| An Act to appropriate certain sums of Money for Public Improvements in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 18th September, 1841. |
4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 28 |
1841 |
An Act to get one million six hundred and fifty-nine thousand six hundred and eighty-two pounds for building or improving canals, roads, lighthouses, locks, and slide throughout the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make certain alterations in the Laws relative to the duty upon Sales of Property by Auction. 18th September, 1841. |
4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 21 |
1841 |
An Act implementing duties of one pound per a 100 pounds value for items sold at a public auction. This extends the law to cover the area formerly known as Lower Canada. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make temporary provision for the appropriation of the funds derived from the sale of School Lands in that part of the Province formerly Upper Canada, and for other purposes. 18th September, 1841. |
4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 19 |
1841 |
An Act to allocate funds from the sale of School Lands in former Upper Canada. The money is to be used for maintenance of schools in the area formerly known as Upper Canada or to build new schools. Also states that District Schools will now be Grammar Schools. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to consolidate the Laws relating to the Provincial Duties to be levied on Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. 18th September, 1841. |
4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 14 |
1841 |
An Act to repeal the Customs Laws of Lower Canada and put into place new Customs on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United Canadas. The importer is charged five pounds on items valued at 100 pounds and the act also details what items are exempted and how the money is paid. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to create a Fund for defraying the expense of enabling indigent Emigrants to proceed to their place of destination, and of supporting them until they can procure employment. 18th September, 1841. |
4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 13 |
1841 |
An Act to fun the care of poor or needy emigrants to the United Canadas. There is a customs fee charged to all those entering the United Canadas of five shillings per person with children being charged less. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to require Justices of the Peace to make returns of Convictions and Fines, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 21th August, 1841. |
4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 12 |
1841 |
An Act which outlines how fines will be reported by the Justice of the Peace to the General Quarter Session in writing. The Clerk of the Peace will then collect, file, and publish them in the district Newspaper. It also states how the fees will be collected by the Courts. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to further provide for a limited time for the support of the Civil Government of the Province. Passed 31st March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 84 |
1840 |
This act awards the Lieutenant-Governor an additional 500 pounds in salary. |
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 authorize the Justices of the Peace in and for the City and County of Saint John to make compensation to the Assessors of Taxes for the Parish of Portland for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. Passed 31st March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 79 |
1840 |
This act amends existing legislation on tax collection to allow for the city of Saint John to award payment to assessors of taxes in the Parish of Portland. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act granting to Her Majesty a certain sum of money to defray the expenses of the Civil Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 71 |
1840 |
This act authorises the payment of various civil servants of the provincial government. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good certain moneys advanced in compliance with the Address of the House of Assembly, during the last Session of the Legislature, for the contingent expenses thereof. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 70 |
1840 |
This act authorises the payment of seven thousand nine hundred and eleven pounds to Sir George Arthur, as agreed in the last legislative assembly. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the seventh year of His late Majesty's reign, entitled, “An Act granting a salary to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and for other purposes therein-mentioned.” Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 69 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes permanent an act passed in 1837, which provides a salary for the clerk of the crown in chancery. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to provide for the expenses of the Legislature. Passed 31st March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 69 |
1840 |
This act allows for the government to allocate more revenue to defray the expenses of members of the legislature. |
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 authorize the Justices of the Peace for the County of Charlotte to levy an assessment to pay off the County Debt. Passed 31st March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 67 |
1840 |
This act allows Charlotte County officials to raise additional funds to pay down the county debt. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act granting a sum of money to Samuel B. Smith, to make good a deficiency in his salary, as one of the Junior Clerks in the Executive Council Office, for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 63 |
1840 |
This act increases the sum paid to the Samuel B. Smith, one of the junior clerks in the executive council office, by twenty pounds, to make up for a deficiency of the same amount in his salary for 1839. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to remunerate the Honourable John Henry Dunn, for services rendered to this Province.” Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 61 |
1840 |
This act allows John Henry Dunn to keep a portion of a loan made to him by the province as a reimbursement for services he rendered to the province, as per an act passed in 1837. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Her Majesty to remunerate the services of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, Knight, Speaker of the Commons House of Assembly. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 60 |
1840 |
This act authorises the payment of Sir Allan Napier MacNab as speaker of the House of Assembly. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed 31st March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 59 |
1840 |
This act awards sums of money to various persons for their service to the government and for various local infrastructure projects. |
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 authorise the Receiver General of this Province to borrow a certain sum of money upon Debentures, for the purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 58 |
1840 |
This act authorises the assembly to acquire loans from private companies in order to complete infrastructure projects. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, intituled “An Act imposing Duties for raising a Revenue.’’ Passed 31st March 1840.
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3 Victoria Chapter 57 |
1840 |
This act establishes a duty on imported wheat that will be in force until 1841. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act for the relief of Allan MacDonell, Esquire, the Sheriff of the Midland District. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 55 |
1840 |
This act permits the reimbursement of the sheriff of the Midland district, who has found himself paying for the repairs of the local jail out of pocket. |
Early Canadiana Online |