| An Act to protect the Public against accidental injury from Machinery used in Mills, and for other purposes. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 18 |
1838 |
This act requires the placement of guards over dangerous machinery, and requires the inspection of said machinery to make sure it the owners have installed the proper guards and that they are in good and proper repair. The act also specifies the penalty for refusal to follow this law. |
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| An Act to alter the mode of Payment of Wages to Members of the House of Assembly. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 17 |
1838 |
This act regulates how members of the legislation are to be paid. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Costs of levying Distresses for small Rents and Penalties. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 16 |
1838 |
This act controls the amount which can be charged in fees and rents by those acting as brokers, constables, or bailiffs. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend so much of an Act passed in the seventh year of His late Majesty's reign, entitled, “An Act to encrease, the present number of the Judges of His Majesty's Court of King’s Bench in this Province, to alter the Terms for the sitting of the said Court, and for other purposes therein-mentioned,” as relates to Hilary Term. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 15 |
1838 |
This act repeals an act passed in 1837 and amends the times at which certain courts will be held. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, entitled, “An Act to establish a Court of Chancery in this Province.” Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 14 |
1838 |
This is an amendment to an act passed in 1837 which established the court of chancery. It concerns the court fees, which have been deemed too high, and orders the relevant officials to amend the fees. |
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| An Act to authorise the appointment of Commissioners to investigate the claims of certain Inhabitants of this Province, for losses sustained during the late unnatural Rebellion. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 13 |
1838 |
This act appoints commissioners to examine the claims of residents of the province who have had property damaged in the uprising of 1837 for possible compensation. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for indemnifying persons who since the Second of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, have acted in Apprehending, Imprisoning, or Detaining in Custody, persons suspected of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices, and in the Suppression of Unlawful Assemblies, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 12 |
1838 |
This act pardons those who took actions which may not have been entirely legal, but were considered necessary at the time, in order to subdue the insurrection of December 1837. |
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| An Act to prevent the unlawful Training of persons to the use of Arms, and to practice Military evolutions and exercises; and to authorise Justices of the Peace to seize and, detain Arms collected or kept for purposes dangerous to the public peace. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 11 |
1838 |
This act prevents people not associated with the militia, or who do not have the permission of the province, from practicing military exercises. It also outlaws the possession of many weapons. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Government of this Province to extend a conditional Pardon, in certain cases, to Persons who have been concerned in the late Insurrection. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 10 |
1838 |
This act allows certain people who engaged in the recent rebellion to be granted a conditional pardon; the condition is the individual in question should banished themselves from the province. |
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| An Act to provide for the more speedy attainder of persons indicted for High Treason, who have fled from this Province, or remain concealed therein, to escape from Justice. Passed 6th March, 1838. |
1 Victoria – Chapter 9 |
1838 |
This act clarifies how to prosecute those who are accused of treason but who have either fled the province or who are in hiding. |
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