Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money for defraying the Expenses of the Civil Government of this Colony, and for other purposes, for the year ending 30th June One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-three, and for regulating the Expenditure of the same. (Passed 15th March, 1843) | 6 Victoria Chapter 2 | 1843 | This act provides a salary for various government employees who have served the province in the year 1843. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into this Colony and its Dependencies, and to revive certain parts of an Act passed in the Fourth year of the Feign of Her said Majesty, intituled “An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies." (Passed 25th January, 1843.) | 6 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1843 | This act lists duties to be charged on specific goods imported into the colony in order to generate a revenue, and is largely an amendment to a similar act passed in 1841. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act to Encourage the Killing of Wolves in this Colony.” (Passed 22nd May, 1843.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 13 | 1843 | This act continues for four years an act originally passed in 1839, which placed a bounty of five pounds on wolf pelts in an attempt to control the wolf population. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the management of the temporalities of the United Church of England and Ireland, in the Diocese of Quebec, in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1842 | An act outlining the management of the United Church of England and Ireland in the Diocese of Quebec, including the election of Church-wardens, meetings of the Vestry, and other matters of management. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impose a duty upon Foreign Wheat imported into this Province. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1842 | An act imposing a duty on foreign wheat imported into the province of Canada, passed with the exception of foreign wheat meant for fisheries and wheat imported from elsewhere in the British Empire, and with the understanding that foreign wheat previously imported into Canada was being shipped to the United Kingdom duty-free. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum to enable Her Majesty to remunerate Doctor Thomas Rolph, for his past services as Emigration Agent. 12th October, 1842. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 30 | 1842 | An act to provide compensation to Doctor Thomas Rolph for past services as an Emigration Agent in the United Kingdom, upon the recommendation of Sir Charles Bagot, Governor General of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Court of Chancery to admit William Vynne Bacon to practise therein as an Attorney and Solicitor. 12th October, 1842. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 29 | 1842 | This act authorizes the Court of Queen's Bench and the Court of Chancery to admit William Vynne Bacon to practice as an Attorney and Solicitor in the part of the province formerly known as Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford relief to the Estate of the late Thomas Clark. 12th October, 1842. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 28 | 1842 | This act outlines the procedure for obtaining evidence of the execution of the will of the late Thomas Clark of Stamford, due to his executor and witnesses residing in England and understanding that with the need for various suits at Law and Equity to be brought before the courts with the necessary proof of execution that obtaining such proof would occasion serious expense and delay. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Charter of the Bank of Upper Canada, and to increase the Capital Stock thereof. 12th October, 1842. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 27 | 1842 | This act extends the original charter of the Bank of Upper Canada, passed in 1819, increasing their capital stock from two hundred thousand pounds to five hundred thousand pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Charter of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District, and to increase its Capital Stock. 12th October, 1842. | 6 Victoria – Chapter 26 | 1842 | This act extends the original charter of the commercial bank of the Midland District, passed in 1832, allowing them to increase their capital stock by three thousand pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |