Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to extend to the Inhabitants of the Indian Reservation of Saint Regis and Dundee, the rights, privileges, and advantages enjoyed by the other inhabitants of this Province. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 39 | 1831 | This Act establishes the lands formerly referred to as the Indian Reservation of Saint Regis and Dundee as the Township of Dundee. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for preserving, for the purposes of Husbandry, the Grass growing on Beaches, in the District of Quebec. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 38 | 1831 | Under this Act, persons with land bordering the south side of the Saint Lawrence river below Quebec City are allowed to collect and cure the grass growing in front of their lots along the beaches. Livestock are not to be allowed to roam at large on these lands, and penalties for offending against the terms of this Act are outlined. This Act is not to prevent the free navigation of the river or access to fishing. This Act is to remain in force until 1835. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money for Repairing the Castle of Saint Lewis, at Quebec, and the Government House at Montreal. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 37 | 1831 | This Act applies a sum not exceeding three thousand five hundred pounds towards repairing the Castle of Saint Lewis in Quebec City, in the manner deemed most expedient. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal two certain Acts therein mentioned, and to provide for the better regulation of the Market-Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburb, Montreal. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 36 | 1831 | This Act repeals the 1829 Act, “An Act for the establishment of a new Market-Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburb, Montreal,” and the 1830 Act, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the establishment of a new Market-Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburb, Montreal.’” Certain conditions for the continued maintenance of the Market Place are put in place. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time the Acts for regulating the Salaries and Emoluments of the Officers employed in the collection of the Revenue at the Inland Ports of this Province, and for other purposes. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 35 | 1831 | This Act continues two former Act, including the 1829 Act, “An Act to regulate and establish the Salaries and other emoluments of the officers employed in the collection of the Revenue at the several Inland Ports in this Province, and for other purposes;” and the 1830 Act, “An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act to regulate and establish the Salaries and other emoluments of the officers employed in the collection of the Revenue at the several Inland Ports of this Province, and for other purposes, and to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purposes therein-mentioned.” These Acts are to remain in force until 1832. This Act also provides for the salaries of Tide-waiters at the port of Quebec for the present year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time certain Acts therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 34 | 1831 | This Act continues several former Acts, as listed, which are to remain in force until 1834. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Quebec and Halifax Steam Navigation Company. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 33 | 1831 | This Act lists the individuals to be incorporated as “The Quebec and Halifax Steam Navigation Company,” and establishes them as a body politic. The rate of shares and other regulations are outlined. Directions for how the company should be managed are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to partition the Common of the Fief Gros Bois among the Co-proprietors thereof. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 32 | 1831 | This Act grants further authority it the Chairman and Trustees, or co-proprietors in their stead, of the Common of the Fief Gros Bois, as established under the 1826 Act, “An Act to authorize the Inhabitants of the Fief Gros Bois, in the County of Saint Maurice, to make regulations for the Common of the said Fief.” Further direction for their duties and processes by which they should be appointed are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the persons interested in the Common of the Parish of Sainte Anne de La Perade in the County of Champlain, to make Regulations for the government of the said Common. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 31 | 1831 | This Act establishes the body politic, “the Chairman and Trustees of the Common of the Seigniory of Sainte Anne La Perade, and of the Fief Dorvilliers,” and outlines their duties and processes by which they should be appointed. This Act is to remain in force until 1850. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend a certain Act passed in the ninth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, “An Act to suspend for a limited time, certain Ordinances therein mentioned, as far as the same relates to the City of Montreal, and to establish a Society therein for preventing accidents by Fire.” (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 30 | 1831 | This Act amends the 1829 Act, “An Act to suspend for a limited time, certain Ordinances therein mentioned, as far as the same relates to the City of Montreal, and to establish a Society therein for preventing accidents by Fire.” This Act amends the procedures by which the Fire Society in the City of Montreal can amend or repeal bye-laws or rules mentioned in the former Act, and certain exemptions for members of the Fire Society are put in place. Certain measures regarding chimney sweepers and the funds received for that service are put in place. | Early Canadiana Online |