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 to repeal the Laws now in force in that part of this Province, formerly Upper Canada, for the recovery of Small Debts, and to make other provisions therefor. 27th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 3 | 1841 | To repeal an Act passed in the third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, An Act to repeal part of amend and reduce to one Act of Parliament, the several Laws now in force in this Province for the recovery of Small Debts, and to extend the jurisdiction of the Court of Requests within the same, in former Upper Canada. Outlines the new Small Debts court system including the appointment of six divisions in each judicial district, appointment of Clerks, Bailiffs, Deputies, and Treasurers. Also, gives details of the job expectations, limitations, and wages. Dictates how the courts will operate when dealing with small debt recovery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Amend the Militia Law of that part of this Province formerly constituting the Province of Upper Canada. 17th August 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 2 | 1841 | Act to Amend Militia Law. Allows for exemption of Quakers, Mennonits, and Tunkers from the Militia as long as a certificate of religious practice is provided and they pay annually ten shillings in peacetime and five shillings in times of conflict to the Town Assessor. The money is used for roads and highways. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter for a limited period the place of sitting of the Heir and Devisee Commission of the late Province of Upper Canada and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1st July, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 1 | 1841 | An act to which covers two years and the former Upper Canada concerning the Heir and Devisee Commission. Amends the Act passed in the forty-fifth year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled An Act to afford relief to those persons who may be entitled to claim Lands in this Province as Heirs or Devisees of the Nominees of the Crown in cases where no patent hath issued for such Lands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Acts for the formation of Companies for constructing Roads and other Works, to Companies formed for the purpose of acquiring Public Works of like nature. 24th July, 1850. | 11 Victoria – Chapter 14 | 1840 | Early Canadiana Online | |
| An Ordinance to provide means of keeping in repair that part of the Road from this Province to New Brunswick, commonly called the Temiscouata Portage Road. | 4 Victoria Chapter 8 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance makes provision for the appointment of Trustees tasked with maintaining the Temiscouata Portage Road, under the terms outlined, and gives instruction for the collection of tolls on the said road. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend and extend the provisions of an Ordinance passed in the third year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to provide for the improvement of the Roads in the neighbourhood of, and leading to the City of Montreal, and to raise a fund for that purpose.” | 4 Victoria Chapter 7 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance amends the 1840 Ordinance, "An Ordinance to provide for the improvement of the Roads in the neighbourhood of, and leading to the City of Montreal, and to raise a fund for that purpose." The provisions of the former Ordinance are extended to several additional roads, as listed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to empower the Corporation of the Trinity House of Quebec, to sell and convey a certain portion of the Harbour of the Cul-de-Sac, in the City of Quebec, to the Corporation of the said City. | 4 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance authorises the sale of a portion of the Harbour and Cul-de-Sac of Quebec, the limits of which are outlined, to the City for the purpose of reducing it. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorize the Corporation of the Trinity House of Quebec, to borrow a certain sum of money, and for other purposes relative to the said Corporation. | 4 Victoria Chapter 5 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance allows the Trinity House at Quebec to borrow a sum not exceeding in the whole five thousand pounds to pay for improvements to and maintenance of light houses and similar purposes and outlines the terms by which this loan is to be repaid. The Trinity House is also to be provided a decked vessel for laying down and taking up buoys. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the better internal Government of this Province, by the establishment of local or municipal authorities therein. | 4 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance establishes the districts as defined as Bodies Corporate and describes how District Councils consisting of Wardens and Councillors are to be elected for the governance thereof. The Ordinance also provides for the appointment of District Surveyors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to prescribe and regulate the election and appointment of certain officers, in the several Parishes and Townships in this Province, and to make other provisions for the local interests of the Inhabitants of these Divisions of the Province. | 4 Victoria Chapter 3 (Session 6) | 1840 | This Ordinance outlines how officers are to be elected, including who is eligible to vote in these elections, and their duties. This Ordinance is made permanent. | Early Canadiana Online |