the King for an advance of the same amount, having been used for stationary and for other expenses during the preceding and current sessions of Parliament. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act appropriating a certain sum of Money annually to defray the expences of erecting certain Public Buildings to and for the uses of this Province. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 9 |
1804 |
This Act states that, beginning this year and continuing until construction is complete, his Majesty the King be paid 400 pounds annually from the coffers of the Receiver General of Upper Canada, in order to erect buildings to house government offices and meeting rooms for such bodies as the Legislative Council, the Assembly, the Executive Council, and the Courts of Justice. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain sum of Money for the purposes therein mentioned. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 8 |
1804 |
This Act stipulates that his Majesty the King be paid 175 pounds out of the Provincial Treasury in order for the government of Upper Canada to "purchas[e] the Statute Laws of England" and apply them within its own jurisdiction. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the forty-thirty year of his Majesty's reign, intituled, “An Act for the better securing to his Majesty, his heirs, and successors the due collection and receipt of certain duties therein mentioned. Passed 9th of March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 7 |
1804 |
This Act outlines the regulations surrounding the transfer of the license to operate a still from one citizen to another, and delineates the provisions for the inspection of stills (including penalties for refusing to permit inspection). |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act for granting to his Majesty a certain sum of Money out of the Funds applicable to the uses of this Province, to defray the expenses of amending and repairing the Public Highways and Roads, laying out and opening new Roads, and building Bridges in the several Districts thereof. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 6 |
1804 |
This Act makes available 1,000 pounds for road and bridge infrastructure, as well as providing for the naming of Commissioners in each district of the province to determine what construction and repairs are necessary, and how to use the available funds accordingly. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act to promulgate the Provincial Statutes, and also to repeal so much of an Act passed in the forty-first year of the reign of his present Majesty, as relates to Printing the Journals. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 5 |
1804 |
This Act repeals certain details of an earlier Act regarding funding for the publication of the Journals of the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council, and stipulates that 300 pounds be spent to collate and print all the laws of Upper Canada to date. The Act further stipulates how the various printed copies of the laws are to be distributed, and that 80 pounds be spent in each succeeding year to print the laws passed during that year. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of his Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to restrain the custom of permitting Horned Cattle, Horses, Sheep and Swine to run at large,” as relates to Sheep, and to refrain the Owners of Rams from permitting them to run at large during a certain time of the year. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 4 |
1804 |
This Act stipulates that sheep-owners not allow their rams to roam at large at any time between September 1st and December 20th; also, that owners who fail to obey this law be fined, and that anyone finding such a ram and unable to ascertain the identity of its owner be permitted to sell the ram after one week's passage. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |
| An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of his Majesty's reign, intituled, “An Act to establish a Superior Court of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, and to regulate the Court of Appeal,'' and to authorize his Majesty's Court of King's Bench in this Province, to regulate certain Fees, Costs and Charges therein mentioned. Passed 9th March, 1804. |
44 George III – Chapter 3 |
1804 |
This Act gave the Court of King's Bench the power to decide upon the fees permitted to various officers of the justice system, including Attorneys and Sheriffs. Previous legislation vesting this power elsewhere was deemed ill-suited to new circumstances in the province, and determined better to be replaced. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1804. York: John Bennet, 1804 |