Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to continue, for a limited period, the certain Acts therein mentioned. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 23 | 1841 | An Act to continue various acts of former Upper Canada including encouraging destroying wolves, providing relief for insane destitute persons, and establishing agricultural societies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide temporarily for the administration of Justice in the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 22 | 1841 | An Act to temporarily create a court for the Magdelen Islands which will see all personal causes where the amount sought after is less than twenty five pounds. The court was held in Amherst Harbour for ten days in June. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make certain alterations in the Laws relative to the duty upon Sales of Property by Auction. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 21 | 1841 | An Act implementing duties of one pound per a 100 pounds value for items sold at a public auction. This extends the law to cover the area formerly known as Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the more easy and expeditious administration of Justice in Civil Causes, and matters involving small pecuniary value in that part of this Province heretofore Lower Canada. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 20 | 1841 | An Act to create a district court system for civil causes and small claims in former Lower Canada. The area is divided into local jurisdictions except for Gaspe and in each one there is a district court. The Act outlines the way that the system will operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make temporary provision for the appropriation of the funds derived from the sale of School Lands in that part of the Province formerly Upper Canada, and for other purposes. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 19 | 1841 | An Act to allocate funds from the sale of School Lands in former Upper Canada. The money is to be used for maintenance of schools in the area formerly known as Upper Canada or to build new schools. Also states that District Schools will now be Grammar Schools. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to make further provision for the establishment and maintenance of Common Schools throughout the Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 18 | 1841 | An Act to repeal past acts related to Common Schools and to create Common Schools for each township or parish in the Province. Also, a sum of fifty thousand pounds will be given from the Crown to manage the schools. The Act also outlines the jobs of the Superintendent and Boards of Education. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the fraudulent manufacture, importation, or circulation of Spurious Copper and Brass Coin. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 17 | 1841 | An Act to stop counterfeit coins from entering circulation. Limits the importation and manufacturing of copper or brass coins to government approved people. Their permission to do so is announced in the Official Gazette or Gazettes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the benefit of the Warehousing System established by a certain Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the Session held in the third and fourth years of His late Majesty’s Reign, to duties imposed by Provincial Acts. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 16 | 1841 | An act to extend the Act to regulate the trade of the British Possessions abroad to the United Canadas. This means that warehousing at any ports in the province requires payment of duties to the Crown. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal and amend in part certain Acts and a certain Ordinance therein mentioned, and to extend the powers, and increase the funds of the Corporation of the Trinity House of Quebec. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 15 | 1841 | An Act to repeal previous acts related to Pilots and navigation of the Saint Lawrence River. It also extends the power of the Corporation of Trinity House of Quebec, including buying property for aiding the navigation of the river and regulating the shipping lanes on the river. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to consolidate the Laws relating to the Provincial Duties to be levied on Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 14 | 1841 | An Act to repeal the Customs Laws of Lower Canada and put into place new Customs on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United Canadas. The importer is charged five pounds on items valued at 100 pounds and the act also details what items are exempted and how the money is paid. | Early Canadiana Online |