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1. For Establishing Courts of Civil Judicature in the Province of Quebec.

2. To regulate the Proceedings in the Courts of Civil Judicature in the Province of Quebec.

3. For ascertaining Damages on protested Bills of Exchange, and fixing the Rate of Interest in the Province of Quebec.

4. For regulating the Markets of the Towns of Quebec and Montreal.

5. For establishing Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in the Province of Quebec.

6. Declaring what shall be deemed a due Publication of the Ordinances of the Province.

7. To prevent the selling of strong Liquors to the Indians in the Province of Quebec, as also to deter Persons from buying their Arms or Cloathing, and for other Purposes relative to the Trade and Intercourse with the said Indians.

8. For regulating the Militia of the Province of Quebec, and rendering it of more general Utility, towards the Preservation and Security thereof.

9. For regulating the Currency of the Province.

10. Concerning Bakers of Bread in the Towns of Quebec and Montreal.

11. For repairing and amending the public Highways and Bridges in the Province of Quebec.

12. Empowering the Commissioners of the Peace to regulate the Prices to be paid for the Carriage of Goods, and the Passage of Ferries in the Province of Quebec.

13. For Preventing Accidents by Fire.

14. For preventing Persons leaving the Province without a Pass.

15. To empower the Commissioners of the Peace to regulate the Police of the Towns of Quebec and Montreal for a limited Time.

16. Concerning the Distribution of the Estates and Effects of Persons leaving the Province without paying their Debts.

[55]	This list of Ordinances — the first passed after the Quebec Act — was also enclosed in Carleton's letter of May 9th. Canadian Archives, Q 13, p. 103. Nos. 1, 2, & 5 are given in full below, pp. 679 et seq.