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 authorize Edward Southouse Glen to build a Toll Bridge over the River Richelieu. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 49 | 1831 | An Act authorising Edward Southouse Glen to build and collect a toll on a draw bridge crossing the River Richelieu, at Papineau’s Ferry, at his own cost. Southouse Glen is 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 this Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the subsistence of the Widow of the late Frederick Rolette. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 48 | 1831 | This Act grants a sum of seventy-five pounds to the widow of late Frederick Rolette annually for the remainder of her natural life. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the completion of the Bridge over the River Chaudiere. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 47 | 1831 | This Act appropriates a sum not exceeding five hundred pounds towards completing the bridge over the Rivière Chaudière in accordance with the 1830 Act, “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money to the erection of a Bridge over the River Chaudiere.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate the sums of money therein mentioned, to the payment of certain expences of the Civil Government, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 46 | 1831 | This Act allocates several sums to pay certain expenses as outlined, including to pay for the preparation of jury lists and certain salaries, as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for defraying the Civil Expenditure of the Provincial Government for the current year. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 45 | 1831 | This Act applies a sum not exceeding forty-six thousand five hundred and forty-nine pounds five shillings and eleven pence to defray the expenses of the Provincial Government’s civil expenditure, above the amount previously applied for this purpose, which was found insufficient. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a sum of money for the payment of certain Militia Officers, and contingent expences of the Militia, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 44 | 1831 | This Act lists the rates of salary for certain militia officers for the present year, among other expenses, and outlines how these should be paid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to relieve the United Company of Merchants of England, trading to the East Indies, from the payment of the duties on certain Teas, exported from this Province to Halifax, in Nova-Scotia. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 43 | 1831 | This Act cancels the taxes to be collected on an importation of tea levied by the Customs Collector at Quebec by virtue of the 1805 Act, “An Act to grant new duties to His Majesty, to supply the wants of the Province,” for the reasons outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to allow Members of the House of Assembly to vacate their Seats in certain cases and for other purposes. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 42 | 1831 | This Act makes it lawful for elected Members of the House of Assembly to vacate their seats and outlines the processes by which they may do so. The Act also stipulates when it will not be lawful for Members to vacate their seats. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a further sum of money for the purchase of a Steam Dredging Vessel. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 41 | 1831 | This act applies a further sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred pounds towards purchasing a Steam Dredging Vessel in addition to the sums provided under the 1830 Act, “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purchase of a Steam Dredging Vessel.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a further sum of money for the improvement of the Navigation of the River Richelieu. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 40 | 1831 | This Act provides a sum not exceeding four thousand pounds to improve navigation of the River Richilieu in accordance with the 1817 Act, “An Act to make more effectual provision for the improvement of the Internal Communications of this Province,” and the 1826 Act, An Act to facilitate the execution of the Act of the fifty-seventh George Third, chapter thirteen, inasmuch as it relates to the appointment of Commissioners for the improvement of the Navigation of the River Richelieu, and to appropriate a sum of money therein mentioned for that purpose.” | Early Canadiana Online |