Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Local
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for regulating and maintaining a Light-House on Sambro Island. | 33 George II – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1759 | This Act makes provision and gives instruction for the erection of a lighthouse on Sambro Island. Duties to be paid at the harbour of Halifax are to fund the construction, as outlined. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for regulating and maintaining an House of Correction or Work-House within the Town of Halifax, and for binding out Poor Children. | 33 George II – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1759 | This Act gives instructions for how the workhouse established under the 1758 Act, "An Act for erecting an House of Correction or Work-House within the town of Halifax," should be run and explains who is to be committed to the workhouse. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to prevent unnecessary Firing off Guns, and other Fire-Arms, in the Town and Suburbs of Halifax. | 32 George II – Chapter 25 | 1758 | Under this Act, anyone who unnecessarily fires any fire arm in the town or suburbs of Halifax is to be committed to jail for twenty-four hours. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to prevent the Sale of Slop-Cloathing, and for punishing the Concealers or Harbourers of Seamen or Marines deferring from the Royal Navy. | 32 George II – Chapter 12 | 1758 | This Act makes it illegal for Seamen or Marines to sell their uniforms and defines punishments for those found to be harbouring the same. This Act is to remain in force for the term of the present war (the Seven Years War). | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for erecting a House of Correction or Workhouse, within the Town of Halifax. | 32 George II – Chapter 9 | 1758 | This Act provides a sum of five hundred pounds to be collected from duties on spirituous liquors to be put towards the construction of a workhouse to be built to the dimensions specified. Commissioners to oversee the construction are appointed. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for erecting a Lighthouse at the Entrance of the Harbour of Halifax. | 32 George II – Chapter 8 | 1758 | This Act provides a sum of one thousand pounds to be put towards the construction of a lighthouse and dwelling house on Sambro Island and appoints commissioners to oversee the construction. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to prohibit the Erecting of Distilling-houses, or setting up Stills within the Town of Halifax, or within one Quarter of a Mile of the present Lines or Pickets of the said Town. | 32 George II – Chapter 4 | 1758 | Under this Act, distilling spirituous liquors within a quarter mile of the town of Halifax is prohibited and subject to a fine, as outlined. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |