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 revive, 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. | 60 George III – Chapter 1 | 1820 | This Act continues several acts relating to the collection of duties to support the government until 1821. Some amendments, including to the rate of duty on distilled liquor and to add a report to be made by ship masters to the collector of impost and excise after vessels land in their district. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the Forty-eighth Year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, “An Act for better regulating the Weight and Rates at which certain Coins shall pass current in this Province, for preventing the falsifying, counterfeiting and impairing of the same, and for repealing the Act and Ordinance therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George Chapter 1 | 1819 | An act to amend an act passed in 1818, outlining the relative value of French coins that are made legal tender in Lower Canada. Penalties for counterfeiting currency are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Sale of Goods at Public Auction or Outcry. | 59 George III – Chapter 30 | 1819 | This act imposes duties, licenses, and other regulations on public auctions, and details penalties for auction-masters who should refuse pay duties, keep accounts of taxable goods sold, or refuse to sell goods on which a tax is imposed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant to John Bragg the Exclusive Right and Privilege of erecting Bridges in this Province, according to the model therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 29 | 1819 | An act to grant John Braggs sole right to erect bridges according to new method that is described after the final clause. Fines for infringements are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the fifty-eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” | 59 George III – Chapter 29 | 1819 | An amendment to an act passed in 1818, which outlines the fees and operation of the inferior courts of the province and continues a former act, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions” for an additional year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Anthony Anderson and others, Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge, to remove the same. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 28 | 1819 | An act authorising the Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge to remove the current bridge, build, and collect a toll on a new draw bridge crossing the River Saint Charles, in the County of Quebec. The Proprietors of Dorchester Bridge are granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge and, once completed, are responsible for ensuring the draw bridge is raised when required within a reasonable time. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, made and passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within the Province to maintain their Poor.” | 59 George III – Chapter 28 | 1819 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which describes how townships are to be assessed and sums granted to the freeholders of each town for the maintenance of their poor. The amendment details the procedure to be followed in cases where those who are assessed fail to pay. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize George Waters Allsopp, Esquire, and others therein mentioned, to build a Toll-Bridge over the River Jacques Cartier in the County of Hampshire. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 27 | 1819 | An act authorising George Waters Allsopp, Robert Allsopp and Anna Maria Allsopp to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the River Jacques Cartier in the County of Hampshire. The Allsopps are granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act, to encourage persons concerned in the Lumber Trade, and authorising Courts of Session to make regulations for preventing obstructions in bringing the same, with other articles, down the several Rivers in this Province. | 59 George III – Chapter 27 | 1819 | A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1818 which makes it lawful for people involved in the timber trade to remove obstructions from rivers to allow them to move timber to market. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Jean Lagorce to erect a Toll-Bridge over the Rivers Sud-Ouest and Calix, in the Parish of Saint Hyacinthe, in the County of Richelieu. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 26 | 1819 | An act authorising Jean Lagorce to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Rivers Sud-Ouest and Calix, near their confluence. Lagorce is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |