Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for raising, on the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, a certain sum required for Public Service. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 72 | 1851 | This act authorizes the raising of one hundred and ninety-six thousand five hundred and eighty pounds, fifteen shillings and two pence currency to pay for various public services. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend The Post Office Act. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 71 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1850 act, which transfers responsibility of the postal service to the provincial government, specifying the responsibilities of various individuals within the service of the post, along with fees, penalties for tampering with parcels, and various other measures relating to provincial postage. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt the several Chartered Banks from the Tax on their circulation on certain conditions. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 70 | 1851 | This act exempts chartered banks from taxes on their circulation if they meet the stated conditions, in order to encourage them to meet the expectations of the province's General Bank Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act to establish Freedom of Banking in this Province. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 69 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1850 act which establishes regulations under which banks in the province are to operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time the several Acts and Ordinances therein mentioned, and for other purposes. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 68 | 1851 | This is the continuation of a number of past acts relating to various different matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for vesting in the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the estates and property therein described, and for granting certain powers to the said Commissioners, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 67 | 1851 | This act defines how land that was purchased by the crown for use of the military for the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, and how it is to be controlled by the United province of the Canadas. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, An Act to improve the Law of Evidence in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 66 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1849 which prevents anyone offered as a witness in a trial from being excluded from offering testimony for any reason. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Upper Canada Jurors’ Act of one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to make some further provisions for the better accomplishment of the object thereof. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 65 | 1851 | This is an amendment to an 1850 act which is a complete overhaul of laws respecting jurors and juries in Upper Canada, and covers numerous issues including jury rolls are to be maintained and organized and by whom, to qualifications that must be met by potential jurors, how jurors are to be selected from the rolls and who is responsible for selecting them, when a jury is necessary, and the responsibilities of a jury when one is appointed, among other things. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and extend the Law relating to the remedy by Replevin in Upper Canada. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 64 | 1851 | This act defines how property that has been wrongfully seized can be reclaimed by its rightful owners. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate all moneys accruing out of Tavern Licenses in the Counties which form the District of Kamouraska, and in the County of Ottawa, towards defraying the cost of the Court House and Gaol erected at Kamouraska, and the Court House and Gaol now being erected in Aylmer. 30th August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 63 | 1851 | This act redirects the funds raised from the fees paid by tavern keepers for their licenses to the construction costs of a new county court house. | Early Canadiana Online |