Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act granting a certain sum of money for the maintenance and support of the House of Industry, in the City of Toronto. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 63 | 1839 | This act grants a sum of money to the "house of industry," the work house set up in Toronto for the poor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for the more easy and certain collection of the Harbour dues at Montreal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 62 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes provision for the collection of rates, tolls, and wharfage dues at the Harbour of Montreal, including providing for the appointment of a Collector of Harbour Dues and a description of their duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of money for the support of Common Schools, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. Passed 11th Way, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 62 | 1839 | This act grants money to the various school districts throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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. | 2 Victoria Chapter 61 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides a further sum not exceeding thirty thousand pounds towards completing the Chambly Canal in fulfillment of the 1833 Act, "An Act to grant an Aid to His Majesty, for the purpose of making a Navigable Canal, from or near the Town of Saint John to the Basin of Chambly, upon the River Sorel or Richelieu." The processes by which these funds are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of Teachers of Common Schools in the District of Niagara. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 61 | 1839 | This act makes provisions for the support of teachers and schools in Niagara, despite the treasurer not having made any report of the district expenditures to the receiver general. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend certain Acts therein mentioned, relative to a certain Market at Montreal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 60 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends several Acts relating to the New Market at Montreal by making it lawful for the trustees of the said Market to let out the lot of ground specified for a term not exceeding fifty-five years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford relief to Robert Brown, Esquire. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 60 | 1839 | This act grants a percentage of the customs collected to the former collector, Robert Brown. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend for a limited time, certain sections of the Ordinance for the better Packing and Inspection of Flour and Meal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 59 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance suspends and replaces certain sections of an Ordinance passed earlier in this session of Parliament, "An Ordinance to suspend certain Acts therein mentioned, and to regulate in a better manner the packing and inspection of Flour and Indian Meal,” relating to the construction, materials, branding, and markings of Flour and Meal casks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act, entitled “An Act to increase the Salary of the Keeper of the False Ducks Light-House.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 59 | 1839 | This act continues and makes perpetual an act relating to the salary of the keeper of the False Ducks lighthouse. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to establish Circuit Courts of Requests in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Three Rivers, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 58 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 1836 Act, “An Act to provide for the Summary Trial of Small Causes,” and suspends some of its terms except as persons to the Districts of Saint-François and Gaspé, and establishes Courts of Requests to provide for the trial of small causes in the Districts of Montréal, Québec, and Trois-Rivières as outlined. Directions for how these Courts of Requests should operate are given. | Early Canadiana Online |