Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Grantham Academy. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1830 | This Act lays out the terms for the management of and the holding of stock in the Grantham Academy, a school to be established in Saint Catharines. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford further aid to complete the Burlington Bay Canal, and for other purposes relative to the said Canal. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1830 | This Act specifies the terms of financing the completion of the Burlington Bay Canal, and also contains details about the administration of the completion process. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Grant a further Loan to the Welland Canal Company, and to Regulate their further operations. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1830 | This Act authorizes the government to raise a loan of 25,000 pounds, to be loaned in turn to the Welland Canal Company in support of the continued construction of the Welland Canal. Further, the Act furnishes detail regarding the terms of such loans and their repayment. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage the Establishment of Agricultural Societies in the several Districts of this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 10 | 1830 | This Act provides for government funds to be made available to support agricultural societies within the province. It also specifies the conditions societies must meet in order to qualify for such funds, and how the funds are to be disbursed should there be multiple societies formed in any given district. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Revive and Continue, with certain Modifications, an Act passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to alter the Laws now in force for granting Licenses to Innkeepers, and to give to the Justices of the Peace, in General Quarter Sessions Assembled, for their respective Districts, authority to Regulate the Duties hereafter to be paid on such Licenses. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 9 | 1830 | This Act maintains, for two years to come, certain previous legislative provisions regarding innkeepers' licenses. The Act makes further specifications regarding the granting of licenses to innkeepers, and stipulates that revenue raised through the sale of such licenses be used to upgrade roads and bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the times of sitting of the General Quarter Sessions in the Niagara District. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 8 | 1830 | This Act repeals previous legislation governing meeting dates for the Court of General Quarter Sessions in Niagara, and specifies new dates for the same. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for an Encrease of the number of Overseers of Highways, Pounds, and Pound-keepers, in the respective Townships throughout this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1830 | This Act allows for the selection of up to thirty Overseers of Highways for each township in the province, along with one pound-keeper for each pound. The Act also specifies to which pound(s) seized property may be conveyed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better Regulation of the Currency. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1830 | This Act repeals certain previous legislation pertaining to currency in Upper Canada, and specifies which British silver coins are no longer to be accepted as currency within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Provisions of the Law of Set-off—and to prevent unnecessary and vexatious Law-Suits. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 5 | 1830 | This Act makes provisions for settling accounts when each of two persons owes money to the other. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Indigent Debtors. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1830 | This Act protects the bedding and clothing of debtors and their families from seizure by legal authorities. | Early Canadiana Online |