Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Ordinance to authorise the Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province, to appoint persons as Justices of the Peace and Stipendary Magistrates, notwithstanding an Act of the Legislature of the Province of Lower Canada, passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for the qualification of the Justices of the Peace.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 3) | 1838 | Under this Ordinance, the Governor or person administering the Government is empowered to appoint Justices of the Peace and Stipendary Magistrates even if they do not meet the requirements established under the 1836 Act, "“An Act for the qualification of the Justices of the Peace." This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to appropriate certain sums, annually, to enable Her Majesty to defray the expense of Pensions conferred on the Honorable Jonathan Sewell Esquire and the Honorable James Reid Esquire. | 2 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1838 | This Ordinance provides a sum of one thousand pounds to be paid annually to Jonathan Sewell after his retirement and a sum of seven hundred and thirty-three pounds six shillings and eight pence to James Reid during his natural life. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the regulation of Pilots and the Pilotage of Vessels at the Port of Saint John’s. (Passed 25th October, 1838.) | 2 Victoria - Chapter 6 | 1838 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1833, which regulated navigation into and out of the port of Saint John's, and set tariffs on each vessel by type. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to declare and define the period when the Rebellion, now unhappily existing in this Province, shall be taken and held to cease, and for other purposes. | 2 Victoria Chapter 5 (Session 3) | 1838 | Under this Ordinance, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Government is empowered to declare when the rebellion has ceased and been suppressed. This Ordinance is to remain in force until June. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to make good two certain sums of money therein mentioned advanced in payment of certain indispensable expenses of the Civil Government of Lower Canada, between the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and the thirty-first day of October of the same year. | 2 Victoria Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1838 | This Ordinance provides a sum of five thousand five hundred and eighty-three pounds, nineteen shillings and ten pence, sterling and a sum of eighteen thousand one hundred and thirty-six pounds, seventeen shillings and six pence sterling to make good on sums expended by the Civil Government between March and October of 1838. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the Sixth Session of the First General Assembly, intituled “An Act for the Encouragement of Education in this Colony.” (Passed 25th October, 1838.) | 2 Victoria - Chapter 5 | 1838 | This act is an amendment to an act first passed in 1836, which alloted money to various schools and school districts, and called for the appointment of thirteen individuals to create new school boards across the province. The amendment has to do with schoolbooks, and who will be responsible for the choosing and purchasing of books for schools. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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 | 2 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 3) | 1838 | Under this Ordinance, all persons in custody for High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices may be detained without bail or mainprize. This Ordinance is to remain in force until June. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government, from the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, to the tenth day of October of the same year. | 2 Victoria Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1838 | This Ordinance provides a sum not exceeding twenty nine thousand one hundred and twenty six pounds, eighteen shillings and ten pence, sterling to defray the expenses of the Civil Government incurred between April and October 1838. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Treasurer of this Colony to raise on Loan a Sum not exceeding Ten Thousand Five Hundred Pounds, for the purpose of Making and Repairing Roads, Streets and Bridges therein. (Passed 25th October, 1838.) | 2 Victoria - Chapter 4 | 1838 | This act allows the government to raise money in order to develop funds to continue building and repairing roads throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for the suppression of the Rebellion, which unhappily exists within this Province of Lower Canada, and for the protection of the persons and properties of Her Majesty’s faithful subjects within the same. | 2 Victoria Chapter 3 (Session 3) | 1838 | Under this Ordinance, people who participated in the rebellion or aided in the ongoing rebellion in the District of Montreal since November last are to be punished according to Martial Law, as described. The processes by which this is to be carried out are outlined. This Ordinance is to remain in force until June. | Early Canadiana Online |