| An Act to receive and continue an Act passed in the forty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled “An Act to enable the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person Administering the Government of this Province, to appoint one or more Additional Port or Ports, Place or Places of entry within this Province, and to appoint one or more Collectors of the same respectively.” Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 8 |
1816 |
This act continues for four years an act first passed in 1802 which allows the chief administrator of the province to create additional ports of entry for merchandize coming from the United States. No clauses are repealed or modified. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, passed in the second year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating the Exportation of Fish, and the Assize of Barrels, Staves, Hoops, Boards, and all other kind of Lumber, and for appointing Officers to Survey the same;” and also of an Act, passed in the thirty-second year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to revive and amend an Act, for establishing the standard weight of Grain, and for appointing proper Officers for measuring Grain, Salt and Coals, and ascertaining the standard size of Bricks, and the quantity of Lime to be contained in a hogshead.” |
56 George III – Chapter 4 |
1816 |
This Act makes amendments to former procedures around trade in cord wood, coal, salt, and grains in response to abuses arising from former policies. The act describes the rates measurers should be paid as well as what was to be done with rotted or crooked wood. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of, and to amend the Laws now in force for the better Collection of His Majesty's Revenue in this Province, and to make further and more effectual Provision for the same. Passed 22d March, 1816. |
56 George III – Chapter 3 |
1816 |
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1803 concerning the inspection and taxation of liquor sales and licensing, requiring inspectors to submit detailed quarterly reports along with all the taxes they have collected up to that point. A fine of 100 pounds is specified for any inspector who should fail to submit such report at the quarterly sessions. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Trade of this Province in Plaster of Paris or Gypsum, and to prevent contraband Trade arising from the landing that article at or near the Boundary Line of the United States of America. |
55 George III – Chapter 23 |
1815 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting a Drawback on Wine, and distilled Spirituous Liquors. |
55 George III – Chapter 22 |
1815 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage the Fisheries of the Province, by granting a Bounty on the importation of Salt, and also for regulating and imposing a Duty on the exportation of the same article. |
55 George III – Chapter 20 |
1815 |
This act regulates the price and taxes to be paid for salt in the province, in an attempt to make it more readily available for the fishery and make shortages caused by high prices and supply issues less common. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act imposing a Duty on Articles to be imported from the United States of America, and for appropriating the same. |
55 George III – Chapter 18 |
1815 |
This act places a duty on all items imported from the United States, except the named exceptions. The proceeds are to be applied to the support of the poor of the county in which they are collected. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate Markets in the Town of Halifax; and also, to repeal an Act, passed in the thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for repairing, or rebuilding, the Market House, and regulating the several Markets in the Town of Halifax;” and also to revive, alter, amend, and bring into one Act, the Act for preventing Fraud by Butchers and Fishmongers, and the Act made in the thirty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s reign, for regulating and establishing a Public Market in the Town of Halifax. |
55 George III – Chapter 16 |
1815 |
An appeal of an act passed in 1799, which was itself an amendment to several other acts dating back to 1760, regulating the public market practices of Halifax. The current bill repeals the past acts and replaces it with new measures. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, two Acts therein mentioned for the better regulation of Lumber Trade. (25th March, 1815.) |
55 George III Chapter 15 |
1815 |
An act to continue an act originally passed in 1808, and extended in 1811 and 813 by the same name. The original act placed regulations on the export of certain types of lumber and made it lawful for the governor to appoint Master Cullers and Measurers of boards and planks, staves, timber, and masts and spars at the ports of Montreal and Quebec. Expectations and duties for these positions and standards for lumber being exported were outlined. The act is to expire in 1817. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making a temporary provision for the regulation of Trade between this Province and the United States of America by Land, or by inland Navigation. (25th March, 1815.) |
55 George III Chapter 11 |
1815 |
An act to further continue an act from 1796, and amended in 1808 for a limited time. The act grants the Governor or Lieutenant Governor the authority to suspend, revive, annul, or make void this act, or every and any of its clauses. Th act allows the suspension of any act or ordinance relating to trade, in whole or in part, by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. It further allows the Governor or Lieutenant Governor to make regulations with respect to imports, exports, duties, or anything else between Lower Canada and the United States. The act is to expire in 1816. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of an Act, passed in the twenty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to restrain Hawkers and Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, not duly licenced to trade, travelling to and fro through the Country.” |
55 George III – Chapter 8 |
1815 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1782, which requires anybody wishing to travel around the province to sell goods and merchandise to first acquire a license. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the several Acts of the General Assembly, for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province. |
55 George III – Chapter 3 |
1815 |
A continuation of several past acts relating to the imposition of duties on imported goods. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to grant new Duties to His Majesty, to supply the wants of the Province. (25th March, 1815.) |
55 George III Chapter 3 |
1815 |
An act to impose new duties on items including varies teas, wines, molasses, and syrups. The rates of these duties are set. The act also specifies 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. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty certain duties on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee, and Brown Sugar, for the support of His Majesty’s Government, and for promoting the Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, of this Province. |
55 George III – Chapter 2 |
1815 |
A much more comprehensive act imposing various duties on wines and spirits than past acts, including a list of the types of items to be charged duty and the rates to be charged. The act also includes a long list of clauses which details the duties of the various officials involved in collecting and disbursing the rates, the oaths to be taken from those importing goods into the province, and rules for reporting quantities of spirits distilled within the province by distillers. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for granting to His Majesty certain Duties on Wine, Rum, and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee, and Brown Sugar. |
54 George III – Chapter 19 |
1814 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for laying additional Duties on certain Articles imported into this Province. Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 19 |
1814 |
This act allows for additional duties on imported items to raise provincial revenues. |
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 continue, for a limited time, the Provisional Agreement entered into between this Province and Lower Canada, at Montreal on the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and four, relative to Duties, also for continuing, for a limited time, the several Acts of the Parliament of this Province relating thereto. |
54 George III – Chapter 18 |
1814 |
Expired; unpublished. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, the Provisional Agreement entered into between this Province and Lower Canada, at Montreal on the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and four, relative to Duties, also for continuing, for a limited time, the several Acts of the Parliament of this Province relating thereto. |
54 George III – Chapter 18 |
1814 |
Expired; unpublished. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for raising a Revenue in this Province, and the Acts in amendment thereof. Passed the 7th of March, 1814. |
54 George III Chapter 18 |
1814 |
This act continues several acts pertaining to revenue collection until 1816. |
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 regulate the Exportation of Ton Timber, and to repeal two Acts made in the twelfth and thirty-third years of His Majesty’s Reign, declaring what shall be deemed Merchantable Timber, for exportation to Great-Britain. |
54 George III – Chapter 16 |
1814 |
This act regulates the standards and quality for hewed timber to be exported from the province. Surveyors are empowered to inspect hewed timber to make sure it meets exportation standards, and impose fines if it does not. |
Early Canadiana Online |