Legislation by Concept: Agriculture

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act for the Establishment of Fairs, in this Province. (22d. March, 1823.) 3 George IV Chapter 21 1823 An Act to establish fairs within the province to promote the interests of Agriculture. The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government is to determine the time and place of these fairs, which are to be held under the rules and regulations as made by Justices of the Peace for each District. Standards for regulations on and the advertisement of these fairs are described. This Act is to expire in 1826. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for consolidating and reducing into one Act all the Acts, heretofore made, relating to Trespasses. 3 George IV – Chapter 32 1822 A consolidation of various past acts and amendments dealing with the maintenance of fences and hedges to prevent the trespass of livestock on neighbours' pasture and fields, and the penalties for not so doing. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act, intitiuled “An Act to revive and extend some of the provisions of an Act, intituled ‘An Act to provide for the necessaries of the Province, occasioned by the failure of the late crop.’” Passed the 21st March, 1822. 3 George IV Chapter 16 1822 This act extends prior legislation put in place to provide for the province in the case of crop failure. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1822. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1822.
An Act further to amend the Laws now in force relating to Trespasses. Passed the 21st March, 1822. 3 George IV Chapter 13 1822 This act amends prior legislation relating to trespasses. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1822. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1822.
An Act granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money for the purpose of purchasing and erecting Machinery within this Province, to prepare Hemp for exportation. Passed 17th January, 1822. 2 George IV – Chapter 17 1822 This Act stipulates that 300 pounds be made available from the Receiver-General's funds to buy the machinery necessary to process harvested hemp "for exportation." Money is also allotted for the upkeep of the machinery during the three years following its purchase. 2 George IV – Chapter 17
An Act to repeal in part, a certain part of an Act passed in the forty- third year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to extend theprovisions of an Act passed in the thirty fourth yearof His Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to restrain the custom of permitting Horned Cattle, Horses, Sheepand Swine, to runat large. And further to enable the Magistrates in their respective Districts in this Province, in General Quarter Sessions assembled, to make such rules and regulations as may restrain swine running at large in the respective Towns in this Province, where a Police is or may hereafter be established by Law. Passed 17th January, 1822. 2 George IV – Chapter 11 1822 This Act repeals as "ineffectual and insufficient" the section of the earlier legislation cited in this Act's title, relating to swine. It also stipulates that magistrates in any town with a police force or which may in future establish a police force have the authority to create regulations around the "running at large" of swine in their respective jurisdictions. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to revive and extend some of the previsions of an Act intituled “An Act to provide for the necessities of the Province, occasioned by the failure of the late crop.” Passed the 20th of March 1821. 2 George IV Chapter 17 1821 This act allows for those owing the province money for famine relief granted under a 1817 act to pay it back via road labour, and establishes penalties for those who refuse to. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821.
An act further to encourage Agriculture in this Province. (17th March, 1821.) 1 George IV Chapter 5 1821 An Act to grant a sum further than the two thousand pounds granted by a former Act in 1818 to Agricultural societies and for the creation of new Auxiliary Agricultural Societies within the province. Allowances for the districts of Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and Montreal, and Inferior District of Gaspé are described, as well as how the money is to be used. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to extend the provisions of an Act, passed in the first year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act in addition to and amendment of an Act, entitled, ‘An Act for preventing Trespasses.’” 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 6 1821 This act was not published. LLMC Digital Law Library
An Act for granting Bounties on Grain raised in this Province. Passed the 25th of March 1820. 60 George III Chapter 12 1820 This act awards bounties to farmers for the amounts of grain they grow, so as to encourage further grain farming in New Brunswick. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1820. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1820.
An Act to explain, amend, and continue an Act, intituled “An Act to encourage the raising of Bread-Corn on new Land.” Passed the 22d of March 1820. 60 George III Chapter 8 1820 This act amends an 1817 act promoting grain farming clarifying when farmers are owed the bounties they were guaranteed for raising grain. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1820. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1820.
An Act for raising an additional Duty of Excise, and for appropriating the same. 59 George III – Chapter 24 1819 This act places an additional duty on certain items in order to pay for prior acts granting bounties for the encouragement of the fishery and agriculture. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the encouragement of Agriculture, and Rural Economy, in this Province. 59 George III – Chapter 13 1819 This act creates a central agricultural committee, naming its members, who will oversee the creation of agricultural societies in each district. The terms of office for the agricultural committees are specified by the act, along with a general mandate of agricultural improvement. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Town of Annapolis, and the Officers of His Majesty’s Garrison, stationed for the time being in the said Town of Annapolis, annually to nominate and appoint Supervisors to take charge of the Common appertaining to the said Town, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” 59 George III – Chapter 11 1819 This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1793, which makes provisions for the maintenance of common diked marshland outside of Annapolis. The amendment outlines penalties for anyone who should destroy or damage fences or pasture animals on common land when they do not have right to that commonage. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to extend the provisions of an Act, passed in the first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, An Act, in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, entitled, “An Act for preventing Trespasses to the town of Pictou, and the Town Plot of Dartmouth.” 58 George III – Chapter 23 1818 This Act extends the provision of a former act to Dartmouth and Pictou with the goal of keeping swine and goats out of the streets. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money, to be applied for the encouragement of the Cultivation of Hemp, within this Province.” Passed 1st April, 1818. 58 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 2) 1818 The repeal of an act first passed in 1856 which allowed for a sum of money to encourage farmers to cultivate hemp. It is being repealed because nobody has so far claimed the money. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the encouragement of Agriculture in this Province. (1st April, 1818.) 58 George III Chapter 6 1818 By this Act, a sum of two thousand pounds is to be given to Agricultural societies within the province. Allowances for the districts of Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and Montreal are described, as well as how the money is to be used. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to prohibit the exportation of Corn and Potatoes, out of this Province. 57 George III – Chapter 22 1817 This act prohibits the export of corn and potatoes and describes penalties who defy the terms of this act. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money for the purchase of Seed Grain, towards the Relief of the Parishes in Distress, by the failure of the late Harvest. (22d March, 1817.) 57 George III Chapter 12 1817 An Act to apply a sum not exceeding twenty thousand pounds to purchase wheat and other grain, seed, and potatoes for planting to be distributed among "the most indigent husbandmen" in light of the late harvest's failure. Limits on the amounts to be distributed to each person and in several regions are set, in addition to how repayments under this act and the former "An Act for the relief of the Poor, in the Loan of Seed Wheat, and other necessary Grain" from 8 March 1817 will be made. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the necessities of the Province, occasioned by the failure of the late Crop. Passed the 22nd of March, 1817. 57 George III Chapter 7 1817 This act allows for the appointment of local authorities to discern local needs from crop failures and provide relief for them. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1817. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1817.