| An Act for the Relief of John Matthews. Passed 25th March, 1828. |
9 George IV – Chapter 17 |
1828 |
This Act refunds 25 pounds to John Matthews, Esquire, for a deed he purchased that ended up being unclear. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Amend the Assessment Laws of this Province. Passed 25th March, 1828. |
9 George IV – Chapter 3 |
1828 |
This Act specifies that payment of property tax should be made to the District treasurer, and stipulates that if not made to the property owner's own District treasurer but to that of another District, an additional charge will apply. The Act also specifies further details regarding the payment of property tax. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of the Religious Societies therein mentioned. Passed 25th March, 1828. |
9 George IV – Chapter 2 |
1828 |
This Act provides for the appointment of trustees to manage land for religious congregations within the province. The land held per congregation may not exceed five acres, and is to be used for churches, "meeting-house[s] or chapel[s]," and / or cemeteries. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to limit to a certain period in the proceedings under an Act of the Parliament of this Province passed in the Fifty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to declare certain persons therein described Aliens, and to vest their Estates in His Majesty, and to afford further facilities to Claimants of Estates forfeited under the said Act in certain cases.” Passed 25th March, 1828. |
9 George IV – Chapter 1 |
1828 |
This Act decrees that Commissions resulting from the previous Act cited in the title shall not be permitted after July 1, 1828, except in the case of fixing errors concerning forfeited estates. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authroise the Sale of a part of the Clergy Reserves in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. 2d July, 1827. |
7 & 8 George IV – Chapter 62 |
1828 |
This Act allows the governments of Upper and Lower Canada to sell up to twenty-five per cent of each province's Clergy Reserves. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Common Fields. |
8 George IV – Chapter 26 |
1827 |
This act regulates the branding of cattle in order to avoid disputes between the proprietors of cattle using a common field. Brands must be registered with the town clerk, and penalties are imposed on anyone who is found using someone else's registered brand. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Acts now in force relating to Trespasses. |
8 George IV – Chapter 21 |
1827 |
A continuation of an act passed in 1822, which consolidated various past acts and amendments dealing with the maintenance of fences and hedges to prevent the trespass of livestock on neighbours' pasture and fields, and the penalties for not so doing. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in further addition to the Act relating to Wills, Legacies, and Executors, and for the Settlement and distribution of the Estates of Intestates.” |
8 George IV – Chapter 11 |
1827 |
The continuation of an act passed in 1812, which allows for the estates of debtors to be distributed to creditors against the estate. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Registering of Judgments and Recognizances which are intended to bind or affect Real Estates. Passed the 19th March, 1827. |
8 George IV Chapter 8 |
1827 |
This act makes it manditory for any and all property related debts to be duly recoreded by county clerks, and what fees are due for their services. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act in further amendment of an Act, intituled “An Act subjecting Real Estates in the Province of New-Brunswick to the payment of Debts, and directing the Sheriff in his proceedings thereon.” Passed the 19th March, 1827. |
8 George IV Chapter 7 |
1827 |
This act repeals certain sections of a 1786 act concerning real estate and debt payment, allowing for a new system of record keeping of debts and judgements on it, and how fees shall be paid. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act to continue as Act intitaled “An Act to authorize the Justices of the County of Northumberland to regulate the “grazing and depasturing of certain Tracts of land within that County.” Passed the 19th March, 1827. |
8 George IV Chapter 1 |
1827 |
This act continues an 1826 act on grazing regulation in Northumberland County until 1828. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1827. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1827. |
| An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money therein-mentioned, in payment of a claim, by Sarah Sills, as Sole Representative of the late John Sills, for certain Public Services. (7th March, 1827.) |
7 George IV Chapter 17 |
1827 |
An Act to discharge a debt of two hundred and sixty seven pounds eight shillings owed to John Sills at the time of his death and a sum of fourteen pounds, six shillings to Sarah Sills, the sister and sole representative of the late John Sills, for the cost she incurred and expended during the prosecution of a suit to claim the said amount owed to her brother. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, certain provisions of an Act therein mentioned, passed in the fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to render valid certain Acts, Agreements in writing and Contracts of Marriage, (Contrats de Manage sous Seing prive,) heretofore executed in the Inferior District of Gaspe, and to provide for the want of Notaries in the said Inferior District.” (7th March, 1827.) |
7 George IV Chapter 1 |
1827 |
Under this Act, the provisions made under the tenth article of an Act passed in 1824 are to remain in force until 1827. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Trustees of the Common of Lunenburg to lease the same for the improvement thereof. |
7 George IV – Chapter 29 |
1826 |
This act allows for trustees in the town of Lunenburg to issue leases for parts of the common of Lunenburg. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of Leonard Soper. (Passed 30th January, 1826.) |
7 George IV Chapter 23 |
1826 |
This act allows Leonard Soper to contest the forfeiture of his land within six months of the passing of this act. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of James Edwards. (Passed 30th January, 1828.) |
7 George IV Chapter 22 |
1826 |
This act allows James Edwards to contest his dispossession of land by the province within six months of the passing of the act. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Rector, Church Warden and Vestry of Christ Church in the Parish of Saint Stephens, to dispose of a part of a Tract of Glebe land in that Parish, and to vest the proceeds in other Lands more productive to the Rector. Passed the 7th of March 1826. |
7 George IV Chapter 20 |
1826 |
This act allows for an Anglican church in Saint Stephens to sell a plot of glebe land. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1826. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1826. |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in further addition to the Act relating to Wills, Legacies and Executors, and for the Settlement and Distribution of the Estates of Intestates." |
7 George IV – Chapter 16 |
1826 |
The continuation of an act passed in 1812, which allows for the estates of debtors to be distributed to creditors against the estate. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the County of Northumberland, to regulate the Grazing and Depasturing of certain tracts of Land within that County. Passed the 7th of March, 1826. |
7 George IV Chapter 10 |
1826 |
As many fences and trees were destroyed by the Miramichi fire, this act allows for Northumberland County justices to create regulations for where and when livestock may graze so as to protect crops, and penalties for their violation. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1826. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1826. |
| An Act to continue; an Act intituled “An Act to empower and authorize the Justices of the County of Westmorland, at their General Sessions of the Peace, to regulate the grazing and depasturing the several Marshes Low Lands or Meadows, within the said County.” Passed the 7th of March 1826. |
7 George IV Chapter 3 |
1826 |
This act extends an 1814 act allowing for Westmorland County justices to regulate public grazing for an additional five years. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1826. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1826. |