Statutory Labour 1934 - 1937
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- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Books
- Description
- "Two years after the province of Upper Canada was established in 1791, one of the first acts of the new legislature was to introduce a law that required male landowners to perform road maintenance instead of paying taxes with cash that was scarce at the time.
The Statute Labour Act requires owners to contribute between three and 12 days of work a year, based on the value of the land they own. Refusal to perform statute labour is punishable by up to six days in jail.
The file is a copy of a record book that recorded the work done by landowners in Hagerman Township between 1934 and 1937. - Place of Publication
- Hagerman Township, Ontario
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Whitestone Historical Society Archive
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 45.6168 Longitude: -79.89965
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- Whitestone Historical Society
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