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 in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act made and passed in the thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act 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 or Shops for the retail of Spirituous Liquors, and for regulating such Public Houses and Shops.” | 46 George III – Chapter 3 | 1805 | A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1799, which allocated the money collected from duties placed on various types of liquor, as well as fees collected from licenses issued by the province to sell liquor, to be used to pay for road repairs across the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive, and continue in force, the several Revenue Laws, for the support of His Majesty’s Government in this Province. | 46 George III – Chapter 2 | 1805 | This act continues various past acts relating to tariffs on spirits and sugar imported into the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the service of the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four, and the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Five, and for appropriating such part of the Supplies granted in the last and present Session of the General Assembly as are not already appropriated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. | 46 George III – Chapter 1 | 1805 | This act allocates various sums of money from the provincial government's coffers for various purposes, from paying bureaucrats for their services to funding infrastructure projects. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying a certain sum of money therein mentioned, to make good two several sums of money advanced by his Majesty’s orders to the Commissioners of the House of Correction for the District of Montreal, and for repairing the injury done to the common Gaol of the same District of Montreal, by Fire. (25th March, 1805.) | 45 George III Chapter 17 | 1805 | An Act to repay the sum of money forwarded by His Majesty's Treasury in order to build Houses of Correction and to repair the Gaol of Montreal, which was damaged by fire. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting an Hotel, Coffee House and Assembly Room, in the City of Quebec. (25th March, 1805.) | 45 George III Chapter 16 | 1805 | An Act that names several men who have petitioned to establish a hotel, coffee house and assembly room. The Act establishes the Union Company of Quebec for that purpose, to be composed of the men who made the petition. The Act dictates the price for shares, when are where general meetings of the Union Company should take place, procedures for land purchases, and other such details. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the preservation of Apple Trees in the Parish of Montreal. (25th March, 1805.) | 45 George III Chapter 15 | 1805 | An Act to prevent the Caterpillar Arpenteuse (looper caterpillar) from infesting apple trees within the Parish of Montreal by smearing infected trees with tar eight times per apple season. The Act goes on to outline fines for people with apple trees that do not do so, and an expiration for the Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Thomas Porteous, Esquire, to build a Bridge over a Branch of the River Ottowas, otherwise Des Prairies, from La Chenaye to the Island, called Bourdon; and another Bridge, from that Island to the Island of Montreal, to establish the Rates of Toll payable thereon, and for regulating the said Bridges. (25th March, 1805.) | 45 George III Chapter 14 | 1805 | An Act to allow Thomas Porteous of Terrebonne construct a toll bridge over the branch of Des Prairies separating La Chenaye in the Country of Leinster from the Island of Montreal, across Bourdon Island. The Act declares that roads and highways should be routed to communicate with these bridges. Toll rates and restrictions are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the erecting of a common Gaol in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal, respectively, and the means for defraying the expences thereof. (25th March, 1805.) | 45 George III Chapter 13 | 1805 | An Act for the construction of new common jails in the districts of Quebec and Montreal occasioned by the insufficient space in existing jails. The Act sets a budget for construction costs, and instructions for how the construction will be approached. The Act also requires that auctioneers within the province must be licensed and imposes new duties upon them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better Regulation of Pilots and Shipping in the Port of Quebec, and in the Harbours of Quebec and Montreal, and for improving the Navigation of the River Saint Lawrence, and for establishing a Fund for decayed Pilots, their Widows and Children. (25th March, 1805) | 45 George III Chapter 12 | 1805 | This Act creates the positions of Master, Deputy Master, and Wardens of the Trinity House of Quebec to reside in Quebec City and Montreal, to improve the navigability of the St. Lawrence River by building light houses, beacons, and so on. These positions are also meant to regulate and enforce order within the cities' ports, harbours, and cul-de-sacs. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a Toll or Turnpike, for improving and repairing the Road, from the City of Montreal to La Chine, through the wood. (25th March, 1805.) | 45 George III Chapter 11 | 1805 | This Act establishes a toll on an existing road from Montreal to La Chine, which is used for mercantile transport to and from Upper Canada, and outlines how trustees responsible for continued maintenance of the road should be appointed. The toll placed on the road is to be used to improve and repair the road. The Act outlines how the toll should be applied. | Early Canadiana Online |