| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Ordinances therein mentioned, and to amend one of the said Ordinances. |
3 Victoria Chapter 16 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes various Ordinances, listed, permanent and amends certain sections of a number of them. |
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| An Ordinance further to continue, for a limited time, certain Acts therein mentioned. |
3 Victoria Chapter 15 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance continues several Acts, listed, which are to remain in force until 1845. |
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| An Act to continue an Act passed in the sixth year of His late Majesty's reign, entitled, “An Act to repeal and amend certain Acts of this Province, in relation to the Gold and Silver Coin made current by Law and to make further provision respecting the rates at which certain Gold and Silver Coins shall pass current in this Province.” Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 15 |
1840 |
This act continues an act first passed in 1836 which enables the manufacture of provincial currency, as well as regulating the value of currently brought from outside the province. |
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| An Ordinance to amend and render permanent an Ordinance passed in the second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to prevent the fraudulent manufacture, importation, or circulation of spurious Copper and Brass Coin.” |
3 Victoria Chapter 8 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to prevent the fraudulent manufacture, importation, or circulation of Spurious Copper and Brass Coin,” permanent. |
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| An Act to make perpetual certain parts of an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to prevent the unnecessary multiplication of Law Suits, and increase of Costs in Actions on Notes, Bonds, Bills of Exchange and other Instruments” and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 8 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes perpetual an act passed in 1835, which regulates lawsuits that can be brought against banks and the makers and endorsers of banknotes concerning their value, in an attempt to control the increase of the physical costs of making said banknotes. |
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| An Act to revive, continue and make perpetual a certain Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to continue and amend the Late for attaching the Property of Absconding Debtors, and for other purposes therein-mentioned." Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 7 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes perpetual an act passed in 1835, which described how the property of absconding debtors could be seized. |
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| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts therein mentioned. |
3 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes several Acts, set to expire, permanent. |
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| An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to mitigate the Law in respect to Imprisonment for Debt.” Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 6 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes permanent an act first passed in 1835, which raises the amount required to jail debtors from five pounds to ten pounds. It also further defines the actions which can be taken against debtors in order to recover costs. |
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| An Act to continue the Act to provide for the payment of Interest on Warrants. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 6 |
1840 |
This act continues an 1834 act regulating the payment of interest on warrants until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to continue the Act for prohibiting and suppressing of Lotteries in this Province. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 5 |
1840 |
This act extends an 1835 act supressing lotteries until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to prevent the circulation of Printed Promissory Notes, under the value of Five Shillings. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 4 |
1840 |
This act makes it illegal to print bank notes for amounts smaller than five shillings. Notes printed before the passing of this act and currently in circulation for amounts smaller than five shillings will be paid out by those who made the note. |
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| An Ordinance to regulate Private Banking, and the Circulation, of the Notes of Private Bankers. |
2 Victoria Chapter 57 (Session 4) |
1839 |
This Ordinance restricts who is legally allowed to sign or indorse, or draw any bill, note, bon, check, or other promise or undertaking, for the payment of any sum less than five pounds currency to chartered or recognised banks, as described. The Ordinance also makes provision for bankers to be licenced. |
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| An Ordinance to regulate the Currency of this Province. |
2 Victoria Chapter 46 (Session 4) |
1839 |
This Ordinance replaces the 1808 Act, “An Act for better regulating the weight and rates at which certain Coins shall pass current in this Province, for preventing the falsifying, counterfeiting, or impairing of the same, and for repealing the Act and Ordinance therein mentioned,” and clarifies rates of exchange between currencies. |
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| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled “An Act to incorporate sundry persons under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company, of the Gore Bank.” Passed 11th May, 1839. |
2 Victoria – Chapter 41 |
1839 |
This act amends the act passed in 1836 incorporating the Gore Bank. The amendment repeals a clause which disallows the holding of stock by incorporated companies. |
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| An Ordinance concerning Bankrupts, and the Administration and Distribution of their Estates and Effects. |
2 Victoria Chapter 36 (Session 4) |
1839 |
This Ordinance describes who qualifies as "a Trader" liable to become bankrupt and the processes bankrupt persons are subject to, including how their estates and effects are to be handled. |
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| An Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled “An Act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of the Saint John Water Company.” Passed 23d March 1839 |
2 Victoria Chapter 33 |
1839 |
This act amends certain financial regulations in the original act encorporating the Saint John Water Company. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to exempt certain articles from seizure in satisfaction of debts. |
2 Victoria Chapter 28 (Session 4) |
1839 |
This Ordinance lists property and items that are not to be seized from debtors, including bedding, wedding clothes, and at least one Cow, three Sheep, one Hog, one Stove, and one Cord of Firewood are to be left for the debtor. |
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| An Act in addition to an Act, intituled “An Act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of New Brunswick.” Passed 23d March 1839. |
2 Victoria Chapter 26 |
1839 |
This act creates a framework for a union between the Bank of New Brunswick and the City Bank of Saint John. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Act in addition to an Act, intituled “An Act to incorporate sundry persons by the name of the President, Directors and Company of the City Bank.” Passed 23d March 1839. |
2 Victoria Chapter 25 |
1839 |
This act clarifies the terms by which the City Bank of Saint John may disolve itself. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to prolong the term of the Royal Charter incorporating the Quebec Bank, and to make further provision for the government, and management of the said Bank. |
2 Victoria Chapter 24 (Session 4) |
1839 |
Under this Ordinance, the Charter that establised “The Quebec Bank” is continued until 1842, under the terms described. |
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