This Act repeals and replaces several acts relating to the election of representatives to serve in the General Assembly, including how and where elections should be held.
This act continues every clause of an act first passed in 1793 which made it law for the chief administrator to appoint returning officers for every county, riding, division, or town in the province. No clauses are modified.
An act to further continue the act originally passed in 1808 which specifies standards for petitions complaining of undue elections of Members to the House of Assembly. Restrictions including the contents, allowable dates for petitions, and a fee to bring forward a petition were also outlined in the original act. The act is set to expire in 1821.
An act to further continue the act originally passed in 1808 which specifies standards for petitions complaining of undue elections of Members to the House of Assembly. Restrictions including the contents, allowable dates for petitions, and a fee to bring forward a petition were also outlined in the original act. The act is set to expire in 1816.
An amendment to a 1765 act which replaced the methods by which town officers, including fence viewers, constables, and surveyors, were appointed. The amendment deals with penalties for collectors who neglect to pay the sums they have collected to the treasurer within the time frame specified by law.
An act to continue the act originally passed in 1808 which specifies standards for petitions complaining of undue elections of Members to the House of Assembly. Restrictions including the contents, allowable dates for petitions, and a fee to bring forward a petition were also outlined in the original act. The act is set to expire in 1814.
An Act to specify standards for petitions complaining of undue elections of Members to the House of Assembly. Restrictions including the contents and date of the petitions are outlined, and a fee to bring forward a petition is implemented.
An Act to replace two former Acts that were set to expire, outlining directions for the appointment of Returning Officers within the province. The Act sets restrictions for who may serve as a Returning Officer, how they are to be appointed, and terms for their service. Several forms and oaths are included at the end of the Act.
This act amends two acts passed in 1793, one of which made it law for parish constables to nominate parish or town officers to assess and collect any rates or taxes passed by the legislature, the other which created eight classes of householders whose property is subject to various rates of taxation.