Legislation by Concept: Infrastructure, Public Order
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to continue until the first day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and Act made and passed in the second year of His present Majesty’s Reign intituled “An Act for the better extinguishing Fires which may happen in the Towns of Fredericton and Saint Andrews,” so far as relates to the said Town of Saint Andrews. Passed the 19th March, 1827. | 8 George IV Chapter 22 | 1827 | This act continues an 1821 act regulating fire prevention and fighting in Fredericton and Saint Andrews until 1829. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act to provide for the erection of a new Court House and Gaol in the County of Northumberland. Passed the 19th March, 1827. | 8 George IV Chapter 20 | 1827 | This act allows Northumberland County officials to fund and construct a new county court house and gaol. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act to provide for a further Survey of the Works done at the Burlington Bay Canal, and also to afford further aid to complete the same. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1827 | This act allows for the disbursement of funds to the company building the canal at Burlington Bay, which an engineer had determined could not be completed without further funding. It lays out the term for the loan, repayment, and specifies how the estimates for financing will be made. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Provide for the Construction of a Harbour at the Mouth of Kettle-Creek in the London District. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1827 | This act calls for the construction of a Harbouar at Kettle-Creek, adjacent to Lake Erie. It specifies the money to be used and how it will be raised, and how commissioners of the project shall be appointed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the Act, entitled, “An Act to authorise the Incorporation of a Company, for making a Canal by the River and Lakes of the Shubenacadie.” | 8 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1827 | An amendment to an act first passed in 1824, which allows for the incorporation of a company which will have as its goal the construction of a canal on the Shubenacadie River to allow for easier navigation to and from Halifax Harbour and Minas Basin. The original act did not actually incorporate a company; the current amendment does. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act granting to Chauncey Beadle the exclusive privilege of Establishing and Running a Line of Public Stages between the Village of Ancaster in the Gore District, and the Town of Sandwich in the Western District. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 16 | 1827 | This act establishes a line of public coaches between Ancaster and Sandwich (now a part of Windsor). It defines how passengers shall be accommodated, the price of passage, and the minimum age of passengers. It also specifies that the coach services will fall under the purview of the office of the Chaucery Beadle. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Erection of a Gaol and Court House in the Eastern District. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1827 | This act appoints local commissioners to superintend the rebuilding the jail and court house of the Eastern District, both located in Cornwall, which had recently been destroyed by fire. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts respecting the Liverpool Light-House. | 8 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1827 | A continuation an act first passed in 1812 which imposes a duty on ships entering Liverpool Harbour in order to support a lighthouse on Coffin's Island. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act, to enable the Proprietors of Wilderness Lands in Onslow, to open Roads through the same. | 8 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1827 | The continuation of an act first passed in 1822 which makes provisions for the construction of road through privately owned, uncleared lands in Onslow. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Laws now in force for the Appointment of Street Surveyors, so far as relates to the several Towns in this Province other than those in which the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace are by law holden. Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1827 | An act amending prior acts regarding the appointment of surveyors who are responsible for the laying out and construction of roads. This act hands this responsibility over to local justices, and specifies who is responsible for the appointment of surveyors in cases of remote communities where it is impractical to expect them to communicate with provincial courts in order to appoint surveyors to construct roads. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to erect the North-eastern part of the County of Westmoreland into a distinct Town or Parish, and also to authorize the appointment of Parish Officers at the November General Sessions in each year. Passed the 19th March, 1827. | 8 George IV Chapter 13 | 1827 | This act creates a new parish in Westmorland County and establishes its authority, and changes the manner in which Westmorland County parish officers are appointed.. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act for erecting the North-western part of the Town or Parish of Waterborough, in Queens County, into a separate Town or Parish. Passed the 19th March, 1827. | 8 George IV Chapter 12 | 1827 | This act creates a new parish in Queen's County and establishes its authority. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act to continue the several Acts relating to the Light-House, erected on Cranberry Island, near the entrance of the Gut of Canso. | 8 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1827 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1822 which establishes a duty to be collected at all harbours adjacent to the gut of Canso to support the Cranberry Island lighthouse. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate certain Persons therein mentioned, under the Style and Title of “the Cataraqui Bridge Company.” Passed 17th Feb’y. 1827. | 8 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1827 | This act incorporates the shareholders of the Cataraqui bridge company into a public body which can conduct business as an entity in the province. It also specifies regulations concerning the construction of bridges - their dimensions, security measures which need to be taken to assure the safety of both cattle and people, and areas which necessitate the building of a draw-bridge. Bridge tolls, and the penalties for refusing to pay said tolls, are also specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend the laws now in force relating to the establishment, regulation and improvement of the Great Roads throughout the Province, and to make more effectual provision for the same. Passed the 19th March, 1827. | 8 George IV Chapter 10 | 1827 | This act amends an 1822 on highway maintainece to allow for the appointment of more highway supervisors, and designates another road as a "great road of communication." | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act for applying certain Monies, therein mentioned, for the service of the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven; and for appropriating such part of the Supplies granted in this Session of the General Assembly, as are not already appropriated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. | 8 George IV – Chapter 1 | 1827 | This act allots various parcels of money for a number of purposes and to various individuals throughout the province, for infrastructure projects and in reimbursement for services rendered to the government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize Eustache Nicolas Lambert Dumont, Esquire, to build a Toll Bridge over the River Jesus, opposite the Village of Saint Eustache. (7th March, 1827.) | 7 George IV Chapter 21 | 1827 | An Act authorising Eustache Nicolas Lambert Dumont, Esquire to build and collect a toll on a bridge crossing the River Jesus, opposite the Village of Saint Eustache. Dumont is granted the authority to take and use of the land required to build the bridge. Standards and stipulations for the bridge's construction and maintenance are outlined, and Dumont’s obligations in the event alterations to the bridge are required. The allowable tolls that can be charged are described, as well as those to be excepted from tolls. Additionally, after a period of fifty years, it is made lawful for the Crown to assume possession of the bridge. Time restraints allowed for the construction and repairs are outlined, as well as penalties for those who neglect the tenets of the bill. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to carry into effect the purpose of part of a certain Act of the Legislature of this Province, as far as the same respects the erection of a Gaol and Court-Hall at Perce, and to repeal in part the said Act. (7th March, 1827.) | 7 George IV Chapter 15 | 1827 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding one thousand pounds for the purpose of erecting a Gaol and Court-Hall at Percé in the Inferior District of Gaspé. The processes by which Commissioners are to be appointed to superintend the erection of the Gaol and Court-Hall are explained, as well as their duties. The Act repeals former Acts related to the construction of the same. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the establishment of a New Market at Montreal. (7th March, 1827.) | 7 George IV Chapter 14 | 1827 | An Act to authorise the construction of a new public marketplace in Montreal at the end of Saint Francois Xavier Street, and lying between Foundling and Commissioners Streets, and extending to the extremity of McGill Street. Processes for the construction of the market stalls and weigh house are outlined, as well as penalties for those who offend against the Act’s terms. Five Justices of the Peace residing in Montreal are to be appointed as trustees for the market who are to oversee its construction. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a sum of money therein-mentioned, to subscribe for shares in the undertaking of the Welland Canal Company, in Upper- Canada. (7th March, 1827.) | 7 George IV Chapter 13 | 1827 | An Act to make lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government of the Province to subscribe for up to two thousand shares in the Welland Canal Company, as it was deemed of great public utility to the Canadas, as the Canal would admit free passage of vessels from Lakes Erie, St. Clair, Huron and Michigan to Lake Ontario, and the River St. Lawrence. | Early Canadiana Online |