Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act granting a Loan to the Louth Harbour Company, in the Niagara District. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 67 | 1837 | This act grants a loan of one thousand pounds to the Louth Harbour company. Terms of payment are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of money, to be raised by Debenture, for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Trent. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 66 | 1837 | This act allows for the raising of no more than seventy seven thousand five hundred and seven pounds, eleven shillings and four pence, by debenture, for the improvement of the navigation of the river Trent. Interest and repayment terms are specified, as well as regulations regarding the issuing and accounting of debentures. The act also allows for the naming of five commissioners who will be enabled to survey the land and determine the best locations for construction of locks and various other structures, and are empowered to negotiate and acquire these locations for the purpose. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a further Loan to complete the Desjardins Canal, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 65 | 1837 | This act grants a loan of five thousand pounds to the Desjardin Canal company to help complete their canal construction company. Terms of interest, as well as repayment of both principle and interest, are detailed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a certain sum of money to complete the improvement of the Harbour at Toronto. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 64 | 1837 | This act grants two thousand five hundred pounds to complete the construction of Toronto harbour, to be raised by tolls and levies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further provision respecting the affording of Public Aid to the Great Western Rail Road, and the Toronto and Lake Huron Rail Road, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 63 | 1837 | This act makes it possible for the receiver general of the province to issue loans directly to the directors or commissioners of private companies, naming some of the companies who will be issued loans in this manner. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the payment, in certain cases, of the Interest on the Loan for the construction of the Great Western Rail Road. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 62 | 1837 | This act makes it possible to collect a revenue from the residents of the district of Gore, London, and the Western district if the receiver general should dispense a sum of money in order to pay the interest of a loan made to the Great Western Rail Road, which it may be unable to pay. If the company should repay the amount in question, the money will be used to improve the districts in question. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend the Act Incorporating Sundry persons under the name of the London and Gore Rail Road Company, and to grant them a sum of money by way of Loan. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 61 | 1837 | This act amends an act first passed in 1834, which incorporated the London and Gore Rail Road company, giving them the rights to build a single iron or wooden railroad between London and Burlington Bay. The amended act grants them a loan and allows them to increase their capital stock in order to help them complete their building project. It also extends their power concerning land acquisition to include the area between London and Point Edward, and allows other railroad companies to join with the London and Gore company railroad, according to terms to be negotiated between the companies in question. Terms for repayment of the loan being granted are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting a Loan to the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Rail Road Company, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 60 | 1837 | This act grants a twelve thousand five hundred pound loan to the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Rail Road company in order to speed the completion of their rail road construction. The act details the repayment terms, interest, and management of debentures, as well as the responsibility of the company vis-a-vis stockholders while the company itself is in debt. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend An Act passed in the first year of His present Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to provide for settling and determining by Arbitration certain difficulties that have arisen, or may arise, between persons owning Land in the Eighth Concession of Saltfleet, and persons owning, or claiming to own, Lands in the First Concession of Binbrook, who through mistake may have made improvements on the rear part of the said Eighth Concession of Saltfleet.” Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 59 | 1837 | This act is an amendment to an act first passed in 1831, which provided for the settlement of disputes resulting from a surveying error affecting the First Concession of Binbrook and the Eighth Concession of Saltfleet. The amendment resolves issues caused by those who refuse to take part in arbitration, which was not foreseen by the original act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish the Boundary Lines in Front of Lots on the River Thames, in the Townships of Chatham and Camden, in the Western District. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 58 | 1837 | This act regulates not only how to establish boundary lines along the river Thames in Chatham an Camden, but also includes a clause concerning the settlement of disputes which may arise from the establishment of these boundaries. | Early Canadiana Online |