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 continue and make permanent an Act passed in the third year of the reign of King William the Fourth, entitled “An Act to continue the duty upon Licenses to Hawkers and Pedlars.” Passed May 11th, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 23 | 1839 | This act continues and makes permanent an act first passed in 1809, and continued and amended since, which places various rates of duty on the licenses required for hawkers, pedlars, and petty chapmen. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to revive a certain Act therein mentioned, and to make better provision with regard to the Inspection of Pot and Pearl Ashes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 22 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance revives the 1829 Act, “An Act to suspend for a limited time, certain Acts therein mentioned, and to regulate in a better manner the Inspection of Pot and Pearl Ashes” and makes a few amendments. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the seventh year of the, reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled “An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of money, for the erection of certain Light Houses within this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” Passed May 11th, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 22 | 1839 | This act places a duty of one shilling per ton on vessels in order to help pay the interest on a loan made by the crown to help build lighthouses in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for vesting all the Estates and Property in the Province of Lower Canada, occupied for the Ordnance Service, in the Principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance, and for granting certain powers to the said Principal Officers, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. | 2 Victoria Chapter 21 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, all property and servitudes purchased or taken in trust for Her Majesty or her predecessors is to remain and be vested in the principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance in Great Britain and used for the public services they shall order or direct. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of King William the Fourth, entitled “An Act to promote the public health, and to guard against infectious diseases in this Province.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 21 | 1839 | This act continues and makes perpetual an act first passed in 1835, which permitted the appointment of three or more health officers in every town of the province. It specifies what they are empowered to do as health officers as well as the penalties for those who disobey the appointed health officers. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for the better information of the Government and of the Public, concerning Prosecutions brought before Justices of the Peace. | 2 Victoria Chapter 20 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance outlines the form of quarterly returns Justices of the Peace are to produce and send to the Clerk of the Peace for their district. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive, and continue for a limited time, the Second Clause of an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to secure to and confer upon certain Inhabitants of this Province the civil and political rights of natural born British Subjects.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 20 | 1839 | This act continues an act passed in 1835, which allows for specific individuals to be granted the rights of natural born citizens in order to validate their real estate claims. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend in part certain Acts therein mentioned, and to establish and incorporate a Trinity House in the City of Montreal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 19 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance establishes a Trinity House at Montréal for the better regulation of the Saint Lawrence River around Portneuf and the city. This Ordinance suspends replaces sections of several former Acts, as outlined, and vests authority formerly distributed by these Acts in the Deputy Master and Wardens of the Trinity House, as described. Directions for the operation of the Trinity House are given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to limit the period for owners of lands making claims for damages already occasioned by the construction of the Rideau Canal and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 19 | 1839 | This act limits the time in which property owners can claim damages from the building of the Rideau Canal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein. | 2 Victoria Chapter 18 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, the Master or Commander of every ship or vessel is required to report the number, names, ranks, and occupations of all foreigners on his ship upon arrival in the Province. The processes by which this is to be carried out and enforced are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |