Legislation by Concept: Government Records
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to grant an Aid towards printing, in the French language, the Treatise on Agriculture written by William Evans. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 44 | 1836 | This Act provides a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifteen pounds to cause “A Treatise on the Theory and Practise of Agriculture, adapted to the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of Agriculture in Canada, with a concise history of Agriculture and a view of its present state in some of the principal Countries, of the earth and particularly in the British Isles and in Canada," to be translated into French and distributed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to cause a Census to be taken of the Counties of Montmorenci and Drummond. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 40 | 1836 | This Act makes provision for a census to be taken in the counties of Montmorency and Drummond, with the provision that only the number of inhabitants are enumerated, no other distinctions are to be recorded. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time certain Acts therein mentioned. (21st March, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 32 | 1836 | This Act continues several previously passed Acts, as listed, for an extended time. These Acts are all to remain in force until 1840. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for reporting and publishing the decisions of the Supreme Court. Passed 8th March 1836. | 6 William IV Chapter 14 | 1836 | This act creates the office of a printer and publisher for the decisions of the supreme court. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the year 1836. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1836. |
| An Act for preventing the mischiefs arising from the Printing and Publishing Books, Newspapers, and Papers of a like nature, by Persons unknown, and to regulate the Printing and Publishing the same. (6th May, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 11 | 1836 | This act places measures which must be taken by publishers of books and newspapers in the province. It also specifies materials which can and cannot be published, and steps which must be followed in order to publish certain materials for public consumption. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for ascertaining the Census of this Colony and other Statistical Information. (6th May, 1836.) | 6 William IV Chapter 4 | 1836 | This act clarifies the type of information that is to be collected during the census. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to declare all Acts of Assembly to be public Acts. Passed 17th March 1835. | 5 William IV Chapter 17 (session 1) | 1835 | This act declares all acts passed by the legislature to be public. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1835 (session 1). Fredericton: John Simpson, 1835. |
| An Act for ascertaining the time of the commencement of the Acts of the Parliament of this Colony. (12th June, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 21 (Session 1) | 1834 | This act clarifies the date on which legislative acts of the province will take effect in future. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for establishing the Concession Lines in the Township of Louth [St. Catharines], in the District of Niagara. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 21 | 1834 | This act is a response to residents of Louth (now a part of St. Catharines) who have been complaining of various boundary disputes. In order to resolves these issues, the province sends surveyors who will have access to all former deeds and surveys of the area. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of the Religious Society called the “Universalist Society,” in the Township of Ascot and the neighbourhood thereof. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 21 | 1834 | Under this Act, Universalist ministers are allowed to keep registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, according to certain stipulations as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of the Members of the Free-will Baptist Church, in the Township of Stanstead. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 20 | 1834 | Under this Act, the minister of the Free-will Baptist Church of Stanstead is authorised to keep registers of marriages, births, and burials, according to certain stipulations as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of the Congregational Societies in this Province. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 19 | 1834 | Under this Act, Congregationalist ministers are to be allowed to keep registers of marriages, baptisms, and burials, according to certain stipulations as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish the present Surrey of certain Side Lines in the Second Concession West of Green Point, in the Township of Sophiasburgh. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 19 | 1834 | This act confirms the jurisdiction of specific lots recently surveyed near the town of Sophiasburgh. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Registering the Names of Persons entitled to Vote at Elections. (12th June, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 15 (Session 1) | 1834 | This act calls for the creation of provincial election rolls, specifying who is eligible to be an elector, who is responsible for collecting the names and maintaining the lists, and how to register individuals who object to being registered as voters, among other measures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for taking an Account of the Population of this Province. Passed 22d March 1834. | 4 William IV Chapter 14 | 1834 | This act calls for the county Justices of the Peace to perform censuses in their jurisdictions, establishes a procedure for doing so, and penalties for violations. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1834. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1834. |
| An Act to repeal part of and amend the Laws now in force in this Province respecting the appointment and duties of certain Township Officers. Passed 6th March, 1834. | 4 William IV – Chapter 11 | 1834 | This act expands the role of town assessors so they can more effectually keep track of the population within their respective districts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of the “Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford and Missisquoi,” to lands held in free and common soccage in the Counties of the Two Mountains and Acadie. (18th March, 1834.) | 4 William IV Chapter 5 | 1834 | This Act extends the provisions of the 1830 Act, "An Act to establish Registry Offices in the Counties of Drummond, Sherbrooke, Stanstead, Shefford and Missisquoi,” to the counties of Deux-Montagnes] and Acadie. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford relief to a certain Religious Congregation at Montreal, denominated Baptists. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 29 | 1833 | Under this Act, Ministers of the Baptist Church of Montreal are allowed to obtain, have and keep registers of marriages, baptisms and burials. Certain instructions and regulations pertaining to these registers are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of a religious Congregation in the Township of Hull, denominated, Presbyterians. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 28 | 1833 | Under this Act, Ministers of the Presbyterian Congregation in the Township of Hull are allowed to obtain, have and keep registers of marriages, baptisms and burials. Certain instructions and regulations pertaining to these registers are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the regularly ordained Ministers of the United Associate Synod of the Secession Church of Scotland to keep authenticated Registers according to Law. (3d April, 1833) | 3 William IV Chapter 27 | 1833 | Under this Act ordained Ministers of the United Associate Synod of the Secession Church of Scotland are allowed to obtain, have and keep registers of marriages, baptisms and burials. Certain instructions and regulations pertaining to these registers are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |