| An Act to authorize the formation of Joint Stock Companies in Lower-Canada for the construction of Macadamized Roads, and of Bridges and other works of like nature. 30th May, 1849. |
12 Victoria – Chapter 56 |
1849 |
This act facilitates the formation of a private company which can take over the building of infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges. The act sets out various regulations this company will have to adhere to, including rules surrounding financing. |
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| An Act for the appointment of Commissioners of Sewers for the Parish of Sackville, in the County of Westmorland, and to divide certain Marsh Lands in the said Parish into several Bodies or Districts. Passed 14th April 1849. |
12 Victoria Chapter 55 |
1849 |
This act appoints commissioners of sewers for the parish of Sackville and divides marshlands in the parish into several bodies of districts. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to make provision for a Public Burial Ground in and for the City and County of Saint John.
Passed 14th April 1849.
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12 Victoria Chapter 53 |
1849 |
This act provides for a burial ground in the city of Saint John. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to increase the Capital Stock of the Saint John Water Company, and to provide a more efficient supply of Water in the City of Saint John. Passed 14th April 1849. |
12 Victoria Chapter 51 |
1849 |
This act increases the capital stock of the Saint John Water Company in order to provide a more efficient water supply for the city of Saint John. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to authorize the widening and enlarging of Mill Street in the City of Saint John. Passed 14th April 1849. |
12 Victoria Chapter 49 |
1849 |
This act authorizes the widening and enlarging of Mill Street in Saint John after the destruction of several buildings by fire. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to provide for the improvement of the Navigation of the River Saint John. Passed 14th April 1849. |
12 Victoria Chapter 37 |
1849 |
This act allows the chief administrator of the province to draw funds from the treasury for the improvement of navigation on the Saint John River. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to provide for opening and repairing Roads and erecting Bridges throughout the Province. Passed 14th April 1849. |
12 Victoria Chapter 34 |
1849 |
This act provides for the opening and repairing of roads and erecting bridges throughout the province. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to make provision for the Management of the Post-Office Department whenever it shall the transferred to the Provincial Government. 30th May, 1849. |
12 Victoria – Chapter 34 |
1849 |
This act provides for a provincial postage service, similar to other similar postage services which have been implemented in other British North American colonies. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the Payment of the Ordinary Services of the Province. Passed 14th April 1849. |
12 Victoria Chapter 32 |
1849 |
This act awards monies to people for the services to the government and for local infrastructure projects. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to provide for affording the Guarantee of the Province to the Bonds of Rail-way Companies on certain conditions, and for rendering assistance in the construction in the Halifax and Quebec Rail-way. 30th May, 1849. |
12 Victoria – Chapter 29 |
1849 |
This act facilitates the granting of government assistance to railway companies in the province in order to assist them in the completion of railways and make transportation easier, so long as a number of specified conditions are met. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make certain General Provisions with regard to the Services which the Government may require of Rail-road Companies, whose Acts of Incorporation make them subject to such general provisions. 30th May, 1849. |
12 Victoria – Chapter 28 |
1849 |
This act obliges railway companies to carry government personnel and equipment, such as police forces, militia, and postmasters, under conditions to be negotiated in the house of assembly. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the more effectually repairing the Roads and Bridges in the Parishes of
Campo Bello [Campobello] and Grand Manan. Passed 27th March 1849.
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12 Victoria Chapter 27 |
1849 |
This act levies a sum on money for more effectually repairing roads and bridges in the parishes on Campobello and Grand Manan Islands. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to exempt Naval and Military Officers and others on duty in Her Majesty’s Service, from the payment of Toll upon any Turnpike Road in this Province. 30th May, 1849. |
12 Victoria – Chapter 25 |
1849 |
This act exempts members of the naval and militia service from having to pay road tolls in the province while on duty. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act, intituled An Act further to facilitate the means of supplying the City of Saint John with Water, and for the more effectual prevention and extinguishment of Fires within the said City. Passed 27th March 1849. |
12 Victoria Chapter 23 |
1849 |
This act repeals an 1846 act concerning the water supply for the fire fighters of the City of Saint John. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to authorize the raising by Loan a further Sum of Money for the Erection of a Colonial Building and Public Market House in the Town of St. John's. (Passed 23d April, 1849.) |
12 Victoria Chapter 19 |
1849 |
This act authorizes the government to raise a further sum of money to continue building a colonial house in St John's. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the commutation of Debts due the Crown by Settlers in certain cases for work on the Public Roads. Passed 27th March 1849. |
12 Victoria Chapter 19 |
1849 |
This act allows settlers to pay off their debts by working on highway maintenance and repair. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act for Granting to Her Majesty the Sum of Five Thousand Pounds for the Making and Repairing of Main Roads and Bridges in this Colony. (Passed 23d April, 1849.) |
12 Victoria Chapter 18 |
1849 |
This act grants a sum of five thousand pounds towards making new roads and repairing roads and roadways that already exist. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Suspend an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled “An Act to Regulate the Making and Repairing of Roads, Streets and Bridges within this Colony” and to provide for the appropriation of Monies granted for such purposes. (Passed 23d April, 1849.) |
12 Victoria Chapter 17 |
1849 |
This act suspends an act first passed in 1845, which regulated the repair and construction of roads, including the appointing of a board of commissioners for road, procedures for disputing the placement of roads, and the appointment of surveyors to settle disputes and to inspect roads. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize an assessment upon the Parish of Portland, in the City and County of Saint John, for lighting a part of the said Parish with Gas. Passed 8th March 1849.
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12 Victoria Chapter 16 |
1849 |
This act allows officials in the Parish of Portland, Saint John County, to raise a tax to support public gas lighting in the parish. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1849. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1849. |
| An Act to impose Tolls on Vessels and Passengers brought down the St. Lawrence, past any of the Canals thereon. 30th May, 1849.
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12 Victoria – Chapter 15 |
1849 |
This act imposes tolls on all vessels travelling on the canals between Montreal and Kingston, and stipulates fines for those who refuse to pay them. |
Early Canadiana Online |