| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the Second Session of the First Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, intituled, “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 future Solemnization of Marriage within the same. |
38 George III – Chapter 4 |
1798 |
An act allowing properly ordained ministers and clergymen of the Church of Scotland, Lutherans, or Calvinists to conduct legally-recognized marriages. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Officers of His Majesty’s Navy, to obtain a Drawback of the Duties on Wines by them taken out of this Province, and consumed without the limits thereof. |
38 George III – Chapter 3 |
1798 |
This act allows for the reimbursement of duties paid on wine bought by the officers of the British Navy which was then consumed at sea. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to allow to the Province of Upper-Canada a proportion of the duties imposed by the Legislature of this Province on such Articles as have been transported from this Province into the Province of Upper-Canada, betwixt the first day of March and the thirty-first day of December, One thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. (11th May, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapter 3 |
1798 |
This act gives Upper Canada the right to a portion of the duties claimed by Lower Canada on certain items between the dates of 1st of March and 31st day of December, 1797. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of the Reign of His Majesty, intituled, “An Act to extend Use Jurisdiction and regulate the Proceedings of the District Court and Court of Requests,” and to make further provision for the same. (5th July, 1798). |
38 George III – Chapter 3 |
1798 |
A repeal of a past act regarding court jurisdictions. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the exportation of Red, or Smoaked, Herrings, and in amendment of an Act, passed in the second year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating the exportation of Fish, and the assize of Barrels, Hoops, Boards, and all other kinds of Lumber, and for appointing officers to survey the same.” |
38 George III – Chapter 2 |
1798 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, which set several regulations on how fish can be exported, including the regulations on the barrels it is to be shipped in, and sets the standard sizes of lumber to be traded. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the Thirty-Seventh Year of His Majesty’s Reign intituled “An Act for the better preservation of His Majesty’s Government as by Law happily established in this Province.” (11th May, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapter 2 |
1798 |
This act continues an act which was first passed in 1797, and which sets the terms under which a prisoner can seek justice under Habeas Corpus. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Ordinance passed in the twenty-fifth year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, “An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Attornies, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy Collection of His Majesty’s Revenues, as far as the same relates to Notaries.” (5th July, 1798.) |
38 George III – Chapter 2 |
1798 |
Repeal of a past ordinance regarding notaries, advocates and solicitors. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein. |
38 George III – Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act creates procedures which foreign residents and newly-arrived foreigners are to follow in order to gain permission to continue inhabiting the province. It also imposes rules and regulations on ships' captains who transport foreigners into the province, and specifies consequences for captains who fail to follow these regulations. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue an Act passed in the Thirty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign intituled “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.” (11th May, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act continues an act which was first passed in 1796, and which 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. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to ascertain and establish on a permanent footing, the Boundary Lines of the different Townships of this Province. (5th July, 1797.) |
38 George III – Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act calls for the placing of stone monuments at the boundaries of townships so that people can better discern where they begin and end. |
Early Canadiana Online |