Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to loan Two Thousand Pounds to the Welland Canal Company. Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 38 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act authorises a loan to the Welland Canal Company, in order to enable them to pay contractors to complete construction and repairs on the locks and canals and enable them to open the following spring. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of Money, for the improvement of Roads and Bridges in the several Districts of this Province. Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 37 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act lists the specific sums of money allocated to various areas of the province to be used for the improvement of roads and bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend to certain persons the Civil and Political Rights of Natural-born Subjects. (The Royal Assent to this Bill promulgated by Proclamation, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of October, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-five.) | 6 William IV - Chapter 36 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act extends the rights of natural-born citizens to the named immigrants and their heirs. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of the Heirs of the late Peter Desjardins. The Royal Assent to this Bill promulgated by Proclamation, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of November, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-five. | 6 William IV – Chapter 35 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act allows the heirs of Peter (Pierre) Desjardins, being his two brothers and sister, to inherit his property, even though they are not natural born citizens of the empire. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate sundry persons, under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company, of the Gore Bank. The Royal Assent to this Bill promulgated by Proclamation, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of October, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-five. | 6 William IV – Chapter 34 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act incorporates the Gore Bank. It specifies how many shares will be available for purchase, how the bank will be managed by directors, how the directors will be chosen, how many votes each shareholder is entitled to, the responsibilities and eligibility of directors, and regulations regarding promissory notes and rates of interest. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering and amending the Charter of the President, Directors, and Company of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District, and for increasing the number of Shares to be held in the Capital Stock of the Company. The Royal Assent to this Bill promulgated by Proclamation, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of October, One Thousand, Eight Hundred and Thirty-five. | 6 William IV – Chapter 33 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act amends the original charter of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District, in order to comply with the request of the president and director of the said bank, as well as various inhabitants of the province, to increase the number of shares to eight thousand. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the next Election in the County of Leeds. Passed 7th March, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 32 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act sets out specific regulations for the county of Leeds, such as location for polling stations, the manner in which the returning officer shall be appointed, who is eligible for the post of returning officer. The duties of the returning officer are very specifically laid out, as well as the manner in which the vote will be held, including various regulations regarding eligibility to vote and run for office. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good certain Monies advanced for the Contingent Expenses of the last Session of the Legislature of this Province, and also to make good certain Monies advanced in compliance with two Addresses of the House of Assembly, during the present Session. Passed 20th April, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 31 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act authorises the repayment of two respective loans made to the province by the crown, one of eight thousand four hundred and seventy seven pounds, and the other of two thousand pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Improvement of certain Roads in the Home District. Passed 20th April, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 30 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act allots specific sums to districts in order to improve or construct roads within those districts. | 6 William IV – Chapter 30 (Session 1) |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled “An Act to encourage the destroying of Wolves in this Province, and to make further provision for exterminating those destructive animals.” Passed 20th April, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 29 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act renews an act first passed in 1810, placing a bounty of one pound ten shillings on wolf pelts and wolf heads. | Early Canadiana Online |