This act makes provisions for the maintenance of common diked marshland outside of Annapolis. The act gives the responsibility and authority to supervisors to maintain the common marshland, and specifies the punishments for disobeying the instructions of the supervisors.
This act modifies the manner in which the oath to be taken by surveyors or "chain men" employed by surveyors so they do not have to travel such long distances to swear an oath before a justice of the peace.
This act amends a 1787 act so that any widow who accepts a deed worth over 200 pounds upon the death of her husband shall not be allowed to reclaim her dowery.
This act amends a 1787 act stipulates how a widow living out of province may more eaily claim a New Brunswick based dower following her husband's death.
This Act amends the 1758 Act, "An Act, for confirming Titles to Lands, and quieting Possessions," relating to the manner in which townships and large tracts of land are granted.
This Act requires inhabitants to cut down thistles on their lands and makes provision for the appointment of inspectors to to enforce the terms of this Act. Penalties for persons who offend against this Act's terms are outlined.
This Act amends the 1773 Act, "An Act for the rating and levying the Expences attending the executing Writs of Partition," relating to the sale of lands when the proprietor fails to pay their share of the expences outlined under the former Act.
This Act limits the period in which persons can make claims on the estate of the deceased for debts owing to two and a half years. The processes by which these claims are to be made and the executor's duties are outlined.
This Act makes provision for a former assembly house to be sold and the funds from the sale to be used to pay part of a debt owing to the public school at Halifax.
An amendment to an act first passed in 1758 which set standards for fences and sets procedures for how and in what cases damages done by horses or livestock should be compensated.
This act grants common use of a field adjacent to the town plot of Dartmouth. The act specifies how the common space can be used, and how it is to be administered.
This Act enacts that persons owning property between Sackville Bridge and Three Mile Plain on the Windsor road must pay a tax each year if they suffer the land to remain unsettled. The processes by which this tax is to be applied and collected are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1790.