| An Act for appropriating and disposing of the public Monies. |
29 George III Chapter 9 |
1789 |
This act awards public money to several persons for service to the province. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1789. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1789. |
| An Act for reviving and continuing and amending sundry Laws that have expired and are near expiring. |
29 George III Chapter 8 |
1789 |
This act renews several acts passed in 1786 and 1787 |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1789. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1789. |
| An Act in Amendment of the several Acts passed in the first and twenty-eight Years of His Majesty’s Reign, relative to the repairing of Highways, Roads, Bridges, &c. |
29 George III – Chapter 7 |
1789 |
An amendment to acts passed in 1761 and 1787, respectively, which detail the responsibility for the maintenance and building of roads in the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the erection of Fences and Gates across certain roads in the several counties in this province where the same shall be found necessary. |
29 George III Chapter 4 |
1789 |
This act allows for proprietors to petition local Justices of the Peace to erect swing gates and water fences along the roads and waterways of their property. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1789. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1789. |
| An Act for Appropriating and disposing of the Public Monies. |
28 George III Chapter 10 |
1788 |
This act awards sums of money to various persons for service to the government, and for various local infrastructure projects. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1788. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1788. |
| An Act to Empower the Justices of the Sessions in Several Counties in this Province, to make such regulation & respecting Markets and Ferries within such Counties as may be found Necessary. |
28 George III Chapter 8 |
1788 |
This act gives local officials to pass regulations to mange local markets and ferries, and establish penalties for those who fail to abide by them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1788. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1788. |
| An Act to provide for the Support of a Light House, to be built upon Partridge-Island |
28 George III Chapter 4 |
1788 |
This act makes provisions for a lighthouse to be built on Partridge Island, near Saint John, and sets up a system of duties on ships entering the harbour to pay for it. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1788. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1788. |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, intitled, An Act for the better Extinguishing Fires that may happen within the City of Saint John |
28 George III Chapter 3 |
1788 |
This amendment to the 1786 act allows for the city of Saint John to hire more firemen than previously allowed, and exempts said firemen from other civic duties during their tenure. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1788. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1788. |
| An act for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Services of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Eight, and for appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of General Assembly. |
28 George III Chapter 16 |
1787 |
This Act lists several sums to be distributed to cover the sums owing for certain services, salaries, or other expenses as listed. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to raise a Sum of Money to repair the Public Road leading from Halifax to Windsor, and to cause the Proprietors of Lands on each Side said Road to settle the same more expeditiously. |
28 George III Chapter 13 |
1787 |
This Act enacts that persons owning property between Sackville Bridge and Three Mile Plain on the Windsor road must pay a tax each year if they suffer the land to remain unsettled. The processes by which this tax is to be applied and collected are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1790. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act, passed the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, “An Act for the repairing and mending Highways, Roads Bridges and Streets, &c.” |
28 George III Chapter 4 |
1787 |
This Act makes it lawful for the surveyors of highways to order inhabitants of their respective townships to work on roads as deemed necessary in order to keep roads passable. The limits and enforcement of this Act are described. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Appropriating and Disposing of the Public Monies |
27 George III Chapter 12 |
1787 |
This act awards public money to several persons for service to the province and for local infrastructure projects. |
"Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1787. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1787." |
| An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace in the several counties in this province, wherein no sufficient goals are erected, to send persons charged with grand larceny, and other offences of a higher nature, to the Goal of the city and county of Saint John. |
27 George III Chapter 10 |
1787 |
This act gives local Justices of the Peace the authority to commit convicted felons to the jail of Saint John (city and county), if there are none locally. |
"Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1787. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1787." |
| An Act in Addition to an Act For the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for Subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.
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27 George III Chapter 7 |
1787 |
This act amends some portions of counties laid out in the previous year's act on county borders. |
"Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1787. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1787." |
| An Act in Addition to an Act for laying out, repairing, and amending Highways, Roads, Streets, and for appointing Commissioners and Surveyors of Highways within the several towns or parishes in this province. |
27 George III Chapter 5 |
1787 |
Through this act, the legislature gives power to local surveyors to hire men to clear land for roads in the winter months, and to impose penalties upon those who refuse their summons. |
"Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1787. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1787." |
| An Act establishing the Rates to be taken for Wharfage and Cranage of Ships and other Vessels within the limits of this province. |
26 George III Chapter 49 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, establishes a system of fees and rates (based on tonnage), for ships using warfs and cranes in New Brunswick ports. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for the better extinguishing Fires that may happen within the City of St John |
26 George III Chapter 47 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, gives the government of Saint John the authority to fund and equip its own fire fighting force. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for confirming unto the City of Saint John its Rights and Privileges |
26 George III Chapter 46 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, confirms how the city of Saint John will be governed. Unlike other cities and towns in New Brunswick, Saint John, a charter city, needed special legislation to recognize its governance. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act for assessing, collecting and levying County Rates. |
26 George III Chapter 42 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, gives local officials the power to raise money to build jails and courts houses and oversee their construction. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act to oblige Absent Proprietors to pay a proportion of any public charge, and to repair highways. |
26 George III Chapter 40 |
1786 |
This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, mandates that property owners must pay property taxes to support roads even in counties where they do not reside. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |