An amendment to an act first passed in 1800, which changed the time and place of the court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace for Annapolis county.
An Act to prevent treason within the Province of Lower Canada that allows individuals suspected of treason or treasonable activities to be detained without bail or a trial while this act is in effect. The Act outlines exceptions to this and sets a date upon which these terms will expire.
This Act grants the Justices of the Peace the authority to regulate apprentices, domestics, hired servants, journeymen, and their masters and mistresses. It outlines the permissible punishments for apprentices, domestics, hired servants, or journeymen who break the rules and regulations. The Act also states when it will expire.
An Act to continue, amend, and set a new expiry date for an Act originally passed in 1799. The Act establishes that Keepers of Houses of Correction should be "fit and proper persons" and given a reasonable salary. It also stipulates where the funding for Houses of Correction will come from.
This act allows district commissioners to direct land claims cases to courts of King's Bench in instances where letters patent have not yet been made out.
An Act to allow and admit the Decisory Oath in commercial matters and in civil matters in agreement with the laws and customs of Lower Canada's courts.
This act revives and amends an act first passed in 1792, 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. This Act is to remain in force for one year.