Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local

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An Act to alter and amend an Act, made and passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within the Province to maintain their Poor.” 59 George III – Chapter 28 1819 An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which describes how townships are to be assessed and sums granted to the freeholders of each town for the maintenance of their poor. The amendment details the procedure to be followed in cases where those who are assessed fail to pay. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue and amend an Act, to encourage persons concerned in the Lumber Trade, and authorising Courts of Session to make regulations for preventing obstructions in bringing the same, with other articles, down the several Rivers in this Province. 59 George III – Chapter 27 1819 A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1818 which makes it lawful for people involved in the timber trade to remove obstructions from rivers to allow them to move timber to market. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to revive, continue and amend, an Act to provide for the support of a Light-House at the South end of Coffin’s Island, on the Eastern side of the entrance of Liverpool Harbour. 59 George III – Chapter 26 1819 A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1812 which imposes a duty on ships entering Liverpool Harbour in order to support a lighthouse on Coffin's Island. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in addition to, and in further amendment of, an Act, passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the better regulating the manner of holding the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, in the District of Yarmouth and Argyle, in the County of Shelburne.” 59 George III – Chapter 25 1819 This act changes the dates on which the court of common pleas for the county of Shelburne are to be held, as originally set out by an act first passed in 1817. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the relief of John Wagstaff, of Niagara, in the District of Niagara, Tinsmith. Passed 12th July, 1819. 59 George III – Chapter 21 1819 This Act provides funds for the relief of John Wagstaff, as previously determined by an act concerning immigration. Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819.
An Act to make good a certain Sum of Money advanced by the Commissioners heretofore appointed for superintending the Temporary House of Correction, for the District of Montreal. (24th April, 1819.) 59 George III Chapter 21 1819 An act to supply the sum of four hundred and twenty pounds, one shilling and nine-pence from unappropriated funds to cover the debt incurred for the maintenance of the Temporary House of Correction for the District of Montreal. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed the 24th of March, 1819. 59 George III Chapter 19 1819 This act awards sums of money to various officials for their services to the government, and for variousl local infrastructure projects. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819.
An Act to appropriate a certain Sum of Money towards repairing the Common Gaol of the District of Montreal. (24th April, 1819.) 59 George III Chapter 19 1819 An act to appoint Commissioners to superintend repairs to be done to the Common Gaol of the District and City of Montreal, to cost up two two thousand pounds of unappropriated monies. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend and continue an Act, intituled “An Act for raising a Revenue in this Province.” Passed the 24th of March, 1819. 59 George III Chapter 18 1819 This act amends existing legislation concerning taxation, changing the amount a tax collector can maintain for his services and creates a new provison regarding the duties imposed on liquors being re-shipped out of Saint John harbour. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819.
An Act to regulate the Herring Fisheries in the Parishes of West-Isles, Campo-Bello [Campobello], Pennfield, and Saint George, in the County of Charlotte. Passed the 24th of March, 1819. 59 George III Chapter 16 1819 This act prohbits harvesting herring in the areas of Charlotte County where they spawn, so to conserve their numbers, and creates penalties for those who violate these terms. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819.
An Act to continue for a limited time, two several Acts therein-mentioned, providing Temporary Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province, and for other purposes. (24th April, 1819.) 59 George III Chapter 15 1819 An Act to further continue a former Act from 1817 and amended in 1818 that provided temporary Houses of Correction in several districts, including the District of Quebec, District of Montreal, and District of Trois-Rivières. The 1818 Act revised the budget for each district's temporary gaol and provides an annual allowance to the Committees appointed to superintend the Houses of Correction in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières for the purposes described. By the 1817 Act committees are required to give an annual report of their expenses and processes by which the committees are to be appointed and proceed were also outlined. The act is to expire in 1821. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal and alter part of an Act, passed in the fifty-sixth year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for Founding, Establishing and Maintaining, an Academy at Pictou, in this Province.” 59 George III – Chapter 15 1819 This act repeals the second clause of an act first passed in 1816, which established the Pictou Academy and set out the manner in which its trustees are to operate as well as how they may be appointed. The second clause required trustees to declare their membership in the Church of England, or otherwise declare they professed the Presbyterian religion. The replacement clause requires trustees to proclaim themselves Christians "according to the Presbyterian principles and forms of the church of Scotland." Early Canadiana Online
An Act further to alter and extend the provisions of an Act, intituled “An Act to encourage the erection of a Passage Boat to be worked by steam, for facilitating the communication between the City of Saint John and Fredericton,” and to give further encouragement to the present Proprietors of the Steam Passage Boat erected in pursuance of the same Act. Passed the 24th of March, 1819. 59 George III Chapter 14 1819 Because the steamship line between Fredericton and Saint John allowed by previous legisiation has proved profitable, this act extends the term of its lease. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819.
An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace for the District of Montreal, to appropriate from the funds therein-mentioned, a certain sum of money for the erection of additional Stalls in the Market-places, and to build two new Weigh-Houses. (24th April, 1819.) 59 George III Chapter 14 1819 An act to allow Justices of the Peace to appropriate funds not exceeding two hundred pounds to erect ten or more additional stalls in the Old and New Market places in Montreal and up to an additional three hundred pounds to build new Weigh Houses at each market place. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to preserve and regulate the Navigation of the Harbour of Pictou. 59 George III – Chapter 14 1819 This act regulates the rates charged by pilots in Pictou Harbour, as well as the discharge of ballast, the building of wharves, and an appeals process by which those who disagree with decisions made by the Harbour Master can avail themselves. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to regulate the exportation of Fish, and to repeal the Laws now in force relating thereto. Passed the 24th of March, 1819. 59 George III Chapter 13 1819 This act repeals previous legislation covering the exportation of fish, creating new regulations for the preparation and packaging of exported fish, allows for the hiring of local officials to conduct inspections, and penalties for those who violate them. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819.
An Act for the better application of certain monies heretofore appropriated for the Internal Communications of the County of Northumberland. (24th April, 1819.) 59 George III Chapter 12 1819 An act to amend the sixth clause of a former act from 1817 "An Act to make more effectual provision for the improvement of the Internal Communications of this Province" to allocate funds to build a road between Parish of Saint Pierre de la Baie Saint Paul, to the Parish Church of Saint Joachim, by way of the hill commonly called, the Côte de la Miche that is more favourable to agriculture than the road proposed by the former act. Early Canadiana Online
An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Town of Annapolis, and the Officers of His Majesty’s Garrison, stationed for the time being in the said Town of Annapolis, annually to nominate and appoint Supervisors to take charge of the Common appertaining to the said Town, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” 59 George III – Chapter 11 1819 This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1793, which makes provisions for the maintenance of common diked marshland outside of Annapolis. The amendment outlines penalties for anyone who should destroy or damage fences or pasture animals on common land when they do not have right to that commonage. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to ament and repeal part of an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to establish a Market in the Town of Niagara, in the Niagara District.” Passed 12th July, 1819. 59 George III – Chapter 11 1819 This Act repeals parts of an act concerned with the funding and location of a market to be built in Niagara. Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819.
An Act to continue for a limited time two several Acts therein-mentioned to regulate persons engaged in the trade of baking and selling Bread in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal and in the Town of Three Rivers. (24th April, 1819.) 59 George III Chapter 11 1819 An Act to continue an Act passed in 1815 that was amended, altered, and continued in 1817 is continued until 1821. Under the original Act, any person found baking and selling bread without a license is subject to certain penalties. Directions for the distribution of licenses were outlined in the former Acts, as well as stipulations relating to the production and sale of bread. Early Canadiana Online