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 amend an Act passed in the first Session of the present Parliament, entitled, “An Act granting a sum of Money for the erection of a Light-house on Gull Island, or such other place as the Commissioners may select. Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 47 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act amends an act passed earlier in this session, relieving certain commissioners appointed to oversee the construction of a lighthouse on Gull Island, and appointing new ones in their place. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to vest in His Majesty, the Property of Pierre Chasseur’s Museum of Natural History, for Public benefit. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 47 | 1836 | This Act outlines how Pierre Chasseur can be acquitted of his debt, advanced in 1829, under “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the encouragement of Pierre Chasseur in forming a Collection of subjects of Natural History of the Canadas,” and another act in 1830, “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the further encouragement of Pierre Chasseur." Some directions for how the museum established by him is to operate are given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to raise a sum of Money for the purpose of completing a Steam Dredge, for Deepening the several Harbours in this Province. Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 46 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act permits the raising of money for the use of dredging machines to deepen several harbours in the province, including that of Burlington Bay. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive, amend, and continue for a limited time, a certain Act concerning the Police of William Henry, and other Villages. (21st March, 1836). | 6 William IV Chapter 46 | 1836 | This Act revives and continues the 1824 Act, "An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to provide for the Police of the Borough of William Henry and certain other Villages in this Province." Further provisions, pertaining to rules and regulations for the police, are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty the sum of One Hundred Pounds, for the purpose of repairing the Dwelling-house of the Light-house Keeper on Gibraltar Point, in the Home District. The Royal Assent to this Bill promulgated by Proclamation, 29th September, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 45 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act makes one hundred pounds available for the repair of the lighthouse keeper's residence on Gibraltar Point, and appoints a commissioner to supervise the project. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Commissioners for the erection of a New Hall of Assembly, to pay off a certain excess of expenditure, and to cause certain work to be done about the said Building. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 45 | 1836 | This Act lists the sums to be provided to pay sums owed for work done on the Hall of Assembly and further sums to be provided for further work, such as the creation of a new sewer to the new privies. The processes by which these funds are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting Three Hundred Pounds towards the completion of a Light-house on Bois Blanc Island, in the Western District. Royal Assent given by Message to the Legislature, 28th November, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 44 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act grants a further three hundred pounds to the construction of a light house on Bois Blanc island, and directs the commissioners to make a report of their expenditures to the legislature no later than January 1837. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant an Aid towards printing, in the French language, the Treatise on Agriculture written by William Evans. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 44 | 1836 | This Act provides a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifteen pounds to cause “A Treatise on the Theory and Practise of Agriculture, adapted to the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of Agriculture in Canada, with a concise history of Agriculture and a view of its present state in some of the principal Countries, of the earth and particularly in the British Isles and in Canada," to be translated into French and distributed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of Money, for the support of Light-houses in this Province. The Royal Assent promulgated by Proclamation, 29th September, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 43 (Session 2) | 1836 | This act permits the use of one thousand pounds to support the lighthouses of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, two certain Acts therein mentioned concerning the Militia of this Province. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 43 | 1836 | Under this Act, the 1830 Act, “An Act to provide for the better defence of the Province, and to regulate the Militia thereof,” and the 1832 Act, “An Act to authorise the appointing of Courts of Inquiry for investigating the qualification of Militia Officers, in certain cases,” are to remain in force until 1838. | Early Canadiana Online |