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 alter and amend the laws now in force, for levying and collecting light house and tonnage duties, and to relieve vessels propelled by steam from paying the said duty on the space occupied by the engine, machinery, and fuel. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 16 (Session 3) | 1818 | This act amends the fees paid by vessels entering ports in the province for the maintenance of lighthouses. In cases where a vessel enters a port where no lighthouse is present, the fees are amended so that they are no longer charged lighthouse fees. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Police of certain Boroughs and Villages. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 16 | 1818 | An Act to further regulate and provide for the police of villages and boroughs consisting of not less than thirty inhabited houses within the space of at least fifteen acres, including the the Borough of William Henry [Sorel-Tracy]. New rules, to be superintended by an Inspector, are outlined, largely pertaining to regulations on wood stoves, chimneys, and other fire risks. The processes by which trustees and an Inspector will be appointed for this purpose are outlined. Penalties for those who fail to abide by these rules are also described. This Act is to expire in 1822. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the payment of the Monies due to the Province for Provisions supplied to the Inhabitants, and to apply the same to the service of Roads and Bridges. | 58 George III – Chapter 16 | 1818 | This Act explains how labour for the service of roads and bridges will be provided as well as how much money was to be applied for this purpose in each district or county. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act further to extend the provisions of an act passed in the thirty-eighth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An act to extend the provisions of an act passed in the second session of the first provincial parliament of Upper Canada,” entitled, “An act to confirm and make valid certain marriages heretofore contracted in the country now comprised within the province of Upper Canada, and to provide for the further solemnization of marriage within the same.” (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 15 (Session 3) | 1818 | This is an extension and an amendment to an earlier act made to assure that couples who were married before the formation of the government of Upper Canada are recognized as married, and their children who were born since are recognized as legitimate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 15 | 1818 | An Act to aid with the construction of an House of Industry for the poor on the lots left for that purpose by John Conrad Marsteller. The processes by which this House of Industry is to be realized are outlined, including how Wardens will be appointed and their duties. The Act requires that commissioners be appointed to report on this House of Industry and describes how the funds for it are to be handled. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen; and for appropriating such part of the Supplies granted in this Session of the General Assembly, as are not already appro2priated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. | 58 George III – Chapter 15 | 1818 | This Act details sums to be distributed to over the government’s expenses for the year 1818, including to pay for road repairs, salaries, and to pay sums owing for services rendered. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to repeal an ordinance of the province of Quebec, passed in the twenty-fifth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An ordinance concerning land surveyors, and the admeasurement of lands,” and also to extend the provisions of an act passed in the thirty-eighth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An act to ascertain and establish on a permanent footing the boundary lines of the different townships in this province,” and further to regulate the manner in which lands are hereafter to be surveyed. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 14 (Session 3) | 1818 | This act clarifies the procedures to be used by land surveyors, as well as licensing procedures to be followed in order to govern professional surveyors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province, and for other purposes.” (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 14 | 1818 | An Act amend former Act from 1817 that provided temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières. This Act revises 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. This Act is to expire in 1819. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for rebuilding and repairing Cornwallis Bridge. | 58 George III – Chapter 14 | 1818 | This Act makes provision for the Cornwallis Bridge to be repaired and describes the manner by which this should be undertaken. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to repeal an act passed in the fifty-fifth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An act to license practitioners in physic and surgery throughout this province,” and to make further provision for licensing such practitioners. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 13 (Session 3) | 1818 | This act repeals and amends a past act regarding how doctors and midwives are licensed in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |