Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for the better Management of the Provincial Penitentiary. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 2 | 1851 | This act completely redefines the management of provincial penitentiaries, from admissions to discharges to inspections. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the several Acts of the Parliaments of Lower and Upper Canada now in force for the trial of controverted Parliamentary Elections in the two sections of the Province respectively, and to provide by one General Act for the Trial of all Parliamentary Election Petitions. 2d August, 1851. | 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 1 | 1851 | This act repeals the former legislative election acts of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, respectively, and rewrites a new election act for the legislative assembly to encompass the entirety of United Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Contingent Expenses of the Legislature. (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 19 | 1850 | This act grants various sums of money to individuals who served the house of assembly. | 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 Thirty-first day of December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty. (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 18 | 1850 | This act grants various sums of money to individuals who served the government throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the making and repairing of Roads, Streets and Bridges, within this Colony.” (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 17 | 1850 | This is the repeal of an act first passed in 1845, which regulated the repair and construction of roads, including the appointing of a board of commissioners for road, procedures for disputing the placement of roads, and the appointment of surveyors to settle disputes and to inspect roads | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the granting a Patent for an improved Fog-Bell or Gong, and other self-regulating Machinery, impelled by Wind, to Thomas Robson, of Sackville, in the Province of New Brunswick, Master Mariner. (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 16 | 1850 | This act grants a patent to an individual named Thomas Robson, of Sackville, New Brunswick, for an improved type of fog horn. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled, “An Act for the encouragement of Education in this Colony” (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 15 | 1850 | This is an amendment to an act passed in 1843, which established various school boards throughout the province in order to establish new school districts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, entitled “An Act for the Registering the Names of Persons entitled to Vote at Elections.” (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 14 | 1850 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1834, which calls for the creation of provincial election rolls, specifying who is eligible to be an elector, who is responsible for collecting the names and maintaining the lists, and how to register individuals who object to being registered as voters, among other measures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Vacation of Seats of Members of the House of Assembly in certain cases, and for the Election of Members in their stead. (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 13 | 1850 | This act creates rules and regulations around House Assembly members who may need to vacate their seats for whatever reason, therefore making it possible for them to do so, as well as listing some of the possible reasons why a house member should be forcibly vacated from their seat. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the Third Year of His Late Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act to provide for the performance of Quarantine, and more effectually to provide against the introduction of Infectious or Contagious Diseases, and the spreading thereof in this Island.” (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 12 | 1850 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1833, which imposed quarantine measures on ships coming into the province to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. | Early Canadiana Online |