Legislation by Concept: Trade Regulation
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act in amendment of an Act made and passed in the 33d Year of his late Majesty’s reign, intitled, “An Act for Establishing a Public Market, at the Market House in Halifax, and for regulating the same.” | 6 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act amends the 1760 Act, "An Act for Establishing a Public Market at the Market-House in Halifax, and for regulating the same," to make provision for persons coming into Halifax with small quantities of perishable goods. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to his Majesty an Excise on Wines, Tea, Coffee, and Playing Cards, sold within this Province. | 5 George III – Chapter 12 | 1765 | This Act sets several duties on tea, coffee, wine, and playing cards sold within the province. The processes by which these sums are to be collected and penalties for those who fail to pay the duties are outlined. This Act is to remain in force for one year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to an act, made and pass’d in the Third Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled an Act, for altering and amending several Acts of this Province, relating to the Duties of Impost upon Wines, Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors. | 4 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1764 | This Act imposes a fine of ten pounds on any person found to be keeping illegally imported wine, beer, rum, or other spirituous liquors and imposes regulations to prevent frauds by the vessels or persons importing the same. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, intitled, “An Act relating to the Assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures,” made and passed in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign. | 4 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1764 | Under this Act, any Justice of the Peace is empowered to enforce the 1758 Act, "An Act relating to the Assize of Breads and for Ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures," and persons offending against this Act are to be charged twenty shillings for each offence. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal Part of an Act made and passed in the IIId. Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act to prevent Frauds in the selling of Beef, Pork, Flour and Biscuit or Ship bread in Casks.” | 4 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1764 | This Act repeals the first clause of the 1763 Act, "An Act to prevent Frauds in selling of Beef, Pork, Flour, and Biscuit, or Ship-Bread in Casks." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to an Act, made and pass’d in the Third Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province, relating to the duties of Excise on Wines, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, sold within this Province.” | 4 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1764 | This Act makes provision that, if the owner be absent, the foreman is to act in their stead to fulfill to terms of a former Act, “An Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province, relating to the duties of Excise on Wines, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, sold within this Province.” | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Granting to His Majesty a Duty of Impost, on Load Sugar, Bricks, and Lumber. | 3 George III – Chapter 14 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act imposes duties on lumber, sugar loaf, and bricks to supplement the duties imposed on beer, wine, rum, and other spirituous liquors, which were found insufficient for the purposes for which they were intended. The rates of duty set on these goods are listed. This Act is to remain in force for two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act intitled, an Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province Relating to the Duties of Excise, on Wines, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, sold within this Province. | 3 George III – Chapter 10 (Session 2) | 1763 | This Act amends and adds to an Act passed in the first Session of the General Assembly, 1763, “An Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province, relating to the duties of excise on wines, rum, and other distilled spirituous liquors, sold within this Province,” relating to balancing stock accounts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province, relating to the Duties of Excise on Wines, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors sold within this Province. | 3 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1763 | An amendment of several past acts regarding taxes placed on various alcoholic beverages when sold in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province relating to the Duties of Impost upon, Wines, Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors. | 3 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1763 | An amendment to past acts regarding taxes and duties placed on the sale of liquor and alcoholic drinks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to and Amendment of an Act intitled, “An Act for suppressing unlicensed Houses and for Granting to His Majesty a Duty on Persons hereafter to be licensed.” | 3 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1763 | This is an amendment to a past act which places regulations and licensing fees on individuals who sell alcohol in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Frauds in selling of Beef, Pork, Flour, and Biscuit, or Ship-Bread in Casks. | 3 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1763 | This act places a regulatory weight on beef, pork, flour, biscuit, and ship-bread being sold by the barrel in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prohibit for a limited Time the Exportation of Warlike Stores. | 2 George III – Chapter 10 | 1762 | This Act prohibits the exportation of any ammunition or warlike stores and declares that the same found on board any vessel is to be forfeited. Any master and mariners knowing committing this offence are to be imprisoned for three months. Exceptions to and limits on this Act are described. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| 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. | 2 George III – Chapter 8 | 1762 | This Act sets several regulations on how fish can be exported, including the regulations on the barrels it is to be shipped in, and sets the standard sizes of lumber to be traded. The Act makes provision for the appointment of and describes the duties of several surveyors including gaugers of casks or barrels, cullers of dry cod-fish, and other surveyors of fish. This act is to be read and published every year as described. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for suppressing unlicensed Houses, and for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Persons hereafter to be Licensed. | 1 George III – Chapter 19 | 1761 | This Act sets penalties for persons found to unlawfully sell liquor in the Province. Monies collected under this Act are to be split between the informer and Treasurer of the Province. This Act is to remain in force for one year. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for altering and amending an Act intitled, An Act for laying a Duty of Excise of Three Pence per Gallon on all Rum, and other Spirituous Liquors distilled within this Province, and for granting a Bounty on the Exportation thereof. | 1 George III – Chapter 18 | 1761 | This Act amends the 1759 Act, "An Act for laying a Duty of Excise of Three Pence per Gallon on all Rum, and other Spirituous Liquors distilled within this Province, and for granting a Bounty on the Exportation thereof," to lay a duty of one shilling per gallon and describes how distillers are to be held to account. This Act is to remain in force until January 1764 and an additional seven years from then. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province, relating to the Duties on Wines, Beer, Rum, or other distilled Spirituous Liquors, and for granting a Bounty, and allowing a Drawback on the same. | 1 George III – Chapter 17 | 1761 | This Act makes provision for the collection of duties on wine, rum, beer, and other spirituous liquors in the Province and lists penalties for those who evade these duties. The rate of duties are listed. This Act is to remain in force until seven years after January 1764. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for prohibiting the Exportation of Raw-Hides, Sheep or Calf-Skins, out of this Province, other than for Great-Britain; and to prevent the Cutting, Splitting or Flawing of Hides. | 1 George III – Chapter 12 | 1761 | This Act prohibits raw hides from being loaded on ships in the Province before a bond of one hundred pounds is paid to the proper officer at Halifax. Penalties for those who fail to abide by the terms of this Act are described. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for the Appointment of Sworn Gaugers, ascertaining their Duty, granting them an Allowance, and establishing their Fees. | 1 George III – Chapter 9 | 1761 | This Act sets the rate of fees gaugers are permitted to demand on goods gauged at the port of Halifax and the allowances they are permitted to take from the fees, not exceeding twenty-five pounds per annum. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for further prolonging the several Acts herein after mentioned, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise, heretofore granted by the General-Assembly of this Province on Wines, Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors. | 34 George II – Chapter 20 | 1760 | This Act continues several acts relating to duties levied on beer, rum, wine, and other spirituous liquors in order to cover the costs of bounties and premiums already granted that the former duties have been found insufficient to cover. This Act is to remain in force for seven years as outlined. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |