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 establish a Public Market Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburbs of the City of Montreal. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 16 | 1821 | An Act to authorise several individuals, called "The Corporation of the Market for the St. Lawrence Suburbs in the City of Montreal," to build a public market place on a lot bounded on the west by La Gauchetière street on the south by Saint-Charles-Borromée street and extending eastward as far as may be judged necessary. The processes for the construction of the market stalls, as well as the duties of the said Corporation, are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend to the Town of Three-Rivers certain provisions, contained in an Ordinance, passed in the twenty-seventh year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to explain and amend an Ordinance for establishing Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in the Province of Quebec.” (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 15 | 1821 | An Act to extend the provisions from an Ordinance passed in 1787 relating to the appointment of constables to the Town of Trois-Rivières. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant a further sum of money to complete the Court House for the District of Three-Rivers. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 14 | 1821 | An Act to grant an additional sum not exceeding three thousand four hundred and one pounds, eight shillings and three pence to the purpose of completing the Court House for the District of Trois-Rivières. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time two certain Acts therein-mentioned, relating to Houses of Correction in the several Districts in this Province. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 13 | 1821 | An Act to further continue a former Act from 1817, amended in 1818, and continued in 1819 that provided temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières. The 1818 Act revised the budget for each district's temporary gaol and provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described. By the 1817 Act committees are required to give an annual report of their expenses and processes by which the committees are to be appointed and proceed were also outlined. The act is to expire in 1823. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to extend for a limited time, the duration of an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to grant new Duties to His Majesty to supply the wants of the Province.” (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 12 | 1821 | An act to further continue an act originally passed in 1815 and continued in 1817 and 1819. The original act imposed new duties on items including varies teas, wines, molasses, and syrups. The rates of these duties were also set. The act also specified the processes by which licenses for auctioning the goods subject to these duties are to be obtained, including the oath or affirmation auctioneers must swear to when rendering their accounts to the Receiver General. This act is to expire in 1822. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide more effectually for the security of the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, and for establishing a Watch and Night Lights, in the said Cities, and for other purposes.” (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 11 | 1821 | An Act to continue an Act passed in 1818. Under the original Act, the Justices of the Peace residing in the cities of Quebec and Montreal were allowed to establish any number of men they deem necessary as Night Watchmen and cause the principal streets, public places, lanes, and avenues, to be lit by lamps at night. This act is to expire in 1823. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Third, intituled, “An Act to impose certain Duties on divers articles therein mentioned, and to regulate for a limited time the trade with the United-States of America, by Land or by Inland Navigation, and to suspend certain Acts and Ordinances therein-mentioned.” (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 10 | 1821 | An Act to continue an Act from 1819 that imposed duties on articles including grains, ship timber, fruits, among others until 1822. The original Act outlined rates for duties and the articles to which they apply, and suspended several former ordinances. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for appointing Commissioners to treat with Commissioners appointed or to be appointed on the part of the Province of Upper-Canada, for the purposes therein-mentioned. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 9 | 1821 | This Act appoints Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau, and Austin Cuvillier, John Davidson, John Neilson and George Garden, Esquires as commissioners to represent Lower Canada and who are empowered to meet, treat, and consult with commissioners from Upper-Canada regarding trade regulations and duties between the provinces. This Act is to expire in 1823. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal and amend certain parts of an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the Division of the Province of Lower-Canada, for amending the Judicature thereof, and for repealing certain Laws therein-mentioned.” (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 8 | 1821 | An Act to repeal certain articles from an Act from 1793 that divided Lower Canada into three districts and established a court of King's Bench in each. This Act repeals and replaces the terms by which any Writ of Habeas shall be made returnable. Under this Act, the powers and authority granted to Chief Justices under the original Act may also be excercied by Puisné Justices and Provincial Judges. |
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| An Act to encourage the practice of Vaccine Inoculation and to appropriate a certain sum of money for that purpose. (17th March, 1821.) | 1 George IV Chapter 7 | 1821 | An Act to apply the sum of fifteen hundred pounds through the province to defray the expenses necessary to fight against the extension of smallpox and to diffuse the practice of vaccine inoculation. The distribution of these funds between the districts of Quebec, Montrèal, Trois-Rivières, and Gaspé is described. The Act outlines how “The Board to provide against the extension of the Small-pox, to promote Vaccine Inoculation” is to be appointed and their responsibilities. | Early Canadiana Online |