Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for continuing 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.” | 13 George III Chapter 11 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act continues the 1768 Act, “An Act for granting to his Majesty a Duty on Wheel-Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax,” which is to remain in force until the end of 1777. Duties to be collected under the former Act are to be collected yearly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for farming the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors and Wines at the Island of Cape Breton, and District of Canso, and to enable the Farmer or Farmers thereof to collect the same. | 13 George III Chapter 8 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act outlines how farmers in the district of Canso and in Cape Breton are to be appointed and serve as collectors of duties of impost and excise. Their duties and responsibilities are also outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Regulating the Fishery within the Harbour of Halifax. | 13 George III Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act limits the times that persons can using fishing nets in the harbour of Halifax. Fines for persons who offend against the terms of this Act are outlined. This Act is to remain in force until the end of 1773. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of, and in Addition to an Act made in the Third Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act to enable the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 12 George III – Chapter 6 | 1772 | This Act amends the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," that was amended in 1767, 1768, and 1770, relating to the assessment of sums voted for the support of the poor. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal two Acts, made in the Tenth and Eleventh Years of his present Majesty’s Reign, to enable the several Counties in this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives. | 12 George III – Chapter 4 | 1772 | This Act repeals the 1770 Act, "An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives," and the 1771 Act, "An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the Tenth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for impowering the Justices of the Peace for the County of Sunbury, to hold Courts of General Sessions of the Peace at Warrington, on the Island of Campo-Bello [Campobello] in the said County, for the said Island, and for the District of Passamaquoddy, comprehending the Islands within the said District. | 12 George III – Chapter 2 | 1772 | Under this Act, the Justices of the Peace for the County of Sunbury are empowered to hold court in Warrington in June and October, rather than in the county town for the District of Passamaquoddy, in light of the lack of roads or regular ferries out of Campobello Island. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Times of holding the Courts of General Sessions and Inferior Court of Common Pleas at Horton in King’s-County. | 12 George III – Chapter 1 | 1772 | This Act amends the times when courts are to be held in Horton as stipulated under the 1767 Act, "An Act for regulating the Times and Places for holding the several Courts of Justice therein named," so that they are to take place in June and October rather than in May and October. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing 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.” | 11 George III – Chapter 17 | 1771 | Under this Act, the 1767 Act, “An Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax,” is to remain in force until 1774. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing an Act, made in the Tenth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, an Act for further regulating the Market at Halifax. | 11 George III – Chapter 16 | 1771 | This Act continues the 1769 Act, "An Act for further regulating the Market at Halifax," which is to remain in force for three years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act, made in the Tenth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives. | 11 George III – Chapter 7 | 1771 | This Act clarifies the 1770 Act, "An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives," relating to the payments to be made to representatives, including the when payments are to be made and by whom. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, An Act for preventing Trespasses. | 11 George III – Chapter 5 | 1771 | This Act amends the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Trespasses," relating to the height of fences on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Times of holding the Courts of General-Sessions and Inferior Court of Common-Pleas at Annapolis, in the County of Annapolis. | 11 George III – Chapter 4 | 1771 | This Act amends the 1767 Act, "An Act for regulating the times and places for holding the several Courts of Justice therein named," relating to the times that courts are to be held in Annapolis. Under this Act, the courts are to be held in April and November of each year rather than in January and September. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Benefit of the Fishery on the Coats of this Province. | 10 George III Chapter 10 | 1770 | Under this Act, fishermen who throw the heads, bones, or other offal of fish into the sea within three leagues of the shore are subject to a fine of five pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering the Times of holding the Courts of General Sessions, and Inferior Courts of Common Pleas at Liverpool, in the County of Queen’s County. | 10 George III Chapter 7 | 1770 | This Act amends the times at which the courts of General Sessions and Inferior Courts of Common Pleas are to be held in Queen's County, so that they will take place in April and November rather than in February and September as specified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Commons belonging to the several Townships in this Province. | 10 George III Chapter 4 | 1770 | Under this Act, rules and regulations for regulating the commons belonging to the Province's commons are to be settled at the General Sessions of the Peace. Persons who offend against these rules or regulations are to forfeit a fine not exceeding forty shillings or be committed for not more than ten days. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the several Counties within this Province to raise Money for Payment of their Representatives. | 10 George III Chapter 3 | 1770 | This Act outlines the sums representatives will be entitled to to defray expenses incurred for their attendance at the General Assembly, and the processes by which these sums are to be levied. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for further regulating the Market at Halifax. | 9 George III – Chapter 7 | 1769 | This Act declares the rates at which stalls can be rented at the market in Halifax, and that persons can butcher or harvest and sell livestock or vegetables at any time within market hours or outside of them. This Act is to remain in force for one year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled An Act to prevent unnecessary firing off Guns and other Fire Arms in the Town and Suburbs of Halifax. | 9 George III – Chapter 3 | 1769 | This Act extends the penalties outlined under the 1758 Act, "An Act to prevent unnecessary firing off Guns and other Fire Arms in the Town and Suburbs of Halifax" to apply also to children under fourteen years of age or any adult found to fire any gun within one hundred yards of any other person on horse back or in a carriage. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the 5th Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled An Act for the raising Money by Presentment on the several Counties in this Province, for the defraying certain County Charges therein mentioned. | 9 George III – Chapter 1 | 1769 | This Act adds to the 1765 Act, "An Act for the raising Money by Presentment on the several Counties in this Province, for the defraying certain County Charges therein mentioned," relating the maintenance of bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty, a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax. | 8 George III – Chapter 13 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act 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. The rate of duties are outlined as well as penalties for persons refusing to pay them. This Act is to remain in force for three years. | Early Canadiana Online |