Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to prevent the operation within this Province of an Act of Parliament made in England, in the Twenty-first year of the Reign of King James the First, entitled “An Act to prevent the destroying and, murthering of Bastard Children,” and to make other provisions for the prevention and punishment of Infanticide. Passed 23rd December, 1831. | 2 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1832 | This Act removes Upper Canada from the jurisdiction of a British law concerning the murdering of children born out of wedlock, and stipulates that such murder be tried as any other murder would be. It also identifies the punishment for hiding the corpse of an infant so as to deny its birth. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for vesting the Estates which were of the late Laurent Quetton Saint George, deceased, in this Province, in William Warren Baldwin, and for declaring the trusts upon which certain other Estates by the said William Warren Baldwin, for the said William Warren Baldwin the better to of the said Laurent Quetton Saint George, relating to the Real and Personal Estates which Quetton Saint George, in this Province. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 27 | 1831 | This Act vests the Upper Canadian properties of the late Frenchman Laurent Quetton Saint George in the hands of William Warren Baldwin, the Executor of his will. The Act details some of the terms of Saint George's will and specifies how Baldwin is to satisfy them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further Provision for completing the Kettle Creek Harbour in the District of London. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 26 | 1831 | This Act grants permission for the Receiver General to borrow, from any creditor, up to 3,500 pounds to aid in constructing the harbour at Kettle Creek. The Act also specifies the terms of interest and repayment agreeable to the government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for affording aid to William Chisholm Esquire, towards the completion of the Harbour at Oakville, in the Township of Trafalgar. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 25 | 1831 | This Act allows for a government loan of 2,500 pounds to William Chisholm, Esquire, to assist in completing the harbour at Sixteen Mile Creek. It also specifies the terms for repayment of the loan. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant a sum of Money to His Majesty in aid of the York Hospital. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 24 | 1831 | This Act stipulates that 100 pounds be made available and held in trust for the purpose of aiding the operation of the hospital in York. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good certain Monies paid under the Warrants of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in advance, to defray the Contingencies of the last Session of the Legislature. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 23 | 1831 | This Act provides for the repayment of the Lieutenant-Governor for funds he advanced toward expenses of governance during the previous sitting of the Legislature. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Indemnify Roswell Mount, Esquire, for Monies advanced by him to complete a Bridge across the River Thames, from Delaware to Carradoc. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 22 | 1831 | This Act provides funds to reimburse Roswell Mount, Esquire, the 75 pounds, three shillings, one penny of his own money he paid to the contractor of a bridge constructed over the Thames River. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to remunerate James Gordon Strobridge for labour and materials provided and applied by him in constructing the Burlington Bay Canal. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 21 | 1831 | This Act allows for the payment of a balance due one James Gordon Strobridge for "labour and materials" he supplied toward the building of infrastructure at Burlington Bay. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the laying out several sums of Money granted by an Act of the last Session of the Legislature, entitled “An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of Money for the improvement of the Roads and Bridges in this Province,” and which sums remain unexpended. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 20 | 1831 | This Act specifies how certain funds still available for work on roads and bridges are to be used in various specific locations throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant a Sum of Money, and to provide for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River aux Raisin, in the County of Glengarry. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 19 | 1831 | This Act provides government funds to make the River aux Raisin more easily and safely navigable, and appoints Commissioners to determine the details of how the allotted funds will be spent. | Early Canadiana Online |