Legislation by Concept: Trade Regulation, Natural Resources
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to regulate the Packing and Inspection of Pickled Fish, for Exportation from this Colony. (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 2 | 1841 | This act sets standards by which inspectors are to grade fish set to be exported out of the province. The act also sets strict standards by which inspectors are to brand the barrels in which this fish is to be transported, indicating what grade it is. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1841 | This act defines the duties and rates to be charged on goods being imported into the province of Newfoundland in order to generate a revenue. It also specifies who is responsible for collecting these duties, and how collection officers are to be renumerated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Quebec Board of Trade. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 92 | 1841 | This act incorporates the Quebec Board of Trade under the named individuals. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Incorporate the Montreal Board of Trade. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 90 | 1841 | This act incorporates the Montreal Board of Trade under the named individuals. The act specifies the procedures for the election of new council members, regular members, how meetings are to be called, and the memberships of the inspectors of various goods. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Inspection of Flour and Meal. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 89 | 1841 | This act repeals all previous trade laws of Lower Canada regarding the trade and packaging of flour and pearl ash, and creates a new one to be applied to the entire province of United Canada. The new provincial law establishes rules for trade boards in Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto, as well as measures for appointing members of these boards, as well as procedures for appointing inspectors of flour and meal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Inspection of Beef and Pork. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 88 | 1841 | An Act which consolidates the Act of former Upper and Lower Canada concerning the curing, packing, and inspection of beef and pork. This includes how the inspectors are appointed, the rules and regulations that they abide by, and how the beef and pork must be to pass inspection. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impose a duty upon Distilleries in that part of the Province heretofore called Lower Canada. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1841 | An Act which extends the duties charge to distilleries in former Upper Canada to Lower Canada. It requires those who have a still for producing spirits for sale to get a license from the Province and to pay a duty of no more than one shilling six pence per gallon that their still can contain. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the benefit of the Warehousing System established by a certain Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the Session held in the third and fourth years of His late Majesty’s Reign, to duties imposed by Provincial Acts. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 16 | 1841 | An act to extend the Act to regulate the trade of the British Possessions abroad to the United Canadas. This means that warehousing at any ports in the province requires payment of duties to the Crown. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to consolidate the Laws relating to the Provincial Duties to be levied on Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 14 | 1841 | An Act to repeal the Customs Laws of Lower Canada and put into place new Customs on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United Canadas. The importer is charged five pounds on items valued at 100 pounds and the act also details what items are exempted and how the money is paid. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt from duty all copies of the Holy Scriptures, imported into this Province by Sea. 17th August, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 6 | 1841 | An Act passing the petition of the Montreal Auxiliary Bible Society to exempt all Bibles and Testaments imported into former Lower Canada from duties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for a regular supply of Seamen for new Ships fitted out or loaded in this Province. Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 76 | 1840 | This act stipulates that ships coming into New Brunswick ports from the United Kingdom must have a specified number of crewmen, and establishes penalties for any violations. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act relating to Wrecked Property. Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 68 | 1840 | This act allows for the appointment of county officials to oversee the collection and distribution of goods salvaged from shipwrecks, spells out their duties and establishes penalties for violating their orders. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to incorporate the Chamcook Mill and Factory Company. Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 66 | 1840 | This act continues the terms of an 1836 act allowing for the incorporation of a lumber and manufacturing company in Charlotte County. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, intituled “An Act imposing Duties for raising a Revenue.’’ Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 57 | 1840 | This act establishes a duty on imported wheat that will be in force until 1841. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to prevent the destruction of Oysters in the Harbours of the Counties of Westmorland and Kent. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 53 | 1840 | This act prohibits the harvesting of oysters for export in Westmorland and Kent Counties. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to regulate the Assize of Bread in the Parish of Woodstock, in the County of Carleton. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 48 | 1840 | This act establishes an assize of bread for the Parish of Woodstock in Carleton County, and penalties for its violtion. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to repeal all the Acts regulating Tavern Keepers and Retailers, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 47 | 1840 | This act repeals existing legislation on liquor licences and creates a new system for their award, regulations for their maintenance and penalties for their violation. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to regulate the assize of Bread in the Towns of Saint Andrews and Saint Stephen, in the County of Charlotte, and to repeal the Acts now in force relating to the Town of Saint Andrews. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 28 | 1840 | This act repeals old laws governing the assize of bread in Saint Andrews and introduces new ones for that town and Saint Stephen's | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the forty-fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act to regulate the Packing, Curing, and Inspection of Beef and Pork.” Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 25 | 1840 | This this an amendment to an act first passed in 1805 which regulates the curing and packing of beef and pork. Amendments concern the defacement of brand marks, and classifications of quality of pork. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Inspection of Fish, and to prevent Non-residents in this Province from Fishing within the Waters of the same. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 24 | 1840 | This act calls for the inspection of fish, in order to ensure the regulation of packing and duties charged, and the prevention of non-residents of the province engaging in the trade. | Early Canadiana Online |