Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act Granting to His Majesty a Duty on Licences to Auctioneers, and on Goods, Wares and Merchandise sold by Auction. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1818 | Specifies the need for auctioneers to hold a license in order to practice, which shall be renewed annually. This act specifies the cost of said license, what information they are to contain, and who is able to grant such license. It also places a levy on all goods sold at auction. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned. | 58 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 3) | 1818 | Act not published in this version of the published acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, repeal part of, and amend an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act for granting to His Majesty Duties on Licences to Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapman, and other Trading Persons therein mentioned," and to extend the provisions of the same. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1818 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1816, making it illegal for wandering traders and pedlars to operate without a license, and specifies the penalties faced by those who should practice such trade without being first licensed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to empower the commissioners of the peace for the Eastern district, in their court of general quarter sessions assembled, to establish and regulate the time for holding a market in the town of Cornwall, in the said district. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 3) | 1818 | This act empowers the local government of Cornwall to establish a town market, and specifies how the taxes and fees from the said market are to be distributed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Costs in certain Cases in the Court of King's Bench. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1818 | This act gives greater clarity to who is responsible for paying the charges associated with bringing matters to court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act for the better division of the county of Glengarry into townships. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 3) | 1818 | This act creates the townships of Lochiel and Lancaster by grouping specified parcels of land in the county of Glengarry. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Robert Cartwright, Son of the late Honorable Richard Cartwright, Deceased, to surender certain Lands in the Town of Kingston to His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1818 | This act allows the sale of lands inherited by Richard Cartwright to the province. It specifies the location of the lands, and how much the province paid for the lands once the will of Robert Cartwright's father has been probated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 3) | 1818 | An amendment to the laws governing how licenses are granted to innkeepers, particularly in regards to serving alcohol in their establishments. The amendment allows innkeepers and public-house keepers to apply for liquor licenses at any time during the year, and places the regulation of these licenses with the Justices of the Peace. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act to alter the time of holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, in the London and Johnstown Districts. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1818 | The repeal of an act first passed in 1816, which specified the time and place at which the Courts of General Quarter Sessions would be held. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to regulate the trade by land and inland navigation, between this province and the United States of America. | 58 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 3) | 1818 | Act was repealed and unpublished in this version of the published acts. | Early Canadiana Online |