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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act further to continue and amend an Act, intituled An Act imposing Duties for raising a Revenue. Passed 23d March 1847. 10 Victoria – Chapter 26 1847 This Act extends the deadline of an act imposing duties on imports. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1847. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1847.
An Act to authorize Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County of York to levy an assessment to pay off the Debt due upon the new Gaol recently erected in the said County. Passed 12th March 1847. 10 Victoria – Chapter 17 1847 This Act authorizes the Justices of the Peace to pay debts up to three hundred and fifty pounds for the erection of a Gaol. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1847. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1847.
An Act to authorize Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of the County of York to levy an assessment to pay off the County Debt. Passed 12th March 1847. 10 Victoria – Chapter 16 1847 This Act authorizes the Justices of the Peace to pay debts up to six hundred pounds for the expenses of the county. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1847. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1847.
An Act to provide for the expenses of the Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly when attending the General Assembly. Passed 12th March 1847. 10 Victoria – Chapter 11 1847 This Act states that the expenses of the members of the House of Assembly will be covered by the Province Treasury during the General Assembly. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1847. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1847.
An Act to provide for the Contingent Expenses of the Legislature. (Passed 14th January, 1847.) 10 Victoria Chapter 9 1847 This act grants various sums of money to individuals who served the house of assembly. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money for defraying the Expenses of the Civil Government of the Colony for the year ending on the Thirtieth day of June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-eight, and for other purposes. 10 Victoria Chapter 8 1847 This act grants various sums of money to various individuals who have served the government in various functions throughout the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal an Act panned in the Ninth and Tenth years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act to make further provision for securing the due payment of the interest that shall become due and payable upon a certain Loan to be raised under authority of an Act passed in this present Session, entitled ‘An Act to raise by Loan a Sum of Money for the Re-building and improvement of the Town of St. John’s.’” (Passed 14th January, 1847.) 10 Victoria Chapter 7 1847 This act repeals an act passed in the second session of 1846. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act passed in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize imported into this Colony and its Dependencies” (Passed 14th January, 1847.) 10 Victoria Chapter 5 1847 This is a continuation of an act passed in the first session of 1846, which defines duties to be charged on trade goods coming into the province in order to provide a revenue for the government. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to raise by Loan a Sum of Money for the General Improvement of the Colony. (Passed 14th January, 1847.) 10 Victoria Chapter 2 1847 This act allows the government of the province to raise two hundred thousand pounds by loan to pay for various improvement projects throughout the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for an Assessment of Real and Personal Property in the Town of Prescott according to the annual value or rental thereof, and for other purposes. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 47 1847 An act to repeal the laws related to taxation assessments of Upper Canada and replacing it with a municipal taxation assessments for the Town of Prescott. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for an Assessment of Real and Personal Property in the Town of Brockville, according to the annual value or rental thereof, and for other purposes. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 44 1847 An ac which repeals the Upper Canada taxation assessment laws in Brockville and instead creates a municipal assessment and taxation system. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to divide the Western District of the Province of Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 9th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 39 1847 An act to divide the Western District into separate counties of Essex and Kent. The town of Chatham, once they build a gaol and court, will become Kent County and the town of West Tilbury will be Essex County. The act outlines how the new Kent County will operate. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to make provision for the subsistence of the Widow of the late Honorable Joseph Rémi Vallières de St. Réal. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 36 1847 An act to give the widow of Hon. Joseph Remi Vallieres de St. Real, the deceased Chief Justice of Montreal, two hundred pounds per year. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an Act for granting relief to the sufferers by the Fires at Quebec. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 35 1847 An act to change the interest on debentures given for relief to those who suffered in the Quebec fires to six percent per annum. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to appropriate the sums therein mentioned to defray certain expenses of the Civil Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and certain other expenses not otherwise provided for. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 34 1847 An act to gather and use the summers to pay for Civil Government in 1847. Using 140,919 pounds and 9 shillings from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and 1847 pounds from the revenue made from Jesuit property. It also outlines how the money will be spent. Early Canadiana Online
All Act to authorize the issuing of Debentures to pay the balance due to Claimants for losses during the Rebellion and Invasion in Upper Canada. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 33 1847 An act to allow a further 3613 pounds 8 shillings and 9 pence of debentures to pay those who suffered losses in the rebellion and invasion of Upper Canada. It also extends the initial act put in place to deal with these debentures to cover the new ones as well. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an error in the Act of the present Session, imposing duties of Customs. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 32 1847 An act to amend "An Act for repealing and consolidating the present duties of Customs in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned" so that wheat will have a duty of three shillings per quarter instead of the seven and a half percent in the original act. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for repealing and consolidating the present Duties of Customs in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 31 1847 An act which repeals all previous acts related to Duties of Customs in the province and consolidates them into one act to aid with enforcement. It outlines the imperial and provincial duties that all wares, goods, and merchandise have when entering the province. It also states when they must be paid and the punishments for failing to do so. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Act, intituled, An Act to amend the Law constituting the Board of Works. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 24 1847 An act to amend the previous law establishing the Board of Works. It makes agreements between the board and property owner binding and regulates all financial interactions. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to exempt the property of the Crown from Local Rates and Taxes in Lower Canada. 28th July, 1847. 10 & 11 Victoria – Chapter 17 1847 An act which exempts crown land, including roads and highways, from local rates and taxes in Lower Canada. Early Canadiana Online