Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the Sixth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to allow a Drawback on Foreign Flour, and other Articles, exported to Foreign Countries.” | 7 George IV – Chapter 24 | 1826 | The continuation of an act passed in 1825, which allows a drawback on flour and other items which are meant for export to other countries which charge duties on those item. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant to His Majesty a Sum of Money for the Encouragement of Manufacturing Paper in this Province. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 24 | 1826 | This act grants one hundred and twenty five pounds to whoever should build the machinery required to make paper within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Acts for granting a Drawback of the Duties on Brown or Raw Sugar, used in the Manufacture of Refined Sugars within the Province, and for regulating the mode of obtaining the same. | 7 George IV – Chapter 23 | 1826 | This Act continues an Act allowing a drawback on duties on sugar to be manufactured within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Leonard Soper. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 23 | 1826 | This act allows Leonard Soper to contest the forfeiture of his land within six months of the passing of this act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act to provide for the accommodation and billeting of His Majesty’s Troops, or of the Militia, when on their march from one part of the Province to another, and also the Acts in amendment thereof. | 7 George IV – Chapter 22 | 1826 | This Act continues an act making provision for militiamen to be billeted when marching from one part of the province to another for one year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of James Edwards. (Passed 30th January, 1828.) | 7 George IV Chapter 22 | 1826 | This act allows James Edwards to contest his dispossession of land by the province within six months of the passing of the act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act more effectually to secure the payment of the Provincial Duties of Excise, and to prevent Frauds in the collection of the Provincial Revenue.” | 7 George IV – Chapter 21 | 1826 | A continuation of an act passed in 1822, which imposes harsher penalties for merchants who try to sell imported goods which are subject to import tax without having paid the applicable duties in order to impede the smuggling occurring in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize certain Persons therein named, and their Successors, to hold certain Lands for the purpose therein mentioned. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 21 | 1826 | This act allows the named individuals to form a trust in order to purchase land on behalf of the town of York to create a cemetery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to suspend the operation of several Acts of the General Assembly, passed to prevent Forestalling, Regrating and Monopolizing. | 7 George IV – Chapter 20 | 1826 | The suspension of an act passed in 1824, which repealed two acts - one passed in 1758 and the other in 1766, both dealing with how and where fresh produce and livestock can be sold and when. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Government to Borrow a certain Sum of Money, upon Debenture, to be Loaned to the Welland Canal Company. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 7 George IV Chapter 20 | 1826 | This act authorises the government to issue a loan to the Welland Canal company to aid in the completion of the canal construction. | Early Canadiana Online |