Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to authorise the Magistrates of the Midland District to borrow a sum of money, to build a wall around the Gaol and Court House of the Midland District. Passed 11th May, 1839. |
2 Victoria – Chapter 43 | 1839 | This act authorises the justices of the peace of the Midland district to borrow a sum of money to build a wall and a gatehouse around the district jail in Kingston in order to better secure the prisoners. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain sums of money to the support of certain Charitable Institutions. | 2 Victoria Chapter 42 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides several sums, as listed, to support charitable institutions in the province, to be put to the purposes described. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to increase the Capital Stock of the Cobourg Harbour Company, and to extend the period for completing the same. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 42 | 1839 | This act allows the Cobourg Harbour Company to increase their capital stocks to ten thousand pounds in order to gain them more funds with which to complete their project, and allows them more time for completion of the building of the habour at Cobourg. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to remove certain doubts as to the extension of the benefit of the Warehousing system, established by a certain Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the third and fourth years of His late Majesty’s Reign, to duties imposed by Provincial Acts. | 2 Victoria Chapter 41 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance suspends several sections of “An Act to regulate the Trade of the British Possessions abroad,” relating to warehouses and the warehousing of goods. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled “An Act to incorporate sundry persons under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company, of the Gore Bank.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 41 | 1839 | This act amends the act passed in 1836 incorporating the Gore Bank. The amendment repeals a clause which disallows the holding of stock by incorporated companies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue certain Acts therein mentioned, relating to the Administration of Justice in the Inferior District of Gaspe. | 2 Victoria Chapter 40 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues several Acts, listed, relating to the Justice System in the Inferior District of Gaspé, which are to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act entitled, “An Act to incorporate certain persons under the style and title of the Waterloo Bridge Company.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 40 | 1839 | This act amends an act passed in 1838 which incorporated the Waterloo Bridge Company. The amendment concerns the width of the bridge being built. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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 thirty-nine. | 2 Victoria Chapter 39 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides a sum not exceeding sixty-two thousand and one pounds, thirteen shillings and two pence sterling to defray the expenses of the civil government for the year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons under the style and title of “The President, Directors and Company, of the Bayfield Harbour.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 39 | 1839 | This act incorporates the Company of the Bayfield Harbour, authorising them to survey and acquire land in order to build a harbour and all associated structures on the waterfront at Bayfield. The company is also authorised to collect tolls on incoming vessels once the harbour is completed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for erecting a Court House with proper Offices at Sherbrooke, in the District of Saint Francis, and for defaying the expense thereof. | 2 Victoria Chapter 38 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes provision for the construction of a new Court House in the District of Saint-François at Sherbrooke, as described. The Ordinance also makes the Village of Sherbrooke a Town. Instructions for the Court House's construction and allowable expenses are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |