Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act relating to Land Patents whereby any waste or other' lands of the Crown in Lower Canada are granted, and to dispense with certain formalities therewith connected, occasioning unnecessary delay and expense, and to amend a certain Act therein mentioned concerning such Land Patents. 2d August, 1851. | 14 Victoria – Chapter 16 | 1851 | Early Canadiana Online | |
| An Act to provide for the Contingent Expenses of the Legislature. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 15 | 1851 | This act grants various sums of money to those who served the House of Assembly in various ways. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money for defraying the Expenses of the Civil Government of this Colony, for the Year ending on the Thirty first day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-one, and for other purposes. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 14 | 1851 | This act grants various sums of money to those who have served the government throughout the province in various ways. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the Act for the Management of Light-houses in this Colony. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 13 | 1851 | This act is essentially an amendment to an act passed in 1839, entitled "An Act to amend several Acts now in force respecting Light Houses, and to make further provision for the said Light Houses, and to consolidate the Laws respecting the same," and is meant to extend the powers originally granted to the provincial lighthouse commissioners in the original act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act to regulate the Packing and Inspection of Pickled Fish for Exportation from this Colony.” (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 12 | 1851 | This is a continuation of an act first passed in 1841, which set standards by which inspectors are to grade fish set to be exported out of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to improve the Copper Currency of this Island. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 11 | 1851 | This act grants a sum of five hundred pounds to import high quality copper in an effort to keep poor quality copper out of the island's currency. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Practice and to fix and establish Terms or Sittings of the Northern and Southern Circuit Courts, and to provide for the appointment of Clerks and Registrars and other Officers in the several Electoral Districts. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 10 | 1851 | This act re-divides the northern and southern circuit courts into the Ferryland Section, the Saint Mary’s and Placentia Section, the Burin Section, and the Fortune Bay Section. The responsibilities of the court districts are defined by the act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the granting of Patents for Useful Inventions. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 9 | 1851 | This act allows anyone who is a British subject to apply for a patent in the province if they have invented something new, whether it be a product or an art, machine, manufacturing method, or composition matter. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the establishment and regulation of a Penitentiary in Saint John's. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 8 | 1851 | This act authorizes the raising of a loan, not exceeding seven thousand five hundred pounds, to build a penitentiary in St John's. It appoints commissioners for the building projects, and defines the jurisdiction of the prison once it is built. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the appointment of Electric Telegraph Commissioners, and for incorporating Electric Telegraph Companies. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) | 14 Victoria Chapter 7 | 1851 | This act makes provisions for the establishment of telegraph companies, as such measures would greatly benefit the businesses of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |