Legislation by Concept: Waterways, Justice System
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to extend the powers of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of the City of Saint John, for preventing the incumbering and filling up of the Harbour of the said City, to the Waters and Places of Anchorage in the Vicinity thereof. Passed 11th March, 1824. | 5 George IV Chapter 24 | 1824 | This act gives Saint John city authorities the power to prevent the harbour from becoming blocked by rubbish. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1824. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1824. |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the General Sessions of the Peace, for the City and County of Saint John, to make an Assessment for building a Court House within the City of Saint John. Passed 11th March, 1824. | 5 George IV Chapter 16 | 1824 | This act allows for Saint John City and County officials to build a new county Court House. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1824. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1824. |
| An Act for confirming Public Acts. Passed 11th March, 1824. | 5 George IV Chapter 6 | 1824 | This act confirms the passage of several acts from the last session which were delayed in passage due to the illness and death of Lieutenant-Governor George Stracey Smyth. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1824. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1824. |
| An Act to continue an Act, intituled, “An Act for the more effectual punishment of Persons who shall be guilty of the Trespasses therein mentioned, in the City of Saint John.” Passed 11th March, 1824. | 5 George IV Chapter 4 | 1824 | This act continues an 1819 act for punishing tresspassers in Saint John for an additional five years. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1824. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1824. |
| An Act to make further Provision for the Equal Administration of Justice in the Province of Nova-Scotia. | 4 George IV – Chapter 38 | 1824 | This act splits the province (excepting Cape Breton) into three divisions to assure more effective administration of the lower courts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate and increase the number of Times for holding the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of Sydney. | 4 George IV – Chapter 37 | 1824 | This act changes the times of year as well as the frequency of the court of common pleas and general sessions in various towns located in the county of Sydney and along the shores of the gulf of Saint Lawrence. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the Court of Commissioners at Halifax. | 4 George IV – Chapter 36 | 1824 | An act relating to the court of commissioners appointed by the summary trial of actions, this act pertains to the method by which these commissioners can be replaced in case of death, resignation or removal from office, fees which can be charged by said commissioners (with an included table of fees), and various other matters. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace of the District of Johnstown to Erect a New Gaol and Courthouse, or Repair the Old One, and to Erect New Bridges over Yonge and Irish Creeks. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 35 | 1824 | This act makes provisions and appropriates funds for the building of a jail in Johnstown, or the repairing of the old jail. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Alter, Amend, and Repeal part of an Act passed in the fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to Provide for the Erection of a Gaol and, Courthouse in and for the Home District.” Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 33 | 1824 | This act revises an act from a prior year which sees to erect a jail in the Home district, as the timeline set forth by the prior act has been found unpractical. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make more ample Provision for Regulating the Police of the Town of Kingston. Passed Jan. 19th, 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 30 | 1824 | This act repeals an act first passed in 1816, and replaces it with new clauses relevant to the powers of local magistrates in Kingston, and the appointment of police. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter the times of Sitting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, in the Counties and Districts therein named. | 4 George IV – Chapter 25 | 1824 | This act changes the days on which the inferior court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace are held in various places throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money in aid of the Funds for defraying the Expenses of the Administration of Justice, and Support of the Civil Government of this Province. Passed Jan. 19th 1824. | 4 George IV – Chapter 25 | 1824 | This act appropriates funds to be used to pay the salary of various provincial court officials throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” | 4 George IV – Chapter 24 | 1824 | This is a continuation and amendment of an act passed in 1822, which specifies the minimum amount of debt which can be held by a creditor in order to pursue their debtor in court, and specifies the various fees which can be charged by various court officials for judicial action. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of two Acts therein-mentioned, for the summary trial of Small Causes, to the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to confirm certain judgements and proceedings of the Commissioners therein. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 24 | 1824 | An Act to extend the provisions of an Act from 1801 “An Act for the summary trial of certain small causes in the Country Parishes in this Province,” and an Act from 1822 “An Act to amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, 'An Act for the summary Trial of certain Small Causes, in the Country Parishes in this Province,” to the Inferior District of Saint Francis. This Act also confirms that all judgements made under the 1823 Act “An Act to erect certain Townships therein-mentioned into an Inferior District, to be called the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and to establish Courts of Judicature therein,” are lawful. This Act is to expire in 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the sale and disposal of certain Goods, unclaimed and remaining in the possession of the Clerks of the Peace, in this Province. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 21 | 1824 | Under this Act Clerks of the Peace in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivières are to keep a Book of records for all Goods or Effects brought to their respective offices as having been stolen or suspected to be stolen so that all unclaimed items may be put up for public auction at each term of the Court of King’s Bench for Criminal Pleas. The processes by which this is to be done are described. This Act is to expire in 1827. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the manner in which the Justices of the Peace are annually, to account for Fines and Penalties by them imposed and levied pursuant to Law, and for other, purposes. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 19 | 1824 | An Act to regulate the manner in which the Justices of the Peace are to proceed in cases of Convictions, and to account for the fines imposed, levied and received by them by causing them to keep a register. The manner in which these registers are to be kept and how they should be recorded are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend certain parts of an Act passed in the forty-first year of the Reign of his late Majesty George the Third, Chapter Seventeenth, which directs the Circuit Courts to be held in the School Houses erected under the said Act. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 18 | 1824 | An Act to amend an Act originally passed in 1801, "An Act for the establishment of Free Schools and the advancement of Learning in this Province." This Act provides that the Circuit Court may be held in the Hall or Apartment of the Presbytery or Parsonage House or any other fit place within the limits of the said Parish, where the former Act stipulated that it was to be held at the School House, in some cases found to be insufficient. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide more effectual means than heretofore have been, to compel, in the proper Jurisdiction, the appearance of Defendants residing in different Districts, who ought to be joined in the same Cause. (9th March, 1824.) | 4 George IV Chapter 17 | 1824 | An Act to allow persons who ought to be joined in the same Action as Defendants, who reside in different Districts, to be joined under the same Action to be held in the court where it was instituted. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for establishing a Bridewell, or House of Correction, for the County of Halifax, and for providing a Police Office in said Town, with proper Officers to attend the same. | 4 George IV – Chapter 9 | 1824 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1815, which established a bridewell in Halifax, a type of jail for offenders who commit petty crimes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to restrain the issuing Writs of Attachment in certain Cases. | 4 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1824 | This act restrains what can and cannot be taken by the sheriff or his deputies when writs are issued against individuals. | Early Canadiana Online |