Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to exempt Firemen, after a certain number of years’ service as such, from Militia and other duties. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 36 | 1849 | This act exempts firemen from performing militia duties after serving for seven years, in order to encourage more people to serve as firemen. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to make better provision respecting the admission of Land Surveyors and the Survey of Lands in this Province. 30th May, 1849. |
12 Victoria – Chapter 35 | 1849 | This act repeals various past acts regarding the practice of land surveying, and replaces them with new laws regulating land surveyors, including their apprenticeships and credentials. It also defines specific consequences for those who would destroy survey markers. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the Management of the Post-Office Department whenever it shall the transferred to the Provincial Government. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 34 | 1849 | This act provides for a provincial postage service, similar to other similar postage services which have been implemented in other British North American colonies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to indemnify Members of the Legislative Assembly for their expenses in attending the Sessions of the Legislature. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 33 | 1849 | This act provides for the various expenses incurred by the members of the provincial legislative assembly, while attending the house of assembly meetings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for certain expenses of the Civil Government, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1849 | This act allows the governor of the province to raise money by taking out a loan in order to pay the expenses incurred by the provincial government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act therein mentioned, and to make other provisions for the management and disposal of the Public Lands, and to limit the period for making Free Grants. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1849 | This act amends how public lands are granted and registered. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Sale and better Management of Timber upon the Public Lands. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 30 | 1849 | This act regulates and manages the cutting of timber on crown lands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for affording the Guarantee of the Province to the Bonds of Rail-way Companies on certain conditions, and for rendering assistance in the construction in the Halifax and Quebec Rail-way. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 29 | 1849 | This act facilitates the granting of government assistance to railway companies in the province in order to assist them in the completion of railways and make transportation easier, so long as a number of specified conditions are met. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make certain General Provisions with regard to the Services which the Government may require of Rail-road Companies, whose Acts of Incorporation make them subject to such general provisions. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 28 | 1849 | This act obliges railway companies to carry government personnel and equipment, such as police forces, militia, and postmasters, under conditions to be negotiated in the house of assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to amend, consolidate, and reduce into one Act, the several Statutory provisions now in force for the regulation of Elections of Members to represent the People of this Province in the Legislative Assembly thereof. 30th May, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 27 | 1849 | This act consolidates and amends several past acts concerning the election of members of the legislative assembly, executive council, and legislative council. It includes details such as who is eligible to vote and be elected as a representative of the house of assembly, when voting days will take place, who is responsible for holding and organizing elections, and various other regulations related to voting in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |