Legislation by Concept: Waterways, Infrastructure
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for securing the navigation of the river Maggaugaudavick [Magaguadavic] | 26 George III Chapter 34 | 1786 | This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, prevents people from damming or otherwise blocking certain parts of the Magafiadavic River in Charlotte County, so as to allow for unhindered portage and trade on the river. | 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 regulating and facilitating the Navigation of the River Saint John, and other rivers in this province | 26 George III Chapter 33 | 1786 | This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, gives local surveyors the power to clear waterways of any incumbances to shipping and navigation. | 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 laying out, repairing and amending highways, roads and streets, and for appointing Commissioners and Surveyors of Highways within the several towns or parishes in this province. | 26 George III Chapter 32 | 1786 | This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, wards local officials the authority to oversee highway building and repair, to collect and distribute the funds to pay for it, and to regulate exisiting roads. | 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 prevent the Burning Woods, by carelessly or wantonly Firing the same | 26 George III Chapter 30 | 1786 | This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, sets penatlies for causing forest fires. | 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 appointment of Town or Parish Officers in the several counties in this province. | 26 George III Chapter 28 | 1786 | This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, gives county justices of the peace to appoint local officials to several positions in county government. | 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 in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty intitled, “An Act to prevent Nuisances by Hedges, Wares [weirs], and other Incumbrances, obstructing the Passage of Fish in the Rivers in this Province.” | 26 George III – Chapter 7 | 1786 | This Act extends the empowers the Justices of the Peace to make rules and orders for the regulation of the fisheries relating to the construction of mill dams or other constructions across rivers that could impede fish and outlines several regulations relating to these obstructions. Penalties for persons who offend against the terms of this Act are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1787. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing and amending an act intitled, An Act to raise a Sum of Money towards keeping in repair the Roads leading from Halifax to Windsor and the district of Colchester. | 26 George III – Chapter 6 | 1786 | This Act amends and continues the 1782 Act, "An Act to raise a Sum of Money towards keeping in repair the Roads leading from Halifax to Windsor and the district of Colchester," which is to remain in force until 1787. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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. | 26 George III Chapter 1 | 1786 | This first act passed by the province of New Brunswick created and set the boundaries of its counties, townships, and parishes, setting up the divisions of local administration. | 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 in Addition to an amendment of an Act for establishing and regulating Ferries. | 26 George III – Chapter 5 | 1785 | Early Canadiana Online | |
| An Act in Amendment of, and for Continuing an Act made in the last General Assembly of this Province, intitled, “An Act to raise a Sum of Money towards keeping in Repair the Roads leading from Halifax to Windsor, and the District of Colchester.” | 23 George III – Chapter 18 | 1783 | This Act continues a former Act, "“An Act to raise a Sum of Money towards keeping in Repair the Roads leading from Halifax to Windsor, and the District of Colchester," with a few amendments. Under this Act, there is only to be one turnpike gate to pay for road repairs past Sackville Bridge towards Windsor and the district of Colchester. Penalties for persons who damage the turnpike gate or threaten the collector there are outlined. This Act is to remain in force for one year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Establishing and Regulating Ferries. | 23 George III – Chapter 10 | 1783 | This Act makes empowers Justices of the Peace to establish ferries over any river, bay, or creek as deemed necessary, as directed. Penalties for ferrymen who neglect to fulfill their obligations are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of an Act made in the first Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for Appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province.” | 23 George III – Chapter 5 | 1783 | This Act clarifies a former Act, “An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the first year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for Repairing Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for Appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province,’” relating to the allowable width of roads and highways. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to raise a sum of Money towards keeping in repair the Roads leading from Halifax to Windsor, and the District of Colchester. | 22 George III – Chapter 11 | 1782 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to an Act, made in the Thirty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers.” | 21 George III – Chapter 3 | 1781 | This act obliges proprietors of lands diked in common with other proprietors to maintain their dikes and dikelands, in order to maintain the good farmland of everyone in the community. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual, the several Laws of this Province, for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets. | 19 George III – Chapter 8 | 1779 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1761, clarifying the procedure to be followed when disputes arise between private land owners and surveyors, and prohibiting surveyors of highways from modifying existing streets without the consent of at least three justices of the peace. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing the several Acts for raising a Fund for the Purpose of making and repairing Bridges and Roads of Communication thro’ the Province. | 17 George III – Chapter 12 | 1777 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1772, as well as its amendment and continuation passed in 1773, which established a tax to be levied from householders or property owners and outlines the processes by which properties are to be assessed and taxed as well as penalties for persons who refuse to pay the tax and assessors who neglect to perform their duty. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable certain persons, therein named, to state an account of the work done in the Township of Truro, for repair of Dykes and Roads, since the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty one, and to oblige the persons concerned in the same to pay their proportion of the said expense. | 15 George III – Chapter 9 (Session 1) | 1775 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, the several Acts made by the General Assembly of this Province, for appointing Commissioners of Sewers. | 15 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1775 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to borrow a Sum, not exceeding the Sum of Four Hundred Pounds, for paying off the Debt incurr’d by making Bridges, and opening the Road to Truro in the County of Halifax. | 14 George III Chapter 2 | 1774 | This Act outlines the processes by which sums, not exceeding four hundred pounds, can be borrowed to make up the sums required to build highways, bridges, and roads (including a road built between Truro and Halifax) not covered by the duties imposed by the 1768 Act, “An Act for suppressing unlicensed houses, and granting to his Majesty a duty on persons hereafter to be licensed.” Acts relating to duties on licensed houses are to remain in force until the end of 1780. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of, and for continuing an Act made in the Ninth Year of His Present Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for establishing and regulating Ferries.” | 13 George III Chapter 10 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act continues the 1769 Act, “An Act for establishing and regulating Ferries,” and amends the second section of the Act by establishing fines for persons who use the ferry against the desires of the ferryman. This Act is to remain in force for five years. | Early Canadiana Online |