Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons under the style and title of the Cayuga Bridge Company. Passed, 20th April, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 10 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act incorporates the Cayuga Bridge company, specifying the price and division of company shares and the manner in which directors shall be nominated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain parts of an Ordinance therein mentioned, concerning persons to be admitted to practise the Law or to practise as Notaries in this Province. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 10 | 1836 | This Act repeals two quoted sections of the 1785 Ordinance “An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Attorneys, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy collection of His Majesty’s Revenues,” and makes it that no one may practice law in the Province who did not first serve a regular clerkship. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make perpetual an Act passed in the Fourth Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entituled “An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors taken in execution. (6th May, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 10 | 1836 | This act makes an act first passed in 1834 perpetual. The original act relates to how cases of debtors are to be pursued in provincial courts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate a Company under the style and title of the City of Toronto Gas Light Company. Passed 20th April, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 9 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act incorporates the Toronto Gas Light Company, naming its directors, enabling it to acquire property and goods, and makes regulations concerning the creation and sale of company shares. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Debtors from wasting or diminishing the value of their immoveable property under seizure, to the injury of their Creditors. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 9 | 1836 | Under this Act, any debtor found to have damaged their property to be seized in order to deprive his creditor of what is due them is to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months. This Act is to remain in force until 1839. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, entituled “An Act to provide for the performance of Quarantine, and more effectually to provide against the introduction of Infectious or Contagious Diseases and the spreading thereof in this Island. (6th May, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 9 | 1836 | This act continues an act first passed in 1833, imposed quarantine measures on ships coming into the province to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate sundry persons under the style and title of the Gananoque and Wiltsie Navigation Company. Passed, 20th April, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 8 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act incorporates the Gananoque and Wiltsie Navigation Companie. It enables them to acquire land in order to build dykes, locks and channels, and other structures to enable navigation, defines how shares are to be sold, as well as determining how share ownership will affect company directorship, and stipulates various regulations for the company to follow concerning maintenance and access for trade. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appoint Commissioners to treat with Commissioners appointed, or to be appointed, on the part of the Province of Upper Canada, for the purposes therein mentioned. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 8 | 1836 | Under this Act, commissioners are to be appointed to consult with commissioners from Upper Canada on several matters including: collecting of duties on importations, the improvement of the navigation of the Rivers Saint Lawrence and Ottawa, and Roads of Communication between the two Provinces. The processes by which commissioners are to be appointed, their privileges, and duties are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the Third Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act for the regulation of Pilots and the Pilotage of Vessels at the Port of Saint John’s.” (6th May, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 8 | 1836 | This act continues an act passed in 1833, which regulates navigation into and out of the port of Saint John's, and sets tariffs on each vessel by type. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate a Company to construct a Rail Road from Burlington Bay, to Lake Huron. Passed, 20th April, 1836. | 6 William IV – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1836 | This act incorporates a company to build a railroad from Burlington Bay in the district of Gore to Lake Huron after petitions from residents. The company is empowered to survey land to determine where best to lay this railroad and acquire this land. Directors and their responsibilities are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |