| An Act to regulate Assessments in this Province. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 26 |
1831 |
This act creates new rules and regulations for the assessment of rates for public charges and expenses. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act for the encouragement of the Useful Arts, in this Province. (31st March, 1831.) |
1 William IV Chapter 24 |
1831 |
This Act continues and clarifies the 1824 Act, “An Act to promote the progress of Useful Arts in this Province.” This Act is to remain in force until 1836. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate Inns, Taverns, and Houses for selling strong or spirituous Liquors, and to repeal all the Laws now in Force relating to the same. Passed 31st March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 24 |
1831 |
This act creates new regulations for the sale of liquor, and penalties for their violation. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to make good certain Monies paid under the Warrants of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in advance, to defray the Contingencies of the last Session of the Legislature. Passed 16th March, 1831. |
1 William IV – Chapter 23 |
1831 |
This Act provides for the repayment of the Lieutenant-Governor for funds he advanced toward expenses of governance during the previous sitting of the Legislature. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Art passed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to declare the Qualifications of Church Wardens and Vestrymen in the several Parishes in this Province, and of the Persons having Voices in their Election; and to make other and more effectual Enactments in lieu thereof. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 23 |
1831 |
This act repeals an existing act governing the election of Church Wardens and Vestrymen and gives authority to do so to all pewholders. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to authorise the laying out several sums of Money granted by an Act of the last Session of the Legislature, entitled “An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of Money for the improvement of the Roads and Bridges in this Province,” and which sums remain unexpended. Passed 16th March, 1831. |
1 William IV – Chapter 20 |
1831 |
This Act specifies how certain funds still available for work on roads and bridges are to be used in various specific locations throughout the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for setting and keeping to hard Labour Persons adjudged to that Punishment. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 18 |
1831 |
This act allows for county officials to make regulations for those serving hard labour in their jurisdiction, to collect any profits from said hard labour, and punish those prisoners who refuse to work. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act Granting to His Majesty a sum of money, to be raised by Debenture, for the Improvement of Roads and Bridges in the several Districts of this Province. Passed 16th March, 1831. |
1 William IV – Chapter 17 |
1831 |
This Act allows the government to borrow up to 20,000 pounds from creditors for road and bridge construction and repair throughout the various districts of the province. The Act names the Commissioners to apply the allotted funds in each district, and specifies on which projects each district's funds are to be spent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to amend the Laws relative to Offences against the Person. Passed 15th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 17 |
1831 |
This act creates new punishments for women who commit infanticide or attempt to conceal births, and against violent offences in general. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to provide a Salary for the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and to Remunerate him for past Services. Passed 16th March, 1831. |
1 William IV – Chapter 16 |
1831 |
This Act provides for a regular annual salary to be paid the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and compensates the presently serving Clerk, Samuel Peters Jarvis, for services rendered up to now. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for amending the Laws relative to malicious Injuries to Property. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 16 |
1831 |
This act creates measures to punish wanton damage of property, public and private. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Larceny and other Offences connected therewith. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 15 |
1831 |
As Imperial acts regarding larceny have been repealed this act creates new regulations for the dealing with various crimes. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to Repeal the Laws now in force granting Poundage to the Receiver General, and to provide a Salary for that Officer in Lieu thereof. Passed 16th March, 1831. |
1 William IV – Chapter 15 |
1831 |
This Act alters the mode and amount of payment of the Receiver General of Upper Canada, changing from a percentage of rates levied to a regular salary, as well as a proportion of duties levied from Lower Canada. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for improving the Administration of Justice in Criminal Cases. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 14 |
1831 |
This act repeals several laws in New Brunswick that have been repealed in London, and creates new regulations for the administration of criminal cases. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Fifth Session of the Sixth Parliament of this Province, entitled “An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money towards defraying the expenses of the Civil Administration of the Government of this Province," and for granting to His Majesty a certain sum of money to be applied towards the payment of the expences of the Administration of Justice and the support of the Civil Government of this Province. Passed 16th March, 1831. |
1 William IV – Chapter 14 |
1831 |
This Act repeals previous legislation that allowed for 2,500 pounds annually toward "the [c]ivil [g]overnment of" Upper Canada, and replaces it with legislation allotting 6,500 pounds per year for the same purpose, with detail as to which areas of civil governance the said monies are to be applied. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive an Act, intituled An Act for regulating the Courts of Law established in the several Counties for the Trial of Causes to the Value of Forty Shillings. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 13 |
1831 |
This act continues the terms of a 1786 act regulating court cases to the value of 40 shillings until 1833. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to continue an Act granting a Bounty on the Destruction of Bears in this Province. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 10 |
1831 |
This act continues a bounty encouraging the destruction of bears until 1836. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to repeal all the Acts in Force relating to Trespasses, and to make more effectual Provision for the same. Passed 25th March 1831. |
1 William IV Chapter 9 |
1831 |
This act repeals existing legislation concerning trespass and creates new regulations and penalties for its prevention. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1831. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1831. |
| An Act to amend and continue for a limited time, a certain Act passed in the ninth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, “An Act further to regulate persons who keep Houses of Public Entertainment, and retail Spirituous Liquors, and for other purposes.” (31st March, 1831.) |
1 William IV Chapter 9 |
1831 |
This Act continues and amends the 1829 Act, “An Act further to regulate persons who keep Houses of Public Entertainment, and retail Spirituous Liquors, and for other purposes.” This Acts makes several amendments pertaining to how people can receive licences to sell liquor, who is eligible to receive them, and how offences against this Act should be handled. This Act is to remain in force until 1834. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further provision for the encouragement of Education in this Province, and to amend two certain Acts therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) |
1 William IV Chapter 7 |
1831 |
This Act authorises several sums to be distributed to aid schools established within the province and for other purposes related to education in the province. The Act lists the people and bodies that are to receive funds, as well as the amounts to be paid out to them. The Act amends and continues parts of the 1829 Act “An Act for the encouragement of Elementary Education” and the 1830 Act “An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of His Majesty’s Reign, concerning Elementary Education, and to make further provision for the instruction of Youth.” Further provisions on how these schools should be regulated are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |