Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for regulating the Price of certain Provisions in the Township of Halifax. | 17 George III – Chapter 7 | 1777 | This act allows the justices of the peace to determine the price of butchers meat in Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act intitled, an Act to prevent Trespasses. | 17 George III – Chapter 6 | 1777 | This act adds additional clauses to an act first passed in 1758. The original act set standards for fences and sets procedures for how and in what cases damages done by horses or livestock should be compensated. The addition extends the provisions of this act to the road between Bedford Basin and Fort Sackville. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for farming the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum and other distilled spirituous Liquors, and Wines, Brown Sugar and Melasses at the several Districts therein-mentioned. | 16 George III – Chapter 8 | 1776 | This act puts measures in place to collect duties on certain alcoholic beverages as well as brown sugar and molasses in the named regions around the province. It specifies how the individuals collecting these duties are to be selected, and the authorities given to them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act for granting to his Majesty an Excise on Melasses, and brown Sugar, sold within or brought into this Province, and for the more effectual improving and extending the Trade of this Colony to the West-Indies. | 16 George III – Chapter 7 | 1776 | Although this act states it is an amendment to an act passed in the fifteenth year of George III, it is actually an amendment to an act passed in 1774, the fourteenth year of George III - "An Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise on Melasses and Brown Sugar, sold within, or brought into this Province, and for the more effectual improving and extending the Trade of this Colony to the West-Indies." The original 1774 act established a duty on molasses and brown sugar of five pence per gallon and five shillings per hundred and twelve pounds, while the 1776 act continues the original act until 1778. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to and for continuing an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of, and for continuing the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province therein mentioned, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Wines, Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors.” | 16 George III – Chapter 6 | 1776 | Although the act states that it is an amendment to an act passed in the fifteenth year of George III, it is actually an amendment to an act passed in 1774, which is the fourteenth year of George III. The act referenced is, "An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of, and for continuing the several Acts of the General-Assembly of this Province therein mentioned, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Wines, Beer, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors," which amends and continues several Acts relating to impost and excise duties charged on liquors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to the several Acts, made by the General Assembly of this Province, to enable the several Townships within the same to maintain their Poor. | 16 George III – Chapter 1 | 1776 | This act allows for local Justices of the Peace in Halifax to assess how much money is required to support the poor of the town and fine local residents accordingly, if local residents fail to independently raise enough money themselves. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Time of sitting and holding the Supreme Court, in King’s County, and at the Counties of Annapolis and Cumberland in the Spring Circuit of the Year 1776. | 15 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 2) | 1775 | This act sets the dates of the supreme court sessions of Kings county for the year 1776. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable certain persons, therein named, to state an account of the work done in the Township of Truro, for repair of Dykes and Roads, since the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty one, and to oblige the persons concerned in the same to pay their proportion of the said expense. | 15 George III – Chapter 9 (Session 1) | 1775 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for further regulating the Market at Halifax. | 15 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 2) | 1775 | This is an amendment to the original act regulating the Halifax market, which changes the annual rate paid by stall keepers, defines how the money raised by rents can be used, and allows residents of Halifax to bring in certain quantities and types of foodstuff from outside of Halifax into the city proper. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Times appointed for holding the Supreme Court in certain Counties therein mentioned. | 15 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 1) | 1775 | This act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for establishing the Times of holding an Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the Township of Yarmouth in Queen’s County. | 15 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1775 | This act establishes when and where the court of common pleas will be held for the town of Yarmouth. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act made in the Eighth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for granting to his Majesty a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax.” | 15 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1775 | An amendment to a 1768 act, which allows for the collection of a duty on wheel carriages to be used to maintain the streets and public highways on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act made in the Fifteenth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act to prevent Waste and Destruction of Pine or other Timber Trees on certain reserved and ungranted Lands in this Province.” | 15 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1775 | Although the act states this is an amendment to an act passed in the fifteenth year of George III, it is in fact referring to an act passed in 1774, the fourteenth year of George III - "An Act to prevent Waste and Destruction of Pine or other Timber Trees, on certain reserved and ungranted Lands in this Province." The original act set aside tracts of land along the Wolastoq (St. John's River) and on Cape Breton to provide a perpetual supply of masts and ship timber to the royal navy, while the amendment allows for the use of wood as shall be necessary in Cape Breton for the use of the fishery. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable John Morris, Deputy Surveyor of Lands, to recover of the Inhabitants of the Township of Clare, the Charges he has been at, in Surveying and laying out Lands to the said Inhabitants. | 14 George III Chapter 17 | 1774 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for farming the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, and Wines, Sugar and Melasses at the several Districts therein mentioned. | 14 George III Chapter 16 | 1774 | This Act makes provision for farming out the collection of duties of impost and excise on liquors, brown sugar, and molasses to farmers in several districts between 31 March 1775 and 31 December 1776 by the processes outlined. The duties and responsibilities of the farmers are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to, and Amendment of, and for continuing the several Acts of the General-Assembly of this Province therein mentioned, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Wines, Beer, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors. | 14 George III Chapter 11 | 1774 | This Act amends and continues several Acts relating to impost and excise duties charged on liquors, by granting additional duties and discontinuing drawbacks, as well as exceptions to these provisions. These Acts are to remain in force until the end of 1776. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Times of holding the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland. | 14 George III Chapter 9 | 1774 | This Act amends the weeks in which the Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Inferior Court of Common Pleas are to take place in Cumberland each June and October. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to, and in Amendment of an Act, made in the Eighth Year of His Present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for establishing the Times of holding the Supreme Court.” | 14 George III Chapter 6 | 1774 | This Act amends and adds to the 1768 Act, "An Act for establishing the Times of holding the Supreme Court," in order to appointing a Supreme Court, Court of Assize, and General Gaol Delivery to be held in places in the Province outside of Halifax. The processes by which this court is to function are outlined, including the times it will be held in each county. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Waste and Destruction of Pine or other Timber Trees, on certain reserved and ungranted Lands in this Province. | 14 George III Chapter 3 | 1774 | This Act sets aside tracts of land along the Wolastoq (St. John's River) and on Cape Breton to provide a perpetual supply of masts and ship timber to the royal navy. Penalties for persons found to trespass on these lands or damage pine trees thereon are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to borrow a Sum, not exceeding the Sum of Four Hundred Pounds, for paying off the Debt incurr’d by making Bridges, and opening the Road to Truro in the County of Halifax. | 14 George III Chapter 2 | 1774 | This Act outlines the processes by which sums, not exceeding four hundred pounds, can be borrowed to make up the sums required to build highways, bridges, and roads (including a road built between Truro and Halifax) not covered by the duties imposed by the 1768 Act, “An Act for suppressing unlicensed houses, and granting to his Majesty a duty on persons hereafter to be licensed.” Acts relating to duties on licensed houses are to remain in force until the end of 1780. | Early Canadiana Online |