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 provide more effectual means than heretofore have been, to compel, in the proper Jurisdiction, the appearance of Defendants residing in different Districts, who ought to be joined in the same Cause. (9th March, 1824.) |
4 George IV Chapter 17 | 1824 | An Act to allow persons who ought to be joined in the same Action as Defendants, who reside in different Districts, to be joined under the same Action to be held in the court where it was instituted. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to incorporate certain persons therein mentioned under the style and title of “The Welland, Canal Company.” Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1824 | This act incorporates the Welland Canal Company, empowering them to sell and trade their stocks, explore and survey the area between the Welland river and Lake Ontario in order to construct a canal between the two, and to use any brooks, streams, or any other watercourses in order to supply the canal with water. It also permits the company various levels of use over both private and public land. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act for the better preservation of the Property of the Inhabitants of the Town of Halifax by providing for a sufficient Watch at Night.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1824 | A continuation of an act passed in 1818, which provides for the establishment of a night watch to police the town of Halifax to protect its inhabitants’ property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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 Tolls to pass thereon. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 16 | 1824 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding twenty thousand pounds towards the completion of the Lachine canal, as outlined in an Act passed in 1821, "An Act for making a Navigable Canal, from the neighbourhood of Montreal to the Parish of Lachine, and to appropriate a certain sum of money for that purpose, and to repeal a certain Act therein-mentioned," which project was continued by the 1823 Act "An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money therein-mentioned, towards continuing and completing the Lachine Canal." The tolls and duties to be collected to repay these funds and the rates of interest to be applied to the loan are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Amend and Extend the Provisions of an Act passed at the last Session of Parliament, entitled, “An Act to Provide for Constructing a Navigable Canal between Burlington Bay and Lake Ontario.” Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1824 | This act provides for the building of a canal between Burlington Bay and Lake Ontario, to be paid for by the payment of a toll by those who navigate said canal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act more effectually to secure the payment of the Provincial Duties of Excise, and to prevent Frauds in the collection of the Provincial Revenue.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1824 | A continuation of an act passed in 1822, which imposes harsher penalties for merchants who try to sell imported goods which are subject to import tax without having paid the applicable duties in order to impede the smuggling occurring in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render valid certain Acts, Agreements in writing, and Contracts of Marriage (Contrats de Mariage sous seing privé) heretofore executed in the Inferior District of Gaspé, and to provide for the want of Notaries in the said Inferior District. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 15 | 1824 | An Act to confirm that all Wills, Acts or Agreements in writing, including Inventories, Portages, Donations, or Contracts of Marriage made before the passing of this Act are to be considered valid within District of Gaspé. The processes by which these written agreements or contracts are to be executed are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Continue for a limited time an Act passed in the Second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to make Provision for the Improvement of the Internal Navigation of this Province, as amended by an Act passed in the Third Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act to Amend and Extend the Provisions of an Act passed in the Second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act to make Provision for the Improvement of the Internal Navigation of this Province, (except so much thereof as is thereby repealed,) and to grant a further sum of money for such Improvement.’ ” Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1824 | This act continues an act passed in 1822 which made plans to survey the potential routes for a canal system running from Lake Erie to the eastern border of Upper Canada. It grants a further sum of one thousand pounds, and calls for a survey to be done in Presqu'ile Harbour and at the head of the bay of Quinte in order to connect the two by a navigable canal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Expenditure of Monies hereafter to be appropriated for the Service of Roads and Bridges. | 4 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1824 | This act regulates the appointment of local commissioners to supervise the construction and the expenditure of money granted to improve and construct roads. The responsibilities of the commissioners, as well as the criteria which need to be met by anyone who would be appointed a commissioner, are specified by the act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of the Province, to restore Goods and Vessels seized to the Proprietor or Proprietors, on the terms and conditions therein-mentioned. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 14 | 1824 | This Act clarifies the terms by which Goods seized under circumstances wherein it would be just and reasonable that relief should be afforded should be returned to the proprietor or proprietors from who they were seized. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government are authorized to order any Goods or Commodities whatever, or any Ships, Vessels, Boats, Horses, Cattle or Carriages, which shall have been seized by Customs Officers or other individuals allowed to do so under other Acts or Ordinances to be restored to the proprietor or proprietors. The Act specifies that is the proprietor or proprietors accept the terms and conditions prescribed by the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government that they shall not have, or be entitled to any recompence or damage on account of the seizure or detention of such Goods or Commodities, Ships, Vessels, Boats, Horses, Cattle or Carriages. | Early Canadiana Online |