An amendment to a past act which standardized the value of various international currencies being circulated across the province. Includes detailed conversion table.
This act allows for a separate oath for Menonites and anabaptists when the occasion requires such an oath, while still barring them from public office.
An Act to build additional stalls at the City of Montreal's Market place and to make the temporary stalls constructed under “An Act to authorise the Magistrates of the City of Montreal to erect forty temporary Stalls in the new Market place, and to borrow a certain sum of Money for that purpose,” passed in 1808 permanent in lieu of constructing a new Market house.
An Act to continue a former Act passed in 1803 and amendments to this Act passed in 1808, for a limited time, with certain additional clauses, to monitor the entrance of "foreigners" into the province by ship or land. The Act requires that ship commanders report the number of "foreigners" on board their vessel to Customs officials when they arrive at ports within the province. The Act grants authority to Justices of the Peace to jail and remove "Aliens" who remain within the province longer than the period allowed by the court. Penalties including fines are outlined as well as who is to be considered an "Alien." The Act requires anyone entering into the province to receive a passport from appointed individuals stationed at Frontier Posts.