Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act to extend to the Inhabitants of the Indian Reservation of Saint Regis and Dundee, the rights, privileges, and advantages enjoyed by the other inhabitants of this Province. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 39 1831 This Act establishes the lands formerly referred to as the Indian Reservation of Saint Regis and Dundee as the Township of Dundee. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for preserving, for the purposes of Husbandry, the Grass growing on Beaches, in the District of Quebec. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 38 1831 Under this Act, persons with land bordering the south side of the Saint Lawrence river below Quebec City are allowed to collect and cure the grass growing in front of their lots along the beaches. Livestock are not to be allowed to roam at large on these lands, and penalties for offending against the terms of this Act are outlined. This Act is not to prevent the free navigation of the river or access to fishing. This Act is to remain in force until 1835. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to regulate the Assize of Bread in the Towns of Newcastle and Chatham in the County of Northumberland. Passed 31st March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 37 1831 This act creates an Assize of Bread in the Towns of Newcastle and Chatham, Northumberland Co., and penalties for its violation. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money for Repairing the Castle of Saint Lewis, at Quebec, and the Government House at Montreal. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 37 1831 This Act applies a sum not exceeding three thousand five hundred pounds towards repairing the Castle of Saint Lewis in Quebec City, in the manner deemed most expedient. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorize the Justices or the Peace for the County of Charlotte further to assess the Inhabitants of said County for the Completion and Finishing a Gaol, and for the Erection of a Lock-up-House in said County. Passed 31st March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 36 1831 This act allows for Gloucester County officials to raise more funds to complete the construction of a county gaol. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to repeal two certain Acts therein mentioned, and to provide for the better regulation of the Market-Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburb, Montreal. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 36 1831 This Act repeals the 1829 Act, “An Act for the establishment of a new Market-Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburb, Montreal,” and the 1830 Act, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the establishment of a new Market-Place in the Saint Lawrence Suburb, Montreal.’” Certain conditions for the continued maintenance of the Market Place are put in place. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an Act, intituled An Act to repeal all the Acts now in Force relative to the Importation and Spreading of infectious Distempers in the City of Saint John; and to make more effectual Provisions for preventing the same. Passed 31st March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 35 1831 This act amends earlier legislation to prevent the spread of disease in Saint John to prohibit the intercourse with infected persons who have landed off ships. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to continue for a limited time the Acts for regulating the Salaries and Emoluments of the Officers employed in the collection of the Revenue at the Inland Ports of this Province, and for other purposes. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 35 1831 This Act continues two former Act, including the 1829 Act, “An Act to regulate and establish the Salaries and other emoluments of the officers employed in the collection of the Revenue at the several Inland Ports in this Province, and for other purposes;” and the 1830 Act, “An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act to regulate and establish the Salaries and other emoluments of the officers employed in the collection of the Revenue at the several Inland Ports of this Province, and for other purposes, and to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purposes therein-mentioned.” These Acts are to remain in force until 1832. This Act also provides for the salaries of Tide-waiters at the port of Quebec for the present year. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue for a limited time certain Acts therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 34 1831 This Act continues several former Acts, as listed, which are to remain in force until 1834. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal all the Acts now in Force for regulating, laying out and repairing Highways and Roads, and for appointing Commissioners and Surveyors of Highways in the several Towns and Parishes in this Province; and to make more effectual Provision for the same. Passed 31st March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 33 1831 This act repeals existing legislation covering the construction and maintenance of roads, and creates new regulations for it, and penalties for their violation. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace for the County of Kent to raise Money by Assessment on the Inhabitants of the said County, to discharge the Debt due for erecting the Court House and Gaol. Passed 31st March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 32 1831 This act allows Kent County officials to raise money to erect a county court house and gaol. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to partition the Common of the Fief Gros Bois among the Co-proprietors thereof. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 32 1831 This Act grants further authority it the Chairman and Trustees, or co-proprietors in their stead, of the Common of the Fief Gros Bois, as established under the 1826 Act, “An Act to authorize the Inhabitants of the Fief Gros Bois, in the County of Saint Maurice, to make regulations for the Common of the said Fief.” Further direction for their duties and processes by which they should be appointed are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorize the Extension of the Gaol Limits in the County of Charlotte. Passed 31st March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 31 1831 This act allows the Charlotte county jail to extend its boundaries, and specifies the limits to which it can extend. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to authorize the persons interested in the Common of the Parish of Sainte Anne de La Perade in the County of Champlain, to make Regulations for the government of the said Common. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 31 1831 This Act establishes the body politic, “the Chairman and Trustees of the Common of the Seigniory of Sainte Anne La Perade, and of the Fief Dorvilliers,” and outlines their duties and processes by which they should be appointed. This Act is to remain in force until 1850. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend a certain Act passed in the ninth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, “An Act to suspend for a limited time, certain Ordinances therein mentioned, as far as the same relates to the City of Montreal, and to establish a Society therein for preventing accidents by Fire.” (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 30 1831 This Act amends the 1829 Act, “An Act to suspend for a limited time, certain Ordinances therein mentioned, as far as the same relates to the City of Montreal, and to establish a Society therein for preventing accidents by Fire.” This Act amends the procedures by which the Fire Society in the City of Montreal can amend or repeal bye-laws or rules mentioned in the former Act, and certain exemptions for members of the Fire Society are put in place. Certain measures regarding chimney sweepers and the funds received for that service are put in place. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled An Act for preserving the Bank of the River Saint John in Front of the Parishes of Magerville [Maugerville], Sheffield and Waterborough. Passed 31st March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 29 1831 This act expands the jurisdiction of an act to preserve the banks of the Saint John River in certain parishes to accommodate an alteration of a highway route along it. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.
An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money therein-mentioned for the encouragement of Agriculture. (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 29 1831 This Act provides a sum not exceeding one thousand two hundred and ninety-five pounds to certain agricultural societies in the province towards to encouragement of agriculture, as described. The terms by which this money can be granted, and how it should be accounted for, are outlined. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to suspend certain parts of an Ordinance therein-mentioned, intituled, “An Ordinance for regulating the Markets of the Towns of Quebec and Montreal.” (31st March, 1831.) 1 William IV Chapter 28 1831 This Act suspend all but a number of sections of an Act passed in 1777, “An Ordinance for regulating the Markets of the Towns of Quebec and Montreal,” as outlined. This Act is to remain in force until 1836. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for vesting the Estates which were of the late Laurent Quetton Saint George, deceased, in this Province, in William Warren Baldwin, and for declaring the trusts upon which certain other Estates by the said William Warren Baldwin, for the said William Warren Baldwin the better to of the said Laurent Quetton Saint George, relating to the Real and Personal Estates which Quetton Saint George, in this Province. Passed 16th March, 1831. 1 William IV – Chapter 27 1831 This Act vests the Upper Canadian properties of the late Frenchman Laurent Quetton Saint George in the hands of William Warren Baldwin, the Executor of his will. The Act details some of the terms of Saint George's will and specifies how Baldwin is to satisfy them. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to regulate Assessments in this Province. Passed 31st March 1831. 1 William IV Chapter 26 1831 This act creates new rules and regulations for the assessment of rates for public charges and expenses. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831.