| An act for vesting in commissioners the estates of certain traitors, and also the estates of persons declared aliens, by an act passed in the fifty-fourth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An act to declare certain persons therein described aliens, and to vest their estates in his Majesty, and for applying the proceeds thereof towards compensating the losses which his Majesty’s subjects have sustained in consequence of the late war, and for ascertaining and satisfying the lawful debts and claims thereupon.” (Passed November 27, 1818.) |
58 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 3) |
1818 |
This act invests property seized by those who have been deemed traitors to the crown due to their actions in the war of 1812 into the care of commissioners, and clarifies how these various properties are to be managed. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Registering of Deeds, Conveyances, Wills and other Incumbrances, which may affect any Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, the same being Executed in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any of His Majesty's Colonies, and to amend an Act passed in the Thirty-fifth Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act for the Public Registering of Deeds, Conveyances, Wills, and other Incumbrances, which shall be made, or may affect any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments within this Province." Passed 1st April, 1818. |
58 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 2) |
1818 |
This act facilitates the probate of wills and deeds between Upper Canada and other countries in the Empire, particularly Great Britain and Ireland. It is also an amendment of an act first passed in 1793. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render more certain the Lines and Boundaries of Lands and for the establishing and erecting of Meridian Stones in different parts of this Province. (22 March 1817.) |
57 George III Chapter 26 |
1817 |
An Act to lay down meridian stones to establish clearer lines and boundaries. Within three years of the passing of this Act, these stones will be erected based on astronomical observations. These are to be laid at several seigniories, parishes, townships, and towns within the province which are named. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the closing and sale of a part of Capital Street in the City of Montreal; and for the disposal of the monies arising from the sale of the same. (22 March, 1817.) |
57 George III Chapter 22 |
1817 |
An Act to close and sell the portion of Capital Street between St. Joseph street and lane commonly called St. Dizier’s Lane in Montreal. The monies resulting from this sale are to be put towards opening and improving other streets and public places in the city. |
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| An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for better regulating the Common belonging to the Town of Three-Rivers.” (8th March, 1817.) |
57 George III Chapter 8 |
1817 |
An act to allow the Chairman and Trustees appointed to manage and direct business relating to the Common in Trois-Rivières to have the land measured and surveyed, and to establish metes and bounds of the said Common. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a Sum of Money to defray the expences of any Commission for ascertaining Titles to Lands in the Niagara District, which shall or may be authorized by any Act of the Parliament of this Province. Passed 1st April, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 40 |
1816 |
This act provides a sum of money to pay for an act passed earlier in this same legislative year, which allows for the re-filing of property deeds in the region of Niagara which have been lost or destroyed by the recent war with the United States. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue an Act, passed in the fifty second Year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to continue and amend an act, passed in the forty-eight year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, an Act to continue and amend an act passed in the forty-fifth year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, an Act to afford relief to the Persons who may be entitled to Claim Lands in this Province, as Heirs or Devizees of the Nominees of the Crown, in cases where no Patent hath issued for such Lands, and further to extend the benefit of the said Act, and to continue part of the same." Passed 1st April, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 22 |
1816 |
This act continues an act first passed in 1805 which allows the chief administrator of the province to appoint commissioners to determine the rightful heirs to devisees of nominations to Crown lands. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue certain Acts of the General Assembly which are near expiring. Passed the 11th of March, 1816. |
56 George III Chapter 19 |
1816 |
This act continues two acts near expiration for an additional four years. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1816. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1816. |
| An Act to afford Relief to Persons holding or possessing Lands, Tenements of Hereditaments in the District of Niagara. Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 16 |
1816 |
In order to rectify the potential problems set into motion when town records recording land deeds and ownership were burnt during the War of 1812, this act allows for the appointment of five commissioners who will be in charge of re-defining deeds, wills, mortgages, leases, and all other legal documents lost or destroyed during the war. The act specifies the authority of these commissioners, how the replacement legal documents will be recorded, and how current land owners can register their properties. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act, entitled “An Act for erecting a Parish in the City of St. John, and incorporating the Rectors, Church-Wardens and Vestries of the Church of England, in the several Parishes in this Province.” Passed the 7th of March, 1816. |
56 George III Chapter 11 |
1816 |
This act clarifies the scope of the authority of a 1789 act concerning erecting churches in Saint John County and the powers of church officials to hold and sell church lands. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1816. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1816. |
| An Act to provide an Easier Method than is now used for Barring Estates Tail in Lands. |
55 George III – Chapter 14 |
1815 |
This act defines how the inherited rights of tenants are to be protected and processed in courts when lands are transferred between owners. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the fifty-second year of His present Majesty’s reign, 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.” |
55 George III – Chapter 6 |
1815 |
A 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 continue and amend an Act passed in the Fifty-First year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty seventh year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, An Act to repeal the several acts now in force in this Province relative to Rates and Assessments, and also to particularize the Property Real and Personal, which during the continuance thereof, shall he subject to rates and assessments, and fixing the several valuations at which each and every particular of such property shall be rated and assessed, and to make further provision for the same.” Passed the 14th March, 1815. |
55 George III – Chapter 5 |
1815 |
This Act extends the deadline imposed by a previous act concerning the management of property. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1815. Kingston: Stephen Miles, 1815. |
| An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the seventh year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and also, so much of an Act passed in the seventeenth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, as puts an end to the Forfeiture of Inheritance upon attainder of Treason, after the death of the Pretender and his Sons. (Passed 14th March, 1814.) |
54 George III – Chapter 14 |
1814 |
This act repeals previous laws enacted under the reign of Queen Anne, related to the inheritance of property title within the families of individuals who have committed the crime of treason. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to empower and authorise the Justices of the County of Westmorland, at their General Sessions of the Peace to regulate the grazing and depasturing of the several Marshes, low Land or Meadows within the said County. Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 13 |
1814 |
This act creates penalties for violations of the rules for grazing livestock in the marshes of Westmorland County. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1814. Saint John: George K. Lugrin, 1814. |
| An Act to authorise the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of Saint Andrews’ Church, in the Parish of Saint Andrews, to convey to the King’s Majesty, a certain piece of Glebe Land of the Parish, for the purpose of erecting military fortifications thereon. Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 11 |
1814 |
This act allows for the rector of an Anglican church in Saint Andrews' to sell glebe land to the government to construct a fortification for provincial security, and awards the church a new plot of land for a glebe. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1814. Saint John: George K. Lugrin, 1814. |
| An Act to declare certain persona therein described Aliens, and to vest their Estates in His Majesty. (Passed March 14th, 1814.) |
54 George III – Chapter 9 |
1814 |
This act removes land title from individuals who hold American citizenship, and have returned to the United States since the declaration of war between the United States and Great Britain in 1812. The properties which were once owned by the said Americans are turned over to the crown. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, intituled “An Act to repeal all the Acts now in force relating to Trespasses and for making new regulations to prevent the same.” Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 8 |
1814 |
This act creates new penalties to prevent trespass by horses or swine on property not belonging to their owners in the towns of Fredericton and Saint Andrews. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1814. Saint John: George K. Lugrin, 1814. |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act for preventing Trespasses. |
53 George III – Chapter 13 |
1813 |
An addition to a 1759 law, expanding it beyond Halifax and making it applicable to the rest of the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of an Act, passed in the thirty-fourth year of his late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers.” |
53 George III – Chapter 3 |
1813 |
This Act amends the 1769 Act, "An Act in further Addition to and Amendment of an Act, made in the Thirty Fourth Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled 'An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers,'" making the decisions of the commissioners of sewers eligible for review by the supreme court of the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |