Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
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. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 6 1821 An Act to allow for the construction and to outline the maintenance of a Canal from Montreal to Lachine in the event that the Company of Proprietors authorised to do so under a 1819 Act, "An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from the neighbourhood of the City of Montreal to the Parish of Lachine, in the Island and County of Montreal" fail to fulfill the terms of that Act. The terms by which the Canal's construction is to be completed, and the funds to be appropriated for that cause are described. The Act also repeals an Act from 1815, “An Act to grant an aid to His Majesty, to assist in opening a Canal from the neighbourhood of Montreal to Lachine, and further to provide for facilitating the same.” Early Canadiana Online
An act further to encourage Agriculture in this Province. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 5 1821 An Act to grant a sum further than the two thousand pounds granted by a former Act in 1818 to Agricultural societies and for the creation of new Auxiliary Agricultural Societies within the province. Allowances for the districts of Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and Montreal, and Inferior District of Gaspé are described, as well as how the money is to be used. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue for a limited time, three Acts therein-mentioned, for better regulating the Militia of this Province. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 4 1821 An act to continue a former act originally passed in 1803 “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province, and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned,” which was amended in 1819. The act declares that all men between the ages of eighteen and fifty are to be militia men, bound to serve in their division's militia.The act also outlines who is to be excepted from this law, how order is to be maintained, and how these men are to be enrolled and trained. This act makes it lawful for men drawn for service to present a substitute in their stead. These acts are to continue in force until 1823. Early Canadiana Online
An Act further to continue for a limited time an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty George the Third, intituled, “An Act to facilitate the administration of Justice in certain small matters therein-mentioned, in the Country Parishes.” (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 3 1821 An Act to continue a former act by the same name passed in 1817 and continued in 1821. The 1817 Act granted the authority for Justices of the Peace to administer cases in country parishes pertaining to fences or ditches on property lines and damage to livestock. Processes by which these cases are to be heard were outlined in this former Act. This Act is set to expire in 1823. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the summary Trial of certain small causes in the Country Parishes of this Province. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 2 1821 An Act outlining how trials concerning the recovery of certain debts are to run in the province's counties and parishes, excepting the Counties of Quebec and Montreal, and the Town and Parish of Trois-Rivières. The Act describes how summons shall be served, several stipulations on where court can be held, and the duties of commissioners who are to be appointed by this Act. Forms of summons, warrant of execution, and subpoena are included. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the maintenance of good order in Churches, Chapels, and other places used for Public Worship, and for repealing an Act therein mentioned. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 1 1821 An Act to repeal and replace an Act passed in 1817, "An Act to provide for the maintenance of good order on Sundays and Holidays." The Act redefines the responsibilities of Churchwardens to maintain good order and the penalties those who neglect these duties will be responsible for. Militiamen and Peace Officers are required to arrest anyone found loitering in public houses during the Divine Service. Further penalties for those who offend this act are described. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend and continue the several Acts of the General Assembly, for granting to His Majesty certain Duties on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee and Brown Sugar, for the support of His Majesty’s Government, and for promoting the Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, of the Province. 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 36 1821 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to regulate Sales at Auction. 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 31 1821 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue the Act for regulating the exportation of Red or Smoaked Herrings, and in amendment of an Act, passed in the second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating the Exportation of Fish, and the Assize of Barrels, Hoops, Boards, and all other kinds of Lumber, and for appointing Officers to survey the same;” and also the several Acts in amendment thereof. 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 23 1821 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to extend part of an Act, passed in the fiftieth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, in amendment of an Act relating to the repairing and paving the Streets in the Town of Halifax, to the Towns of Annapolis and Digby. 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 21 1821 This act extends the first clause of an act passed in 1809, originally applied to Halifax, to the towns of Annapolis and Digby. The act in question is an amendment to an 1801 act, and the clause being applied requires residents to keep the streets and gutters in front of their houses clean and free of debris and nuisances. Early Canadiana Online