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London: George Eyre etc. and Colonial Office, HMSO, 1851. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. #1) 1807. An act for allowing the Exportation annually of a limited Quantity of Worsted Yarn to Canada. [19th February 1807.]. 4pp [77]-78 with 2 pp blank.#2) 1809. An act for allowing until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and ten, the Importation of certain Fish from Parts of the Coast of His Majesty's North American Colonies; and for granting a Bounty thereon. 2pp., #3) 1818. An Act to allow for Three Years, and until Six Weeks after the Commencement of the then next Session of Parliament, the Importation into Ports specially appointed by His Majesty, within the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, of the Articles therein enumerated, and the Re-exportation thereof from such Ports. This Act allows importation into ports specially appointed by His Majesty, within the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, of the articles therein enumerated, and the re-exportation. 11-1/2… Read More

Toronto: J. Carey, 1837. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. 2nd session was from 19 June 1837 to 11 July 1837. Journal of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, second session of the thirteenth provincial Parliament Thursday, 22nd June, 1837.This is the original 71pp report of the select committee is referred to on p. 11 of the Journal of Legislative Council of Upper Canada, dated 23rd & 26th June 1837 (109pp) also referred to on p. 17: "Ordered that a Select Committee be appointed to examine into and report upon the measures which it may be most expedient for the Legislature to adopt in consequence of the present Commercial difficulties in this Province, with power to send for persons and papers; and that the Honorable Messieurs Markland, Gordon, Baldwin, Boswell, Kirby, Crooks and Macaulay, do compose the same, to report by bill or otherwise." Our separate and original 71 page report has the data included as part of Appendix A of the same Journal contains up to and including T. C. Patrick, Esquire… Read More

[London]: Andrew Spottiswoode, 1840. 1st Edition. Disbound. Fine. Caption title. At head of title: Anno tertio & quarto Victoriae Reginae, c. XXVI. 3-4 Vict.c.36.First edition, scarce. 2 pages now separated,[269]-270. 11-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches. London : Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1840. Fine condition. During the Great Famine, many Irish people left the country on a journey to search for a better life. To escape the threat of starvation, people sought a new life in places like America. An estimated 1.5 million people, or about 4,110 people per day, left Ireland to come to North America between 1845 and 1855. Along with passenger ships, cargo ships used for hauling materials like timber were also used to transport people. The ships leaving Ireland earned the name "coffin ships" because of the high number of deaths that occurred on them. This law was one of a number passed to help reduce these deaths.

[London]: George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1842. 1st Edition. Disbound. Fine. At head of title: Anno tertio & quarto Victoriae Reginae, Sess. 2 First edition, uncommon. 2 pages, now separated, [195]-196 11-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches. CAP. XVII An Act for preventing, until the First Day of May One Thousand eight hundred and forty five, ships clearing out of any port in British North America or in the settlement of Honduras, from loading any part of their cargo of Timber upon Deck [13th May 1842]London : Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1840. Fine condition. During the Great Famine, many Irish people left the country on a journey to search for a better life. To escape the threat of starvation, people sought a new life in places like America. An estimated 1.5 million people, or about 4,110 people per day, left Ireland to come to North America between 1845 and 1855. Along with passenger ships, cargo ships used for hauling materials like… Read More

London: printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Queen's printer, 1869. 1st Edition. Disbound. Near Fine. Quite scarce. 10-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches. 3 pages [32 & 33 Vict.] Ch. 101. Known as "The Canada Rupert's Land Loan Act" It accompanies Bill 240 which was published in 1868. Near fine condition.Peel 503, p.57In 1863, a group calling itself the International Financial Society orchestrated a takeover of HBC. The new owners of the Company quickly increased HBC's market capitalization by promoting settlement, minerals, and a transcontinental telegraph — all based on selling or leveraging the Company's vast land holdings. However, the Governor and Committee soon realized that any attempt at promoting settlement would have to wait until there was a functioning government in place. The Company embarked on negotiations to sell its territories, first to Britain, who didn't want them, and then to the Province of Canada, who had no means to purchase them and, in any case, did not recognize HBC's… Read More

[London]: British Government, 1780. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. EARLY BRITISH LEGAL ACT RELATING TO THE POOR [MASSACHUSETTS?] 11 x 7 -1/4 inches, 2 original pages [ 1 leaf], with a complete Act and Law regarding how those found to be poor in the town or village. Light age-toning, some foxing, otherwise very good condition.Circa 1780. Believed to be part of the general laws of Massachusetts An Overseer or Overseer's of the Poor will be established. That the children of the poor will not remain idle nor misspend their time. They will be taken to learn a decent calling. The young boy will remain with his overseer until he reaches the age of 21, and all females will remain with her overseer until she reaches the age of 18. During this time, they will be fed and clothed and the funds will be given by the town or village so as not to put a burden on their overseer's. These young boys and girls will learn a trade, to be an apprentice or a servant.For reference on this act see The general laws of… Read More

London: printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Queen's printer, 1871. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good. THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT OF 1871 [34-35 Vict.] Canada. [CH.28]Scarce. 10-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches. 2 pages. Very good condition.This Act may be cited for all purposes as the "British North America Act of 1871". This act gave Canada the power to establish new provinces and territories and change provincial boundaries with the affected province's consent. The Act recognized the creation of the province of Manitoba and the incorporation of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory into Canada and allowed parliament and the Ontario and Quebec legislatures to redraw the boundaries of Ontario and Quebec in order to incorporate parts of these acquisitions. The Constitution Act, 1871 (UK), 34 & 35 Vict, c 28, (the Act) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and forms part of the Constitution of Canada. It was originally known as the British North America Act, 1871, but it… Read More

London: printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Queen's printer, 1871. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good+. THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT OF 1871 [34-35 Vict.] Canada. [CH.28]Scarce. 10-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches. 2 pages. Very good+ condition.This Act may be cited for all purposes as the "British North America Act of 1871".This act gave Canada the power to establish new provinces and territories and change provincial boundaries with the affected province's consent. The Act recognized the creation of the province of Manitoba and the incorporation of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory into Canada and allowed parliament and the Ontario and Quebec legislators to redraw the boundaries of Ontario and Quebec in order to incorporate parts of these acquisitions. The Constitution Act, 1871 (UK), 34 & 35 Vict, c 28, (the Act) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and forms part of the Constitution of Canada. It was originally known as the British North America Act, 1871, but it… Read More

London: House of Commons, 1848. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. THE FIRST LEGAL ACT FOR ENGLISH & FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR CANADAFirst UK edition. 11-3/4 x 7-3/8 inches. 2 pages (2), [649]-650pp Disbound, Paper 1 x 1-1/2 inches missing on left border not affecting any type, otherwise, very good condition.Full title: Cap. LVI. "Act to Repeal So Much of an Act of the 3rd and 4th Years of Her Present Majesty, to Re-Unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, As Relates to the Use of the English Language in Instruments relating to the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada" 14th August 1848. The Union Act, 1840, made English the only language for the work of both the legislative council and the assembly, although it did not prevent the unofficial translation of its documents into French. At the time the House of Assembly was a total of 84 seats with 42 each to Canada East (Lower Canada) and Canada West (Upper Canada). The population… Read More

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1828. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. BRITISH LEGAL ACTS RELATING TO CANADA COMPANYAct of parliament from 15th july 1828, Anno Nono Georgi. IV. Regis, small folio, cap li, 4pp [473]-476. Some very minor spotting and offsetting, otherwise Act is clean and in very good condition. Scarce The Canada Company was Incorporated in July 1825 and continued in existence through to the 1950s. It was not until 1836 that provision was made for their sale to the public. Parliamentary papers of this period can be rare.The Canada Company assisted emigrants by providing good ships, low fares, implements and tools, and inexpensive land. Scottish novelist, John Galt, was the company's first Canadian superintendent. The government of Upper Canada sold the company 10,000 km of land for 341 000 pounds. Slightly less than half of the land that was purchased comprised what would become the Huron Tract, located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, the remainder, located… Read More

London: printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Queen's printer, 1873. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good+. [36-37 Vict.] Canada Loan Guarantee. [CH.45 ]Scarce. 10-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches. 4 pages. Very good+ condition.Short title: This Act may be cited as " The Canada (Public Works) Loan Act, 1873."Together with the Canadian Confederation, the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway was a task originally undertaken as the National Dream by the Conservative government of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald. In 1873, John A. Macdonald and other high-ranking politicians, bribed in the Pacific Scandal, granted federal contracts to Hugh Allan's Canada Pacific Railway Company (which was unrelated to the current company) rather than to David Lewis Macpherson's Inter-Ocean Railway Company which was thought to have connections to the American Northern Pacific Railway Company. Because of this scandal. John A. Macdonald and the Conservative Party was removed from office in 1873. The Canadian Pacific… Read More

London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1863. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good+. At head of title: Anno vicesimo sexto & vicesimo septimo Victoriae Reginae. CAP. LXXXIII. An Act to define the Boundaries of the Colony of British Columbia, and to continue an Act to provide the Government of the said Colony. [28th July 1863]Scarce. 12 x 7 inches. 2 pages, [729]-730. Small spot on front and back border paper edge, otherwise, very good + condition.On July 28, 1863, the Imperial Parliament passed an Act to define the boundaries of the colony of British Columbia and to continue an Act to provide for the government of the said colony. Boundaries of British Columbia: "British Columbia shall for the purposes of the said Act, and for all other purposes, be held to comprise all such territories within the Dominions of Her Majesty as are bounded to the South by the territories of the United States of America, to the West by the Pacific Ocean and the Frontier of the Russian Territories in… Read More

London: Published by Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1831. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good. Gulielmi IV. Regis. Cap. LIII. [16th July 1830]First edition UK. 11-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches. 2 pages [485]-486pp. Very good condition.• Persons naturalized may sit in Assembly of Lower Canada, and in Legislative Council• Act of naturalization not to have force of authority unless his Majesty's assent he signified to the same Socage was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the English feudal system. It eventually evolved into the freehold tenure called "free and common socage", which did not involve feudal duties. Farmers held land in exchange for clearly defined, fixed payments made at specified intervals to feudal lords. The lord was therefore obligated to provide certain services, such as protection, to the farmer and other duties to the Crown. Payments usually took the form of cash, but occasionally could be made with goods. Wikipedia.

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1825. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. ACT JUNE 27, 1825 TO CREATE THE CANADA COMPANYFolio, 6pp. [629] - 634, drop-head title beneath coat of arms on first leaf, disbound. ["The Canada Company was a large private chartered British land development company, incorporated by an Act of the British parliament on June 27, 1825, to aid the colonization of Upper Canada. Minor spots and offsetting otherwise very good conditionTPL#1353 The Canada Company assisted emigrants by providing good ships, low fares, implements and tools, and inexpensive land. Scottish novelist, John Galt, was the company's first Canadian superintendent. The government of Upper Canada sold the company 10,000 km of land for 341 000 pounds. Slightly less than half of the land that was purchased comprised what would become the Huron Tract, located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, the remainder, located in other areas of Upper Canada, became Clergy reserves under the control of the… Read More

London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode (printer), 1859. 1st Edition. Disbound. Near Fine. First edition. At head of title: Anno vicesimo secundo & vicesimo tertio Victoriae Reginae. An Act to make further Provision for the Regulation of the Trade with the Indians, and for the Administration of Justice in the North-western Territories of America.3 pages, [157]-159.Cap. XXVI. Running title: North-western Territories (British America). Imprint from colophon.This Acts key points:• Justices of the Peace in the British American Indian Territories authorized to try Offences summarily, and punish by Fine or Imprisonment. Her Majesty may deem expedient for the Conduct of the Trade with the Indians, and for diminishing or preventing the Sale and Distribution of Spirits to the Indians, or for promoting their Moral and Religious Improvement.• The Power to establish Courts of Record not to be affected• Her Majesty, by Order in Council, may make Regulations for the Trade with the Indians•… Read More

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1838. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good. Anno primo, Victoriae reginae Cap. IX. [10th February 1838]4 pages [57]-60pp. Very good condition.Known as the "Lower Canada Government Act, 1838"Under this Act, the government of the Province of Lower Canada is to be handled by a Special Council rather than the Provincial Parliament as directed until November of 1840. The duties and limits of this Special Council are described. • The powers of the present Legislature of Lower Canada are suspended• Her Majesty may appoint a special Council for the affairs of Lower Canada• Members of the Council to take an Oath.• The Governor and Council may make Laws or Ordinances for the Government of Lower Canada• Such laws to be proposed by the Governor.• Limiting their duration.• Proviso as to imposing taxes.• Laws or Ordinances not to affect the existing laws respecting rights of election, etc.• No… Read More

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1839. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good. Anno Secundo & TertioFirst edition, uncommon. 2 pages, now separated, [485]-486 11-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches. CAP. XLIV. Fine condition.An Act to prevent, until the end of the next session of Parliament, ships clearing out from a British North American port loading any Part of the Cargo of Timber upon Deck [17th August 1839]During the Great Famine, many Irish people left the country on a journey to search for a better life. To escape the threat of starvation, people sought a new life in places like America. An estimated 1.5 million people, or about 4,110 people per day, left Ireland to come to North America between 1845 and 1855. Along with passenger ships, cargo ships used for hauling materials like timber were also used to transport people. The ships leaving Ireland earned the name "coffin ships" because of the high number of deaths that occurred on them. This… Read More

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1825. 1st Edition. Disbound. Very Good. First edition, rare. 11-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches. 10 pages [537]-546. Disbound. Very good condition.Anno sexto Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. LIX. Act to provide for the extinction of feudal and seigniorial rights Full title: An Act to provide for the extinction of feudal and seigniorial rights and burthens on lands held à titre de fief and à titre de cens in the province of Lower Canada : and for the gradual conversion of those tenures into the tenure of free and common soccage, and for other purposes relating to the said province [22d June 1825].

Quebec: Lovell and Lamoureux, 1854. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE - NO OTHER COPY FOUND1854. Quarto, 2 pages. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin. Signed by R. Bell on top of back panel. 1st Session, 5th Parliament, 18 Victoria, 1854Amendments to be proposed by the Honorable Mr. Young to the Resolutions reported by a Committee of the Whole on Customs Duties.Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly.Quebec : Printed by Lovell and Lamoureux, Mountain Street Resolutions to repeal all duties of Customs, specific and ad valorem on an important list of articles, including sugar, molasses, tea, coffee, tobacco, cigars, wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, gin, etc. Robert Bell was a printer, businessman, office holder, politician, justice of the peace, and militia officer. He ran successfully as a reform candidate in the general election of 1847-48 which he represented in the Legislative Assembly until 1851. Throughout his life Bell maintained his residence in Carleton Place. In the elections of… Read More

Quebec: printed by Lovell and Lamoureux, 1855. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. RARE NO OTHER COPY FOUNDFirst Canadian edition. [Caption title] Amendment To be proposed by Mr. W. L. Mackenzie to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Imperial Act re-uniting the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada" when the question is before the House for the second reading thereof. 1st Session, 5th Parliament, 18 Victoria, 1855Printed by Order of the Legislative AssemblyQuebec, printed by Lovell and Lamoureux, Mountain StreetQuarto, 5 pages. Disbound, small holes and tears in margin. The amendments bill proposed by W. L. Mackenzie (1795-1861) was resolved in the affirmative.