Legislation by Concept: Trade Regulation, Government Revenue
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for continuing the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province, therein mentioned, relating to the Excise on Molasses, and Brown Sugar, sold within, or brought into, this Province, and for the more effectual improving and extending the trade of this Colony to the West-Indies. | 20 George III – Chapter 7 | 1780 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province, therein mentioned, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Wines, Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors. | 20 George III – Chapter 6 | 1780 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more speedy and effectual collecting such Town Rates and Taxes as may be assessed on the Inhabitants of the Township of Halifax. | 20 George III – Chapter 2 | 1780 | This act allows for the appointment of a tax collector by the justices of the peace of Halifax, in order to more efficiently collect taxes from the inhabitants of the town to support the poor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for payment of sundry Debts of the Province, for the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five. Passed the 4th February, 1799. | 39 George III Chapter 2 | 1779 | This act awards sums of money to various people in payment of their services to the government. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act for laying an additional Duty of Excise on Wines, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors. | 19 George III – Chapter 16 | 1779 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for laying a Duty on Goods and Merchandize, Lands and Tenements, sold at Public Auction. | 19 George III – Chapter 15 | 1779 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to obviate doubts which have arisen in regard to the payment of the Duties of Impost and Excise on Rum, and other Spirituous Liquors. | 19 George III – Chapter 14 | 1779 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for laying an additional Duty on the Tonnage of Vessels coming into the Harbour of Halifax. | 19 George III – Chapter 12 | 1779 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for laying a Tax upon Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the Province, for a certain limited time. | 19 George III – Chapter 11 | 1779 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of, and for continuing an Act, made in the Fifteenth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise on Molasses, and Brown Sugar, sold within, or brought into, this Province, and for the more effectual improving and extending the Trade of this Colony to the West-Indies.” | 18 George III – Chapter 11 | 1778 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more speedy recovery of His Majesty’s Debts within this Province. | 18 George III – Chapter 3 | 1778 | This act places stricter measures on the individuals collecting for the provincial debt in order to better monitor the revenue being applied to said debt, and the revenue being lost. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing the several Acts relating to the Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax. | 17 George III – Chapter 10 | 1777 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1768 which allows for the collection of a duty on wheel carriages to be used to maintain the streets and public highways on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for farming the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum and other distilled spirituous Liquors, and Wines, Brown Sugar and Melasses at the several Districts therein-mentioned. | 16 George III – Chapter 8 | 1776 | This act puts measures in place to collect duties on certain alcoholic beverages as well as brown sugar and molasses in the named regions around the province. It specifies how the individuals collecting these duties are to be selected, and the authorities given to them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act for granting to his Majesty an Excise on Melasses, and brown Sugar, sold within or brought into this Province, and for the more effectual improving and extending the Trade of this Colony to the West-Indies. | 16 George III – Chapter 7 | 1776 | Although this act states it is an amendment to an act passed in the fifteenth year of George III, it is actually an amendment to an act passed in 1774, the fourteenth year of George III - "An Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise on Melasses and Brown Sugar, sold within, or brought into this Province, and for the more effectual improving and extending the Trade of this Colony to the West-Indies." The original 1774 act established a duty on molasses and brown sugar of five pence per gallon and five shillings per hundred and twelve pounds, while the 1776 act continues the original act until 1778. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to and for continuing an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of, and for continuing the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province therein mentioned, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Wines, Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors.” | 16 George III – Chapter 6 | 1776 | Although the act states that it is an amendment to an act passed in the fifteenth year of George III, it is actually an amendment to an act passed in 1774, which is the fourteenth year of George III. The act referenced is, "An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of, and for continuing the several Acts of the General-Assembly of this Province therein mentioned, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Wines, Beer, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors," which amends and continues several Acts relating to impost and excise duties charged on liquors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for taking, examining, and stating the public Accounts of this Province. | 16 George III – Chapter 3 | 1776 | This act defines a procedure for taking account of the money coming into the government through taxes, and the money going out due to claims and demands being made on the treasury. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing several Acts that are near expiring. | 15 George III – Chapter 11 (Session 2) | 1775 | This act continues several past acts, including an act regarding bail, forms of writ, and the establishment of fees. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better securing the payment of certain Debts due to the Government of this Province. | 15 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1775 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act made in the Eighth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for granting to his Majesty a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax.” | 15 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1775 | An amendment to a 1768 act, which allows for the collection of a duty on wheel carriages to be used to maintain the streets and public highways on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for farming the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, and Wines, Sugar and Melasses at the several Districts therein mentioned. | 14 George III Chapter 16 | 1774 | This Act makes provision for farming out the collection of duties of impost and excise on liquors, brown sugar, and molasses to farmers in several districts between 31 March 1775 and 31 December 1776 by the processes outlined. The duties and responsibilities of the farmers are described. | Early Canadiana Online |