| An Act for the relief of Shipwrecked and destitute Mariners, in certain cases therein mentioned. (10th February, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 12 |
1845 |
This act provides for the welfare and health of mariners who have been stranded in the province for various reasons. |
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| An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, entitled “An Act to amend an Act of the General Assembly entitled ‘An Act to regulate the Streets of the Town of Harbor Grace.’” (Passed 23d April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 12 |
1845 |
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1833, which regulated the building and maintenance of roads in Harbour Grace. |
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| An Act to abolish the Office of Surveyor General, and to provide for the performance of the duties of that Office by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. (17th March, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 11 |
1845 |
This act replaces the office of surveyor general with the commissioner of crown lands. The commissioner will undertake all the functions of the former surveyor general. |
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| An Act to Continue 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 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 11 |
1845 |
This act continues an act first passed in 1839 which consolidated several past acts concerning the building and maintenance of lighthouses in the province. |
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| An Act to repeal that portion of the Act therein mentioned which prevents Members of the Clergy from voting at Elections of Members to serve in the Legislative Assembly of this Province. (17th March, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 10 |
1845 |
This act repeals an act passed in the prior session of the legislative assembly, disenfranchising members of the clergy from the right to vote. |
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| An Act to amend an Act passed in the last Session of the Legislature, entitled “An Act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of the ‘Newfoundland Bank.’” (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 10 |
1845 |
This act amends the 1844 act which incorporated the Newfoundland Bank. |
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| An Act to indemnify Clergymen and others who have voted at the last General Election in ignorance of the Law. (10th February, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 9 |
1845 |
Because of the lack of general publication of an act passed in the prior year regarding the rights of the clergy to vote and run for election led to various clergymen having voted against the law, this act secures these clergymen against legal penalties as they were not priorly informed of said act before the last election. |
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| An Act to amend the law now in force for the encouragement of the Whale Fishery of this Colony. (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 9 |
1845 |
This act amends an act first passed in 1843, which awarded bounties of two hundred pounds to the three vessels who brought in the largest amount of whale blubber or oil. |
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| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to make better provision for the relief of parties claiming lands in Upper Canada for which no Patent hath issued, as representing the original Nominees of the Crown. (10th February, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 8 |
1845 |
This act repeals certain past acts and enacts new ones in an effort to clarify land claims in the province formerly known as Upper Canada. |
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| An Act for the Regulation of Ferries. (Passed 23rd April, 1845.) |
8 Victoria Chapter 8 |
1845 |
This act allows for the courts nearest where ferries are operating to regulate how they operate, and to regulate the fees they collect. |
Early Canadiana Online |