This Act continues several acts relating to the collection of duties to support the government. Several amendments are made regarding the tax rate per gallon for liquor imported to the province, and the employment of more people to help bring smuggling under control.
An amendment and continuation of an act passed in 1792 which imposes duties of two pounds ten shillings on every one hundred pounds worth of goods imported into the province.
This Act allows for the payment of 100 pounds each to the three Commissioners who negotiated with their counterparts from Lower Canada on certain questions of duties and trade.
An Act to clarify how coal should be weighed arising out of disagreements on interpretations of “An Act for the better regulating the Weights and Measures of this Province,” passed in 1799. This Act is to expire in 1824.
This Act extends the provisions allowed by an Act passed in 1795, "An Act for the appointment of Inspectors to ascertain the quality of Pot and Pearl Ashes for Exportation." This Act regulates the size of casks Pot and Pearl Ashes may be shipped in and introduces further regulations on Inspectors of Pot or Pearl Ashes.
An Act to further amend a former Act passed in 1805, "An Act for the better regulation of the Pilots and Shipping in the Port of Quebec, and in the Harbours of Quebec and Montreal, and for improving the Navigation of the River Saint Lawrence and for establishing a Fund for decayed Pilots, their Widows and Children" that was amended in 1807, 1811, and 1812. Under this Act, it is made lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of this Province to appoint additional Wardens at the ports of Montreal and Quebec. Several additional regulations for the Trinity House of Quebec and ports are outlined, concerning fees, duties, and rules.
Under this Act, when flour is inspected, the barrel shall be branded with the word Sour. The Act also dictates that no Inspector of Flour is to receive more than two pence per barrel.
An Act to continue and amend an Act from 1819 that was continued in 1821. The original Act imposed duties on articles including grains, ship timber, fruits, among others, outlined rates for these duties, and suspended several former ordinances. This Act amends the third section of the original Act, relating to duties imposed upon tobacco, and repeals the seventh section that provided for the weight of packages containing tobacco. The Act also provides that Collectors at any port other than the Port of Saint John may collect a portion of the duties collected in lieu of a salary and contingencies.
This Act permits the owners of Public Houses to sell certain alcoholic beverages for consumption outside of their retail establishments without requiring a separate license.
This Act, to be valid for two years, repeals an 1820 law regulating trade with the United States. It specifies the articles that may be imported from the United States, and the duties thereupon, as well as the duties to be levied on vessels arriving from the United States.
An act to further continue an act originally passed in 1815 and continued in 1817 and 1819. The original act imposed new duties on items including varies teas, wines, molasses, and syrups. The rates of these duties were also set. The act also specified the processes by which licenses for auctioning the goods subject to these duties are to be obtained, including the oath or affirmation auctioneers must swear to when rendering their accounts to the Receiver General. This act is to expire in 1822.
An Act to continue an Act from 1819 that imposed duties on articles including grains, ship timber, fruits, among others until 1822. The original Act outlined rates for duties and the articles to which they apply, and suspended several former ordinances.