4to. 27cm, 1 sheet, 4 printed pages (20x 15cm), captain title, uncut, fine condition.(). Not in Tremaine or TPL. A separately printed copy of this act and not abstracted from the Collected Statutes of 1795. (This copy is separately paginated and differs in size from the later collected version). As the third session of the First Parliament ended on July 4th, 1794, and Tiffany who succeeded Roy did not receive his commission until November, 1794. This act introduces for the first time in Upper Canada, legislation and regulations to govern the licensing of Public Houses for the Sale of Spirituous Liquors to the public. Almost certainly printed by Louis Roy, the first printer of Upper Canada, this is the first Liquor Licensing Act of Upper Canada. "In 1792 Lt.-Gov. John Graves Simcoe proclaimed West Niagara the capital of Upper Canada and renamed it Newark, since it provided a place for the Loyalists. The name also recalled Newark upon Tent in Norttinghamshire, England. The first five sessions of Upper Canada's Legislature were held here, the last being on 3 June 1796, after which York (now Toronto) was the site of subsequent sessions. Simcoe named Newark Township in 1792 but the residents preferred Niagara and had that name reinstated by law in 1798". Rayburn. Place Names of Ontario p241.

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Title: First Parliament, Third Session. Laws of the Province of Upper Canada. 34th Geo.3. C.12. A.D. 1794. An Act for Regulating the manner of Licencing Public Houses, and for the more easy Convicting of Persons selling Spirituous Liquors without Licence.
Publisher: [Newark, U.C., Probably by Louis Roy. 1794]

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