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• Title:[Laws, etc]
  [Early proclamations and ordinances of British Columbia].
  
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• Related Title:Proclamation by His Excellency James Douglas ... whereas it is expedient to declare the constitution of the Court of Justice of British Columbia, and to make provisions with regard thereto ... I ... enact and proclaim as follows ...
  Proclamation by His Excellency James Douglas ... whereas by a proclamation issued on the 15th day of June, 1859, certain changes were made in the manner of levying, and the amount of clearance, pilotage, and other dues and fees for British Columbia, and whereas some unavoidable delays have occurred in giving public notice of the intended changes thereby made ... I do hereby declare, proclaim and enact as follows ...
  Proclamation by His Excellency James Douglas ... whereas it is expedient to provide ways and means to enable Her Majesty to defray the public expenses of the Colony of British Columbia, and in aid thereof to authorize the levying of duties of customs on goods imported into the said colony and its dependencies ... I ... do proclaim, ordain, and enact ...
  Proclamation by His Excellency James Douglas ... whereas Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to decide that the capital of British Columbia shall be styled the City of New Westminster ... I ... do hereby declare and proclaim ...
  Proclamation by His Excellency James Douglas ... whereas it is expedient to raise by loan, secured on the general revenue of the said Colony, funds for the construction and maintenance of roads and other means of communication ... I do hereby declare, proclaim, and enact ...
  Proclamation by His Excellency James Douglas ... whereas it is expedient to afford to aliens desirous of becoming naturalized British subjects, facilities for doing so, and also to afford greater security and facility in the possession and transferring of land ... I do hereby declare, proclaim and enact ...
  Proclamation no. 4, A.D. 1861 by His Excellency James Douglas ... cited as "The Pilotage Act 1861"
  Ordinance respecting "The Companies' Ordinance 1866" ... whereas it is expedient to ... extend the provisions thereof to that part of this Colony formerly known as Vancouver Island and its dependencies ... be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia ... as follows ...
  Ordinance respecting the appointment of commissioners to take affidavits and bail, and for the making of statutory declarations ... be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia ... as follows ...
  
• Corporate Author/Creator:British Columbia
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:British Columbia. Legislative Council.
  Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS oversizeWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: KEB58 .B74 1858
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Proclamation regarding the naturalization of aliens is currently housed in the Chung Exhibition Room, Case 3, item 6
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Law--British Columbia.
  British Columbia--Politics and government.
  
• Summary:Collection consists of seven proclamations made by James Douglas and two ordinances of the Legislative Council of British Columbia. Includes the following items: Proclamation by Governor James Douglas authorizing that customs duties be placed upon goods entering British Columbia, December 1858. Proclamation by Governor James Douglas regarding fees, dues, and moneys, June 1859. Proclamation by Governor James Douglas creating the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of British Columbia and appointing Matthew Baillie Begbie judge, June 1859. Proclamation by Governor James Douglas regarding the naturalization of aliens as British subjects after three years, May 1859. Proclamation by Governor James Douglas that Queensborough be renamed New Westminster, July 1859. Proclamation by Governor James Douglas repealing the payment of half pilotage, 1861. Ordinance modifying "The Companies' Ordinance, 1866" and repealing "The Vancouver Island Joint Stock Companies' Act, 1860", 1869. Ordinance respecting the appointment of commissioners to take affidavits and bail, and for the making of statutory declarations, 1869. Proclamation by Governor James Douglas of "The British Columbia Roads Loan Act, 1861", November, 1861.
  
• Local note:UBC Library has a copy in The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection.