Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to amend the Act relating to Mutual Insurance Companies in Upper Canada. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 86 | 1849 | This is an amendment to the original act allowing mutual insurance companies, repealing the first clause which prevented said companies from insuring anyone outside their own districts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the several Laws therein mentioned, relative to the appointment and duties of Inspectors of Weights and Measures, in Upper Canada. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 85 | 1849 | This act repeals a former act standardizing weights and measures and replaces it with new measures, and includes clauses which state who is responsible for assuring these standards are adhered to. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the formation of Joint Stock Companies for the construction of Roads, and other Works in Upper Canada. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 84 | 1849 | This act makes it easier for private companies who wish to undertake public works such as roads and dams to incorporate in Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better establishment and maintenance of Public Schools in Upper Canada, and for repealing the present School Act. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 83 | 1849 | This act consolidates various prior acts regarding public schools in Upper Canada, including the defininition of the roles and responsibilities of school officials such as superintendents, provisions for disbursement of school funds, the election of school trustees, times at which school meetings will be held with landholders and householders, and various other provisions regarding local schools. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Charter of the University established at Toronto by His late Majesty King George the Fourth, to provide for the more satisfactory government of the said University, and for other purposes connected with the same, and with the College and Royal Grammar School forming an appendage thereof. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 82 | 1849 | This is an amendment to the original charter act of the University of Toronto. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide, by one general law, for the erection of Municipal Corporations, and the establishment of Regulations of Police, in and for the several Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships and Villages in Upper-Canada. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 81 | 1849 | This act facilitates the creation of municipal corporations so that townships can in turn establish their own police forces. It defines what constitutes a township for the purposes of incorporation, the responsibilities of the municipal councils once they are established, matters which will be policed by the established village police force, and various other matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the Acts in force in Upper-Canada, relative to the Establishment of Local and Municipal Authorities, and other matters of a like nature. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 80 | 1849 | This act repeals a number of prior acts concerning the election and establishment of municipal officials. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to supply certain necessary Legislative provisions not included, in certain Acts therein mentioned. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 79 | 1849 | This act corrects a past act which divided the western district into counties, but left out the counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton. The act includes details on the two new counties including which towns belong to which jurisdiction. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper-Canada into Districts, and for providing for temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may require. 30th May 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 78 | 1849 | This act abolishes the divisions once known as districts in Upper Canada, changing them instead to counties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Judges of the Superior Courts of Record in Upper-Canada to appoint Commissioners for taking Affidavits in Lower-Canada. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 77 | 1849 | This act gives judges in Upper Canada the power to appoint commissioners to take affidavits. | Early Canadiana Online |