Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to exempt the Members of Companies of Firemen, lawfully established, from serving as Jurors, and in the Militia, except in certain cases. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 43 | 1841 | An Act that repeals an Act from former Upper Canada in order to extend the contents to the rest of Canada. The Act also allows any fireman who is regularly enrolled in a company that is lawfully authorized and regulated to receive a certificate stating so. The certificate allows its holder exemption from Militia service in peacetime and jury duty. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act therein mentioned, and to provide for taking a periodical Census of the Inhabitants of this Province, and for obtaining the other statistical information therein mentioned. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 42 | 1841 | An Act to repeal parts of an Act from former Upper Canada related to the duties of Township Officers. It also states that a census of the Province of Canada will be taken in 1842 and every five years after. The Act outlines how the census will be delivered and the duties of the Assessors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable persons authorized to practise Physic or Surgery in Upper or Lower Canada, to practise in the Province of Canada. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 41 | 1841 | An Act to allow Physicians and Surgeons authorized to practiSe in former Upper or Lower Canada to now have authorization to practise in the United Canadas. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act of the Legislature of Lower Canada, relative to the establishment of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. 27th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 40 | 1841 | An act to amend an Act of former Lower Canada related to Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. The Act allows the Mutual Fire Insurance Company for the County of Montreal and the Counties of Sherbrooke and Stanstead to expend their membership to surrounding counties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and enlarge an Act of the Legislature of the late Province of Upper Canada, intituled “An Act to ascertain and provide for the payment of all just claims arising from the late Rebellion and Invasions of this Province.” 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 39 | 1841 | Amends the former Upper Canada's Act to provide payment to all claims from the 1937 Rebellion. It extends the time that the commissioner sits in each district from fourteen to twenty-eight days. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Ordinances therein mentioned and to establish a Board of Works in this Province. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 38 | 1841 | An Act which repeals previous Ordinances in former Lower Canada related to a Board of Works and create a new provincial wide Board of Public Works. This board is in charge of overseeing and reporting to the government all Public Works projects including submitting surveys, plans, drawings, and estimates. The Act also outlines the positions on the board. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Upper Canada Academy under the name and style of “Victoria College." 27th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 37 | 1841 | An Act to incorporate Upper Canada Academy in Kingston into Victoria College. This gives the them distinction of a college and allows for growth. The college is run by the Wesleyan Methodist Church or the Church of Scotland. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Regulate the Fisheries in the District of Gaspé. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 36 | 1841 | An Act which allows British subjects to have fishing rights in the Gaspe Region between Cape Chat and the first rapid on the River Ristigouche. It also allows the same individuals to use the shores of Bonaventure Island to process the fish, including salting, curing, and drying and to cut wood for use in fishing or processing. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Ordinances of the Legislature of the late Province of Lower Canada providing for the improvement of the Roads in the neighbourhood of the City of Montreal. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 35 | 1841 | An Act that repeals previous Ordinances in former Lower Canada related to roads in Montreal. It changes nine separate roads into one continuous roads to aid with levying tolls. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to a certain sum of Money as an aid to the Victoria College. 19th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 34 | 1841 | An Act to provide five thousand pounds to Victoria College from the Consolidated Revenue Fund as aid. | Early Canadiana Online |