Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to Repeal an Act passed in the Forty-Fifth Tear of His Late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Regulate the Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to Serve in the House of Assembly and to make more Effectual Provision for such Trials. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1824 | This act modifies an act first passed in 1805 regarding the presenting of petitions concerning controverted assembly elections. The procedure is changed, requiring more time for submissions and response, and greater detail concerning procedures and requirements is written into the new act than the prior act of 1805. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Incorporation of a Company for making a Canal by the River and Lakes of the Shubenaccadie. | 4 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1824 | This act allows for the incorporation of a company which will have as its goal the construction of a canal on the Shubenacadie River to allow for easier navigation to and from Halifax Harbour and Minas Basin. The members of the corporation are not herein named or specified, rather the act sets out how the corporation is to be regulated and established, and makes provisions for its establishment once a sufficient number of potential members have been found. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the erecting of a Common Gaol in the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and for providing the means of defraying the expences thereof, and for other purposes. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 3 | 1824 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding two thousand pounds to build a common gaol in the Village of Sherbrooke in the Inferior District of Saint Francis. The processes by which three Commissioners responsible for the gaol's construction are to be appointed, removed, replaced, and their duties are described. Instructions of the construction and repayment of the funds are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Repeal the Several Statutes of this Province respecting the Election of Members of the House of Assembly, and the Qualification of Voters and Candidates at such Elections, and to Reduce the Provisions thereof, with some Amendments, into One Act and also to Provide against Fraud in obtaining Qualifications Vote at Elections. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 3 | 1824 | This act repeals all past acts concerning the election of the members of the House of Assembly and re-writes election rules into one, inclusive and condensed legislative act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the service of the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Four; and for appropriating such part of the Supplies, granted in this Session of the General Assembly, as are not already appropriated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. | 4 George IV – Chapter 2 | 1824 | This act allots various parcels of money for a number of purposes and to various individuals throughout the province, for infrastructure projects and in reimbursement for services rendered to the government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal a certain Act therein-mentioned, and to provide for the Police of the Borough of William Henry, and certain other Villages, in this Province. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 2 | 1824 | An Act to repeal a former Act passed in 1818 and continued in 1822, "An Act to provide for the Police of certain Boroughs and Villages," which provided for the police of villages and boroughs consisting of not less than thirty inhabited houses within the space of at least fifteen acres, including the the Borough of William Henry [Sorel-Tracy]. This Act replaces the former by requiring each village or borough to elect Trustees to enforce rules and regulations outlined within it, largely pertaining to fire prevention. The Act outlines how Trustees and an Inspector for each village or borough are to be appointed, as well as their duties and terms. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to Continue an Act passed in the Thirty-Third Year of His Late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Provide for the Appointment of Returning Officers of the several Counties within this Province.” Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 2 | 1824 | This act continues an act first passed in 1793 and already continued several times, making it legal to appoint district returning officers. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, made and passed in the fourth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to regulate the Jurisdiction of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas within the County of Cape-Breton, and to fix and establish the Time and Places for holding of the said Inferior Court and General Sessions of the Peace in and for the said County." | 4 George IV – Chapter 1 | 1824 | An amendment to an act passed in 1823, which allows for the division of Cape Breton into three separate districts which will each have its own inferior court and general sessions of the peace. The amendment pertains to the geographic locations from where jury candidates will be selected for each court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulation of the Fisheries in the Inferior District of Gaspé, and in the Counties of Cornwallis and Northumberland. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 1 | 1824 | An Act to allow citizens of Lower Canada within the District of Gaspé rights to resources along the District's shores for the purpose of salting, drying, curing, and readying their fish for exportation. Restrictions and exceptions to this Act, including penalties for those who fail to abide by the tenets of this Act and the procedures by which they are to be enforced, are outlined. Several forms follow follow the Act. This Act is set to expire in 1829. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to Regulate by Law the Commercial Intercourse of the Province of Upper-Canada with the United States of America. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 1 | 1824 | This act specifies duties on certain articles of trade brought in from the United States. | Early Canadiana Online |