| An Act to authorise the Justices of the Sessions in the City and County of Saint John, to levy an assessment for the purpose of repairing and adding to the Gaol of the said City and County. Passed the 14th of March, 1810. |
50 George III Chapter 11 |
1810 |
This act allows for Saint John justices of the peace to raise additonal funds to repair the county jail. |
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 passed in the forty-fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign intituled, ‘An Act to Establish a Superior Court of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, and to Regulate the Court of Appeal, and to authorize His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench in this Province, to regulate certain Fees, Costs, and Charges therein mentioned.’” |
50 George III – Chapter 9 |
1810 |
Repealed; unpublished. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to declare the Common Gaols in the several Districts of this Province to be Houses of Correction for certain purposes. (Passed 12th March, 1810.) |
50 George III – Chapter 5 |
1810 |
This act reclassifies jails to "houses of correction," so that they can be used to imprison individuals classified as vagabonds, disorderly, and "incorrigible rogues," rather than just criminals. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the forty third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better preservation of His Majesty’s Government as by Law happily established in this Province.” (26th February, 1810.) |
50 George III Chapter 2 |
1810 |
An Act to continue the act passed in 1803 for a limited time. The Act allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this Act is in effect. This Act and the Act it extends may be altered, amended or repealed at any time during the present Session of the Provincial Parliament, and is set to expire in 1811. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Sheriff or other Executive Officer serving process at the Parish of Saint Martin’s, to convey any Prisoner there arrested to the Gaol in the City of Saint John by way of the public Road leading through a part of King’s County. Passed the 14th March, 1810. |
50 George III Chapter 1 |
1810 |
This act allows for prisoners to be transported on public road between St. Martin's and Saint John. |
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 alter and extend the times of holding the Supreme Court in several of the Counties and Districts in this Province; and for declaring the qualifications of persons hereafter to be appointed Justices of the said Court, their number, and salaries. |
50 George III – Chapter 15 (Session 2) |
1809 |
This act extends the court sessions held in Annapolis, King's, and Cumberland counties, and raises the salaries of the court officials of the same counties in order to compensate them for the extra time spent dealing with court business. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more effectual preventing of Frivolous and Vexatious suits, and to authorize the Levying of Poundage upon Executing in certain cases, and to regulate the Sales by Sheriffs and other Officers. (Passed 9th March, 1809.) |
49 George III – Chapter 4 |
1809 |
This act changes the rules around payment of suits and court procedures, to make it more costly to bring frivolous lawsuits before the court. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the forty third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better preservation of His Majesty’s Government as by Law happily established in this Province.” (15th May, 1809.) |
49 George III Chapter 1 |
1809 |
An Act to continue the Act passed in 1803, without amendments, for a limited time. The Act allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this Act is in effect. This Act is to expire in 1810. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for erecting Common Gaols with Court Halls, in the Inferior District of Gaspé. |
48 George III Chapter 35 |
1808 |
An Act to establish two new court houses and gaols at New Carlisle (Bay of Chaleur) and Percé (Bay of Gaspé). Instructions for the purchase of land, selection of commissioners, and construction are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Judges in Civil Causes, in this Province, to delegate the power of administering Oaths, in certain cases therein mentioned. (14th April, 1808.) |
48 George III Chapter 22 |
1808 |
An Act to allow judges in civil causes to authorise individuals including notaries and justices of the peace to administer to the oath to experts, guardians, tutors, sub-tutors, or curators in places more than five leagues away from the Court to avoid the delay and expense of bringing distant experts to Court. The oaths that may be taken by these individuals are attached. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying a further sum of money towards the building and compleating of a Common Gaol, for the District of Quebec. (14th April, 1808.) |
48 George III Chapter 20 |
1808 |
An Act to provide further funds towards demolishing an old gaol and for the completion of the common gaol in the District of Quebec. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for building a Court House and Gaol in the Township of Elizabethtown, in the District of Johnstown. Passed 16th March, 1808. |
48 George III – Chapter 15 |
1808 |
This act stipulates that a gaol and courthouse be built in Elizabethtown in the District of Johnstown. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1808. York: John Cameron, 1808. |
| An Act for the better regulation of Special Juries. Passed 16th March, 1808. |
48 George III – Chapter 13 |
1808 |
This act regulates special juries in Upper Canada. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1808. York: John Cameron, 1808. |
| An Act to provide a temporary Gaol for the District of Montreal. (14th April, 1808.) |
48 George III Chapter 9 |
1808 |
An Act to erect a temporary gaol in the District of Montreal until a permanent gaol is erected according to the terms presented in an 1805 act. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to permit the Provincial Court of Appeals to be holden and kept in such place as the Governor shall appoint. (14th April, 1808.) |
48 George III Chapter 7 |
1808 |
An Act to permit the Court of Appeals to be holden and kept in such place or places outside of Court Houses within the City of Quebec when necessary. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making Process in Courts of Equity effectual against Persons who reside out of this Province and cannot be served therewith. Passed the 30th July, 1808. |
48 George III Chapter 2 |
1808 |
This act stipulates that any persons required to appear in a New Brunswick court will have to do so, even if they have relocated out of the province. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1808. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1808. |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the forty third year of his Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act for the better preservation of his Majesty's Government, as by Law, happily established in this Province.” (14th April, 1808.) |
48 George III Chapter 2 |
1808 |
An Act to continue an Act passed in 1803, without amendments, for a limited time. The Act allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this act is in effect. This Act is to expire in 1809 or the at the close of the present war. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render perpetual an Act, in addition to an Act, for the raising Money, by presentment, on the several Counties and Districts in this Province, for the defraying certain County Charges therein mentioned. |
48 George III – Chapter 19 |
1807 |
This act makes perpetual an act passed in 1796, which was itself an amendment to an act first passed in 1765. The original act made it lawful for the grand juries in each county to make presentment upon all sums necessary for the construction or repairing of jails, courts, session houses, stocks, pillories, or pounds, and for providing bolts, shackles, and the conveying of persons to the county goal. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the time of holding the Supreme Court in the Districts of Pictou and Colchester. |
48 George III – Chapter 16 |
1807 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions. |
48 George III – Chapter 12 |
1807 |
This act details the procedures to be followed by court officials, including judges, in cases brought against debtors. |
Early Canadiana Online |