| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the last Session of the General Assembly, entitled, “An Act to enable the Proprietors to repair the Meeting-House at Truro; to enclose the Burying Place belonging to the same;” and also to assess Monies for defraying the expences thereof. |
55 George III – Chapter 5 |
1815 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1814, which allowed the proprietors of the Truro meeting-house to raise funds to conduct repairs to their building. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Proprietors to repair the Meeting-House at Truro, and to inclose the Burying Place belonging to the same, and also to assess Monies for defraying the expences thereof. |
54 George III – Chapter 18 |
1814 |
This act makes it possible for the proprietors of the meeting-house in Truro to find money necessary to fund repairs to the building and the adjacent graveyard. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| 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 alter the Meetings of Parishioners for the choice of Vestry Men and Church Wardens, for the several Parishes in this Province. |
52 George III – Chapter 15 (Session 1) |
1812 |
This act alters the time for meetings held to choose vestry men and church wardens, to once annually, on the Monday following Easter. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time An Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty’s reign, intituled, “An Act to provide for the maintenance of good order on Sundays and Holydays in the Country Parishes of this Province.” (19th May, 1812.) |
52 George III Chapter 6 (S1) |
1812 |
An act to continue an act passed in 1808 that made the Office of Church Warden responsible for maintaining good order in Churches and Chapels in Lower Canada. The original act stipulates the duties of "ancient" Church Wardens and Overseers and how they are to be replaced. Penalties for causing disturbances on Sundays and holidays are also outlined in the 1808 act. The act is set to expire in 1816. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to explain, amend, and reduce to one Act of Parliament, the several Laws now in being, for the raising and training the Militia of this Province.” (Passed 13th March, 1811.) |
51 George III – Chapter 7 |
1811 |
A consolidation of several past acts regarding religious exemptions to militia service. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to an Act, intituled “An Act for regulating Elections of Representatives in General Assembly, and for limiting the duration of Assemblies in this Province.” Passed the 14th March, 1810. |
52 George III Chapter 36 (1810) |
1810 |
This act extends voting rights to Roman Catholics, provided they swear an oath of allegiance to the King. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1812. Saint John: Jacob S. Mott, 1812. |
| An Act to declare the qualifications of Church Wardens, and Vestrymen, in the several Parishes in this Province, and of the Persons having voices in their election. Passed the 14th of March, 1810. |
50 George III Chapter 27 |
1810 |
This act stipulates who may take part in elections for church positions within their local parishes. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1810. Saint John: Jacob Mott, 1810 |
| An Act for the Relief of Minors of the Societies of Menonists and Tunkers. (Passed March 12th, 1810.) |
50 George III – Chapter 11 |
1810 |
This act makes it possible for the youth of the Menonite and Anabaptist faith communities to avail themselves of a clause in a past militia act which would exempt them from militia service. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the relief of Menonists and Tunkers in certain Cases. (Passed 9th March, 1809.) |
49 George III – Chapter 6 |
1809 |
This act allows for a separate oath for Menonites and anabaptists when the occasion requires such an oath, while still barring them from public office. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the maintenance of good order on Sundays and Holidays in the Country Parishes of this Province. (14th April, 1808.) |
48 George III Chapter 26 |
1808 |
An Act to make the Office of Church Warden responsible for maintaining good order in Churches and Chapels in Lower Canada. The Act stipulates the duties of "ancient" Church Wardens and Overseers and how they are to be replaced. Penalties for causing disturbances on Sundays and holidays are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prohibit the sale of Goods, Wares and Merchandise, Wine, Spirits and other Strong Liquors, on Sundays. (25th March, 1805) |
45 George III Chapter 10 |
1805 |
This Act makes it illegal to sell goods, wares, merchandise, wine, spirits or liquor on the Lord's day (Sunday), on the basis that this constitutes immoral and irreligious practice. The Act sets the fine for defiance of this Act, and sets exceptions to it. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm certain Marriages therein mentioned. (2d. May, 1804.) |
44 George III Chapter 11 |
1804 |
An Act to declare marriages performed by Ministers of the Church of Scotland, Protestant Dissenting Ministers, or Justices of the Peace legitimate under law. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more ample publication of certain Acts of the Provincial Parliament. (11th August, 1803.) |
43 George III Chapter 3 Session 2 |
1803 |
An Act to provide copies of new laws to the rector, curate, priest, or minister of each parish within the province, also stating that they will read acts or proclamations after services when required. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act made and passed in the thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the sale of the Glebe Land in the Township of Granville, and for purchasing another Estate, as a perpetual Glebe for the resident Minister of the Established Church in said Township.” |
40 George III – Chapter 6 |
1800 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, this act executes the sale of glebe land in Granville by reverend Archibald Paine Inglis, and approves the appointment of church wardens elected by the congregation to manage further church affairs. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the sale of Glebe I and in the Township of Granville, and for purchasing another Estate, as a perpetual Glebe, for the resident Minister of the established Church, in said Township. |
39 George III – Chapter 2 |
1799 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to obviate the Objections that might arise from a clerical Error in some of his Majesty’s Letters Patent of Grant lately issued. |
37 George III Chapter 14 |
1797 |
This act corrects a clerical error in recent letters patent, allowing the erroneous "clergymen" to have the same force and effect as the intended "clergy." |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to establish the form of Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, to confirm and make valid in law the register of the protestant congregation of Christ-Church, Montreal and others, which may have been informally kept, and to afford the means of remedying omissions in former Register. |
35 George III – Chapter 4 |
1795 |
This act makes it law for both Catholic and Protestant churches throughout the province to officially register all baptisms, marriages, and burials in their parish or congregation. |
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. |
| Acte qui établit la forme des Régistres de Baptêmes, Marriages et Sépultures, qui confirme et rend valable en loi le Régistre de la Congrégation Protestante de Christ-Church à Montréal, et autres qui ont été tenus d’une maniére informe, et qui fournit les moïens de remédier aux omissions faites dans les anciens Régistres. |
35 George III – Chapitre 4 |
1795 |
Cet acte exige que toutes les églises dans la province du Bas-Canada, soit protestant ou Catholique, enrégistrera tous baptêmes, mariages et sépultures qui auront lieu dans leur paroisse aussi tôt qu'ils on lieu. |
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 for granting Indulgencies to the People called Quakers. |
33 George III – Chapter 4 |
1792 |
This act allows indulgences for Quakers in Lower Canada and exempts them from military service. |
The Provincial Statutes of Lower Canada passed in the year 1792. Quebec: William Vondenvelden, 1792. (Session 1) |