The statutes of the province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]; together with such British statutes, ordinances of Quebec, and proclamations, as relate to the said province.

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1831
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Credit: The statutes of the province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]; together with such British statutes, ordinances of Quebec, and proclamations, as relate to the said province. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * > ¥ ) if 4.0. C. 6.—Thirty-third Year of George III.—1793. [Second Session, mch'evcntasccr1aLriing his hand and seal, to the first general quarter sessions to be holden for the said district, certifying that there are five parsons or ministers of the church of England, severally incumbent and doing duty within their respective parishes or places of abode, in the said district, and that therefore the provisions hereinbefore made, authorizing the justices of the peace to solemnize matrimony, have ceased and determined within the said district; which said instrument shall be publicly read before the justices in quarter sessions assem- bled, and kept and preserved by the clerk of the peace, among the records of the said district, and from and after the publication of such notice, it shall not be lawful for any justice of the peace within such district, to perform the marriage ceremony; and if any justice of the peace'within the district where such notification shall have been made in manner aforesaid, shall after the publication thereof knowingly and wilfully pretend to perform the marriage ceremony between any persons under and by virtue of this act, or under marr!Ee01aft8r™uchnS any pretence whatever, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of twenty event: pounds, one moiety thereof to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, for the public uses of the province, and the support of the government thereof, and the other moiety to any person who shall sue for the same by action of debt, plaint, bill, or information, in any of his Majesty’s courts of record within this province, and such pretended marriage so per- formed, shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatever. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be no valid objection to the legality of any marriage heretofore solemnized by any parson or minister, either by license, or after due publication of banns, or hereafter to be solemnized in manner aforesaid, or by any justice of the peace, duly authorized under the provisions of this act, that the same was not solemnized in a church or chapel duly consecrated, nor. shall any such marriage, on account thereof, be held or taken to be illegal. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall be publicly read in the several districts of this province, at the opening of the general quarter sessions of the peace for each district, that shall be holden next after the passing thereof, and once in every year for two years following at the quarter sessions to be holden in the month of January. [See 88th Geo. Ill, c 4.] and the marriage to be void. No valid objection to a marriage, it’s not being celebrated in a church or chapel. Promulgation of this act. Preamble. Time and place of hold- ing the quarter sessions in the Eastern district. [<i] Cornwall. (Sec 30th Geo. Ill, c4, si.) In the Midland district. [6] Fourth Tuesday in January and April. (See Jfith Geo. Ill, c 4, and list Geo. Ill, c 0.) In the Home district. [c] (See 41st Geo. Ill, c 0, s 2 ) ■ In the Western district Special sessions at Michilimackinac. (See 47th Geo. Ill, c II ; 55lh, c 9 & 16 ; 50th, cl, s 4; 58th, c2.) Chapter ¥s. An act to fix the times and places of holding the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace, within the several districts of this province. [Passed July 9, 1793.] Whereas it is necessary to fix the times and places for holding the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace within the several districts in this province; be it enacted by the King?s most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the legisla- tive council and assembly of the province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an act passed in the parliament of Great Britain, entitled, “An act to repeal certain parts of an act passed in the fourteenth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘ An act for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the government oi the said province,’” and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the several courts of general sessions of the peace within this province respectively, shall commence and be holden at the times and places hereinafter mentioned, yearly anil in every year, that is to say: That the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace for the Eastern district of this province shall commence and be holden,in New Johnstown [a] on the second Tuesday in the month of October, and on. the second Tuesday in the month of April; and in the town of Cornwall on the second. Tuesday in the month of January, and on the second Tuesday in the month of July. II. And be it enacted, That the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace for the Midland district of this province shall commence and be holden in Adolphustown, on the second Tuesday in the month of July, and on the second [b] Tuesday in the month of January; and in Kingston on the second [6] Tuesday in the month of April, and on the second Tuesday in the month of October. III. And be it enacted, That the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace for the Home district of this province shall commence and be holden in the town of Newark on. the second Tuesday in the month of July, on the second Tuesday in the month of October, on the second Tuesday in the month of January, and on the second Tuesday in the month of April, [c] IV. V. [Repealed by 36th Geo. Ill, c 4, s 1.]
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