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 authorise His Majesty’s Justices, under certain provisions therein mentioned, to hold Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Assize and Nisi Prius, and General Gaol Delivery, in the Ottawa District. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 38 | 1837 | This act amends an act first passed in 1816, repealing the fifth through tenth clauses, and allows the district of Ottawa to establish its own district courts of assize, nisi prius, oyer and terminer, and general gaol delivery. The said courts will have the same powers as the other district courts of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend the Acts relating to Firewards in the Town of Fredericton. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 37 (Session 1) | 1837 | The continuance of several acts passed in prior legislative years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appoint Trustees to carry into effect the provision of the Will of John White, Esquire, deceased. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 37 | 1837 | This act appoints trustees to carry out the last will and testament of John White, of the town of York, as well as assure that his creditors are paid out of the proceeds of his estate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Herring Fisheries in the County of Charlotte. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 36 (Session 1) | 1837 | A continuance of an act passed in 1824 (5 George IV ch 2) and the addition of further clauses. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize William Johnson to convey to Trustees a Lot of Land, for purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 36 | 1837 | This act authorises William Johnson of the township of Georgina to sell a parcel of land containing a schoolhouse to school trustees. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a Boundary Line between the Counties of Westmorland and Saint John, and King’s and Queen’s Counties. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 35 (Session 1) | 1837 | Definition of the boundary lines between Westmorland, Saint John, Kings and Queens counties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Montreal, to collect debts due to them in this Province, notwithstanding the expiration of their Charter, under certain restrictions therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 35 | 1837 | After petition presented to the legislative assembly by the Bank of Montreal on behalf of themselves and their stockholders, this act allows said bank to collect various sums forwarded to merchants and other individuals despite the institution's charter having expired in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the payment of a portion of the expenses of maintaining certain Light Houses and Establishments in the Gulph of Saint Lawrence. Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 34 (Session 1) | 1837 | An act establishing a yearly sum of money to be paid to the Govenor of Nova Scotia for the maintenance of a lighthouse on Scattarie Island, off the coast of Cape Breton. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Proprietors or Shareholders of a Company called the Bank of British North America, to Sue and be Sued in the name of any one of the Local Directors, or Manager, for the time being, of the said Company in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 34 | 1837 | This act incorporates the Bank of British North America, allowing them to establish themselves anywhere in the province. It details the various responsibilities of the directors as well as all shareholders. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, intituled “An Act relating to insolvent confined Debtors.” Passed 1st March 1837. | 7 William IV Chapter 33 (Session 1) | 1837 | An amendment to an act passed in 1836 (6 William IV Chapter 41) | Early Canadiana Online |