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 enable Robert Cartwright, Son of the late Honorable Richard Cartwright, Deceased, to surender certain Lands in the Town of Kingston to His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1818 | This act allows the sale of lands inherited by Richard Cartwright to the province. It specifies the location of the lands, and how much the province paid for the lands once the will of Robert Cartwright's father has been probated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend Act passed in the forty sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to repeal an Ordinance made and passed in the twenty fifth year if His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Ordinance to prevent the exportation of unmerchantable Flour, and the faltering of Bread and Flour casks, to regulate the packing and inspection of Flour and Indian Meal, and to provide for ascertaining the quantity of Biscuit in future.’” (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 3 | 1818 | An Act to amend an Act passed in 1806. Under this Act, the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person Administering the Government is to appoint inspectors of Flour and Meal at Trois-Rivières, Montreal, Quebec, and Borough of William Henry [Sorel-Tracy]. Dimensions allowable for barrels of flour or meal, brands or marks upon those barrels, and regulations for the trade of flour are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for granting a Drawback of the Duties on Brown or Raw Sugar used in the manufacture of refined Sugar within the Province, and for regulating the mode of obtaining the same. | 58 George III – Chapter 3 | 1818 | This Act continues an Act allowing a drawback on duties on sugar to be manufactured within the province, which act is to remain in force until 18 March 1819. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to alter the laws now in force for granting licenses to innkeepers, and to give to the justices of the peace, in general quarter sessions assembled, for their respective districts, authority to regulate the duties hereafter to be paid on such licenses. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 3) | 1818 | An amendment to the laws governing how licenses are granted to innkeepers, particularly in regards to serving alcohol in their establishments. The amendment allows innkeepers and public-house keepers to apply for liquor licenses at any time during the year, and places the regulation of these licenses with the Justices of the Peace. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act to alter the time of holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, in the London and Johnstown Districts. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1818 | The repeal of an act first passed in 1816, which specified the time and place at which the Courts of General Quarter Sessions would be held. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide more effectually for the security of the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, by establishing a Watch and Night Lights in the said Cities, and for other purposes. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 2 | 1818 | Under this Act, the Justices of the Peace residing in the cities of Quebec and Montreal are allowed to establish any number of men they deem necessary as Night Watchmen and cause the principal streets, public places, lanes, and avenues, to be lit by lamps at night. Directions for both the Night Watch and lamps are outlined, including allowable penalties persons who damage lamps will be subject to and where the funds to pay for them are to be taken from. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts of the General Assembly for raising a Revenue to repair the Roads throughout the Province, by laying a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed to keep Public Houses and Shops for the retail of Spirituous Liquors. | 58 George III – Chapter 2 | 1818 | This Act continues several acts passed relating to duties placed on liquor licenses which funds were to be used to repair roads, and which acts are to remain in force until 18 March 1819. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to regulate the trade by land and inland navigation, between this province and the United States of America. | 58 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 3) | 1818 | Act was repealed and unpublished in this version of the published acts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impose a Duty upon Persons selling Wine, Brandy and other Spirituous Liquors, by Wholesale. Passed 1st April, 1818. | 58 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1818 | This act imposes licenses upon those who sell spirits, specifying the costs and duration of said licenses, as well as the penalties for those who sell liquor without a license. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, the levying of the Duties imposed by the Act of the fifty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, chapter the eleventh, as amended by the Act of the fifty-fifth George the Third, chapter the second. (27th February, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 1 | 1818 | An Act to continue, for a limited time, the Act from 1813 "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." The Act was amended in 1815 by “An Act to repeal part of, and amend an Act passed in the fifty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, ‘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.’" Both Acts are to continue in force until 1823. | Early Canadiana Online |