Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for the regulation of Pawnbrokers and Pawnbroking. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 82 | 1851 | This act requires pawn brokers and sellers to hold a license in order to practice, to be renewed on an annual basis. Fines for selling or brokering without a license are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of the Act therein mentioned, relative to the Printing and Distribution of the Provincial Statutes. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 81 | 1851 | This is an amendment to a 1849 act, which changed the distribution of provincial statues, stating that only public acts will be distributed to the public in order to save the expense of printing and distributing all legislative acts. The new act repeals the 1849 acts, and changes the distribution again to include private and local acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Discharge of Sureties for Public Officers in certain cases. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 80 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1841 act called "An Act to regulate the taking of securities in all Offices in respect of which security ought to be given, and for avoiding the grant of all such Offices in the event of such security not being given within a time limited after the grant of such office," which makes strict rules regarding government officers who are in charge of public moneys, requiring them to register their own debts with the provincial clerks before taking on any roles which require them to disburse government funds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable parties holding Patents for Inventions confined to one section of this Province, to obtain the extension of the same to the other section thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 79 | 1851 | This act enables patent holders who obtained their patents in either Upper or Lower Canada before the uniting of the Canadas to extend their patent rights to the entirety of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Emigrant Act, by reducing the tax on Emigrants coming into this Province, and for other purposes. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 78 | 1851 | This is an amendment to the province's emigrant act, changing the fees to be paid by newly arrived immigrants or ships' passengers on their arrival to the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the employment of Military Pensioners and others as a Local Police Force. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 77 | 1851 | This act enables municipalities to hire military veterans as local police officers. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the eighth year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled, An Act for the better preservation of the Peace, and the prevention of Riots and Violent Outrages at and near Public Works, while in progress of construction, and to extend the operation thereof to certain works undertaken by Incorporated Companies. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 76 | 1851 | This is a continuation of an 1845 act, which lays out penalties for people who disrupt construction on public works. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for raising, by way of Loan, a sum not exceeding Four Millions of Pounds Currency, for making a Main Trunk Line of Rail-way throughout the length of this Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 75 | 1851 | This act allows for the raising of no more than four million pounds to build an inter-provincial railroad stretching from Halifax through to Hamilton or some other convenient point in United Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the present Session, intituled, An Act to make provision for the construction of a Main Trunk Line of Rail-way throughout the length of this Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 74 | 1851 | This act clarifies the rights held by the Great Western Rail-road company, stating they have the right to build a railroad between Hamilton and Detroit, but not any branches. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the construction of a Main Trunk Line of Rail-way throughout the whole length of this Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 73 | 1851 | This act makes it possible for the province to raise through public and private debenture as much money as possible for the Halifax to Upper Canada railroad project to prevent as much public debt as possible. | Early Canadiana Online |