Legislation by Source Document: Early Canadiana Online
Displaying 4551 - 4560 of 6042 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the fifty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, An Act in further addition to the Act, relating to Wills, Legacies, and Executors, and for the settlement and distribution of the Estates and Intestates. | 58 George III – Chapter 20 | 1818 | This Act continues a former act relating to property law for an additional seven years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to remunerate certain persons therein mentioned. | 58 George III – Chapter 19 (Session 3) | 1818 | Act not published in this version of the published acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Claude Dénéchau and Joseph Fraser, Esquires, to erect a Toll-Bridge over the River Du Sud, in the Parish of Saint François, in the County of Hertford. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 19 | 1818 | An Act authorising Claude Dénéchau and Joseph Fraser, Esquires to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the Rivière-du-Sud, in the Parish of Saint François, in the County of Hertford at their own cost. Dénéchau and Fraser 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 amend and continue an Act, passed in the fifty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, An Act for the better regulation of Solicitors and Proctors, practising in the Courts of Law and Equity in this Province. | 58 George III – Chapter 19 | 1818 | This Act continues an act intended to regulate certain officials working in the courts for an additional seven years and amends the number of years those with a bachelors degree much work as clerks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act for granting to his Majesty a sum of money for the survey of the waters of the Saint Lawrence, and for other purposes therein mentioned. | 58 George III – Chapter 18 (Session 3) | 1818 | Act not published in this version of the published acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from, at, or near the Town of St. John, upon the River Sorel or Richelieu, through the Barony of Longueuil and the Seigneury of Chambly, to terminate at the Basin of Chambly. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 18 | 1818 | An Act to build a canal along the Richelieu River, near Saint-Jean, to the Basin at Chambly to create a more advantageous conveyance of goods, wares, and commodities to encourage trade through that region. The means by which this canal will be funded, built, and maintained, and how the land required for the project will be obtained, are described, including how the The Company of Proprietors of the Chambly Canal will be formed and its obligations. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, to establish Grammar Schools in several Counties and Districts in this Province; and also the Act, passed in the fifty-fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, in amendment thereof. | 58 George III – Chapter 18 | 1818 | This Act continues two former acts pertaining to the establishment of grammar schools for a term of seven years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to amend the laws now in force for granting wholesale licenses. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 17 (Session 3) | 1818 | This is an amendment of an act governing the granting of licenses for the sale of wholesale liquor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace for the District of Montreal, to lay out and open a new street in the City of Montreal, upon a Lot of Ground in the possession of George Le Pailleur, and to obviate certain inconveniences therein-mentioned. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 17 | 1818 | An Act to open a new street from Glacis Lane to St. Jacques street in Montreal across lands belonging to two individuals, Jean Bouthillier and George Le Pailleur. The Act outlines the dimensions and placement of the new street. The processes by which Le Pailleur will be compensated are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the repairing, keeping in repair, cleaning and paving the Streets, in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, and for removing obstructions therein;” and also, to suspend the power and authority vested in the Surveyors of Highways, within the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, after the first day of August next, during the operation of this Act. | 58 George III – Chapter 17 | 1818 | This Act makes revisions to laws pertaining to changes in road lines in Halifax and the cases in which surveys can be ordered. | Early Canadiana Online |