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 a certain Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, entitled “An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-fifth year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled ‘An Act to regulate the trial of controverted Elections or Returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly, and to make more effectual provision for such trials;’ ” and also, a certain other Act, passed in the eighth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, entitled “An Act to continue and amend the laws now in force for the trial of controverted Elections.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 8 | 1839 | This act continues and makes permanent two past election acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend the Act passed in the thirty-sixth, year of the Reign of King George the Third, chapter nine, commonly called the Road Act. | 2 Victoria Chapter 7 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, Grand Voyers for each district are allowed to appoint Deputies as deemed necessary, in addition to Surveyors of Roads, under the terms as outlined. Their duties relating to the inspection, opening, and maintenance of roads are described. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and make perpetual An Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act to repeal an Act passed in the fifty-fourth year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled ‘An Act to supply, in certain cases, the want of County Courts, in this Province, and to make further provision for proceeding to Outlawry, in certain cases therein mentioned.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 7 | 1839 | This act continues an act first passed in 1815, which repealed parts of an act concerned with the establishments of county courts, including new forms for the handling of criminal justice by counties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to Incorporate the Canada Marine Insurance Company. | 2 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance establishes the "Canada Marine Insurance Company” as a body politic and corporate and outlines how the company should function and the regulations the company is subject to, including the President and Directors' role and how administration is to be carried out. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the law enabling Married Women to convey their Real Estates within this Province. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1839 | This act specifies the regulations surrounding any sale of real estate to be made by married women. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to prevent the fraudulent manufacture, importation or circulation of Spurious Copper and Brass Coin. | 2 Victoria Chapter 5 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance regulates what currency is to be allowed to be imported into the Province, and outlines the process by which other coins or tokens can be authorised, including penalties for those who defy the terms of this Act. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and make permanent an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled “An Act to continue and amend the law for Attaching the Property of Absconding Debtors.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 5 | 1839 | This act continues an act passed in 1835, which was in itself an amendment to an act passed in 1832, which described how the property of absconding debtors could be seized. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to facilitate the manner in which Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, shall in future be numbered and authenticated, in the Province of Lower Canada. | 2 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance provides instructions for how registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in the Province should be numbered and authenticated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue in force, amend and make perpetual, an Act passed in the fourth year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled “An Act to provide for the Summary Punishment of Petty Trespasses, and other offences.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 4 | 1839 | This act continues an act first passed in 1634, which laid out the punishment for specific criminal acts, such as assault and trespass. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to extend the provisions of a certain Act of the Legislature of this Province, therein mentioned. | 2 Victoria Chapter 3 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance extends two former Acts, “An Act for the transportation of certain offenders from this Province to England, to be thence again transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land,” and “An Ordinance to continue a certain Act therein mentioned, intituled, ‘An Act for the transportation of certain offenders from this Province to England, to be thence again transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land,’” to apply to those sentenced to death by Courts Martial. | Early Canadiana Online |