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 for enabling Courts to abstain from pronouncing sentence of Death in certain Capital Felonies. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 5 | 1826 | Under this Act, the Courts are authorised, to abstain from pronouncing Judgment of Death in cases wherein convicted Offenders are found to be fit and proper subjects to be recommended for the Royal mercy. The circumstances by which the character of convicted offenders may be deemed as such are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for more particularly ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange, in the Province of Lower-Canada, and to suspend for a limited time, certain parts of the Ordinance therein-mentioned. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 4 | 1826 | Under this Act, the last article of an Act from 1777, “An Ordinance for ascertaining damages on protested Bills of Exchange and fixing the rate of interest in the Province of Quebec,” except as relating to rates of interest, is discontinued and replaced for the time in which this Act is in effect. This Act is to remain in force until 1829. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and diminish certain Rates and Tolls of the Lachine Canal, for a limited time, and for other purposes (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 3 | 1826 | An Act to reduce certain of the Rates, Tolls and duties on vessels, boats, merchandise and effects passing upon the Lachine Canal as outlined. Under this Act, the third clause of an Act from 1822 “An Act to authorize the Commissioners appointed for the completion of the Canal between Lachine and Montreal to effect a Loan for that purpose, and to establish rates of Toll to pass thereon,” is repealed and replaced. These tolls and duties are to be collected until 1827 and no longer. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the summary trial of certain small causes. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 2 | 1826 | An Act to allow the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government to appoint Commissioners to take cognizance of suits concerning the recovery of small debts within the Parishes, Seigneuries and Townships where they are appointed. The processes by which these suits should be pursued, including how summons can be made are outlined. Restrictions on where court may be held and directions for how expenses should be paid are described. This Act is to remain in force until 1829. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the operation in this Province of An Act of Parliament made in England, in the twenty-first year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King James the First, intituled, “An Act to prevent the Destroying and Murthering of Bastard Children, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 2 | 1826 | This act clarifies English laws concerning the murdering of bastard children, making a law specifically for Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better ascertaining the Duties or Tea imported in this Province direct from China, and for other purposes thereunto relating. (29th March, 1826.) | 6 George IV Chapter 1 | 1826 | An Act to reform the mode by which duties are collected on tea and other commodities imported from China to Canada. Under this Act, Agents of the East India Company in Canada are to give an invoice describing each ship’s cargo to the Custom House at Quebec before they break bulk. The manner in which the customs duties are to be received are described, as well as how damaged goods are to be disposed. |
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| An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of Money for the Relief of the Sufferers in New Brunswick by the late Fire. (Passed 12th December, 1825.) | 6 George IV Chapter 1 | 1826 | This act grants one thousand pounds to the province of New Brunswick to aid those who have suffered loss in the 1825 Miramichi fire, a forest fire which killed 160 people and destroyed part of Fredericton and the entirety of the town of Newcastle. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable His Majesty to grant to a Company, to be Incorporated by Charter, to be called “The Canada Company,” certain Lands in the Province of Upper Canada, and to invest the said Company with certain Powers and Privileges, and for other purposes relating thereto. 27th June, 1825. | 6 George IV – Chapter 75 (1825) | 1825 | This act incorporates the Canada Company. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable His Majesty to grant to a Company, to be Incorporated by Charter, to be called “The Canada Company,” certain Lands in the Province of Upper Canada, and to invest the said Company with certain Powers and Privileges, and for other purposes relating thereto. 27th June, 1825. | 6 George IV – Chapter 75 | 1825 | This act incorporates the Canada Company and legislates how said company is to manage public lands in terms of settlement and use of funds to support the company, the crown, and protestant clergy. This act was passed by the Imperial parliament and appended to the legislative acts of Upper Canada of 1829. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to allow a Drawback on Foreign Flour, and other articles, exported to Foreign Countries. | 6 George IV – Chapter 35 | 1825 | This act allows a drawback on flour and other items which are meant for export to other countries which charge duties on those items. The act specifies how ship masters are to document these fees, minimum amounts of goods which must be sold in order to qualify, and how drawbacks are to be paid out to merchants by the government of Nova Scotia, among other regulations to be met by merchants. | Early Canadiana Online |