Legislation by Concept: Public Health, Public Order
Displaying 261 - 266 of 266 entries
| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to regulate the Practice of Physic and Surgery. | 35 George III Chapter 1 | 1795 | This act creates a board of surgeons to grant licenses to physicians, surgeons, and midwives, and prohibts anyone not licensed from practising medicine. | Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| Acte pour obliger les bâtimens et vaisseaux venant des plates infectées de la peste ou aucune fiévre ou maladie péstilentielle, de faire la Quarantaine, et pour empécher la communication d’icelles dans cette Province. | 35 George III – Chapitre 5 | 1795 | Cet acte exige que chaque navire arrivant au Bas-Canada d'un lieu qui souffre d'une éruption de maladie contagieuse soit mise en quarantaine pour une période de temps, déterminé par le chef administrateur de la province. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of Lower Canada passed in the year 1795. Quebec: William Vondenvelden, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, 1795. |
| An Act in addition of an Act intituled “An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers.” | 34 George III Chapter 8 | 1794 | This act amends a 1786 act to allows proprietors to have a greater say in whether dykes or dams can be placed on their property. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1794. Brookville, NB: Christopher Sower, 1794. |
| An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers. | 26 George III Chapter 45 | 1786 | This act, passed in the first year of the assembly, creates of system for appointing persons to build and maintain sewers (dykes), in New Brunswick. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick passed in the year 1786. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1786. |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, made in the First Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act to prevent the spreading of contagious Dispers. | 15 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1775 | This is an amendment to a 1761 act, which further permits authorities in Nova Scotia to quarantine individuals who have been proven to come into contact with contagious diseases, until such a time as they are no longer contagious. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the spreading of contagious Distempers. | 1 George III – Chapter 6 | 1761 | Under this Act, every vessel coming into the port of Halifax with any persons suffering of infectious diseases is required anchor at least two miles below the town and give notice within twenty-four hours of their arrival and from there follow direction both for performing quarantine and removing the sick from the vessel. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |