Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, relative to District Turnpike Trusts. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 63 | 1841 | An Act to amend the previous act of the former Upper Canada related to turnpike roads. It states that no person living within a half mile of the road needs to do their statue labour and pay until the road has been macadamized or improved. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Ladies of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum of Montreal. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 62 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate the "Ladies of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum" to provide care for orphans of the Roman Catholic faith in the city of Montreal. The Act also outlines the way that the company will run and allows married women to make decisions without their husbands' permission. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the protection of Copy Rights in this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 61 | 1841 | An Act creating copy rights for authors or engravers in the Province of Canada. This extends to all books, maps, charts, musical compositions, engravings, or etchings made in the province and last for twenty-eight years. The copy right then can be renewed for fourteen more. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein mentioned, for the purpose of making a Macadamized Road from Dundas Street to the River Humber, in the Township of York. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 60 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate "The Weston Road Company" for the purpose of macadamizing or planking Dundas Street to Humber River in York Township. The Act outlines how the company will run that the regulations that it has as well as allows them to collect tolls on any part of the road once completed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the construction of certain Light Houses and Lights within the Port of Montreal. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 59 | 1841 | An Act that advances nine hundred and twenty-five pounds to the Trinity House of Montreal to pay to build light houses for the Port of Montreal. The money will be repaid by the corporation to the Receiver General using the light-duty charged to all ships using the Port. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to consolidate certain debts due by the Home District, and to make provision for the payment thereof. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 58 | 1841 | An Act that consolidates two loans taken by the Home District to build a new goal and court house. The debt will be paid with the sale of the old goal and court house block. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Incorporating the “Canada Fire Assurance Company.” 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 57 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate the "Canada Fire Assurance Company" of Quebec City until 1880. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate certain persons therein named, under the style and title of “The Sydenham Harbour Company.” 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 56 | 1841 | An Act that incorporates "The Sydenhem Habour Company" for the purpose of building and maintaining a harbour at the mouth of Annis's Creek in the Township of Whitby. Once completed, the company can collect tolls on all boats that use the harbout. After fifty years, the harbour will become property of the crown. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the payment of certain monies by the District Treasurers of the Districts in that part of this Province called Upper Canada to the Receiver General, and for other purposes. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 55 | 1841 | An act that requires that District Treasurers of former Upper Canada pay all money acquired by the laws of the former province to the Receiver General. The money will be used to pay the compensation and wages of Members of the House of Assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the North American Colonial Association of Ireland to loan monies in the County of Beauharnois. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 54 | 1841 | An Act that allows the North American Colonial Association of Ire Island to loan money to the municipal county of Beauharnois for the building and maintenance of turnpike roads, railroad canals, or other public works. | Early Canadiana Online |