Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
Displaying 1721 - 1730 of 6042 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for the Limitation of Personal Actions at Law, and for rendering a Written Memorandum necessary to the validity of certain Promises and Engagements. (Passed 23d April, 1849.) | 12 Victoria Chapter 10 | 1849 | This act deals with how property seizure is dealt with by provincial courts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Parliament of the late Province of Upper-Canada, passed in the second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, An Act for the protection of the Lands of the Crown in this Province from trespass and injury, and to make further provision for that, purpose. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 9 | 1849 | This is a clarification of a past act regarding the possession and granting of crown lands, with some amendments. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for facilitating Proceedings in cases of Distress and Replevin. (Passed 23d April, 1849.) | 12 Victoria Chapter 9 | 1849 | This act allows those who are undergoing court proceedings and who have had their goods seized for surety, to have some of their goods provisionally restored to prevent undue financial hardship. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the preservation of the Public Health in certain emergencies. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 8 | 1849 | This act creates both local and central boards of health, with the aim of protecting the public from infectious diseases. The goals, powers, and responsibilities of the health boards, as well as their management, are specified within the act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further amendment of the Law, and the better advancement of Justice. (Passed 23d April, 1849.) | 12 Victoria Chapter 8 | 1849 | This act makes provisions for the pursuit of justice through legal means should property be damaged after an individual's death, and for any monetary awards to be added to the individual's estate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Quarantine Act. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 7 | 1849 | This is an amendment to a past quarantine act, which allows any officer who has been charged with the duty of clearing a quarantined ship, to allow that ship passage after being presented with proof of the ship being free of disease. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Repeal in part an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Her Present Majesty, entitled “An Act to Continue and Amend an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Her Present Majesty, entitled ‘An Act to Regulate the Packing and Inspection of Pickled Fish for Exportation from this Colony.’” (Passed 23d April, 1849.) | 12 Victoria Chapter 7 | 1849 | This act repeals part of an act first passed in 1845, which was an amendment to an act passed in 1841. The original act set standards by which inspectors are to grade fish set to be exported out of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to make further provision respecting Emigrants. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1849 | This act repeals two past acts which afforded aid to new immigrants arriving in the province, and imposes a new tax on ships arriving in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Continue and Amend an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of Her Present Majesty, entitled “An Act to Amend several Acts now in force respecting Light Houses, and to make further provision for the said Light Houses, and to Consolidate the Laws respecting the same.” (Passed 23d April, 1849.) | 12 Victoria Chapter 6 | 1849 | This act continues an act first passed in 1839 which consolidated several past acts concerning the building and maintenance of lighthouses in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better management of the Public Debt, Accounts, Revenue and Property. 25th April, 1849. | 12 Victoria – Chapter 5 | 1849 | This act facilitates various revenue-generating measures to help pay various government expenses and debts. | Early Canadiana Online |