| An Act to grant a Salary to the Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, to enable him to support the dignity of his office, during the present Provincial Parliament. |
55 George III Chapter 21 |
1815 |
Under this Act, the Speaker of the House of Assembly is granted an annual salary of one thousand pounds. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act imposing a Duty on Articles to be imported from the United States of America, and for appropriating the same. |
55 George III – Chapter 18 |
1815 |
This act places a duty on all items imported from the United States, except the named exceptions. The proceeds are to be applied to the support of the poor of the county in which they are collected. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive, alter and continue, the several Acts of the General Assembly, for raising a Revenue to repair the Roads throughout the Province, by laying a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licenced to keep Public Houses and Shops for the retail of Spirituous Liquors. |
55 George III – Chapter 17 |
1815 |
This act continues various past acts relating to raising revenues to repair and build roads, particularly to those acts which appropriate the revenue raised by charging licensing fees for the sale of alcoholic beverages. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good the Deficiency of the Funds by Law provided, for paying the Salaries of the Officers of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, and the contingent expences thereof. (25th March, 1815.) |
55 George III Chapter 17 |
1815 |
This Act outlines where funds for paying back an amount advanced to pay the salaries of the officers of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly are to be taken from, as the monies allowed for this purpose by two former Acts were insufficient. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province, herein after mentioned. |
55 George III – Chapter 12 |
1815 |
An act repealing several past acts pertaining to revenue collection for the purposes of defence. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the accommodation of the Provincial Legislature at its next Session. Passed the 14th March, 1815. |
55 George III – Chapter 12 |
1815 |
This Act grants funds for providing for members of the Provincial Legislature. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the forty-eighth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to impose and appropriate an additional Duty on all Wine hereafter to be imported into this Province.” |
55 George III – Chapter 10 |
1815 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1808, imposes a further duty of six pence per gallon of wine imported into the province in order to pay an annual pension of five hundred pounds to Sir John Wentworth, former Lieutenant-Governor, for his lifetime. The amendment relates to the manner in which this duty is collected. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the rebuilding and repair certain Gaols and Court Houses in this Province. Passed the 14th March, 1815.
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55 George III – Chapter 8 |
1815 |
This Act provides funds and management for the construction and maintenance of buildings in the legal system. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act to repeal the first clause of an Act, made in the twenty-eighth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act in amendment of an Act, made in the twenty-first year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act in addition to an Act, made in the tenth year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, an Act for establishing the Toll to be taken at the several Grist Mills in this Province.’” |
55 George III – Chapter 4 |
1815 |
This Act repeals the first clause of an act passed in 1787, which was an amendment to an act first passed in 1770. The original act dealt with the toll rates for bolting in order to cover the costs of erecting and repairing bolting machines. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts of the General Assembly, for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. |
55 George III – Chapter 3 |
1815 |
A continuation of several past acts relating to the imposition of duties on imported goods. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of and amend an Act passed in the Fifty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to grant certain Duties, to His Majesty towards supplying the wants of the Province during the present war with the United States of America and for other purposes.” (25th March, 1815.) |
55 George III Chapter 2 |
1815 |
An act to repeal parts of an act passed in 1813 that imposed a two pound ten shillings duty on every hundred pounds worth of goods as defined by the act. The act was originally set to expire in 1818. This act redefines what articles are subject to this duty. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty certain duties on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee, and Brown Sugar, for the support of His Majesty’s Government, and for promoting the Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, of this Province. |
55 George III – Chapter 2 |
1815 |
A much more comprehensive act imposing various duties on wines and spirits than past acts, including a list of the types of items to be charged duty and the rates to be charged. The act also includes a long list of clauses which details the duties of the various officials involved in collecting and disbursing the rates, the oaths to be taken from those importing goods into the province, and rules for reporting quantities of spirits distilled within the province by distillers. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen; and for appropriating such part of the Supplies granted in this Session of the General Assembly, as are not already appropriated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. |
55 George III – Chapter 1 |
1815 |
This act allocates government funds to various purposes, such as paying clerks who have served the house of assembly, to money owed to individual militia officers, and other sundry payments to those who rendered services to the government. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the Services therein mentioned. Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 22 |
1814 |
This act awards sums of money to several people for their services to the government and to build local projects. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1814. Saint John: George K. Lugrin, 1814. |
| An Act for laying additional Duties on certain Articles imported into this Province. Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 19 |
1814 |
This act allows for additional duties on imported items to raise provincial revenues. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1814. Saint John: George K. Lugrin, 1814. |
| An Act to continue an Act for granting to His Majesty certain Duties on Wine, Rum, and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee, and Brown Sugar. |
54 George III – Chapter 19 |
1814 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for raising a Revenue in this Province, and the Acts in amendment thereof. Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 18 |
1814 |
This act continues several acts pertaining to revenue collection until 1816. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1814. Saint John: George K. Lugrin, 1814. |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, a Sum of Money towards defraying the expence attending the Defence of this Province. |
54 George III – Chapter 17 |
1814 |
Expired; unpublished. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to give full effect to, and to prevent the evasion of an Act intituled “An Act for the further increase of the Revenue of this Province,” Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 14 |
1814 |
This act strenthens the power of officials to collect revenue off goods imported to New Brunswick. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1814. Saint John: George K. Lugrin, 1814. |
| An Act to continue the several acts of the General Assembly, for raising a Revenue to repair the Roads throughout the Province, by laying a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed to keep public Houses or Shops for the Retail of Spirituous Liquors. |
54 George III – Chapter 14 |
1814 |
A continuation of an act first passed in 1799, along with its various amendments and continuations, which allocates the money collected from duties placed on various types of liquor, as well as fees collected from licenses issued by the province to sell liquor, to be used to pay for road repairs across the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |