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 for making a temporary provision for the regulation of Trade between this Province and the United States of America by Land, or by inland Navigation. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 11 | 1815 | An act to further continue an act from 1796, and amended in 1808 for a limited time. The act grants the Governor or Lieutenant Governor the authority to suspend, revive, annul, or make void this act, or every and any of its clauses. Th act allows the suspension of any act or ordinance relating to trade, in whole or in part, by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. It further allows the Governor or Lieutenant Governor to make regulations with respect to imports, exports, duties, or anything else between Lower Canada and the United States. The act is to expire in 1816. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the forty-eighth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to impose and appropriate an additional Duty on all Wine hereafter to be imported into this Province.” | 55 George III – Chapter 10 | 1815 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1808, imposes a further duty of six pence per gallon of wine imported into the province in order to pay an annual pension of five hundred pounds to Sir John Wentworth, former Lieutenant-Governor, for his lifetime. The amendment relates to the manner in which this duty is collected. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant an annuity to such Militia-men as were wounded during the late war with the United States of America, and to apply a sum of money therein mentioned, to aid and assist His Majesty in defraying the expenses of the Militia incurred during the said War, and also to indemnify certain Officers of Militia and the Families of such Militiamen as were killed in the said war. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 10 | 1815 | An Act to grant six pound annuity to any non-commissioned Officer, Militiaman, or Canadian Voltigeur rendered incapable of earning a livelihood by injuries obtained during the War of 1812, over and above the annuity of nine pounds allowed by an Act passed in 1803, “An Act for the better regulation of the Militia of this Province and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned.” Officers of the Embodied Militia and of the Corps of Canadian Voltigeurs, not being officers in His Majesty’s Regular Forces who served at the date peace agreements were ratified are to receive eighty days' pay under this Act, to make up for the losses sustained through the sudden disbanding of those Corps. Widows of militiamen killed in the war or their children or parents if they have no widow, are to receive a sum not less than twenty-five pounds or exceeding one hundred pounds. The source of these funds and the manner in which they are to be distributed are detailed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Establishing a Bridewell, or House of Correction, for the County of Halifax, and for the better and more effectual administration of the Office of a Justice of the Peace in the Township of Halifax, and for providing a Police Office in the said Town, with proper officers to attend the same. | 55 George III – Chapter 9 | 1815 | This act establishes a bridewell in Halifax, a type of jail for offenders who commit petty crimes. The act specifies the regulations to be followed by justices who would commit offenders to the said bridewell, the type of offenders to be sent there, the sums of money to be appropriated for its construction and maintenance, and various other matters relating to the running of such an institution. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate several sums of money therein mentioned, for repairing, improving and enclosing the Court House in the City of Quebec. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 9 | 1815 | An act to apply a sum not exceeding two thousand six hundred pounds towards repairing the Court House in the City of Quebec,a sum not exceed two thousand six hundred pounds towards adding a third storey to the structure, and a sum of one thousand five hundred pounds to enclose the premises. The processes by which Commissioners, a Treasurer, and Clerk are to be appointed for these purposes and their duties are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of an Act, passed in the twenty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to restrain Hawkers and Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, not duly licenced to trade, travelling to and fro through the Country.” | 55 George III – Chapter 8 | 1815 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1782, which requires anybody wishing to travel around the province to sell goods and merchandise to first acquire a license. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to improve the Internal Communications of this Province. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 8 | 1815 | An Act to advance a sum of eight thousand six hundred pounds towards the improvement of internal communities within the province under the direction of the Grand Voyer of the District of Quebec or his Deputy. Specific allowances within the districts of Quebec, Montrèal, and Trois-Rivières are outlined, as well as how Commissioners will be appointed within these districts. The Act specifies where some of these roads and bridges are to be constructed and grants further sums towards to purposes outlined in the 1808 Act “An Act to appropriate a sum of money therein mentioned to assist in opening a Road of communication between the Parish of Saint Pierre in Saint Paul's Bay and the Parishes of Saint Féréol and Saint Joachim.” Additionally, plans are to be prepared for the next Session outlining how to make the River Richelieu navigable between Chambly and Saint John. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue an Act, passed in the fifty-first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the more easy recovery of Debts against Co-Partners and Joint Debtors.” | 55 George III – Chapter 7 | 1815 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1811, which makes it easier to proceed against debtors who hold debt jointly, whether they be in province or out of province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to demolish the Market House of the Upper Town of Quebec, and to provide means for erecting new Stalls, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 7 | 1815 | An Act to allocate funds to the construction of a new Market House in the Upper Town of Quebec, the standing wooden Market House posing risks to public heath and safety. The act outlines how Trustees will be appointed and their duties, including that they are to report on expenses. The act details how the money should be managed and repaid. Some directions for the construction of the new market are also outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the fifty-second year of His present 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 of Intestates.” | 55 George III – Chapter 6 | 1815 | A continuation of an act passed in 1812, which allows for the estates of debtors to be distributed to creditors against the estate. | Early Canadiana Online |