Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to impower the Supreme Court, at their stated Sittings in the Town of Halifax, to try Offenders who may be guilty of Felonies in other Counties in this Province. | 8 George III – Chapter 9 (Session 2) | 1768 | This Act seeks to remedy inconveniences in trying persons charged with felonies situate on sea coasts without communication to Halifax. The trial is to take place as if the felonies had been done in the county of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for taking Special Bails in the Country, up on Actions depending in His Majesty’s Supream Court of this Province. | 8 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act outlines the processes by which special bails are to be taken, and the cases in which they may be taken, on cases pending in the Supreme Court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of 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.” | 8 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1768 | This Act amends 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 mention’d," to resolve certain measures found inconvenient or ineffectual in the former Act. The Act also grants a sum to repay the sums expended in bringing prisoners from Windsor to Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for establishing the Times of holding the Supreme Court. | 8 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1768 | Under this Act, the Supreme Court is to be held four times each year on the dates given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to and Amendment of an Act made and passed in the Third Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 8 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act amends the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," relating to the times and place in which meetings are to be held as outlined under the former Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for impowering the Justices of the Peace for the County of Halifax, to hold a Court of Special Sessions of the Peace at Onslow in the said County, for the Towns of Truro, Onslow, and Londonderry. | 8 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1768 | This Act allows for a Special Court of General Sessions of the Peace to be held each year in Onslow. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax. | 7 George III – Chapter 13 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | 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.” | 7 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act adds to the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Trespasses," as amended in 1759 and 1761 and outlines the penalties for any person found destroying stone walls, fences, bars, gates, not being the land's proprietor or authorised by the proprietor. The Act also provides that horses are not to be allowed to wander at large on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of an Act, made in the Thirty Third Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for establishing a Public Market at the Market House in Halifax and for regulating the same.” | 7 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act amends the 1760 Act, "An Act for establishing a Public Market at the Market House in Halifax and for regulating the same," as amended in 1766, to enable persons with perishable goods to sell to be allowed to do so in the streets of Halifax at any time. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Times and Places for holding the several Courts of Justice therein named. | 7 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act sets the times that the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas are to be held in Annapolis, Lunenburg, Liverpool, Horton, and Cumberland each year as well as when the Supreme Court will be held in Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act, in addition to an Act, entitled, “an Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty on Wheel Carriages within the Peninsula of Halifax.” | 7 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act made in the Fourth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 7 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act amends a section of the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," to provide for townships with less than fifty families resident. | 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 the Establishment of Religious Public Worship in this Province, and for suppressing of Popery.” | 7 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1767 | This Act further amends the 1758 Act, "An Act for the Establishment of Religious Publick Worship in this Province, and for suppressing of Popery," by making provision for the inhabitants of St. Paul's in Halifax through providing several allowances as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for discontinuing the Bounty on Stone Walls. | 6 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act discontinues the bounty granted on stone walls built on the peninsula of Halifax, from January 1, 1768. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for impowering the Justices of the Peace for the County of Queen’s County to hold Courts of Special Sessions of the Peace, at Yarmouth and Barrington, in said County, for the said Townships of Yarmouth and Barrington. | 6 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act makes it lawful for the Justices of the Peace to hold a Court of Special Sessions at Yarmouth and Barrington because want of roads makes it difficult for persons residing in those towns to attend court in Liverpool. The times at which court will be held are listed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more effectual Recovery of his Majesty’s Dues in the Islands of Cape Breton, St. John’s and Islands adjacent. | 6 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act affirms that Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton are subject to the laws of Nova Scotia, and that impost and excise duties are to be collected on these islands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act made and passed in the 33d Year of his late Majesty’s reign, intitled, “An Act for Establishing a Public Market, at the Market House in Halifax, and for regulating the same.” | 6 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act amends the 1760 Act, "An Act for Establishing a Public Market at the Market-House in Halifax, and for regulating the same," to make provision for persons coming into Halifax with small quantities of perishable goods. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Establish the Number of Representatives to be Elected in the several Counties and Townships which are now Established in this Province. | 5 George III – Chapter 10 | 1765 | This Act lists the numbers of representatives each count can elect as representatives in General Assembly. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Raising Money by presentment on the several Counties in this Province, for the Defraying Certain County Charges therein mention’d. | 5 George III – Chapter 6 | 1765 | This Act makes 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. The processes by which these sums are to be raised are described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for impowering the Justices of the Peace for the County of Halifax, to hold a Court of Special Sessions of the Peace at Windsor in said County, for the Townships of Windsor, Onslow, and Truro. | 5 George III – Chapter 3 | 1765 | This Act provides that the there will be a Special Court of General Sessions held in Windsor every year on the last Tuesday of June and the second Tuesday of October to hear all matters in the townships of Windsor, Onslow, and Truro. | Early Canadiana Online |