An Act to repeal and replace an Act from 1785 “An Ordinance concerning Land Surveyors and the admeasurement of Lands.” Under this Act, further regulations for Land Surveyors are put in place, including their level of education and minimum age requirements. The revised duties, restrictions, and rights of Land Surveyors are outlined. This Act is to expire in 1828.
The continuation of an act first passed in 1818 pertaining the acquiring of licenses by shop keepers and the duties imposed on these shop licenses, with amendments and additions of clauses pertaining to the selling of liquor.
This act continues certain clauses and repeals other clauses of an act first passed in 1822 which imposes a duty on the licenses required for Innkeepers to operate within the province.
A continuation of an act passed in 1822, which imposes harsher penalties for merchants who try to sell imported goods which are subject to import tax without having paid the applicable duties in order to impede the smuggling occurring in the province.
A continuation of an amended 1759 act passed in 1809, which restricts the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up.
Under this Act, all Licences or Commissions heretofore issued to any Inspector or Inspectors of Pot and Pearl Ashes in this Province are nullified. The processes by which the Board of Examiners from the City of Montreal is to be appointed are outlined, including their oaths. This Act is to expire in 1828.
The continuation of an act first passed in 1778 and amended in 1798, which prevented the sale of cord wood for any price over fifteen shillings per cord. The amendment loosens the restrictions around the sale of cordwood in the town of Halifax.
An to further continue and amend an Act passed in 1819, “An Act to impose certain duties on divers articles therein-mentioned, and to regulate, for a limited time, the trade with the United-States of America, by land or by inland navigation, and to suspend certain Acts or Ordinances therein-mentioned,” that was amended and continued in 1822. This Act is to expire in 1826. Certain penalties for those who attempt to defraud the government by evading customs fees are described.
This act reduces the duties on brandy imported from foreign ports that engage in a mutual trade with Nova Scotia, notably by purchasing fish from Nova Scotia merchants, in an attempt to encourage greater trade between the province and the said ports.
This act bars certain goods being imported from the United States, and allows for more wool to be imported from Great Britain. This act was appended to the legislative acts of the assembly of Upper Canada of 1823.
A continuation of an amended 1759 act passed in 1809, which restricts the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up.
A continuation of an act passed in 1822, which imposes harsher penalties for merchants who try to sell imported goods which are subject to import tax without having paid the applicable duties in order to impede the smuggling occurring in the province.