Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to afford Relief to persons confined on Mesne Process. Passed, 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 3 | 1834 | This act allows for a financial process to allow the payment of the bail of prisoners who are confined between their arrest and the execution of a trial, but are too poor to pay their own bail. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to suspend, until the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Five, the operation of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, entitled, “An Act for registering the Names of Persons entitled to Vote at Elections.” (20th September, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1834 | This act suspends an act from the prior session concerning the creation of provincial election rolls. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Cutting of Channels in the Ice, in various Ports and Harbors of this Island. (12th June,1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1834 | This act allows for the appointment of committees for each harbour or channel to regulate when channels can be cut into the ice of their respective waterways in order to allow fishing boats to go sealing. It specifies how these committees will be appointed, how long their terms will be, and penalties to be served by crews who do not conform to the decisions of the committee. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to provide for the summary trial of Small Causes in the Country parts. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 2 | 1834 | This Act outlines further provisions and regulations surrounding the recovering of small debts in the province. The types of debts to which this Act applies are outlined as well as the processes by which courts to hear these cases should be held. The Act is followed by several forms. This Act is to remain in force until 1836. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for One Year, “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.” (20th September, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1834 | This act continues a prior act dealing with quarantine measures to prevent the introduction of diseases to Newfoundland. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further increase of the Revenue. (24th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1834 | This act allows for the taxing of alcohol coming into the province, specifying who is responsible for the collection of tariffs and the determination of the value in order to ascertain how much tax will be charged on each item. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of the Inhabitants in distress, from the failure of the late Crops, in certain parts of this Province therein mentioned. (18th March 1834) | 4 William IV Chapter 1 | 1834 | This Act provides certain sums, as outlined, to many parishes in the province to provide for inhabitants made destitute by crop failures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law respecting Real Property, and to render the proceedings for recovering possession thereof in certain cases, less difficult and expensive. Passed, 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1834 | This act amends property inheritance law and defines how property is inherited between brothers and sisters, how maternal property is to be defined, how heirs shall be defined in cases where there are no direct descendants, and excludes cases where the deceased has left a will specifying heirs who are not blood relatives. It also specifies widow's dower rights, which state that widows have a right to their dower at the death of their husband. Many other clauses also define the rights of renters, mortgagors, lease holders, etc. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of Money for the Improvement of Roads and Bridges in the several Districts of this Province. Passed 13th February 1833. | 3 William IV – Chapter 60 | 1833 | This act grants various sums of money to repair roads throughout the province, specifying the roads as well as the sums of money to be granted to repair or build each. It names the individuals to receive each sum, how each sum is to be spent, who is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of roads, and punishments for those who should refuse to maintain roads or purposely damage public roads. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Receiver General to borrow a Sum of Money for the purposes therein mentioned. Passed 13th February, 1833. | 3 William IV – Chapter 59 | 1833 | This act autorises the government to borrow a sum of money from Great Britain for various purposes. It specifies repayment and interest terms. | Early Canadiana Online |