Legislation by Concept: Government Revenue, Elections & Public Office
Displaying 261 - 275 of 275 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Services of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Two, and for appropriating such part of the Supplies granted in this Session of General Assembly, as are not already appropriated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. | 32 George III Chapter 15 | 1792 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for limiting the Duration, or Continuance, of the General Assemblies. | 32 George III Chapter 10 | 1792 | Under this Act, General Assemblies are to be held or may have continuance for seven years and no longer. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act for the better regulating of Elections. | 32 George III Chapter 8 | 1792 | This Act allows for polling places to be opened in certain counties as specified to allow its freeholders to more easily vote to elect members of the general assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| Acte qui pourvoit des Officiers Rapporteurs pour les Chevaliers, Citoyens et Burgeois pour servir en Assemblée. | 32 George III – Chapitre 7 | 1792 | Cet acte permet l'appointement des officiers rapporteurs par le chef administrateur de la province, spécifie la pénalité si ceux qui sont appointés refusent le poste, et impose des règles concernant qui peut être appointé, pour comment longtemps. | The Provincial Statutes of Lower Canada passed in the year 1792. Quebec: William Vondenvelden, 1792. (Session 1) |
| An Act for the better Regulation of Elections. | 29 George III – Chapter 1 | 1789 | This act details how members of the legislative assembly are to be elected and how elections are to be held. Salaries are granted to elected members of the assembly, and the duties of clerks and sheriffs in elections are specified, along with the penalties for not executing those responsibilities. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to ascertain the Number of Representatives to be elected to serve in General Assembly for the several Counties and Townships therein mentioned. | 25 George III Chapter 5 | 1784 | This Act lists the number of representatives that certain townships and counties are entitled to elect to serve in the General Assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulating the Office of Sheriffs, and the Manner in which the Sheriffs, Clerks of the Crown, and Clerks of the Peace shall return and pass their Accounts of all Fines and Forfeitures, which shall be Imposed by their respective Courts, and which shall be levied by the Sheriffs for the Use of the Crown. | 23 George III – Chapter 1 | 1783 | This Act amends the processes by which Sheriffs are to be appointed, reappointed, or replaced in the province and implements a new form of returns Clerks of the Supreme Court at Halifax are obliged to make every six months and every Easter term. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for limiting the duration of the General Assemblies in this Province. | 20 George III – Chapter 11 | 1780 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act, made in the fifth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, an Act for the Choice of Town Officers and regulating Townships. | 17 George III – Chapter 1 | 1777 | An addition to an act first passed in 1765 which replaced the methods by which town officers, including fence viewers, constables, and surveyors, are to be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal two Acts, made in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of his present Majesty’s Reign, to enable the several Counties in this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives. | 12 George III – Chapter 4 | 1772 | This Act repeals the 1770 Act, "An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives," and the 1771 Act, "An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the Tenth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the Tenth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives. | 11 George III – Chapter 7 | 1771 | This Act clarifies the 1770 Act, "An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives," relating to the payments to be made to representatives, including the when payments are to be made and by whom. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives. | 10 George III Chapter 3 | 1770 | This Act outlines the sums representatives will be entitled to to defray expenses incurred for their attendance at the General Assembly, and the processes by which these sums are to be levied. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act made and passed in the Fifth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for the Choice of Town Officers and regulating of Townships.” | 8 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act makes provision for the appointment of additional surveyors of highways above those allowed for under the 1765 Act, "An Act for the Choice of Town Officers and regulating of Townships." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Establish the Number of Representatives to be Elected in the several Counties and Townships which are now Established in this Province. | 5 George III – Chapter 10 | 1765 | This Act lists the numbers of representatives each count can elect as representatives in General Assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Choice of Town Officers and Regulating Townships. | 5 George III – Chapter 1 | 1765 | This Act replaces the methods by which town officers, including fence viewers, constables, and surveyors, are to be appointed. The Act also establishes that boundary lines between townships should be renewed every three years and the processes by which this is to be done , and the processes by which unfenced lands should be marked. | Early Canadiana Online |