Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale, Local, International/Internationale, Imperial/Impérial
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed 31st March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 59 | 1840 | This act awards sums of money to various persons for their service to the government and for various local infrastructure projects. | 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 in addition to the Act providing for the greater safety of Passengers on board Steam Boats. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 54 | 1840 | This act establishes safety regulations for steam vessels departing from New Brunswick ports, 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 continue the Act to regulate the inspection of dry and pickled Fish for Home consumption and for exportation. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 24 | 1840 | This act extends the terms of an 1834 act regulating the inspection of imported and exported of fish until 1845 | 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 authorise Her Majesty to take Possession of Lands for the erection of Fortifications in this Province, under certain restrictions. Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 16 | 1840 | This act makes it legal for the crown to acquire and/or appropriate privately-owned lands for the purpose of building fortifications. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the first year of Her Majesty's reign, entitled, “An Act to protect the Inhabitants of this Province, against lawless aggressions from Subjects of Foreign Countries at peace with Her Majesty.” Passed 10th February, 1840. | 3 Victoria – Chapter 12 | 1840 | This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1838, which makes it possible for the lieutenant governor to assemble the militia to defend the province in cases where foreign nations who do not currently have a peace agreement with Britain commit acts of aggression against the province. The amendments primarily concern the form of punishments for those convicted of treason in these cases, and prescribe capital punishment for those found guilty of treasonous acts (or felony in cases of foreign non-subjects participating in acts of aggression within the province while their home country is at peace with Britain). | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act imposing Duties for raising a Revenue. Passed 25th March 1840. | 3 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1840 | This act introduces duties on several imported items to raise provincial revenues, and makes exceptions for those items that are duty free. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act for granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money for defraying the Expenses of the late Delegation. (Passed 12th October, 1839.) | 3 Victoria - Chapter 10 | 1839 | This act disburses a sum of money to reimburse a recent delegation to London. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the safe keeping and due collection of the Colonial Revenue of Customs. (Passed 12th October, 1839.) | 3 Victoria - Chapter 3 | 1839 | This act gives greater authorities to the persons responsible for collecting duties in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good certain monies advanced, in compliance with two several Addresses of the House of Assembly, during the last Session, for the contingent expenses of the Legislature of this Province. Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 70 | 1839 | This act repays a sum advanced to the province by the crown. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 4 | 1839 | This act awards monies to various persons for their services to the government and for local infrastructure projects. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Act imposing Duties for raising a Revenue. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 2 | 1839 | This act creates a new system of duties on imported goods to raise provicial revenues. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Act to authorise a Loan of Money in London, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 6th March, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 51 | 1838 | This act authorises the province to take a loan from the crown not exceeding one million pounds. Terms of interest and repayment are specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance authorizing the repayment out of the moneys in the hands of the Receiver General of this Province, of certain sums advanced from the Imperial Treasury. | 1 Victoria Chapter 11 (Session 1) | 1838 | This Ordinance authorises the repayment of the sums advanced from the one hundred and forty-two thousand one hundred and sixty pounds fourteen shillings and six-pence granted from the Treasury during the 1837-38 Rebellion, and the processes by which the sums advanced should be accounted for. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the amendment of the Law with respect to Wills. Passed 9th March 1838. | 1 Victoria Chapter 9 | 1838 | This act creates new rules and regulations for the creation of wills and inheritance. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1838. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1838. |
| An Act to protect the Inhabitants of this Province against Lawless Aggressions from Subjects of Foreign Countries, at Peace with Her Majesty. Passed 12th January, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 3 | 1838 | This act makes it possible for the lieutenant governor to assemble the militia to defend the province in cases where foreign nations who do not currently have a peace agreement with Britain commit acts of aggression against the province, without first consulting the crown. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the apprehending and detention of Persons suspected of High Treason, Misprision of Treason, and Treasonable Practices. Passed, 12th January, 1838. | 1 Victoria – Chapter 1 | 1838 | This act allows authorities to imprison those who are suspected of treason, so long as the basic rights of those persons are respected. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good certain monies advanced in compliance with the Address of the House of Assembly, during the present Session, for the Contingent Expenses of the last Session of the Legislature of this Province. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 108 | 1837 | This act repays a sum of money advanced by the crown to cover the expenses of the last session of the legislature. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the payment of a certain portion of the War Losses. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 89 | 1837 | This is an amendment of an act passed in 1836 which authorised the payment of twenty thousand pounds towards the last of a sum accrued from various war claims by Great Britain during the war of 1812. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Members of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of this Province, to Frank Letters by the General Post, during the Sessions of the Legislature. Passed 4th March, 1837. | 7 William IV – Chapter 21 | 1837 | This act allows members of the legislative council and house of assembly to superscribe letters sent by the post so as to avoid paying postage during the sitting of any session. This applies to a maximum of ten letters or parcels per day, and can be sent anywhere within the empire. It also makes the reception of parcels less than six ounces free of postage for the members of the legislative council and assembly. The act takes effect January 1st 1838. | Early Canadiana Online |