| An Ordinance to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government, for the year ending on the tenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty; for the support of certain Charitable Institutions; for the promotion of Education; for certain Public Works; for the improvement of Internal Communications; for the encouragement of Agriculture, and for other purposes. |
3 Victoria Chapter 22 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance lists several sums to be provided towards supporting charitable and healthcare institutions, as well as to support schools and educational institutions, and to cover the expense of several public works, roads, and bridges. |
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| An Act to make perpetual an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to repeal and amend certain parts of an Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of the reign of King George the Third, entitled, ‘An Act to amend an Act for regulating the manner of Licensing Public Houses and for the more easy conviction of persons selling Spirituous Liquors without License,” and also for regulating the Duty to be levied upon Licenses to Shopkeepers. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 22 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes perpetual an act passed in 1836, relating to the sale of alcohol in bars and taverns. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent an Ordinance passed in the second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to secure to and confer upon Alfred Rambau, an inhabitant of this Province, the civil and political rights of a natural born British subject.” |
3 Victoria Chapter 21 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to secure to and confer upon Alfred Rambau, an inhabitant of this Province, the civil and political rights of a natural born British subject," permanent. |
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| An Act to continue and make perpetual parts of an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act to alter the Laws now in force for granting Licenses to Innkeepers, and to give to the Justices of the Peace, in General Quarter Sessions assembled for the respective Districts, authority to regulate the Duties hereafter to be paid on such Licenses,” and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 21 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes perpetual certain parts of an act passed in 1830, which enacts certain provisions regarding innkeepers' licenses and specifies regarding the granting of licenses to innkeepers, and stipulates that revenue raised through the sale of such licenses be used to upgrade roads and bridges. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend and render permanent an Ordinance passed in the second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to authorise the Commissioners for making the Canal from Saint John’s to Chambly, to borrow a certain sum of money to complete the said Canal.” |
3 Victoria Chapter 20 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance amends and makes permanent the 1839 Ordinance, "An Ordinance to authorize the Commissioners for making the Canal from St. John’s to Chambly, to borrow a certain sum of money to complete the said Canal," and provides for further sums to be borrowed towards putting it into effect. |
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| An Act for further regulating the manner of granting Licenses to Inn-keepers, and to the Keepers of Ale and Beer Houses, within this Province. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 20 |
1840 |
This act establishes new regulations regarding the issuing of innkeeper's licenses, when they will be issued, and how individuals can apply for them. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent a certain Ordinance for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of Unlawful Oaths, and for preventing Treasonable and Seditious practices. |
3 Victoria Chapter 19 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of Unlawful Oaths, and for better preventing Treasonable and Seditious Practices,” permanent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise certain Duties to be imposed and collected on Wooden Stills within this Province, and for other Purposes therein mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 19 |
1840 |
This act imposes a duty on wooden stills and regulates the collection of the same, consolidating several clauses from past acts regarding duties and taxes on stills. |
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| An Ordinance to render permanent the Ordinance therein mentioned relative to the Estates and Property, in this Province, occupied for the Ordnance Service. |
3 Victoria Chapter 18 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance “An Ordinance for vesting all the Estates and Property in the Province of Lower Canada, occupied for the Ordnance Service, in the Principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance, and for granting certain powers to the said Principal Officers, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” permanent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Weight of Salt. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 18 |
1840 |
This act regulates the duty to be paid on every bushel of salt brought into the province from the United States. |
Early Canadiana Online |