This Act amends the 1829 Act “An Act for the encouragement of Elementary Education,” so that Rectors, Curates, and Ministers may serve as Trustees as defined in the former Act, despite not being freeholders. Several sums are to be distributed, under this Act, to defray expenses related to education, such as for the support of schools and printing books. Provisions are made to train person to qualify to open a school for deaf-mute persons in the province.
This Act amends the 1829 Act “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money towards erecting Light Houses on the Shores of the River Saint Lawrence and for other purposes therein mentioned.” Under this Act, the place where a lighthouse is to be erected on the Island of Anticosti is changed from the island’s west point to its southwest point.
This Act appropriates sums as outlined to pay the salaries of Tide Waiters at the ports of Quebec for the years 1829 and 1830, and an additional sum to provide an allowance for every day they are employed on board a vessel in 1830.
This Act advances a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand three hundred and ninety-one pounds six shillings and seven pence currency to be applied to the improvement of the Internal Communications in the Province, including improvements to and construction of roads, and changes to several waterways. Directions for how these funds should be applied and where improvements are to be made are outlined.
This Act grants the commissioners of the Lachine Canal, appointed under the 1829 Act, “An Act to establish certain Rates, Tolls and Duties on the La Chine Canal, and to provide for the care and management of the said Canal,” the authority to deepen and clear Riviere Saint-Pierre and Lac Saint-Pierre. The Act clarifies questions arising from the 1821 Act, “An Act for making a Navigable Canal, from the neighbourhood of Montreal to the Parish of La Chine, and to appropriate a certain Sum of money for that purpose, and to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned,” pertaining to indemnification for damages.
This Act establishes Registry Offices in the counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford, and Missisquoi for the purpose of registering transfers or sales of immovable property in those districts. The manner in which these offices are to be established, how Registrars should be appointed, and their duties are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1838.
This Act continues and extends the provisions of the 1823 Act, “ An Act to erect certain Townships therein-mentioned into an Inferior District, to be called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to establish Courts of Judicature therein.” This Act outlines several reasons for establishing a Court of King’s Bench a Sherbrooke, and how this is to be undertaken. This Act is to remain in force until 1831.
Under this Act, it is made unlawful to mine or blast the rock that forms the Cliffs of Quebec, as practiced by the landowners beneath the cliffs to extend their property at the foot thereof. Penalties for doing so without first receiving assent to do so from the courts are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1833.