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 exempt from seizure in satisfaction of judgment certain articles therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 4 | 1831 | Under this Act, certain belongings cannot be seized from debtors. Debtors are to be allowed to keep one cow, three sheep, one hog, one single stove, and one cord of fire-wood. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Married Women more conveniently to Alien and Convey their Real Estate, and to Repeal an Act passed in the forty-third year of the Reign of King George the Third, entitled “An Act to enable Married Women, having Real Estate, more conveniently to Alienate and Convey the same.” Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 3 | 1831 | This Act makes it easier for a married female property owner to transfer her land title to another owner; sets out the specifics of such transfer; and repeals the previous Act dealing with transfer of female-owned property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the eleventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, “An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford, and Missiskoui, and to extend the provisions of the said Act.” (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 3 | 1831 | This Act repeals and amends a certain section of the 1821 Act, “An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford, and Missisquoi, and to repeal a certain section of the said Act.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent a failure of Justice by reason of Immaterial variances in certain Law Proceedings, and to require all Courts to take Judicial notice of Private Acts of Parliament. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 2 | 1831 | This Act is intended to prevent variances from disrupting legal proceedings by allowing the presiding Justice or Court to resolve the variance and continue with the trial as if there had been no variance in the first place. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the Administration of Justice respecting Enquetes in Civil Matters before the Court of King’s Bench for the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, Three-Rivers, and Inferior District of Saint Francis. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 2 | 1831 | This Act provides for the taking of Enquetes for the Districts of Montreal, Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and the Inferior District of Saint-François after the expiration of the 1824 Act “An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissaires Enqueteurs for the District of Montreal, and other purposes relating to the Administration of Justice in the said District.” Under this Act, these Enquetes are to be taken by a single Judge of each Court of the King’s Bench, whereas the former Act appointed Commissaires Enqueteurs for this purpose. This Act is to remain in force until 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make valid certain Marriages heretofore contracted, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Matrimony in this Province. (The Royal Assent to this Bill was signified, by Message of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, to the Legislative Council and Assembly of this Province on the Second day of March, 1831.) | 1 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1831 | This Act states that any marriage performed up to this point in time by an official legally qualified to solemnize marriage, shall henceforth be regarded and respected as valid, and that any children born into such a marriage be considered legitimate. The Act also makes specifications regarding the provision of marriage certificates. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for ascertaining the Population of the several Counties in this Province, and for obtaining certain Statistical information therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 1 | 1831 | This Act allows the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government to nominate commissioners from each of the Province’s counties to oversee a new census. Directions for how the census should be taken are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of John Eastwood and Colin Skinner. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 35 | 1830 | This Act provides for 125 pounds to reimburse John Eastwood and Colin Skinner, who make paper, for the duties they have paid on machinery related to their trade which they have "imported . . . from the United States." The Act also promises to cover such duties for another four years to come. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to secure to Thomas Hornor, a Patent right in a new invented Threshing Machine. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 34 | 1830 | This Act states that so long as Thomas Hornor supplies proof of his contribution, he be granted a patent for the new type of threshing machine of which he claims to be a co-inventor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Samuel Theal. Passed 6th March, 1860. | 11 George IV – Chapter 33 | 1830 | This Act describes how Samuel Theal may remedy a property issue whereby land he claims to have owned was "vested in . . . Commissioners." | Early Canadiana Online |