Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for the further encouragement of the Cod and Scale Fisheries of the Province. | 59 George III – Chapter 21 | 1819 | This act grants various bounties to fishermen who catch and sell scale fish, based on the market to which their catch is sold. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to facilitate the administration of Justice in certain small matters therein-mentioned, in the Country Parishes.” (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 20 | 1819 | An Act to continue a former act by the same name passed in 1817 in force until 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. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors.” | 59 George III – Chapter 20 | 1819 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which outlines how creditors can collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money towards repairing the Common Gaol of the District of Montreal. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 19 | 1819 | An act to appoint Commissioners to superintend repairs to be done to the Common Gaol of the District and City of Montreal, to cost up two two thousand pounds of unappropriated monies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue in force the several Acts therein mentioned. | 59 George III – Chapter 19 | 1819 | A continuation of various acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide for the maintenance of good Order on Sundays and Holidays” (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 18 | 1819 | An Act to continue an Act passed in 1817 that made the Office of Church Warden responsible for maintaining good order in Churches and Chapels in Lower Canada. The original Act stipulated the duties of "ancient" Church Wardens and Overseers and how they are to be replaced and outlined penalties for causing disturbances on Sundays and holidays. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue an Act, entitled, “An act for encouraging the establishment of Schools throughout the Province.” | 59 George III – Chapter 18 | 1819 | A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1811, which empowered townships, districts or settlements of at least 30 families to establish their own schools. The amendment specifies a certain number of scholars who are to be permitted to be taught in each district, free of charge. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to discontinue certain Duties therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 17 | 1819 | An act to exempt Seeds, Rye, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Indian Corn, Beans, Peas, Rice and grain of all kinds, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, and other Live Stock, and live provisions of all kinds, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Rosin, Hemp and Flax, Butter, Cheese and Honey from the duty imposed by “An Act to grant certain Duties to His Majesty towards supplying the wants of the Province during the present war with the United States of America, and for other purposes,” passed in 1813. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Incorporating certain Persons therein mentioned, for Insuring Houses, Buildings, Goods, Wares and Merchandises, from loss and damage by Fire. | 59 George III – Chapter 17 | 1819 | This act incorporates the named individuals into an insurance company. It outlines the basic obligations and responsibilities of the company along with their corporate structure. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm and make valid certain proceedings of the Commissioners for the building and the repair of Churches, Parsonage Houses, and Church Yards. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 16 | 1819 | An act to confirm the validity of proceedings done under the authority of the act from 1791 "An Act or Ordinance concerning the building and repairing of Churches, Parsonage Houses, and Church Yards," undertaken before 13 October 1818. | Early Canadiana Online |