Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act granting One Thousand Pounds for opening and improving a Road from London, in the London District, to the River Saint Clair, in the Western District. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 53 | 1839 | This act grants one thousand pounds for the improvement of a road between London and the Saint Clair river. The act appoints commissioners and states their responsibilities, leaving the selection of civil engineers and surveyors to the lieutenant governor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to revive and continue certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province therein-mentioned. | 2 Victoria Chapter 52 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues several acts relating to Houses of Correction, as listed, which are to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to Her Majesty a sum of money for the Improvement of the Post Road between Cornwall and L’Orignal. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 52 | 1839 | This act permits the granting of a sum of money for the improvement and construction of a road for commercial and defence purposes between Cornwall and l'Orignal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to repeal a certain Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance to declare that the second chapter of the Statute of the Parliament of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, is not, nor has ever been in force in this Province, and for other purposes.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 51 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance repeals an Ordinance passed in 1838, “An Ordinance to declare that the second chapter of the Statute of the Parliament of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, is not, nor has ever been in force in this Province, and for other purposes." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a further sum of money for the purpose of completing the Macadamized Road, between the Town of Kingston and the Village of Napanee, in the Midland District. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 51 | 1839 | This act grants a sum of money to complete the gravel paving of the road between Kingston and Napanee. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to incorporate the Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, to confirm their Title to the Fief and Seigniory of the Island of Montreal, the Fief and Seigniory of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and the Fief and Seigniory of Saint Sulpice, in this Province; to provide for the gradual extinction Of Seigniorial Rights and Dues, within the Seigniorial limits of the said Fiefs and Seigniories, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 50 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance establishes “The Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal" as an Ecclesiastical Corporation or Body Corporate and Ecclesiastical and confirms the proprietors of the same have right and title to the fiefs and seigneuries held and possessed by them, and gives instruction for how seigneurial or feudal rights and burthens can be extinguished. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a further sum, by way of loan, to complete the Hamilton and Brantford Road, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 50 | 1839 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1837 concerning repairs to the Hamilton and Brantford road, and concerns funding, labour, and use of the completed road. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate the Practice of the Courts of Judicature in this Province, respecting certain proceedings. | 2 Victoria Chapter 49 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes it lawful for the Clerks or Prothonotaries of the Court of King's Bench or Provincial Court to issue writs of capias ad respondendum and of attachment without the fiat of a judge in certain cases as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a sum of money to, complete the construction of a Macadamized Road, from the Village of Dundas to the Township of Waterloo, in the Gore District. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 49 | 1839 | This act grants a further sum of money to the already-begun project to macadamize (that is, gravel-pave) the road from Dundas to Waterloo in order to complete the project. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to prevent Real Property, under Seizure, from being injured or wasted, to the damage of the party seizing. | 2 Victoria Chapter 48 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, any person who diminishes the value of any immovable property seized in execution of judgement, as described, may be committed to prison for a period not more than six months. | Early Canadiana Online |