Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to enable Suitors in the District Courts to procure the attendance of Witnesses from any District in this Province, and to authorize certain persons therein named to take affidavits in the said District Courts. Passed 16th April, 1835. | 5 William IV – Chapter 4 | 1835 | This act compels the attendance of witnesses at trial when subpoenaed, under threat of being charged with contempt of court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to mitigate the Law in respect to Imprisonment for Debt. Passed 16th April, 1835. | 5 William IV – Chapter 3 | 1835 | This act raises the amount required to jail debtors from five pounds to ten pounds. It also further defines the actions which can be taken against debtors in order to recover costs. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to allow the issuing of Writs of Error from the Court of King’s Bench. Passed 24th February, 1835. | 5 William IV – Chapter 2 | 1835 | This act allows the court of the king's bench to correct errors in the Writ of Error of the inferior court rather than requiring the chancery do it under the great seal, as is required under the law of England. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the unnecessary multiplication of Law Suits and increase of Costs in Actions on Notes, Bonds, Bills of Exchange, and other Instruments. Passed 16th April, 1835. | 5 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1835 | This act regulates lawsuits that can be brought against banks and the makers and endorsers of banknotes concerning their value, in an attempt to control the increase of the physical costs of making said banknotes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to borrow a sum of money in Great Britain, at a reduced rate of interest, to cancel a part of the Public Debt of this Province, and for other purposes. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 53 | 1834 | This act allows the province to negotiate a loan from Great Britain in order to continue various infrastructure projects. It details debentures, terms of interest, who will be responsible for handling accounts, and penalties for forging debentures. | 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 Addresses of the House of Assembly during the present Session. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 52 | 1834 | This act appropriates the sum of seven thousand eighty six pounds from the provincial treasury to repay a loan made by the crown which was used by the legislative assembly to build its parliament buildings. The Upper Canada parliament buildings were built in Toronto and completed in 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money, towards defraying the expense of the Administration of the Civil Government of this Province. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 51 | 1834 | This act details the various sums paid out to government officials over the past fiscal year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and make permanent an Act passed in the second year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to impose an additional duty on Licenses to vend Wines, Brandy and Spirituous Liquors.” Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 50 | 1834 | This is a renewal of an act first passed in 1832 regulating the taxes on licenses required to sell wine. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue an Act passed in the Fourth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, entitled “An Act prescribing the mode of Measuring the contents of Wooden Stills, also for fixing the rate of Duty to be paid on all Stills used for the Distillation of Spirituous Liquors within this Province.” Passed, 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 49 | 1834 | This act is a renewal of an act which was first passed in 1824 and which has expired. It regulates how the contents of stills are measures, as well as how distilled liquors are taxed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of money for the improvement of Roads and Bridges in the several Districts in this Province. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 48 | 1834 | This act specifies sums of money to be paid out by the Legislative Assembly in order to improve roads, build new roads, and build and maintain bridges. These payments are made out to specific districts, and are paid out as loans with specific terms. The act also specifies where roads are to be laid out, which roads and brides are to be maintained, and how much money is being paid out for each. | Early Canadiana Online |