Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to provide for the Payment of Militia Pensions, by Reviving and Continuing for a limited time the Law for that purpose, which has recently expired. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 23 | 1830 | This Act, dating retroactively to January 30, 1830, extends a previous Act regarding military pensions. It is to remain in effect for four years plus the time to the final day of the next sitting of the Legislature. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Authorize the Receiver General of this Province to raise by Debenture, on the Credit of certain duties therein mentioned, a Sum of Money for the Relief of the Sufferers during the late War with the United States. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 22 | 1830 | This Act grants the Receiver General the power to borrow the 57,412 pounds, ten shillings authorized for compensation of those residents of the province sustaining losses during the War of 1812, and outlines the terms of the potential loan(s) and its or their repayment. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of the Sufferers who sustained Loss during the late War with the United States of America. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 21 | 1830 | This Act provides for 57,412 pounds, ten shillings out of duties on salt and whiskey to be made available towards the compensation of those residents of the province sustaining losses during the War of 1812. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Quarter Sessions of the Home District to provide for the Relief of Insane Destitute Persons in that District. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 20 | 1830 | This Act authorizes the Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the Home District to request the District Treasurer to release funds for the support of those insane inhabitants of the District who have insufficient means of supporting themselves. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Borrow a Sum of Money in England at a reduced rate of Interest, to cancel the Public Debt of this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1830 | This Act authorizes the Receiver General of Upper Canada to allot 5,400 pounds per year for the payment of the interest and, eventually, the principal on a loan the provincial government hopes to obtain from England. This loan would be for the purpose of paying off debts owed by the province to other creditors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Pension Charlotte Pomeroy, Widow of the late Timothy Conklin Pomeroy. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1830 | This Act provides for an annual pension of twenty pounds for Charlotte Pomeroy, whose husband was killed in the course of duty as a law enforcement officer. Mrs. Pomeroy is to qualify for the pension until her youngest child turns sixteen. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Repeal an Act passed in the Forty-ninth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to Encourage the Destroying of Wolves in this Province,” and to make further provision for exterminating those destructive Animals. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1830 | This Act, with aim to encourage the residents of the province to help cull the wolf population, authorizes the payment of one pound per wolf killed, so long as sufficient proof of killing be provided. The Act also specifies how this bounty of one pound per head is to be disbursed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Correct the Survey of the Fifth Concession Line of the Township of Yonge. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1830 | This Act corrects an error in the numbering of lots on the Fifth Concession in the Township of Yonge. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Confirm the Survey of a part of the Concession Line between the Seventh and Eighth Concessions of the Township of Cornwall. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1830 | This Act takes as accurate the dividing line between the Seventh Concession and the Eighth Concession in Cornwall, as surveyed by Duncan McDonell and Thomas T. Bower. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act Granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money for the Improvement of the Roads and Bridges in this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1830 | This Act provides government funds for road and bridge repair throughout the province, and specifies on exactly which projects the money is to be spent in each district. The Act also names the Commissioners to direct the use of funds for each project. | Early Canadiana Online |