Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth Lawe. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 20 | 1821 | This Act guarantees a yearly pension of twenty pounds to Elizabeth Lawe, whose husband and son both died during or due to injuries sustained during the War of 1812, leaving her without means of financial support. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Remuneration and Reimbursement of certain Persons therein mentioned. Passed 14th April, 1821. |
2 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1821 | This Act provides for the remuneration of Commissioners for a number of infrastructure projects within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time a certain Act of the Parliament of this Province passed in the fifty-ninth year of His late Majesty’s Reign: entitled “An Act to alter the Laws now in force for granting Licences to Inn-keepers and to give to the Justices of the Peace in General Quarter Sessions assembled for their respective Districts, authority to regulate the Duties hereafter to be paid on such Licences. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1821 | This Act extends the Act mentioned in this Act's title, by two years plus the time to the conclusion of the following sitting of the Legislature. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Preservation of Deer within this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1821 | This Act prohibits deer hunting between January 10th and July 1st each year, describes the penalties for hunting during this period, and mentions exceptions for indigenous peoples. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the time of holding the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the Home District. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1821 | This Act stipulates that going forward, "the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the Home District" will convene "on the third Tuesdays in January, April, and July, and on the second Tuesday in October." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to relieve Vessels and small Craft from the payment of Light House Tonnage Duty. Passed 14th April, 1821. |
2 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1821 | This Act states that the only lighthouse tonnage duty which vessel captains must pay is to be on the actual tonnage of cargo contained within the vessel. The accurate burden of tonnage must be declared "at the Port or Place of Entry." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Married Women more conveniently to convey their Real Estate. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1821 | This Act allows female property owners to sell their real estate by meeting with a Quarter Sessions of the Peace rather than requiring that they meet with the Court of King's Bench or a judge. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish an Uniform Currency throughout this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 13 | 1821 | This Act stipulates that as of 1 July 1822 there should be a single currency in Upper Canada, rather than the existing combination of British and New York currencies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render legal certain Small Notes and Inland Bills of Exchange within this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1821 | This Act states that previous Acts of the British Parliament relating to "promissory notes" and "inland bills of exchange" do not apply to Upper Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more certain punishment of persons illegally solemnizing Marriage within this Province. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1821 | This Act makes it a misdemeanour to solemnize a marriage without respecting the laws pertaining to the same. | Early Canadiana Online |