Legislation by Concept: Government Revenue
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An act for discontinuing part of the Bounties and Premiums, granted by former Laws of this Province. | 4 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1764 | This Act discontinues the bounties and premiums granted formerly by the Province except the bounty for building the stone walls on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer, to issue small Notes for discharging the Loans made in Virtue of an Act, made and passed in the first Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for the Relief of the Poor of the Town of Halifax, and indigent Persons in the New Settlements;” and of an Act made and passed in the IId. Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act to enable the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief, to borrow the Sum of £4,500 for paying off the Public Debts, and to postpone the Payment of Bounties and Premiums." | 4 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1764 | This Act empowers the Treasurer of the province to receive warrants for money borrowed under the 1764 Act, "An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to borrow a Sum not exceeding the Sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred Pounds, for paying off Bounties, Premiums, and other Debts, payable by the Laws of this Province." All receipts issued by the Treasurer are to bear interest at a rate of six pounds per centum per annum. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to borrow a Sum not exceeding the Sum of Two Thousand Nine Hundred Pounds, for paying off Bounties, Premiums, and other Debts, payable by the Laws of this Province. | 4 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1764 | This Act provides a sum not exceeding two thousand nine hundred pounds to pay off the debts not covered under the Act, “An Act to impower the province treasurer to borrow a sum not exceeding the sum of four thousand pounds, for paying off bounties, and premiums, and other debts payable by the laws of this province." The processes by which this sum is to be distributed and accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Granting to His Majesty a Duty of Impost, on Load Sugar, Bricks, and Lumber. | 3 George III – Chapter 14 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act imposes duties on lumber, sugar loaf, and bricks to supplement the duties imposed on beer, wine, rum, and other spirituous liquors, which were found insufficient for the purposes for which they were intended. The rates of duty set on these goods are listed. This Act is to remain in force for two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for reviving an Act, made and pass’d in the Thirty Third Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, Intitled an Act for further Prolonging a Resolution of the Governor and Council, revived and put in Force by the General Assembly the Thirty Second Year of His Majesty’s Reign. | 3 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act revives the 1759 Act, “An Act for further prolonging a Resolution of the Governor and Council, revived and put in Force by the General Assembly in the 32d Year of His Majesty’s Reign,” which is to remain in force for three years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer, to borrow a Sum not exceeding the Sum of Four Thousand Pounds, for paying off Bounties, Premiums, and other Debts, payable by the laws of this Province. | 3 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act provides a sum not exceeding four thousand pounds to cover the debts that impost and excise duties were insufficient to pay. The terms under which this sum can be used are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief, to borrow the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred Pounds for paying off the Public Debts, and to postpone the Payment of Bounties and Premiums. | 2 George III – Chapter 2 | 1762 | This Act provides a sum not exceeding four thousand five hundred pounds to pay off several accounts for public works carried on in previous years. This sum is to be repaid to the treasurer from the duties collected on beer, wine, rum, and other spirituous liquors. This Act also suspends bounties and premiums on fish, hay, oats, stone walls, hemp and flax for one year. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act in Amendment of, Addition to, and for further prolonging an Act, intitled “An Act for granting and establishing an Allowance to the Collector or Collectors of the Impost and Excise Duties.” | 1 George III – Chapter 16 | 1761 | This Act continues the Act, “An Act for granting and establishing an Allowance to the Collector or Collectors of the Impost and Excise Duties,” which is to remain in force for an addition year, makes amendments relating to allowable allowances, and allows for additional collectors to be appointed at harbours or ports. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for granting and establishing an Allowance to the Collector or Collectors of the Impost and Excise Duties. | 34 George II – Chapter 18 | 1760 | This Act outlines the sums collectors of impost and excise duties are allowed to take as an allowance from the duties collected. This Act is to remain in force for one year. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for further prolonging a Resolution of the Governor and Council, revived and put in Force by the General Assembly in the 32d Year of His Majesty’s Reign. | 33 George II – Chapter 20 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act continues a former Act, as amended by another 1751 Act, “An Act that foreign debts should not be pleadable in this province, unless for goods imported into the province, made the 2d day of February, 1749, in the 23d Year of His present Majesty’s Reign,” which is to remain in force for an additional year. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for laying a Duty of Excise of Three Pence per Gallon on all Rum, and other Spirituous Liquors distilled within this Province, and for granting a Bounty on the Exportation thereof. | 33 George II – Chapter 19 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act imposes further duties on rum and liquors, as the duties previously imposed by the Acts listed were found insufficient. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of, and for further prolonging, an Act made and passed in the 32d Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled, "An Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise upon Wine, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors sold by Retail." As also of an Act, intitled, "An Act for the better discovering and more effectually suppressing unlicensed Houses." | 33 George II – Chapter 18 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act amends and clarifies several sections of two former Acts relating to duties on wine, beer, rum, and liquor and for suppressing unlicensed public houses. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |