| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |