Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
Displaying 1851 - 1860 of 6042 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to establish Lock-up-Houses in the unincorporated Towns and Villages of Canada West. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 41 | 1847 | An act which allows district councils to establish jails in any unincorporated town with more than 100 adult residents. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to suspend for a time two certain Ordinances therein mentioned, relating to Winter Roads in that part of the Province of Canada heretofore Lower Canada, in so far as regards the District of Quebec, the District of Gaspe, and that part of the District of Three-Rivers which extends from the District of Quebec on the south of the River St. Lawrence, to the Parish of Nicolet, and on the north of the said River to the Town of Three-Rivers, exclusively. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 40 | 1847 | An act which ends stipulations on the type of carriage or sleigh used on roads in the District of Quebec, the District of Gaspe, and that part of the District of Three-Rivers which extends from the District of Quebec on the south of the River St. Lawrence, to the Parish of Nicolet, and on the north of the said River to the Town of Trois-Rivières. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to divide the Western District of the Province of Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 9th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 39 | 1847 | An act to divide the Western District into separate counties of Essex and Kent. The town of Chatham, once they build a gaol and court, will become Kent County and the town of West Tilbury will be Essex County. The act outlines how the new Kent County will operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled, An Act to remedy certain defects in the Registration of Titles in the County of Hastings, in Upper Canada. 9th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 38 | 1847 | An act to extend "An Act to remedy certain defects in the Registration of Titles in the County of Hastings, in Upper Canada" till January 1st. All individuals who have documents signed by Robert Charles Archibald McLean must bring them into the Registrar's Office. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the partition of Lands. Tenements and Hereditaments in certain cases in Lower Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 37 | 1847 | An act to help partition waste lands of the crown granted in common without partition in former Lower Canada. The grantees must petition the courts with their claim to the land. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the subsistence of the Widow of the late Honorable Joseph Rémi Vallières de St. Réal. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 36 | 1847 | An act to give the widow of Hon. Joseph Remi Vallieres de St. Real, the deceased Chief Justice of Montreal, two hundred pounds per year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act for granting relief to the sufferers by the Fires at Quebec. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 35 | 1847 | An act to change the interest on debentures given for relief to those who suffered in the Quebec fires to six percent per annum. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate the sums therein mentioned to defray certain expenses of the Civil Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and certain other expenses not otherwise provided for. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 34 | 1847 | An act to gather and use the summers to pay for Civil Government in 1847. Using 140,919 pounds and 9 shillings from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and 1847 pounds from the revenue made from Jesuit property. It also outlines how the money will be spent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| All Act to authorize the issuing of Debentures to pay the balance due to Claimants for losses during the Rebellion and Invasion in Upper Canada. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 33 | 1847 | An act to allow a further 3613 pounds 8 shillings and 9 pence of debentures to pay those who suffered losses in the rebellion and invasion of Upper Canada. It also extends the initial act put in place to deal with these debentures to cover the new ones as well. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an error in the Act of the present Session, imposing duties of Customs. 28th July, 1847. | 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1847 | An act to amend "An Act for repealing and consolidating the present duties of Customs in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned" so that wheat will have a duty of three shillings per quarter instead of the seven and a half percent in the original act. | Early Canadiana Online |