| An Act to authorise the Surveyor General of this Province to receive the like sum for all original Schedules of New Townships furnished, or to be furnished since the first day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty, as he is authorised to receive by Law for such Schedules furnished before that period. Passed 17th January 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 16 |
1822 |
This Act stipulates that the Surveyor General be paid twenty shillings for each schedule he produces of a new township. |
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| An Act to establish a Market in the Town of Perth in the County of Carleton. Passed 17th January 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 15 |
1822 |
This Act allows for the establishment of a market in Perth, and places its administration in the hands of local Commissioners of the Peace. |
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| An Act to establish the division line between the Second and Third Concessions of the Township of Osnabruck, in the Eastern District. Passed 17th January, 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 14 |
1822 |
This Act decrees that the survey line determined by Lewis Grant, Esquire, Deputy Provincial Surveyor, be considered the official boundary line "between the Second and Third Concessions of the Township of Osnabruck," thereby settling any disputes over said boundary. |
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| An Act requiring the publication of the expenditure of monies raised under any Law, establishing a Police in any Town or Towns in this Province. Passed 17 January, 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 13 |
1822 |
This Act stipulates that annual accounts of monies raised and spent to establish police forces in Upper Canada be made public, and that the annual accounts of existing police forces also be kept and made public. |
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| An Act to enable persons who have preferred claims to or out of certain Forfeited Estates in this Province to withdraw the same. Passed 17th January, 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 12 |
1822 |
This Act allows people who have made, or may in future make, claims regarding any of the "traitors'" or "aliens'" estates vested in the government, to change their minds and withdraw their claims, at which time the estate(s) in question would return to the Commissioner(s) of the government. |
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| An Act to repeal in part, a certain part of an Act passed in the forty- third year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to extend theprovisions of an Act passed in the thirty fourth yearof His Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to restrain the custom of permitting Horned Cattle, Horses, Sheepand Swine, to runat large. And further to enable the Magistrates in their respective Districts in this Province, in General Quarter Sessions assembled, to make such rules and regulations as may restrain swine running at large in the respective Towns in this Province, where a Police is or may hereafter be established by Law. Passed 17th January, 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 11 |
1822 |
This Act repeals as "ineffectual and insufficient" the section of the earlier legislation cited in this Act's title, relating to swine. It also stipulates that magistrates in any town with a police force or which may in future establish a police force have the authority to create regulations around the "running at large" of swine in their respective jurisdictions. |
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| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the fifty sixth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money and to provide for the appointment of a Provincial Agent for this Province. Passed 17th January, 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 10 |
1822 |
This Act repeals an earlier law calling for "the appointment of a Provincial Agent for" Upper Canada; the previous Provincial Agent had passed away, and it was deemed that the office was no longer necessary as it had not functioned as desired. |
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| An act to continue an Act passed in the forty-sixth year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled “An act tomakeprovision for certain Sheriffs in this Province, andcertain other Act of the Parliament of this Province” passed in the fifty seventh yearof His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled ‘An Act further to continue an Act passed in the forty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act to makeprovision for certain Sheriffs in this Province’ andalso to extend theprovisions of the said Act” and to protect the interest of Suitors in certain cases. Passed 17th January 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 9 |
1822 |
This Act allows for the continuation of an earlier Act regarding Sheriffs in Upper Canada, and adds to it two clauses pertaining to the consequences to be faced by Sheriffs not fulfilling the financial obligations of their office. |
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| An Act to make further regulations respecting the Weekly maintenance of Insolvent Debtors. Passed 17th January 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 8 |
1822 |
This Act describes the procedure by which an incarcerated debtor can apply for a release from prison or a weekly allowance. |
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| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, and promulgated by Proclamation bearing date the twenty-first day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-One, entitled “An Act to incorporate sundry persons under the Style and Title of The President Directors and Companyof the Bankof Upper Canada.” Passed 17th January, 1822. |
2 George IV – Chapter 7 |
1822 |
This Act allows for changes to the process of electing the current Directors of the Company of the Bank of Upper Canada, due to extenuating circumstances; and reduces the amount of capital the Directors need to begin the Bank's operation. |
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