Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to continue an Act in addition to and amendment of an Act, passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for repairing, cleansing and paving, the Streets in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, and for removing obstructions therein;” and also the Act in amendment thereof, passed in the forty-second year of His present Majesty’s Reign. | 6 George IV – Chapter 5 | 1825 | A continuation of an amendment to an act first passed in 1801, which divided the town of Halifax into wards for the purposes of repairing and maintaining roads, and its amendments. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Justices of the Home District to raise a further Sum by Loan, to be applied in completing a Gaol and Court House for the said District. (Passed 13th April, 1825.) | 6 George IV Chapter 4 | 1825 | This act allows the magistrates of the Home district to borrow money in order to build a jail and court house. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act for establishing a Bridewell or House of Correction, for the County of Halifax; and for providing a Police Office in said Town, with proper Officers to attend the same. | 6 George IV – Chapter 4 | 1825 | A continuation of an act first passed in 1815, which established a bridewell in Halifax, a type of jail for offenders who commit petty crimes. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace in the County of York, to make Regulations respecting Carmen and Waggoners, and the lading and unlading of Vessels or Boats in the Parish of Fredericton. Passed 17th March, 1825. | 6 George IV Chapter 2 | 1825 | This act allows York County Justices of the Peace to create regulations for the landing and unloaidng of vessels in Fredericton. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1825. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1825. |
| An Act so amend an Act intituled, “An Act to provide for the better Support of the Poor in certain Parishes in the County of Northumberland.” Passed 17th March, 1815. | 6 George IV Chapter 1 | 1825 | This act extends the terms of an 1823 act supporting poor relief in several Northumberland County parishes to Nelson Parish. | Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1825. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1825. |
| An Act to regulate the Common of the Parish of Saint Antoine of the River du Loup, in the County of Saint Maurice. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 34 | 1825 | An Act to allow persons having rights to the Common of the Parish of Saint Antoine of Rivière-du-Loup to select a a Chairman and four Syndics to form a Body Politic and Corporate, under the name “The Chairman and Syndics of the Common of the Parish of Saint Antoine de la Rivière du Loup" that will be have the authority to regulate the Common. Restrictions, the processes by which the Chairman and Syndics may be chosen, and their duties are described. This Act is to remain in force until 1850. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain sums of Money therein-mentioned, towards, the improvement of the Kennebec and Craig Roads. (22d. March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 31 | 1825 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding eight hundred pounds towards making and repairing the Kennebec road connecting the uppermost settlements on the River Chaudière with the Province line towards the River Kennebec and a further sum not exceeding four hundred pounds Craig road in the District of Trois-Rivières. The processes by which Commissioners and Contractors should be appointed and paid are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain sums of money therein-mentioned, for opening a Road from Coteau du Lac to the Province Line, and for exploring the Country between the Township of Frampton and the River Saint John. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 30 | 1825 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding eighty pounds towards exploring the immediate country and tracing a road between the settlements in the Township of Frampton and a sum not exceeding five hundred pounds towards opening a Road from Coteau-du-Lac to the border with Upper-Canada. The processes by which commissioners and contractors should be appointed and paid are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a Sum of Money towards perfecting and improving the Road of Communication between Saint Gregoire and Long Point, in the Township of Kingsey. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 29 | 1825 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding seven hundred pounds towards perfecting and maintaining the road between the Parish of Saint-Grégoire and Long Point in the Township of Kingsey. Stipulations for how this amount will be paid out and for how the repairs should be surveyed are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a sum of money towards promoting the improvement of the Road of Communication between Saint Joachim and the Bay Saint Paul. (22d. March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 28 | 1825 | An Act advance a sum not exceeding five hundred pounds towards perfecting and maintaining the road of communication between Baie-Saint-Paul and Joachim. Under this Act, the first eighteen persons that settle and build homes on the said Road will be afforded a gratuity not exceeding twenty-five pounds currency. Stipulations restricting who will be eligible for this gratuity are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize a further Loan of Money for the erection of the Common Gaol for the Inferior District of Saint Francis. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 26 | 1825 | An Act to grant a further loan not exceeding a sum of eight hundred pounds towards to erection of a Common Gaol in the district of Saint-François by virtue of an Act passed in 1824, "An Act to authorize the erecting of a Common Gaol in the Inferior District of Saint Francis, and for providing the means of defraying the expenses thereof, and for other purposes." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confirm certain Marriages heretofore solemnized in the District of St. Francis. (22d. March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 25 | 1825 | An Act to confirm that marriages solemnized by Protestant Dissenting ministers, by persons reputed to be Protestant dissenting Ministers, or Justices of the Peace within District of Saint-François are valid in Law to all civil effects, provided that the persons married were legally allowed to intermarry at the time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue for a limited time an Act passed in the third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Third, intituled, ‘An Act for the Division of the Province of Lower-Canada, to amend the Judicature thereof, and to repeal certain Laws therein-mentioned, in as much as the same relates to the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction.’” (22d. March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 23 | 1825 | An Act to continue an Act from 1823, “An Act to amend an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty George the Third, intituled, ‘An Act for the Division of the Province of Lower-Canada to amend the Judicature thereof, and to repeal certain Laws therein-mentioned, in as much as the same relates to the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction.’” This Act is to remain in force until 1827. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to defray the Travelling Expenses of the Provincial Judge for the Inferior District of Gaspé in his Circuit for holding the General Sessions of the Peace for the said District. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 22 | 1825 | An Act to grant a sum of ninety pounds towards defraying the travelling expenses of the Provincial Judge of the Inferior District of Gaspé in his circuit for holding Courts of Quarter Sessions for the year of 1825. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorize the Commissioners for making the Canal between Lachine and Montreal, to effect a Loan to complete the said Canal. (22d March, 1823.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1825 | An Act to grant the commissioners of the Lachine Canal a loan not exceeding thirty thousand pounds to be put towards the completion of the canal. Directions for the manner in which this loan is to be repaid are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further provision for the Salmon Fisheries in the Bay of Gaspé, and in certain parts of the County of Northumberland, and to repeal in part a certain Act therein-mentioned. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 15 | 1825 | An Act to prohibit the inhabitants or persons in the Inferior District of Gaspé, and in the County of Northumberland east of the little River Malbaie to the Black River to set up nets to catch salmon or spear salmon in any of the rivers falling into the Bay of Gaspé, or into the River Saint Lawrence. Regulations are also put on the times of year that Indigenous peoples are allowed to hunt Salmon with spears, with the assistance of flambeaux, and a clause from a former Act that prohibited the use of any Caplin, or any Herring Spawn or Caplin Spawn, for the purposes of Manure is repealed. This Act is to expire in 1829. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a sum of Money therein-mentioned, for defraying the expense of preparing plans and estimates of a New Gaol, for the District of Montreal. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1825 | An Act to apply a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds towards defraying the expense of preparing the Plans, Estimates and Statements necessary to erect a New Gaol in the Town of Montreal. Plants, Statements, and Estimates are to be submitted in a competition, from which the best are to be chosen. Directions for how the Plans, Estimates and Statements are to be submitted and selected are outlined including how the funds should be distributed and awarded to the best submissions. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money towards the support of Hospitals, and for other charitable purposes therein-mentioned. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 12 | 1825 | An Act to provide several sums of money to hospitals and charitable organizations in 1825, including the Religious Ladies of the General Hospital near Quebec, the General Hospital near Quebec, Religious Ladies of the General Hospital at Montreal, the Religious Ladies of the Hotel Dieu at Montreal, the Corporation of the General Hospital at Montreal, and several sums to support and repay expenses already dispensed in order to support Indigent Sick and Infirm Persons and Foundlings in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières. The commissioners responsible for disbursing these funds are made to report on how they have been distributed before the three Branches of the Legislature at the next session. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money therein-mentioned for the support of the Emigrant Hospital, in Quebec. (22d March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 11 | 1825 | An Act to provide a sum not exceeding one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five pounds to the Hospital established for the relief of Indigent Sick Emigrants from the United-Kingdom in Quebec City and an additional sum towards defraying certain arrears due to the Quebec Bank. The Act also continues certain clauses within the 1824 Act “An Act to appropriate a certain sum of Money therein-mentioned, towards the support of the Emigrant Hospital established in Quebec,” until 1826. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate certain sums of Money therein-mentioned, towards the encouragement of Education. (22d. March, 1825.) | 5 George IV – Chapter 9 | 1825 | An Act to grant a sum not exceeding four hundred pounds to support schools run by the Institution of the Society of Education, in the District of Quebec, and the British and Canadian School Society at Montreal. | Early Canadiana Online |