The Provincial Statutes of Canada

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I. AN Act to impose duties on Agricultural Produce and Live Stock imported into

this Province,

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II. An Act to continue for a limited time the duties imposed on Agricultural Produce and Live Stock imported into this Province,

III. An Act for continuing the Provincial Parliament in case of the demise of the
Crown,

IV. An Act to facilitate the proof of the Laws of Upper and Lower Canada, and to
declare Protests of Notaries Public Evidence, in certain cases in Upper Canada,
V. An Act to regulate and facilitate the Study of Anatomy,
VI. An Act to restrain Party Processions in certain cases,
VII. An Act to provide for the calling and orderly holding of Public Meetings in this
Province, and for the better preservation of the public peace thereat,

VIII. An Act to exempt Public Officers from the expense of new Commissions, on
the demise of the Crown,

IX. An Act further to provide for the establishment and maintenance of Common Schools, and for apportioning the fund for the support of the same, and also to grant an indemnity for the payment of certain portions of the School Monies for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and further to provide for the apportionment and distribution of the balance of the said Monies for the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and one thousand eight hundred and forty-three,

X. An Act to repeal an Ordinance of Lower Canada, intituled, An Ordinance concerning Bankrupts, and the administration and distribution of their estates and effects, and to make provision for the same object throughout the Province of Canada,

XI. An Act for vesting in the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance, the Es-
tates and Property therein described, for granting certain powers to the said
Officers, and for other purposes therein mentioned,

XII. An Act to prohibit the hunting and killing of Deer and other Game within this
Province, at certain seasons of the year,

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XIII. An Act for the better preservation of certain species of Fish, in the Rivers and

Waters of the Counties therein mentioned,

XIV. An Act to Exempt Vehicles conveying Manure from the Cities and Towns of

this Province, from the payment of Tolls on Turnpike Roads, and for the pur-

poses therein mentioned,

XV. An Act to render the Judges of the Courts of King's Bench, in that part of this

Province heretofore Lower Canada, independent of the Crown,

XVI. An Act to repeal certain Ordinances therein mentioned, and to make better

provision for the Administration of Justice in Lower Canada,

XVII. An Act to establish the District of Gaspé, and to provide for the due adminis-

tration of Justice therein,

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XVIII. An Act for the establishment of a better Court of Appeals in Lower Canada, 152

XIX. An Act to provide for the Summary Trial of Small Causes in Lower Canada,

XX. An Act to alter the Terms of the General Sessions of the Peace, in and for the

District of Saint Francis,

XXI. An Act to alter and amend certain provisions of the Ordinance of the Gover

nor and Council of Lower Canada, of the second year of Her Majesty's reign,

intituled, An Ordinance for establishing an efficient system of Police in the Cities of

Quebec and Montreal,

XXII. An Act to amend the Ordinance providing for the Registration of Titles to

Real Property or Incumbrances thereon in Lower Canada; and further to ex-

tend the time allowed by the said Ordinance for the Registration of certain

claims,

XXIII. An Act to detach Isle Bizarre from the Registration District of the Lake of

the Two Mountains, and to annex it to the Island and County of Montreal, for

the purposes of Registration,

XXIV. An Act for taking the Census of the Inhabitants of Lower Canada, and for
obtaining certain statistical information therein mentioned,

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XXV. An Act to regulate the Inspection and Measurement of Timber, Masts, Spars,

Staves, and other articles of a like nature,

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XXVI. An Act for securing the Province against any unnecessary loss on the judicial
sale of certain parts of the vacant estate of the late Honorable Sir John Cald-
well,

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XXVII. An Act to empower the Seigniors of Fiefs Nazareth, St. Augustin and St.

Joseph, in the City of Montreal, to commute the Tenure of the Lands now held
en censive in the said Fiefs, respectively,

XXVIII. An Act to detach the Township of Chatham Gore, otherwise called the

Gore of Chatham, from the County of Terrebonne, and to annex it to the

County of the Two Mountains,

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XXIX. An Act for the establishment and maintenance of Common Schools in

Upper Canada,

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XXX. An Act to enable Courts of Law, in that part of this Province called Upper

Canada, to give relief against adverse claims made upon persons having no inte-

rest in the subject of such claims,

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XXXI. An Act to abolish Imprisonment in execution for Debt, and for other pur-

poses therein mentioned,

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XXXII. An Act to fix the period for holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions

of the Peace, and District Courts, in that part of the Province formerly Upper

Canada,

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XXXIII. An Act to render more summary the means of enforcing the returns of process

by Sheriffs and Coroners, in that part of this Province called Upper Canada,

XXXIV. An Act to Repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to make further

provision for enabling the Provincial Government to purchase the Stock held by

private parties in the Welland Canal,

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XXXV. An Act to afford to persons, having been Boundary Line Commissioners, a

more easy and less expensive mode of recovering costs still due on Judgments

rendered in that capacity,

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XXXVI. An Act to prevent obstructions in Rivers and Rivulets, in Upper Canada, -

XXXVII. An Act to explain an Act passed in that part of this Province called

Upper Canada, in the third year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled, An

Act to confirm and regulate certain sales of lands, for taxes, in the Ottawa Dis-

trict,

XXXVIII. An Act to confirm and make valid certain Official Acts in the Offices of
Registrar, Clerk of the Peace, Clerk of the District Court, and Registrar of the
Surrogate Court, in and for the District of Ottawa,

XXXIX. An Act to divide the Township of Hawkesbury, in the Ottawa District,

into two Townships,

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