This act divides the town of Halifax into wards for the purposes of repairing and maintaining roads, and allows for the appointment of commissioners to determine the work that needs to be done for each ward, the budget which will be required, and sets out penalties for those who impede the work of the commissioners.
This act follows an 1795 act to build beacons and harbour slips in Passamaquoddy Bay, but resulted in large debts. This current act allows for the province to extract money to pay off these debts from the Charlotte County treasurer, and creates a new system of duties to support the maintainence of the completed beacons or those yet to be built.
This act authorises the extension of one of the military barracks in Halifax, as proposed to the Lieutenant-Governor by the Commanding Engineer, Captain William Fenwick.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, which allocated 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.
This act authorises the building of a bridge over the Jacques Cartier river. It appoints commissioners to oversee the construction of the bridge, including the surveying of the banks to determine the best location for the building project, and specifies toll rates that will be charged once the bridge is completed in order to offset the construction costs.
This act permits for the appointment of commissioners to find new buildings for the use of the King's Court, as the lease for the buildings used prior is coming to an end.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1761, which required every person keeping a cart, team, or truck is required to lend the same and an able man to drive it as described to work on the highways, roads, streets, or bridges for four days each year.
Cet acte autorise la construction d'un pont qui traverse la rivière Jacques-Cartier. L'acte appointe des commissionnaires pour superviser le projet de construction et pour déterminer la meilleure location pour cette construction le long de la bèrge de la rivière. L'acte spécifie aussi un péage qui sera chargé une fois que le pont sera complété.
This act 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. The money is to be collected by the clerk of the licenses and paid into the hands of the provincial treasurer once a quarter.
This act allows for the financing of new court houses in the districts of Quebec and Montreal. It specifies the amount to be disbursed, how the money is to be disbursed and who is responsible for managing it.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1797, which appointed individuals as commissioners to determine a suitable site within the town of Halifax for a provincial court building, a building to house the legislative assembly, and the various offices associated with the courts and assembly.
This act provides further funding for horses, carts and/or sleighs for hire at strategic places across the province in order to make travel easier. It specifies the fares to be paid by travelers to the "Maitres-de-Poste" who are in charge of maintaining and hiring out the horses and carts. It also specifies how many servants & drivers can be hired by Maitres-de-Poste and the salaries to be paid to these drivers and servants.
This act allows for the expansion of several district correction houses due to want of space. It also specifies the number of vagabonds, disorderly persons, and other minor criminals to be held in each district correction house at once, in preference for those who are convicted of more serious charges. Capital crimes are defined, as well as the treatment of prisoners who have been convicted of a capital crime, what crimes shall result in hard labour, and other various matters regarding prisoners in district criminal houses.
This act specifies roads to be build and/or repaired, specifies government funds to be disbursed in order to pay for these roads, states where these roads are going to be and who is responsible for the building and maintenance of said roads.
This act repeals an earlier piece of legislation that required every householder in a parish or township to give twelve days to maintenance of highways and roads, and instead puts in place a graduated system whereby days required are determined by property holdings. It was reserved for Royal Assent, which it received in January 1800.