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An Act to continue an Act, made and passed in the Thirty-fourth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to provide for the support of the Grammar School in Halifax, and for other public purposes therein contained.” 41 George III – Chapter 8 1801 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the further and better support of the Poor in the City of Saint John. Passed the 11th of February, 1801. 41 George III Chapter 8 1801 This act allows the City of Saint John to impose a tax on dogs to get funds to support its poor. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the year 1801. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1801.
An Act to prevent the sale of Spirituous Liquors and strong waters in the tract occupied by the Moravian Indians on the River Thames in the Western District. 41 George III Chapter 8 1801 This act makes it illegal to sell spiritous liquors to the Christian Munsee living on the Thames River in the Western District. Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1801. York: Titus G. Simons, 1801.
An Act to authorize the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the government to appoint Inspectors of flour, Pot and Pearl ashes within this Province. 41 George III Chapter 7 1801 This act authorizes the province's chief administrative officer to appoint flour inspectors "to establish the credit of those articles in foreign markets." Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1801. York: Titus G. Simons, 1801.
An Act for the better management and relief of the Poor of Halifax. 41 George III – Chapter 6 1801 This act appoints the commissioners named to oversee the relief of the poor within the town of Halifax. Their responsibilities are specified by the act, along with the various types of employment which can be undertaken by those residing in the poor-houses of Halifax. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to remove doubts with respect to the authority under which the Courts of General Quarter Ses of the Peace and other Courts have been erected and holden and other matters relating to the administration of Justice done in the several districts of this Province, and also to fix the times of holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the same. 41 George III Chapter 6 1801 This act reinforces the authority of district courts. Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1801. York: Titus G. Simons, 1801.
An Act for erecting a Court-House and Gaol in the County of Westmorland, and for altering the Shire-Town of the said County. Passed the 21st of February, 1801. 41 George III Chapter 6 1801 This act makes legal and financial provisions to build a court house and jail in Westmorland County. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the year 1801. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1801.
An Act for the repairing, keeping in repair, cleaning and paving, the streets in the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, and for removing obstructions therein, and also to suspend the power and authority vested in the Surveyors of Highways within the Town and Peninsula of Halifax, after the first day of August next, during the operation of this Act. 41 George III – Chapter 5 1801 This act divides the town of Halifax into wards for the purposes of repairing and maintaining roads, and allows for the appointment of commissioners to determine the work that needs to be done for each ward, the budget which will be required, and sets out penalties for those who impede the work of the commissioners. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the better securing the Navigation of Passamaquoddy Bay within Deer Island. Passed the 21st of February, 1801. 41 George III Chapter 4 1801 This act follows an 1795 act to build beacons and harbour slips in Passamaquoddy Bay, but resulted in large debts. This current act allows for the province to extract money to pay off these debts from the Charlotte County treasurer, and creates a new system of duties to support the maintainence of the completed beacons or those yet to be built. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the year 1801. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1801.
An Act to empower the Commissioners of the Peace for the Midland District, in their Court of General Quarter Sessions assembled, to establish and regulate a Market in and for the Town of Kingston in the said District. 41 George III Chapter 3 1801 This act allows commissioners of the peace in the Midland District to establish a market at Kingston Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1801. York: Titus G. Simons, 1801.
An Act in addition to, and amendment of, the Act, passed in the second year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for appointing Firewards, ascertaining their duty, and for punishing thefts and disorders at the time of Fire.” 41 George III – Chapter 1 1801 An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, and which had been amended several times prior. This particular amendment extends the terms of the act to the town of Liverpool, which was not included in the amendment of 1793, which saw the inclusion of towns beyond Halifax, the original jurisdiction of the 1762 act. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for raising a Revenue in this Province. 41 George III Chapter 1 1801 This act establishes duties and fines on imported items to raise provincial revenue, and charges agents with the authority to collect such duties and fines and prosecute frauds. Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the year 1801. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1801.
An Act to authorize Captain William Fenwick, His Majesty’s Commanding Engineer in Nova Scotia, to extend the South Military Barrack in Halifax, Seven Feet on Albermarle-Street for the better accommodation of the Troops in Garrison there. 41 George III – Chapter 3 1800 This act authorises the extension of one of the military barracks in Halifax, as proposed to the Lieutenant-Governor by the Commanding Engineer, Captain William Fenwick. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to revive, amend and continue, an Act, passed in the thirty-sixth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act in addition to an Act, made in the fifth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for the raising money by presentment, on the several counties in this Province, for the defraying certain county charges therein mentioned.’” 40 George III – Chapter 19 1800 An amendment to an act first passed in 1765, which made it lawful for the grand juries in each county to make presentment upon all sums necessary for the construction or repairing of jails, courts, session houses, stocks, pillories, or pounds, and for providing bolts, shackles, and the conveying of persons to the county jail. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to revive, and continue, an Act, made in the Thirty-eighth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act, passed in the Eighteenth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act to prevent the forestalling, regrating and monopolizing, of Cord Wood, in the Town of Halifax.’” 40 George III – Chapter 13 1800 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act, made and passed in the Thirty-fourth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act to provide for the Support of the Grammar School in Halifax,” and for other public purposes therein contained. 40 George III – Chapter 10 1800 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act, passed in the Thirty-seventh year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “an Act to revive, and continue an Act, passed in the Thirty-third year of the Reign of His present Majesty, entitled, ‘an Act in amendment of, and addition to, an Act, made in the Thirty-third year of the reign of His late Majesty, entitled, an Act for regulating, and maintaining, a Light House on Sambro Island,’ and in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the Twenty-eight year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating, and maintaining, a Light House at the entrance of the Harbour of Shelbourne.’” 40 George III – Chapter 9 1800 This act was not published. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act made and passed in the thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the sale of the Glebe Land in the Township of Granville, and for purchasing another Estate, as a perpetual Glebe for the resident Minister of the Established Church in said Township.” 40 George III – Chapter 6 1800 An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, this act executes the sale of glebe land in Granville by reverend Archibald Paine Inglis, and approves the appointment of church wardens elected by the congregation to manage further church affairs. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for erecting a Bridge over the River Jacques Cartier. (29th May, 1800.) 40 George III Chapter 6 1800 This act authorises the building of a bridge over the Jacques Cartier river. It appoints commissioners to oversee the construction of the bridge, including the surveying of the banks to determine the best location for the building project, and specifies toll rates that will be charged once the bridge is completed in order to offset the construction costs. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to revive and continue an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of Returning Officers for the several Counties within this Province. 40 George III Chapter 5 1800 This act continues a piece of legislation making it law for the chief administrator of the province to appoint returning officers for every county, riding, division, or town. Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1800. York: Titus G. Simons, 1800.