Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Transactions of the Montreal and Bytown Railway Company

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Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

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Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Transactions of the Montreal and Bytown Railway Company

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    • Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Transactions of the Montreal and Bytown Railway Company

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      Dates of existence

      1856

      History

      Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada with terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was appointed on March 10, 1856 and presented its report in June, 1856. The Committee Chairman was G.B. Lyon Fellows.

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      The Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Transactions of the Montreal and Bytown Railway Company examined the general operation of the railway, and particularly looked at the issue of the County of Terrebonne subscribed to the company on behalf of the parishes of St. Martin, St. Jerome, Ste. Adele and the Township of Abercrombie and subsequently issued municipal debentures.

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      Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1841-1867)

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      AA12

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      Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly controls Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Transactions of the Montreal and Bytown Railway Company

      Dates of relationship

      1856

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      CA1013

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      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792 to 1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

          Bishop, Olga B. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867. Ottawa, 1963.

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          Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.


          Archivist(s):
          Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk