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An act for granting to his Majesty a sum of money for the survey of the waters of the Saint Lawrence, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 58 George III – Chapter 18 (Session 3) 1818 Act not published in this version of the published acts. Early Canadiana Online
An act to amend the laws now in force for granting wholesale licenses. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 17 (Session 3) 1818 This is an amendment of an act governing the granting of licenses for the sale of wholesale liquor. Early Canadiana Online
An act to alter and amend the laws now in force, for levying and collecting light house and tonnage duties, and to relieve vessels propelled by steam from paying the said duty on the space occupied by the engine, machinery, and fuel. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 16 (Session 3) 1818 This act amends the fees paid by vessels entering ports in the province for the maintenance of lighthouses. In cases where a vessel enters a port where no lighthouse is present, the fees are amended so that they are no longer charged lighthouse fees. Early Canadiana Online
An act further to extend the provisions of an act passed in the thirty-eighth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An act to extend the provisions of an act passed in the second session of the first provincial parliament of Upper Canada,” entitled, “An act to confirm and make valid certain marriages heretofore contracted in the country now comprised within the province of Upper Canada, and to provide for the further solemnization of marriage within the same.” (Passed 27th November, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 15 (Session 3) 1818 This is an extension and an amendment to an earlier act made to assure that couples who were married before the formation of the government of Upper Canada are recognized as married, and their children who were born since are recognized as legitimate. Early Canadiana Online
An act to repeal an ordinance of the province of Quebec, passed in the twenty-fifth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An ordinance concerning land surveyors, and the admeasurement of lands,” and also to extend the provisions of an act passed in the thirty-eighth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An act to ascertain and establish on a permanent footing the boundary lines of the different townships in this province,” and further to regulate the manner in which lands are hereafter to be surveyed. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 14 (Session 3) 1818 This act clarifies the procedures to be used by land surveyors, as well as licensing procedures to be followed in order to govern professional surveyors. Early Canadiana Online
An act to repeal an act passed in the fifty-fifth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An act to license practitioners in physic and surgery throughout this province,” and to make further provision for licensing such practitioners. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 13 (Session 3) 1818 This act repeals and amends a past act regarding how doctors and midwives are licensed in the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act to continue for a limited time the Provisional Agreement entered into between this Province and Lower-Canada, at Montreal, on the Fifth Day of July, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four, relative to Duties; also for continuing for a limited time, the several Acts of the Parliament of this Province relative thereto, and also to ratify and confirm the Provisional Articles of Agreement, entered into by the respective Commissioners of this Province and Lower-Canada, at Montreal, on the Thirty-first Day of May, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventeen, relative to Duties, and for carrying the same into effect. Passed 1st April, 1818. 58 George III – Chapter 13 (Session 2) 1818 The repeal of an act first passed in 1816 which allowed for the negotiation of trade duties between Upper and Lower Canada. It also ratifies the provisional articles entered into by the commissioners who were sent to negotiate on behalf of their respective provinces. Early Canadiana Online
An act for vesting in commissioners the estates of certain traitors, and also the estates of persons declared aliens, by an act passed in the fifty-fourth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An act to declare certain persons therein described aliens, and to vest their estates in his Majesty, and for applying the proceeds thereof towards compensating the losses which his Majesty’s subjects have sustained in consequence of the late war, and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful debts and claims thereupon.” (Passed November 27, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 3) 1818 This act invests property seized by those who have been deemed traitors to the crown due to their actions in the war of 1812 into the care of commissioners, and clarifies how these various properties are to be managed. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to Remunerate certain Commissioners therein mentioned. Passed, 1st April, 1818. 58 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 2) 1818 An act which calls for the raising and subsequent appropriation of 300 pounds in order to pay commissioners who were hired to negotiate trade duties and other matters with Lower Canada on behalf of Upper Canada. Early Canadiana Online
An act to prevent certain meetings within this province. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) 58 George III – Chapter 11 (Session 3) 1818 This act makes the assembly of people who intend to discuss public matters, particularly those of government, unlawful, for fear that these groups encourage treason and sedition. Early Canadiana Online