Legislation by Concept: Waterways, Industry
Displaying 41 - 50 of 50 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to encourage Persons concerned in the Lumber Trade, and authorising Courts of Sessions to make regulations for preventing Obstructions in bringing the same, with other Articles, down the several Rivers in this Province. | 58 George III – Chapter 31 | 1818 | This Act makes it lawful for people involved in the timber trade to remove obstructions from rivers to allow them to move timber to market. This Act is to remain in force for one year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the opening and working His Majesty’s Coal Mines, with as little injury as possible to the Proprietors of Lands in this Province. | 58 George III – Chapter 22 | 1818 | This Act explains how coal mines can be opened within the province and the measures put in place to protect the rights of the proprietors of the land upon which mines are built as well as explain how they are to be compensated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish a House of Industry in the City of Montreal. (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 15 | 1818 | An Act to aid with the construction of an House of Industry for the poor on the lots left for that purpose by John Conrad Marsteller. The processes by which this House of Industry is to be realized are outlined, including how Wardens will be appointed and their duties. The Act requires that commissioners be appointed to report on this House of Industry and describes how the funds for it are to be handled. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend Act passed in the forty sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to repeal an Ordinance made and passed in the twenty fifth year if His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Ordinance to prevent the exportation of unmerchantable Flour, and the faltering of Bread and Flour casks, to regulate the packing and inspection of Flour and Indian Meal, and to provide for ascertaining the quantity of Biscuit in future.’” (1st April, 1818.) | 58 George III Chapter 3 | 1818 | An Act to amend an Act passed in 1806. Under this Act, the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person Administering the Government is to appoint inspectors of Flour and Meal at Trois-Rivières, Montreal, Quebec, and Borough of William Henry [Sorel-Tracy]. Dimensions allowable for barrels of flour or meal, brands or marks upon those barrels, and regulations for the trade of flour are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Ordinance made and passed in the twenty fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to prevent the exportation of unmerchantable Flour and the false taring of Bread and Flour Casks,” to regulate the packing and inspection of Four and Indian Meal, and to provide for ascertaining the quality of Biscuit in future. (19th April, 1806.) | 46 George III Chapter 4 | 1806 | An Act to repeal a former ordinance regarding the exportation of flour and taring of bread and flour casks and to improve regulation of wheat, flour, Indian Meal [corn meal], and biscuits. The Act requires flour, wheat, and meal manufacturers to brand their casks, designate the quality of their product, and the appointment of inspectors at Trois-Rivières, Montreal, and Quebec. Under this Act, biscuits must be manufactured with wheat flour-- no "foreign mixtures" may be used. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty intitled, “An Act to prevent Nuisances by Hedges, Wares [weirs], and other Incumbrances, obstructing the Passage of Fish in the Rivers in this Province.” | 26 George III – Chapter 7 | 1786 | This Act extends the empowers the Justices of the Peace to make rules and orders for the regulation of the fisheries relating to the construction of mill dams or other constructions across rivers that could impede fish and outlines several regulations relating to these obstructions. Penalties for persons who offend against the terms of this Act are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1787. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Establishing the Standard Weight of Grain and for Appointing proper Officers for Measuring Grain, Salt and Coals, and ascertaining the Standard Size of Bricks. | 23 George III – Chapter 16 | 1783 | This Act makes provision for the appointment of two persons to measure grain, salt, and coals, and to inspect bricks, in each township. Their duties and fees are outlined as well as the sums they are allowed to claim from those collected as compensation. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Regulating the Fishery within the Harbour of Halifax. | 13 George III Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act limits the times that persons can using fishing nets in the harbour of Halifax. Fines for persons who offend against the terms of this Act are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until the end of 1773. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Benefit of the Fishery on the Coats of this Province. | 10 George III Chapter 10 | 1770 | Under this Act, fishermen who throw the heads, bones, or other offal of fish into the sea within three leagues of the shore are subject to a fine of five pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for further extending of Bounties and Premiums. | 34 George II – Chapter 19 | 1760 | This Act extends the term of certain bounties and premiums formerly established to encourage industry in the Province as listed. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |