Legislation by Concept: Government Revenue, Infrastructure, Justice System
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to authorise the justices of the Peace for the County of Charlotte, to levy an Assessment for paying off the County debt, and for finishing and compleating the County Gaol and Court House, lately erected in said County. Passed the 7th of March, 1812. | 52 George III Chapter 10 | 1812 | This act gives the local authorities in Charlotte County the power to raise revenues to both pay down the county debt and to complete and maintain its county jail and court house. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1812. Saint John: Jacob S. Mott, 1812. |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifty-first year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province.” (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 9 (S1) | 1812 | An act to amend a former act from 1811 to provide temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières until permanent facilities can be established. The original act set a budget for each district's temporary gaol and replaced the sentences of "punishment by transportation," "burns in the hand," or "death without the benefit of Clergy," with sentences in the House of Correction at the discretion of the Judges or Justices. This act provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described in the 1811 act. This act is to expire in 1814. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting a Court House and Gaol in the County of Northumberland. Passed the 7th of March, 1812. | 52 George III Chapter 9 | 1812 | This act allows for the raising of funds to build and maintain a new public jail in Northumberland County | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1812. Saint John: Jacob S. Mott, 1812. |
| An Act to secure the liberty of the Subject, by extending the Powers of His Majesty’s Courts of Law, in this Province, as to writs of Habeas Corpus ad Subjiciendum, and as to the means of enforcing obedience to such writs. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 8 (S1) | 1812 | An act to give Justices and Judges the power to give a Writ of Habeas Corpus ad subjiciendum to any person found to confine or restrain anyone for any reason other than a criminal or supposed criminal matter. These Judges and Justices include: the Chief Justices of the Province and Court of King's Bench in Montreal, any of the Justices of the courts of the Districts of Montreal, Quebec, and Trois-Rivières, and the Judge of the Provincial Court of Gaspé. The act outlines the penalties to be laid on anyone who refuses to appear before the courts once given the said Writ of Habeas Corpus, allowances for travel to the courts, and processes regarding the treatment of the confined party. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for limiting the time during which penal actions may be brought in the Courts of this Province. (19th May, 1812.) | 52 George III Chapter 7 (S1) | 1812 | An act to place time restraints on certain actions, suits, or informations wherein the forfeiture or benefits will be limited to the King, His Heirs or Successors only. The period allowed for cases to be brought to court is limited to two years in cases of forfeiture and one year for cases of benefit. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue an Act, passed in the thirty-second year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to regulate the Summary Trials of Actions, before His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax,” and to revive and continue the several Acts in amendment to the said Act. | 52 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1812 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1792 and which was initially intended to last for one year, which outlines the processes by which civil actions or suits should be tried in the county of Halifax and the rotation of justices to serve. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, made and passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.” | 51 George III – Chapter 26 | 1811 | A amendment of an act first passed in 1763, which outlines how creditors can collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting a Common Gaol with its dependencies in the District of Three-Rivers, and to provide the means for defraying the expences thereof. | 51 George III Chapter 17 | 1811 | An Act for the construction of a new common jail in the District of Trois-Rivières occasioned by the insufficient space in existing jails. The Act establishes the processes by which Commissioners, the Treasurer, and Clerk will be appointed and sets a budget for construction costs. Instructions for how the construction will be approached are outlined, including how workers will be contracted. The funds, not exceeding ten thousand pounds, are to be taken out of unappropriated funds collected under the 1805 Act "“An Act for erecting of a Common Gaol in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal respectively and the means for defraying the expences thereof." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting another sum of money to finish the building of the Common Gaol for the District of Montreal. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 16 | 1811 | An Act to provide an additional sum not exceeding six thousand six hundred pounds to finish building a common gaol in the District of Montreal, as the former Act passed in 1805 "An Act to provide for the erecting of a common Goal in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal respectively, and the means of defraying the expences thereof," was insufficient to cover the expenses. The Commissioners for the District of Montreal are required to report on the expenditure of these funds. The former 1805 Act is continued except as altered by this Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue in force the several laws empowering the Justices of the Peace to make Rules and Regulations of Police within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and Town of Three Rivers, and also Rules and Regulations for the Government of Apprentices and others; and for extending Regulations of Police to other Towns and Villages in certain cases, and which amends one of the said Acts. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 13 | 1811 | An Act to extend "An Act to provide for the more effectual regulation of the Police within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and Town of Three Rivers; also for extending Regulations of Police to other Towns and villages in certain cases; and for repealing the Acts or Ordinances therein mentioned,” passed in 1802 and continued in 1807. The former Act outlined the rules police in localities throughout the province must abide by, including that laws must be announced before they are enforced and that financial penalties cannot exceed five pounds, except in the circumstances described. The Act is to expire in May 1813. The Act repeals certain measures of the original Act. The Act also extends "“An Act to empower the Justices of the peace to make for a limited time Rules and Regulations for the Government of Apprentices and others,” originally passed in 1802. The original Act granted Justices of the Peace the authority to regulate apprentices, domestics, hired servants, journeymen, and their masters and mistresses. It outlined the permissible punishments for apprentices, domestics, hired servants, or journeymen who break the rules and regulations. This Act is continued until 1815. |
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| An Act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province. (21st. March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 11 | 1811 | An Act to provide temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières until permanent facilities can be established. A budget for each district's temporary gaol is set. The Act also replaces the sentences of "punishment by transportation," "burns in the hand," or "death without the benefit of Clergy," with sentences in the House of Correction at the discretion of the Judges or Justices. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Process of the District Courts, and also further to regulate the Proceedings of Sheriffs in the Sale of Goods and Chattels taken by them in Execution. (Passed 13th March, 1811.) | 51 George III – Chapter 6 | 1811 | This act amends the procedures by which district sheriffs and officials seize and sell the goods and chattels of individuals who owe money for fines or fees to the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the proceedings of the Court of Escheats. | 51 George III – Chapter 6 | 1811 | This act regulates how public notices concerning court of escheats proceedings are to be published, and how inquiries are to proceed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for declaring Judges to be disabled and disqualifying them, from being elected, or from Sitting and Voting in the House of Assembly. (21st March, 1811.) | 51 George III Chapter 4 | 1811 | An Act to exclude judges from either His Majesty's Courts of King's Bench from being elected to, sitting in, or voting as a member of the House of Assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend Personal Arrest to the sum of Forty Shillings, and otherwise to regulate the Practice in cases of Personal Arrest. (Passed 15th March, 1811.) | 51 George III – Chapter 3 | 1811 | This act raises the amount for which debtors can be arrested from ten pounds sterling to forty pounds sterling. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulation of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, practising in the Courts of Law and Equity in this Province. | 51 George III – Chapter 3 | 1811 | This act defines the functions which can and cannot be undertaken by attorneys and solicitors within the province of Nova Scotia, specifying rules and regulations which must be followed in order to practice as attorneys or clerks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and make perpetual an Act, intituled “An Act for the support and relief of confined debtors,” and further to extend the provisions of the same. Passed the 14th of March, 1810. | 50 George III Chapter 30 | 1810 | This act makes an 1801 act permanent and makes new provisions to it concerning debtor imprisonment and perjury. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1810. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1810 |
| An Act in addition to an Act, intituled “An Act for the more effectual prevention of desertion from His Majesty’s Forces.” Passed the 14th of March, 1810. | 50 George III Chapter 26 | 1810 | This act amends an 1805 act by increasing the reward for apprehending deserters. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1810. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1810 |
| An Act to repeal an Act, intituled “An Act to render justices of the Peace more safe in the execution of their duty.” Passed the 14th of March, 1810. | 50 George III Chapter 25 | 1810 | This act repeals an 1807 act as its provisions were found to be already covered by an 1801 act. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1810. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1810 |
| An Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts. Passed the 14th of March, 1810. | 50 George III Chapter 17 | 1810 | This act creates a new system of rules governing how someone may legally go about recovering small debts in courts of law. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1810. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1810 |