Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for the further encouragement of Education throughout the Province. | 4 William IV – Chapter 35 | 1834 | This Act establishes "The Corporation of the College of Sainte Anne de la Pocatiere," and describes the structure and administration of the college. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further encouragement of Education throughout the Province. | 4 William IV Chapter 34 | 1834 | This Act makes provision for several schools not already provided for in certain districts within the province as listed. The Act also provides a financial reward for the teacher with the best attendance records among students and the best progress, and outlines how this is to be measured. Allowable expenses for these schools are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the construction of a Road from Hamilton, in the Gore District, to Port Dover in the London District. Passed, 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 34 | 1834 | This act is a response to a petition from residents of the province who want the construction of a new road between London and Burlington Bay to replace the current road, as new surveys have shown that a better location for such a road can be had which would shorten the trip between the two locations by twenty miles. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the establishment of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. | 4 William IV Chapter 33 | 1834 | This Act outlines the processes by which freeholders in the counties of the province can form bodies politic under the name "The Mutual Fire Insurance Company,” and the regulations these companies are subject to, including the boards of directors' role and how administration is to be carried out. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons by the name of the Bath School Society, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 33 | 1834 | This act incorporates the Bath School Society, grants them land and allows them to hold land for the purposes of building and administering a school, and details the conditions which they must meet in order to continue directing the school in future. It specifies the terms of the members of the school board and trustees, and procedures for the election of officers. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for vacating the Seats of Members of the Assembly in certain cases therein-mentioned. | 4 William IV Chapter 32 | 1834 | Under this Act, any person chosen or returned as a Representative or Member in the Assembly for the province who has accepted public money, except under the conditions described, will be removed from his seat as if naturally dead. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain persons therein mentioned under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company, of the Credit Harbor. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 32 | 1834 | This act incorporates the Credit Harbour company, allowing them to build a harbour at the mouth of the river Credit. It limits the value of the company's shares at five thousand pounds, and appoints commissioners to determine the necessary land for the building of roads and other points of access for building the harbour. It also determines taxes and duties to be paid by vessels once the harbour is built. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time an Act passed in the second year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to create a Fund for defraying the expense of providing Medical assistance for sick Emigrants, and of enabling Indigent persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination.” | 4 William IV Chapter 31 | 1834 | This Act continues, for a limited time, an Act passed in 1832, “An Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of providing Medical assistance for sick Emigrants, and of enabling indigent persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination." This Act is to remain in force until 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| Art Act to incorporate certain persons therein mentioned under the style and title of the Richmond Canal Company. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 31 | 1834 | This act incorporates the Richmond Canal Company, specifying how stocks will be held and sold, procedures for the election of company directors. It also authorizes the company to explore all the land adjacent to the river Goodwood for the purposes of building a canal, and allows them to determine the best place to build locks, dams, and other infrastructure. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Paschal Persillier dit Lachapelle and François Quennville to build a Toll Bridge over the River Des Prairies at the Abord a Plouf. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 30 | 1834 | This Act authorises Paschal Persillier dit Lachapelle and François Quennville to build and collect a toll on a bridge at the L'Abord-à-Plouffe over the Rivière des Prairies, in the District of Montreal at their own cost, under the provision that Nicolas Lambert does not complete his bridge in the time allotted to him under the 1830 Act, “An Act to authorize Eustache Nicholas Lambert Dumont, to build a Toll Bridge over the River Des Prairies, in the District of Montreal." Persillier and Quennville are granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |