Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money towards the support of the National and Free School, at Quebec. (28th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 15 | 1826 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds to support the National and Free School at Quebec. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money therein-mentioned, towards the encouragement of Education in the District of Quebec. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 14 | 1826 | Under this Act, it is made lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government of this Province to grant sums as outlined to the Society of Education for the District of Quebec towards building a school house and to support the Society. The processes by which this is to be done are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a Sum of Money therein mentioned, for the encouragement of certain Schools in this Province. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 13 | 1826 | Under this Act, it is made lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government of this Province to grant sums as outlined towards paying Schoolmasters’ salaries for 1825 and 1826. The processes by which this is to be done are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money towards the support of certain Hospitals and other Charitable purposes therein-mentioned. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 12 | 1826 | An Act to distribute several sums of money as outlined to support hospitals and charities in the Province, including, towards the support of foundlings in the District of Quebec, to the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital of Quebec and the General Hospital of Quebec, the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital of Montreal and the General Hospital of Montreal, towards the relief of insane persons in the District of Trois-Rivières, and the Religious Ladies Hospitalieres of the Hold Dieu of Quebec. The purposes these funds are to be for are described and the conditions of the funding. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate the Quebec Fire Assurance Company. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 11 | 1826 | This Act lists the individuals to be incorporated as the ““The Quebec Fire Assurance Company,” and declares them a corporation, body politic and corporate that offers insurance against losses by fire. The company is to continue and have succession until 1865 unless otherwise authorised or repealed. The Act goes on to describe how the company should operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Inhabitants of the Fief Grosbois, in the County of Saint Maurice, to make regulations for the Common of the said Fief. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 10 | 1826 | This Act outlines the process by which a Chair and Trustees are to be elected to govern the Common as a body politic and corporate by the name “The Chairman and Trustees of the Common of Grosbois.” The Act also outlines how the land is to be governed, the terms the Chairman and Trustees are to serve. This Act is to remain in force until 1850. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time and amend an Act passed in the Fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the more speedy remedy of divers abuses, prejudicial to Agricultural Improvement and Industry, in this Province, and for other purposes.” (29th March, 1825) | 6 George IV Chapter 9 | 1826 | An Act to continue an Act passed in 1824, “An Act for the more speedy remedy of divers abuses, prejudicial to Agricultural Improvement and Industry in this Province, and for other purposes,” until 1828. The Act makes further provisions pertaining mainly to Fence-viewers and Inspectors of Drain, including how disagreements between them are to be resolved. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for ascertaining the annual increase of the Population of the Province. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 8 | 1826 | Under this Act, the Clerks of the several Civil Courts of King’s Bench or Provincial Courts are required to record the number of baptisms, marriages, and burials within the Province on an annual basis in order to ascertain the annual increase in the population. The processes by which this is to be done are outlined, including the form of statements to be used. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money towards the support of the Emigrant Hospital at Quebec, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 7 | 1826 | An Act to grant the Emigrant Hospital at Quebec a sum not exceeding nine hundred and fifty pounds towards its support and maintenance, specifically towards certain purposes as outlined. Further regulations regarding how the hospital is to be run are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Ordinance made and passed in the twenty-fifth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Attorneys, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy collection of His Majesty’s Revenues.” (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 6 | 1826 | An Act to amend an ordinance from 1785, “An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Attorneys, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy collection of His Majesty’s Revenues,” to make it so that any Barrister at Law, being a Clerk of the Crown, will not be prevented from practising as a Barrister or as an Attorney at Law in any civil suit. This Act is to remain in force until 1832. | Early Canadiana Online |