Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act granting to Her Majesty a sum of money to improve the Cayuga Road, from Drummondville to Simcoe. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 48 | 1839 | This act authorises the improvement of the road from Drummondville to Simcoe, naming the commissioners in charge of the project and making them responsible for the timely reporting of all expenditures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend and continue the Act to regulate the exercise of certain rights of Lessors and Lessees. | 2 Victoria Chapter 47 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 1833 Act, “An Act to regulate the exercise of certain rights of Lessors and Lessees,” and is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making, repairing and improving, the Road from Amherstburgh to Sandwich, and from thence to Chatham, in the Western District, and for constructing and repairing Bridges thereon. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 47 | 1839 | This act authorises the repair and building of roads and bridges in the Western District in a response to the petition presented to the assembly by residents of the district. The work is deemed necessary for both commercial and military interests, and the act specifies who is in charge of supervising work and who is responsible for labour. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate the Currency of this Province. | 2 Victoria Chapter 46 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance replaces the 1808 Act, “An Act for better regulating the weight and rates at which certain Coins shall pass current in this Province, for preventing the falsifying, counterfeiting, or impairing of the same, and for repealing the Act and Ordinance therein mentioned,” and clarifies rates of exchange between currencies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Trustees of the Market Reserve in the Town of Niagara, to raise a sum of money for certain purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 46 | 1839 | This act authorises the trustees of the Market reserve of Niagara to borrow one thousand five hundred pounds in order to expand the market house, which has been deemed too small for their purposes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue the Act to provide less expensive means for the recovery of Wages due to Seamen of vessels belonging to or registered in this Province. | 2 Victoria Chapter 45 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues the 1836 Act, “An Act to provide less expensive means for the recovery of Wages due to Seamen of vessels belonging to or registered in this Province,” which is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a second Market in the Town of Hamilton, to enable the Corporation of the said Town to effect a loan, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 45 | 1839 | This act permits the town of Hamilton to establish a second market, to establish rules and bylaws regarding this market, and to borrow a sum of one thousand pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 44 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends an ordinance passed earlier in this session, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein" and is to remain in force until 1842. This Ordinance clarifies that all vessels travelling on Lake Champlain from any place in the United States are subject to the regulations outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Magistrates of the Home District to borrow a sum of Money, for the purpose of completing the new Gaol and Court House. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 44 | 1839 | This act authorises the magistrates of the Home district to build a new jail and, once the new one is completed, to dispose of the old building and grounds in Toronto. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain Sums therein mentioned to the encouragement of Education. | 2 Victoria Chapter 43 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides several sums, listed, to schools within the province to be used for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the schools. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |