Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to amend the Laws in Upper Canada, respecting Appeals, and to alter the Constitution of the Court of Error and Appeal. Assented to 27th May, 1857. 20 Victoria – Chapter 5 1857 Early Canadiana Online
An Act for Granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money for Constructing and Repairing Roads, Streets, and Bridges, within this Colony. (Passed 17th March, 1857.) 20 Victoria Chapter 5 1857 This act provides various sums of money to pay for the improvement, construction,and maintenance of roadways throughout the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to facilitate the Despatch of Business before Grand Juries. Assented to 27th May, 1857. 20 Victoria – Chapter 4 1857 Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue the Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 17th March, 1857.) 20 Victoria Chapter 4 1857 This is a continuation of prior acts concerning the amount of tariffs to charge on trade goods coming into the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Statutes of this Province respecting- Mortgages and Sales of Personal Property in Upper Canada, and to consolidate the same. Assented to 27th May, 1857. 20 Victoria – Chapter 3 1857 Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the Support and Maintenance of Cape Race Light-House. (Passed 17th March, 1857.) 20 Victoria Chapter 3 1857 This act makes financial provisions for the maintenance of the Cape Race Lighthouse, to be paid from duties collected from vessels navigating provincial waters. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the amendment of the Practice and Procedure in Suits instituted on behalf of the Crown in matters relating to the Revenue. Asserted to 27th May, 1857. 20 Victoria – Chapter 2 1857 Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the Erection of a Light House on the Island of Baccalieu, on the Coast of this Island. (Passed 3rd March, 1857.) 20 Victoria Chapter 2 1857 This act allows the government to set aside funds to build a lighthouse on Baccalieu Island (near Conception Bay). Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal the Act of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, intituled, An Act to extend the provisions of the Insolvent Debtors' Act of Upper Canada, and for the relief of a certain class of persons therein mentioned. Assented to 31st March, 1857. 20 Victoria – Chapter 1 1857 Early Canadiana Online
An Act further to Amend an Act passed in the Seventeenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act to Incorporate a Company under the Style and Title of the New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company.” (Passed 3rd March, 1857.) 20 Victoria Chapter 1 1857 This is an amendment to an act passed in 1854, which incorporated the New York, Newfoundland, and London telegraph company under the named individuals. Early Canadiana Online