| An Act to make further provision relating to the Provincial House of Correction, and to give it the name of The Provincial Penitentiary. Passed 31st March 1842. |
5 Victoria Chapter 25 |
1842 |
This act creates new rules and regulations for the provincial penitentiary. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1842. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1842. |
| An Act to enable the Supreme Court to give relief against adverse claims made upon persons having no interest in such claims. Passed 29th March 1842. |
5 Victoria Chapter 21 |
1842 |
This act changes the regulations by which one can sue for relief from claims made against them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1842. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1842. |
| An Act to amend an Act, intituled An Act to repeal all the Acts regulating Tavern Keepers and Retailers, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof. Passed 29th March 1842. |
5 Victoria Chapter 13 |
1842 |
This act gives local jusitces the power to issue Subpoenas as Clerks of the Peace when enforcing " An Act to repeal all the Acts regulating Tavern Keepers and Retailers, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof." |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1842. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1842. |
| An Act to authorize Commissioners for taking affidavits in causes ponding in the Supreme
Court to take affidavits in causes pending in the several Inferior Courts of Common Pleas for the several Counties in this Province. Passed 29th March 1842.
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5 Victoria Chapter 10 |
1842 |
This act expands the authority of local Court Commissioners to take affidavits to higher courts. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1842. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1842. |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace, in and for King’s County, to raise a sum of money for paying the Contractors for building a Gaol in the said Comity. Passed 29th March 1842. |
5 Victoria Chapter 9 |
1842 |
This act allows for Kings County officials to borrow 250 pounds to build a new county gaol, and establishes a plan for repayment. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1842. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1842. |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace for the County of York to levy a further assessment for the purpose of paying off the Debt due on the erection of a new Goal in the said County.
Passed 29th March 1842.
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5 Victoria Chapter 5 |
1842 |
This act allows for York County Justices of the Peace to raise funds to lower the cost incurred by building a gaol in Fredericton. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1842. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1842. |
| An Act to establish a Provincial House of Correction. Passed 26th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 44 |
1841 |
This act provides for the erection of a new jail in Saint John, specifying how finances are to be collected and assessed for the building of this jail, who is responsible for determining rates and assessments, and procedures for the appointment of commissioners for the jail once it is completed. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the Services therein mentioned. Passed 26th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 36 |
1841 |
This act appropriates part of the public revenue for the payment of various private services. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Ordinance to facilitate the Dispatch of the Business now before the Court of King’s Bench for the District of Montreal. |
4 Victoria Chapter 26 (Session 6) |
1841 |
This Ordinance makes provision for the appointment of a Commissioner of the Inferior Term of the Court of King’s Bench for the District of Montreal who is to sit and act as judge in certain cases. The salary and powers vested in the Commissioner are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace for the County of Northumberland to erect a Lock up House in the Town of Chatham, in the said County. Passed 19th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 25 |
1841 |
This act authorizes justices of the peace in Northumberland County to erect a lockup house in the town of Chatham. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Ordinance to authorize the transfer of the property of the Old Gaol in the City of Montreal, to the principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance. |
4 Victoria Chapter 24 (Session 6) |
1841 |
This Ordinance makes provision for the evaluation and transfer of the property of the lot provided for the construction of a jail in Montreal under the 1805 Act, “An Act to provide for the erecting of a Common Gaol in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal respectively, and the means for defraying the expenses thereof.” |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the times for holding the Terms of the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Sunbury. Passed 19th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 24 |
1841 |
This act alters the times for holding terms of inferior courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace in Sunbury County. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Ordinance to provide for the erection and establishment of Court Houses and Gaols, in certain Judicial Districts in this Province. |
4 Victoria Chapter 20 (Session 6) |
1841 |
This Ordinance makes provision for the erection of court houses and jails in districts where the District Court is to be held but no court house or jail currently exists. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend two certain Ordinances therein-mentioned, relative to the administration of justice in this Province, and to make other and further provision on the same subject. |
4 Victoria Chapter 19 (Session 6) |
1841 |
This Ordinance amends the 1840 Ordinance passed earlier in this Session, "An Ordinance to amend a certain Ordinance of the Legislature of this Province, made and passed in the fourth year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled, 'An Ordinance to establish new Territorial Divisions of Lower Canada, and to alter and amend the Judicature, and provide for the better and more efficient administration of Justice throughout this Province;' and also a certain other Ordinance of the same Legislature, made and passed in the same year, intituled, 'An Ordinance to provide for the more easy and expeditious administration of Justice, in civil causes and matters involving small pecuniary value and interest, throughout this Province.'" |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better and more effectual securing the Navigation of the River Miramichi, in the County of Northumberland, and to protect the Fisheries on the said River. Passed 19th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 19 |
1841 |
This act is for better securing the navigation of the Miramichi River in Northumberland County, and to further protect the river's fisheries. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to authorize Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Gloucester to contract for the erection of a new Gaol in the said County, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 19th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 12 |
1841 |
This act authorizes justices of the peace in Gloucester County to contract for the erection of a new gaol in the county. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to continue an Act, intituled “An Act to provide for the summary punishment of persons committing trespasses upon Square Timber and other Lumber.” Passed 19th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 8 |
1841 |
This act continues prior legislation providing for the summary punishment of persons committing trespasses upon square timber and other lumber. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to authorize the Sheriff of Newfoundland to levy Executions in the several Districts of this Colony, after Final Judgment. (Passed 26th April, 1841.) |
4 Victoria Chapter 3 |
1841 |
This act allows the provincial sheriffs to seize and sell the non-exempt property of debtors once a guilty verdict has been passed by a judge in court proceedings. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the Acts relating to Circuit Courts. Passed 19th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 2 |
1841 |
This act adds to prior legislation concerning circuit courts throughout the province. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act relating to the summoning and attendance of Petit Jurors at the respective Sittings and Circuit Courts in this Province. Passed 19th March 1841. |
4 Victoria Chapter 1 |
1841 |
This act relates to the summoning and attendance of petty jurors at the respective sittings and circuit courts throughout the province. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |