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 to authorise the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province, to treat with the Holder of any Government Debenture, heretofore issued for postponing the period of payment of the same; and to authorise the Loan of a further Sum, upon the security therein mentioned, to be applied towards the service of the present year. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 24 | 1824 | This act permits the paying of debentures by the government of the province, and specifies the terms under which these debentures shall be paid, including interest and how proof of ownership is to be made. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein. | 4 George IV – Chapter 23 | 1824 | A continuation of an act passed in 1798, which creates procedures which foreign residents and newly-arrived foreigners are to follow in order to gain permission to continue inhabiting the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of a certain Act therein-mentioned, relating to the Inspection of Fish and Oil, intended for exportation. (9th March, 1824) |
4 George IV Chapter 23 | 1824 | An Act to amend an Act passed in 1823 “An Act to provide for the Inspection of Fish and Oil, intended for exportation, from the Ports of Quebec and Montreal.” The rates and allowances granted to the Inspectors of Fish and Oil are amended. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money to enable Hi Majesty to Compensate the Service of the Arbitrator appointed under the Act of the Imperial Parliament passed in the third year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Regulate the Trade of the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, and for other purposes relating to the said Provinces,” and also to Compensate the Secretary who accompanied the said Arbitrator during the several negotiations in Lower Canada. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 23 | 1824 | This act grants the amount of five hundred pounds to be paid to the arbiter of interprovincial trade regulations between Upper and Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, made and passed in the fifty-seventh year of His late Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating Elections of Representatives to serve in General Assembly.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 22 | 1824 | An amendment to an 1817 act, which repeals and replaces several acts relating to the election of representatives to serve in the General Assembly, including how and where elections should be held. The amendment pertains to the powers held by the sheriff or other officer to appoint opening and closing times for polls. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal a certain Act therein-mentioned, and in part to repeal a certain other Act therein-mentioned, and to make further provisions for the curing, packing, and inspection of Beef and Pork, intended for Exportation. (9th March, 1824.) |
4 George IV Chapter 22 | 1824 | Under this Act, an Act passed in 1823 “An Act to provide further regulations concerning the Inspection and packing of Beef and Pork, intended for exportation,” and sections of an Act from 1804 “An Act to regulate the curing, packing and inspection of Beef and Pork, to be exported from the Province of Lower-Canada,” are repealed and replaced. This Act implements further restrictions on the packaging or beef and port to be exported or shipped for exportation in addition to those specified in enforced sections of the 1804 Act. The Act specifies the types of salt to be used for packing beef and pork, among other regulations such as how beef and pork are to be graded. Inspectors of Beef and Pork are authorized to open warehouses in either Quebec or Montreal. This Act is set to expire in 1828. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Sanction and Make Valid an Agreement made at Montreal on the fifth day of August, 1823, by the Arbitrators appointed for Upper and Lower Canada, under the authority of an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, parsed in the third year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Regulate the Trade of the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, and for other purposes relating to the said Provinces for obtaining a Survey of the River Saint Lawrence, and for the Appointment of Commissioners for that purpose. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 22 | 1824 | This Act regulates interprovincial trade, detailing the duties to be paid on specific goods. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act, passed in the fortieth year of His late Majesty, to amend an Act, passed in the first year of His said late Majesty’s reign, for the repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships of this Province. | 4 George IV – Chapter 21 | 1824 | This act amends past acts concerning the mandatory labour required of residents to maintain roads, highways and bridges. The amendment concerns the method to follow in order to clarify title to lands which commissioners overseeing highway projects have identified for new road construction in cases where the owner of these lands are unclear or disputed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the sale and disposal of certain Goods, unclaimed and remaining in the possession of the Clerks of the Peace, in this Province. (9th March, 1824.) |
4 George IV Chapter 21 | 1824 | Under this Act Clerks of the Peace in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivières are to keep a Book of records for all Goods or Effects brought to their respective offices as having been stolen or suspected to be stolen so that all unclaimed items may be put up for public auction at each term of the Court of King’s Bench for Criminal Pleas. The processes by which this is to be done are described. This Act is to expire in 1827. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Repeal part of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, entituled, “An Act vesting in the hands of certain Commissioners therein named, all the Stock, Debts, Bonds, and Property of the Pretended Bank of Upper-Canada, lately established at Kingston, for the benefit of the Creditors of that Institution, and to make further Provision for the Settling the Affairs of the said Pretended Bank. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 21 | 1824 | This act sets out the terms by which the Bank of Upper Canada, recently established in Kingston, is to regulate its business with the public. It specifies how often the board should meet, what information should be communicated by the board, how many members the board should consist of, and assures the security of any notes issues by the bank. | Early Canadiana Online |