Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Ordinance to amend An Act of the Provincial Parliament of this Province, intituled, “An Act for making a Rail-road from Lake Champlain to the River Saint Lawrence.” | 4 Victoria Chapter 18 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance amends the fifth, sixth, thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-ninth sections of the 1832 Act, "An Act for making a Rail-road from Lake Champlain to the River Saint Lawrence." This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the improvement of certain Roads in the neighbourhood of, and leading to the City of Quebec, and to raise a fund for that purpose | 4 Victoria Chapter 17 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance lists sums to be used to improve and maintain roads, listed, leading into the City of Québec, and establishes “The Trustees of the Quebec Turnpike Roads,” to fulfill the terms outlined. The tolls that may be charged on these roads, instructions for how they should be improved or maintained, and the processes by which Trustees can be appointed or removed are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for establishing and maintaining belter means of communication between the City of Montreal and Chambly. | 4 Victoria Chapter 16 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance makes provision the establishment of a Turnpike-Road between Chambly and Longueuil, including the establishment of a ferry between the road and Île de Montréal. The Ordinance establishes “The Trustees of the Longueuil and Chambly Turnpike-road,” and gives instructions for how they will operate, the construction of the road, and the tolls that may be charged. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for the better regulation of the office of Sheriff, in this Province. | 4 Victoria Chapter 15 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance outlines how complaints against Sheriffs can be filed at the Court of Common Pleas and penalties for Sheriffs found guilty of misconduct. The processes by which Sheriffs can be removed from their positions are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the Council of the City of Montreal to discharge a certain debt, contracted by the Magistrates of the said City, for lighting the same with gas. | 4 Victoria Chapter 14 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance provides a sum of nine hundred and fifty pounds to the Montreal Gas Light Company to discharge a debt from 1839. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for suspending a certain Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein,” And a certain other Ordinance, intituled “An Ordinance for amending an Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province or residing therein.” | 4 Victoria Chapter 13 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance suspends two 1839 Ordinances, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coining into this Province or residing therein,” and “An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein.” Provisions for how these Ordinances can be restored are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize certain further improvements in the Harbour, of Montreal, to establish new rates of Wharfage therein, to authorize the Commissioners for the improvement of the same to borrow a further sum of money, and for other purposes relative to the said Harbour. | 4 Victoria Chapter 12 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance outlines certain improvements to be made to the Harbour at Montreal and describes how Commissioners are to be appointed to oversee the same. A table outlining wharfage to be collected at the harbour is provided. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the construction of a Turnpike-Road from the River Richelieu, opposite the Town of Dorchester, commonly called St. John’s, to the Village of Granby. | 4 Victoria Chapter 11 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance makes provision for the construction of a turnpike-road from the Rivière Richelieu oppose Dorchester to to the Granby. The road's proprietors are listed and the “The St. John’s and Granby Turnpike-Road,” is established, and instructions for how they are to operate are given. Instructions for how the road is to be constructed and provisions for the collection of tolls are also given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for making a Rail-road from Sherbrooke, to a point upon either Bank of the River Richelieu. | 4 Victoria Chapter 10 (Session 6) | 1841 | This Ordinance makes provisions for the construction of a railroad from Sherbrooke, by the way of the outlet of Lac Memphrémagog to the Rivière Richelieu . The railroad's proprietors are listed and made a body politic and corporate by the name“The Company of Proprietors of the Eastern Townships Rail-road.” Their rights, duties, and the terms under which they may operate are outlined. Stipulations for the construction and maintenance of the railroad are provided. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to indemnify the Governor for Sums advanced towards defraying, in part, the Expenses of the Fourth and Fifth Sessions of the Second General Assembly. (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 10 | 1841 | This act secures the governor of the province against legal repercussions for funds he advanced from the colonial treasury in order to pay certain provincial expenses. | Early Canadiana Online |