Legislation by Province: Upper Canada (1792-1840)
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to erect and form a new District out of Certain parts of the Home and Niagara Districts, to be called the District of Gore. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 20 | 1816 | This act creates a new district out of the western district of Niagara, the district of Gore, as it has become inconvenient for the residents of this area to travel to conduct their business. The district of Gore will therefore have its own district infrastructure. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise and provide for the building a Gaol and Court-House in the Town of York, in the Home District, within this Province. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 19 | 1816 | This act authorises the rebuilding of the jail and courthouse in the town of York, as they were destroyed during the recent war with the United States. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of, and to alter and amend the Laws now in force for granting Pensions to Persons disabled in the Service and the Widows and Children of Persons who may have been killed in the Service, and to extend the Provision of the same. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 18 | 1816 | This act repeals an act first passed in 1813 which was intended to provide for militia men who were wounded in service, as well as their widows and children, but which has been found insufficient. It contains clauses which are meant to replace the prior act, widening the definition of who is eligible, and the definition of being wounded during service. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue an Act passed in the thirty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to provide for the appointment of Returning Officers of the several Counties within this Province. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 17 | 1816 | This is a continuation of an act first passed in 1793 which permits for the appointing of returning officers in various districts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford Relief to Persons holding or possessing Lands, Tenements of Hereditaments in the District of Niagara. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 16 | 1816 | In order to rectify the potential problems set into motion when town records recording land deeds and ownership were burnt during the War of 1812, this act allows for the appointment of five commissioners who will be in charge of re-defining deeds, wills, mortgages, leases, and all other legal documents lost or destroyed during the war. The act specifies the authority of these commissioners, how the replacement legal documents will be recorded, and how current land owners can register their properties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the contingent Expences of Both Houses of Parliament during the last Session, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 15 | 1816 | This act specifies certain sums of money to be paid to people who have filled roles and performed jobs for the Legislative Assembly and the province in the past year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Extend the Limits of the Town of Niagara, in the District of Niagara. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 14 | 1816 | This act extends the boundaries of the district of Niagara, specifying where the new boundaries are to begin and end. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act Granting Relief to Charlotte Overholt. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 13 | 1816 | This act provides a pension for Charlotte Overholt, the widow of Abraham Overholt, a soldier killed during the war of 1812. The preamble of the act specifies that he was not killed in action but rather "died under peculiar circumstances" and therefore Mrs. Overhold does not fall under the 1813 act allowing for widows of soldiers to be granted an annuity; this act makes an exception within the law to provide for her. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act Granting relief to Catharine McLeod. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 12 | 1816 | This act grants an annuity to Catherine McLeod, mother of a soldier killed in action in 1813, as per an act passed in 1813 called "An act to provide for the maintenance of persons disabled, and the Widows and Children of such persons as may be killed in His Majesty's service." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the fifty-second year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act to prevent Damage to Travellers on the Highways in this Province. Passed 22d March, 1816. | 56 George III – Chapter 11 | 1816 | This act continues for four years an act first passed in 1812 which created driving regulations on provincial highways so as to prevent accidents and injuries, and penalties for their violation, with the exception of the 4th and sixth clauses, which are repealed. | Early Canadiana Online |