| 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.
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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. |
| An Act for the more equal Representation of the Commons of this Province in Parliament, and for the better defining the Qualification of Electors. |
40 George III Chapter 3 |
1800 |
This act adds seats to the house of assembly throughout the province "for the more equal representation of the commons." |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1800. York: Titus G. Simons, 1800. |
| Acte pour ériger un Pont sur la Riviere Jacques Cartier. (29me mai, 1800.) |
40 George III Chapitre 6 |
1800 |
Cet acte autorise la construction d'un pont qui traverse la rivière Jacques-Cartier. L'acte appointe des commissionnaires pour superviser le projet de construction et pour déterminer la meilleure location pour cette construction le long de la bèrge de la rivière. L'acte spécifie aussi un péage qui sera chargé une fois que le pont sera complété. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for defraying the Ordinary Services of the Province, for the Years, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 10 |
1799 |
This act awards sums of money to various people in payment of their services to the government. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act for erecting Court Houses, with proper Offices in the several Districts of Quebec and Montreal, and for defraying the expences thereof. [3d June, 1799.] |
39 George III Chapter 10 |
1799 |
This act allows for the financing of new court houses in the districts of Quebec and Montreal. It specifies the amount to be disbursed, how the money is to be disbursed and who is responsible for managing it. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act made and passed in the Thirty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled “an Act to prevent bringing Infectious Distempers into the City of Saint John,” and to make more effectual provision for preventing the importation and spreading of such contagious Distempers. Passed the 8th of February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 9 |
1799 |
This act repeals a 1796 act to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in Saint John and replaces it with a new system of restrictions for ships entering it from ports suffering from outbreaks, and penalties for those who violate them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act to prevent the Importation or Spreading of Infectious Distempers within this Province. Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 8 |
1799 |
This act places restrictions on ships entering New Brunswick from American ports with outbreaks of contagious diseases, and establishes penalties for those who violate them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act for establishing a Public Market in the Town of Liverpool. |
39 George III – Chapter 8 |
1799 |
This act enables the construction of a public market in the town of Liverpool, to be overseen by the local justices of the peace. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Justices of the Sessions in several Counties of this Province, to make Regulations for the Weighing of Hay, within such Counties where it may be found necessary to erect Machines for that purpose. Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 7 |
1799 |
This act gives county officials (except those in Saint John county), the power to erect and regualte machines to weigh hay. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act for altering the time of holding the Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace, and for chusing Town Officers for King’s County. |
39 George III – Chapter 6 |
1799 |
This act amends the time and frequency of the court of common pleas of King's county. It also details the method and frequency for choosing town officers. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better regulation of the Circuit Courts, and for granting new Trials in Causes brought up from the Inferior Courts. |
39 George III – Chapter 5 |
1799 |
This act amends when and how often the circuit courts will be held in the counties of Hants, Kings and Annapolis. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Fisheries in the County of Northumberland. Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 5 |
1799 |
This act replaces a 1793 act regulating the Northumberland County fishery, creating new regulations for where nets may be placed and penalties for those who violate them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act in addition to an Act, made in the third year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships in this Province to maintain their Poor.” |
39 George III – Chapter 4 |
1799 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which regulated how townships were to be assessed and sums granted to the freeholders of each town for the maintenance of their poor. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an act passed in the thirty-seventh year of the reign of his Majesty, entitled “An Act to extend the Jurisdiction and Regulate the Proceedings of the District Court and Court of Requests,” and to make further provision for the same. |
39 George III Chapter 3 (Session 2) |
1799 |
This act repeals an earlier piece of legislation that disallows milage for the service of a summons in a district court. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (2nd session) |
| An Act to alter the method of performing statute duty on the Highways and Roads within this Province. |
39 George III Chapter 3 |
1799 |
This act repeals an earlier piece of legislation that required every householder in a parish or township to give twelve days to maintenance of highways and roads, and instead puts in place a graduated system whereby days required are determined by property holdings. It was reserved for Royal Assent, which it received in January 1800. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (LRA) |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act for securing the Titles to Lands in this Province" |
39 George III Chapter 2 (Session 3) |
1799 |
This act continues a prior piece of legislation that grants title to persons possessed of lands for which no grants have yet been issued. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (3rd session) |
| An Act for the sale of Glebe I and 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. |
39 George III – Chapter 2 |
1799 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to ascertain and establish on permanent footing, the Boundary lines of the different Townships of this Province. |
39 George III Chapter 1 (Session 2) |
1799 |
This act stipulates that the limits of every township in the province be marked by stone monuments. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (2nd session) |
| An Act for repairing, or rebuilding, the Market-House, erecting a Country Market-House, and regulating the several Markets in the Town of Halifax, and also to revive, alter, and amend, and bring into one Act, the Act for preventing frauds by Butchers, and Fishmongers, and the Act made in the Thirty-fourth year of His late Majesty’s Reign, for regulating, and establishing, a Public Market in the Town of Halifax. |
39 George III – Chapter 1 |
1799 |
This act allows for the appointment of commissioners to oversee the rebuilding of the public market in Halifax. The act details the responsibilities and powers of the commissioners, including the management of stall rental by public auction. The act also includes clauses prohibiting vendors from conspiring to set prices, and details the penalties for those who should contravene the act. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for raising a Revenue in this Province. Passed the 4th day of February 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 1 |
1799 |
This act creates various duties to raise provincial revenues and penalties for those who violate them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |