Legislation by Concept: Labour Regulation
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to continue an Act, in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Second, entitled, “An Act for regulating the Rates and Prices of Carriages.” | 3 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1822 | A continuation of an act passed in 1809, which was itself an amendment to an act first passed in 1759, restricting the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up. | LLMC Digital Law Library |
| An Act to provide for the better inspection of Flour. (18th February, 1822.) | 2 George IV Chapter 2 | 1822 | Under this Act, when flour is inspected, the barrel shall be branded with the word Sour. The Act also dictates that no Inspector of Flour is to receive more than two pence per barrel. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time a certain Act of the Parliament of this Province passed in the fifty-ninth year of His late Majesty’s Reign: entitled “An Act to alter the Laws now in force for granting Licences to Inn-keepers and to give to the Justices of the Peace in General Quarter Sessions assembled for their respective Districts, authority to regulate the Duties hereafter to be paid on such Licences. Passed 14th April, 1821. | 2 George IV – Chapter 18 | 1821 | This Act extends the Act mentioned in this Act's title, by two years plus the time to the conclusion of the following sitting of the Legislature. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make more effectual regulations relating to Pilots within this Province. Passed the 20th of March 1821. | 2 George IV Chapter 6 | 1821 | This act repeals all exisiting legislation governing ship pilots and creates a new system of rules directing their appointment and behaviour, and penalties for violations. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1821. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1821. |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating the rates and prices of Carriages.’” | 1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 20 | 1821 | This act was not published. | LLMC Digital Law Library |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating the rates and prices of Carriages.’” | 60 George III – Chapter 24 | 1820 | A continuation of an amended 1759 act passed in 1809, which restricts the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to preserve and regulate the Navigation of the Harbour of Pictou. | 59 George III – Chapter 14 | 1819 | This act regulates the rates charged by pilots in Pictou Harbour, as well as the discharge of ballast, the building of wharves, and an appeals process by which those who disagree with decisions made by the Harbour Master can avail themselves. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time two several Acts therein-mentioned to regulate persons engaged in the trade of baking and selling Bread in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and in the Town of Three Rivers. (24th April, 1819.) | 59 George III Chapter 11 | 1819 | An Act to continue an Act passed in 1815 that was amended, altered, and continued in 1817 is continued until 1821. Under the original Act, any person found baking and selling bread without a license is subject to certain penalties. Directions for the distribution of licenses were outlined in the former Acts, as well as stipulations relating to the production and sale of bread. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue an Act, passed in the fifty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, An Act for the better regulation of Solicitors and Proctors, practising in the Courts of Law and Equity in this Province. | 58 George III – Chapter 19 | 1818 | This Act continues an act intended to regulate certain officials working in the courts for an additional seven years and amends the number of years those with a bachelors degree much work as clerks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to repeal an ordinance of the province of Quebec, passed in the twenty-fifth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An ordinance concerning land surveyors, and the admeasurement of lands,” and also to extend the provisions of an act passed in the thirty-eighth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An act to ascertain and establish on a permanent footing the boundary lines of the different townships in this province,” and further to regulate the manner in which lands are hereafter to be surveyed. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 14 (Session 3) | 1818 | This act clarifies the procedures to be used by land surveyors, as well as licensing procedures to be followed in order to govern professional surveyors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to repeal an act passed in the fifty-fifth year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An act to license practitioners in physic and surgery throughout this province,” and to make further provision for licensing such practitioners. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) | 58 George III – Chapter 13 (Session 3) | 1818 | This act repeals and amends a past act regarding how doctors and midwives are licensed in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act therein mentioned, passed in the thirty-ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, in-as-much as relates to the Salaries of the Surveyors of Highways, Streets, Lanes and Bridges in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, respectively. (22 March, 1817.) | 57 George III Chapter 29 | 1817 | An Act to amend a former act from 1799 “An Act to amend an Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled ‘An Act for making, repairing, and altering the Highways and Bridges within this Province and for other purposes.’” Under this Act, Surveyors of highways, street, lanes end bridges in each of the cities and parishes of Quebec and Montreal is vested in the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of the province. The surveyor's salaries are augmented by this Act by an additional sum not exceeding two hundred pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the manner of taking the Bonds of Sheriffs, Collectors of Impost and Excise, and of the Treasurer of the Province. | 57 George III – Chapter 20 | 1817 | This act clarifies the processes by which certain officials, including sheriffs and collectors, are to give bonds and the sums necessary to be paid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, “An Act to regulate persons engaged in the business or trade of baking and selling Bread within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and in the Town of Three-Rivers, and to repeal an Ordinance therein mentioned.” (8th March, 1817.) | 57 George III Chapter 9 | 1817 | An Act to continue an Act passed in 1815. Under the original Act, any person found baking and selling bread without a license is subject to certain penalties. Directions for the distribution of licenses were also outlined in the 1815 Act, as well as stipulations relating to the production and sale of bread. Under this Act, the licenses are to be distributed by Justices of the Peace, where the former Act vested this authority in the Courts of Quarter Sessions of the Peace. This Act is to continue in force until 1819. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to and amendment of an Act, intituled “An Act for regulating Pilots.” Passed the 22nd of March, 1817. | 57 George III Chapter 4 | 1817 | This act gives justices of the peace the authority to remove ship pilots from their office if they have behaved improperly. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1817. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1817. |
| An Act to prevent unlawful Combinations of Master Tradesmen, and also of their Workmen and Journeymen. | 56 George III – Chapter 27 | 1816 | This Act provides prevents employers from making unlawful demands of contracted labourers, such as requiring more labour or reducing their hours, or from cutting their pay. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the Act for punishing Criminal Offenders. | 56 George III – Chapter 6 | 1816 | This act makes it lawful for criminal offenders to be sentenced to hard labour and outlines certain restrictions on the types and duration of labour assigned. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate Persons engaged in the Business or Trade of baking and selling Bread within the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and in the Town of Three Rivers, and to repeal an Ordinance therein mentioned. (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 5 | 1815 | Under this Act, any person found baking and selling bread without a license is subject to certain penalties. Directions for the distribution of licenses are outlined, as well as stipulations relating to the production and sale of bread. This Act is to expire in 1817. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the first clause of an Act, made in the twenty-eighth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act in amendment of an Act, made in the twenty-first year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act in addition to an Act, made in the tenth year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled, an Act for establishing the Toll to be taken at the several Grist Mills in this Province.’” | 55 George III – Chapter 4 | 1815 | This Act repeals the first clause of an act passed in 1787, which was an amendment to an act first passed in 1770. The original act dealt with the toll rates for bolting in order to cover the costs of erecting and repairing bolting machines. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in Forty-second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “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.” (25th March, 1815.) | 55 George III Chapter 4 | 1815 | An act to extend “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 and extended in 1811. 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 1817. | Early Canadiana Online |