Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the Fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled “An Act to regulate the Packing and Inspection of Pickled Fish for exportation from this Island.” (18th November, 1837.) 1 Victoria Chapter 3 1837 This act makes amendments to an act first passed in 1834, which established standards to be met by pickled fish set for export for Newfoundland. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for Grating to Her Majesty a Supply of Money for the Making and Repairing of Roads and Bridges in this Colony, and to Regulate the Expenditure of the same (18th November, 1837.) 1 Victoria Chapter 2 1837 This act grants various sums of money to build or repair roads throughout the province, and appoints commissioners to manage the distribution of funds as well as the supervision of road repairs and construction in various communities. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for Granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize Imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (18th November, 1837.) 1 Victoria Chapter 1 1837 This act places duties on various items coming in to the province in order to raise a revenue for the government of the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for making and maintaining a Rail Road, from the River Saint Lawrence to the Province Line. (21st March, 1836). 6 William IV Chapter 59 1836 This Act makes provisions for the construction of a railroad along the River Saint Lawrence, opposite to the City of Quebec to the boundary of Maine, as specified. The railroad's proprietors are listed and made a body politic and corporate by the name “The Kennebec Rail Road Company." Their rights, duties, and the terms under which they may operate are outlined. Stipulations for the construction and maintenance of the railroad are provided. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide means for putting the Steam Dredging Vessel into operation. (21st March, 1836.) 6 William IV Chapter 58 1836 This Act makes further provision to put the 1830 Act, “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purchase of a Steam Dredging Vessel.” into effect. A sum not exceeding two thousand six hundred pounds is provided to defray remaining costs, as outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the better regulation of the Fisheries in the Inferior District of Gaspe. (21st March, 1836.) 6 William IV Chapter 57 1836 This Act makes several provisions to support the fisheries in Gaspe, including allowing unoccupied beach to be used to cure and prepare fish for exportation. The Act outlines several rules and regulations for the fisheries, including where and how fishing may take place. Fishing weirs, as used by Indigenous Peoples are not to be used as they are destructive to the salmon industry. Penalties for those who act in defiance of this Act are described. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and more effectually to remedy divers abuses prejudicial to Agriculture. (21st March, 1836.) 6 William IV Chapter 56 1836 This Act repeals and replaces the 1833 Act, “An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to provide more effectually for the remedy of divers abuses prejudicial to Agriculture." This Act defines penalties against those who commit trespasses, wrongs, and abuses prejudicial to Agricultural Improvement, including carrying away, breaking down or injuring fences on land not belonging to them, and cutting down or otherwise destroying any fences, trees, bushes or shrubs, without the leave of the land's proprietor. Fines and exceptions to this Act are outlined. The Act also describes how violent or misbehaving animals like dogs, horses, rams, or cattle, are to be handled, and penalties if owners do not follow the terms of this Act and sets several regulations of the treatment of servants and apprentices. Other restrictions on land maintenance including drains, weeds, and fences are outlined, including how these terms should be enforced. This Act is to remain in force until 1845. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for preserving, for the purposes of Husbandry, the Grass growing on Beaches, in the District of Quebec. (21st March, 1836.) 6 William IV Chapter 55 1836 Under this Act, the proprietors of the land bordering the Saint Lawrence below Quebec are allowed to cut and cure the grass on the beaches to the exclusion of all other people, and livestock are not to be permitted to graze on this land. The limits of this Act and penalties for those who act in defiance of this Act are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue certain Acts therein mentioned, relating to the Administration of Justice in the Inferior District of Gaspe. (21st March, 1836.) 6 William IV Chapter 54 1836 This Act continues several former Acts, including the 1822 Act, “An Act to extend the provisions of a certain Act therein mentioned, as far as the same relates to the Judicature in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and more effectually to provide for the due administration of Justice in the said District" and the 1824 Act, “An Act to amend a certain Act therein mentioned, and further to extend the jurisdiction of the Provincial Court for the Inferior District of Gaspe" as amended in 1832, which are to remain in force until 1839. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make further provision for the security of Titles to Real Property in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and to repeal two Acts therein-mentioned. (21st March, 1836.) 6 William IV Chapter 53 1836 Under this Act, the 1819 Act, “An Act to secure the Inhabitants of the Inferior District of Gaspe in the possession and enjoyment of their lands,” and the 1831 Act, “An Act to make more effectual provision for the security of Titles to Real Property in the Inferior District of Gaspe,” are repealed and replaced. Early Canadiana Online