Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1850 | This act specifies the duties and taxes to be charged on goods being imported into the province. It also specifies who is responsible for collecting these duties, and how they are to be remunerated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable John Counter to obtain a Patent for making Stoves of a new pattern, and on a new principle. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 145 | 1850 | This act grants a patent to John Counter, owner of the Ontario Foundry, for a new type of stove he has invented. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Elgin Association, for the settlement and moral improvement of the Coloured Population of Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 144 | 1850 | This act incorporates the Elgin Association, which has as its purpose the resettling of former slaves in the Chatham area. The act sets out the various rules and regulations under which the Association is to operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the removal of the Site of Victoria College from Cobourg to Toronto. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 143 | 1850 | This act authorizes the College of Victoria to move locations from Cobourg to Toronto. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Act to incorporate the Mechanics’ Institute of the City of Toronto. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 142 | 1850 | This is an amendment to the act which incorporates the Mechanics' Institute of the City of Toronto, allowing it to change the time of their annual meeting. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Toronto Necropolis. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 141 | 1850 | This act allows the individuals named to incorporate and establish a non-sectarian cemetery. The act specifies the various rules and regulations under which they are to operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Cataraqui Cemetery Company. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 140 | 1850 | An act to incorporate The Cataroqui Cemetery Company who will build a cemetery outside of the city of Kingston. The act outlines construction, business structure, property the corporation can hold, the boundaries of the cemetery, and the way people will be buried. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate The Kingston Fire and Marine Insurance Company. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 139 | 1850 | AN act to incorporate The Kingston Fire and Marine Insurance Company to provide fire, inland navigation, and marine insurance. The act outlines the business structure and property the corporation can hold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend two several Acts passed respectively in the seventh year and in the eighth year of Her present Majesty’s Reign, relating to the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 138 | 1850 | An act to amend the incorporation of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, changing the scale of voting of the shareholders and allowing loans to Great Britain. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to extend the time for paying up the increased Capital Stock of the Bank of Upper Canada. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 137 | 1850 | An act to increase the time given for paying the capital stock of the Bank of Upper Canada by five years. | Early Canadiana Online |