| 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. |
| 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.” |
38 George III – Chapter 4 |
1798 |
An amendment of an act first passed in 1778, which prevented the sale of cord wood for any price over fifteen shillings per cord. The amendment loosens the restrictions around the sale of cordwood in the town of Halifax. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue sundry Acts of the General Assembly that are near expiring. Passed the 9th Day of February, 1798. |
38 George III Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act renews several acts until 1803. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1798. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1798. |
| An Act for the better Division of the County of Prince-Edward into Townships. |
37 George III Chapter 16(b) |
1797 |
This act further divides Prince Edward County into townships. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act for better regulating the Practice of the Law. |
37 George III Chapter 13 |
1797 |
This act establishes the Law Society of Upper Canada to "secure to the province and the profession a learned and honourable body ... and to support and maintain the constitution of the said province." |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act for the Regulation of Ferries. |
37 George III Chapter 10 |
1797 |
This act authorizes justices of the peace in districts throughout the province to set rules and regulations for the operation of ferries. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to enlarge the time between issuing, and the opening of Commissions of Assize and Nisi Prius, in and for the Home district, and for altering the time of holding the suings for the said district. |
37 George III Chapter 9 |
1797 |
This act alters the holding of courts of assize and nisi prius in the Home District. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| 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 in addition to, an Act, made in 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-eighth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating and maintain a Light-House a the entrance of the harbour of Shelburne.’” |
37 George III – Chapter 9 |
1797 |
This is a continuation of two acts, one passed in 1793 and relating to a lighthouse on Sambro Island, and the other passed in 1787 regarding a lighthouse at the mouth of the harbour in Shelburne. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled “An Act for regulating, laying out and repairing Highways and Roads and for appointing Commissioners and Surveyors of Highways within the several Towns or Parishes in this Province; and for suspending for a limited time all the Laws now in force relating to the same.” Passed the 18th February, 1797. |
37 George III Chapter 6 |
1797 |
This act amends a 1796 act to make special provisions for Sunbury County parishes to allow for easier and more convenient highway construction and maintainence. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1797. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1797. |
| An Act to prevent the Growth of Thistles. Passed the 18th February 1797. |
37 George III Chapter 5 |
1797 |
To remove threats to agricultural development, this act allows for Justices of the Peace to establish local regulations for eradicating thistles. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1797. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1797. |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the twenty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for altering the Times appointed for holding the Court of Common Pleas, and the General Sessions of the Peace, in the County of Sydney.” |
37 George III – Chapter 5 |
1797 |
This act changes the times at which the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace for the county of Sydney are held, to the first Tuesday of March and the first Tuesday of October. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Practice of the Court of King’s Bench. |
37 George III Chapter 4 |
1797 |
This act establishes courts of King's Bench in every district throughout the province, as well as at Newark in the Home District. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to authorize the Erection of Fences and Gates across certain Roads in the several Counties in this Province where the same shall be found necessary. Passed the 18th February, 1797. |
37 George III Chapter 3 |
1797 |
This act allows for proprietors to petition for erecting swing gates or water fences on the roads or shores near their property and sets up the terms under which their petitions could be granted. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1797. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1797. |
| An Act for securing the Titles to Lands in this province. |
37 George III Chapter 3 |
1797 |
This act makes it lawful for the chief administrator of Upper Canada to issue commissions throughout the province for granting 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 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to enable the inhabitants of the township of York, to assemble for the purpose of choosing and nominating Parish and Town Officers. |
37 George III Chapter 2 |
1797 |
This act allows the inhabitants of the township of York to assemble immediately to nominate parish and town officers. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to enable the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to appoint Trustees, for the Common of the Town of Dartmouth, on the death, or removal, of the Trustees holding the same, and to vacate that part of the grant of the Common aforesaid, which vests the trust in the heirs, executors or administrators, of the Trustees, named in the said grant, on the death of such Trustees. |
37 George III – Chapter 2 |
1797 |
This act provides for the replacement of trustees of the Dartmouth town plat, which was granted to Thomas Cochran, Timothy Folger, and Samuel Starbuck, in trust, for the common use of the town in 1788. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making, repairing, laying out and altering, Roads, Highways, Bridges and Streets, within the County of Annapolis, and for the more effectual apportionment of the work and labour of the inhabitants within the said County, to be performed in and about the same. |
36 George III – Chapter 17 |
1796 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| 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.” |
36 George III – Chapter 16 |
1796 |
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 goal. Although the title of this act states that the original act being amendment was passed in 6 Geo. III, it was in fact passed in 5 Geo. III. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace, and Grand Jury, in the District of Pictou, to assess the inhabitants of that District, for the repairs of the Roads within the same. |
36 George III – Chapter 11 |
1796 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an act, entitled, “An act to authorize and direct the laying and collecting of assessments and rates in every district within this province, and to provide for the payment of wages to the members of the house of assembly.” |
36 George III Chapter 7 |
1796 |
This act allows magistrates to set the rates of taxation in their respective districts for the payment of wages to members of the house of assembly. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, passed in the year 1796. Niagara: Gideon Tiffany, 1796. |