Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to make valid and to confirm the admission of John Bristowe, Esquire, as a Solicitor in the Court of Chancery in this Province. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 33 | 1839 | This act admits John Bristowe, originally of London, where he was educated as a solicitor, and recently admitted as a lawyer in Toronto, to the court of Chancery of Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to provide for the subsistence of Volunteers and Militiamen who may have been, or may be wounded, and for that of the families of those who may have been, or may be killed, in certain cases hitherto unprovided for. |
2 Victoria Chapter 32 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides sums as listed to the families of militiamen killed or volunteer militiamen wounded during the 1837-8 rebellion. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the raising of One Thousand Pounds, by an additional rate or levy of One Half-penny in the Pound, upon the Inhabitants of the Western District, for the purpose of relieving the said District from debt, and of enabling the Justices of the Peace of that District to repair and improve the Gaol at Sandwich. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 32 | 1839 | This act raises a levy on the inhabitants of the western district in order to pay off the debt of the district as well as to raise money to make repairs to the district jail. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue, for a limited time, a certain Ordinance, relative to Persons charged with High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, and Treasonable Practices. | 2 Victoria Chapter 31 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues the 1838 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to authorize the apprehension and detention of persons charged with High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, and Treasonable Practices, and to suspend for a limited time, as to such persons, a certain Ordinance therein mentioned, and for other purposes,” until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the period for imposing an additional Rate upon the intended new District of Colborne. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1839 | This act extends certain clauses from an act passed in 1837 which created the district of Colborne and which concerns the creation of tax rates in order to erect a court house and jail. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend for a limited time certain parts of two Ordinances therein mentioned, as far as the same relate to the City of Quebec, and to establish a Society therein, for preventing accidents by Fire. | 2 Victoria Chapter 30 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance suspends and replaces two Acts found insufficient relating to the Fire Society in Quebec City, including the 1777 , “An Ordinance for preventing accidents by Fire,” and the 1790, “An Act or Ordinance to amend an Act or Ordinance for preventing accidents by Fire, passed in the seventeenth year of His Majesty’s Reign.” This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the first year of Her Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to authorise the erection of the County of Huron, and certain other territory adjacent thereto, into a separate District.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 30 | 1839 | This act amends the 1838 act which creates a separate district in the county of Huron, to determine the tax rates which this new district should pay to the district of London until the new tax district is properly established. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance concerning the erection of Parishes, and the building of Churches, Parsonage Houses and Church Yards. | 2 Victoria Chapter 29 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes provision for the appointment of Commissioners for the erection of Parishes in the Province. Their duties, purpose, and instructions for how they should carry out their work are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to authorise the erection of the County of Oxford into a separate District, by the name of the District of Brock.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 29 | 1839 | This act extends certain provisions from the 1837 act which created the district of Brock, allowing the district more time to repay the amount loaned to build their district court house and jail. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to exempt certain articles from seizure in satisfaction of debts. | 2 Victoria Chapter 28 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance lists property and items that are not to be seized from debtors, including bedding, wedding clothes, and at least one Cow, three Sheep, one Hog, one Stove, and one Cord of Firewood are to be left for the debtor. | Early Canadiana Online |