Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to encourage the destruction of Wolves. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 6 | 1831 | This Act provides a reward of two pounds ten shillings to any person who kills a wolf, under the terms as described. This Act is to remain in force until 1833. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to exempt from seizure in satisfaction of judgment certain articles therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 4 | 1831 | Under this Act, certain belongings cannot be seized from debtors. Debtors are to be allowed to keep one cow, three sheep, one hog, one single stove, and one cord of fire-wood. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Married Women more conveniently to Alien and Convey their Real Estate, and to Repeal an Act passed in the forty-third year of the Reign of King George the Third, entitled “An Act to enable Married Women, having Real Estate, more conveniently to Alienate and Convey the same.” Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 3 | 1831 | This Act makes it easier for a married female property owner to transfer her land title to another owner; sets out the specifics of such transfer; and repeals the previous Act dealing with transfer of female-owned property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, intituled An Act further to increase the Revenue of the Province, by imposing a Duty upon all Rum and other spirituous Liquors that shall be distilled within the same. Passed 25th March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 3 | 1831 | This act continues a previous act allowing a duty on imported rum 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 prevent a failure of Justice by reason of Immaterial variances in certain Law Proceedings, and to require all Courts to take Judicial notice of Private Acts of Parliament. Passed 16th March, 1831. | 1 William IV – Chapter 2 | 1831 | This Act is intended to prevent variances from disrupting legal proceedings by allowing the presiding Justice or Court to resolve the variance and continue with the trial as if there had been no variance in the first place. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make valid certain Marriages heretofore contracted, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Matrimony in this Province. (The Royal Assent to this Bill was signified, by Message of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, to the Legislative Council and Assembly of this Province on the Second day of March, 1831.) | 1 William IV – Chapter 1 | 1831 | This Act states that any marriage performed up to this point in time by an official legally qualified to solemnize marriage, shall henceforth be regarded and respected as valid, and that any children born into such a marriage be considered legitimate. The Act also makes specifications regarding the provision of marriage certificates. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for ascertaining the Population of the several Counties in this Province, and for obtaining certain Statistical information therein mentioned. (31st March, 1831.) | 1 William IV Chapter 1 | 1831 | This Act allows the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government to nominate commissioners from each of the Province’s counties to oversee a new census. Directions for how the census should be taken are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend the Act for raising a Revenue in the Province. Passed 25th March 1831. | 1 William IV Chapter 1 | 1831 | This act places duties upon several articles imported into New Brunswick to raise provincial revenues, and creates new regulations for importation. | 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 Cover the Payments by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, of certain Contingent Expenses of the Legislature. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 25 | 1830 | This Act provides a sum of money to repay funds already advanced to cover certain expenses of government. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to raise by Loan a certain Sum of Money, to be expended on the Public Highways within this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 24 | 1830 | This Act authorizes the government to borrow up to 8,000 pounds toward road and bridge improvement, and specifies the terms of the potential loan(s) and its or their repayment. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Payment of Militia Pensions, by Reviving and Continuing for a limited time the Law for that purpose, which has recently expired. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 23 | 1830 | This Act, dating retroactively to January 30, 1830, extends a previous Act regarding military pensions. It is to remain in effect for four years plus the time to the final day of the next sitting of the Legislature. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Authorize the Receiver General of this Province to raise by Debenture, on the Credit of certain duties therein mentioned, a Sum of Money for the Relief of the Sufferers during the late War with the United States. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 22 | 1830 | This Act grants the Receiver General the power to borrow the 57,412 pounds, ten shillings authorized for compensation of those residents of the province sustaining losses during the War of 1812, and outlines the terms of the potential loan(s) and its or their repayment. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Relief of the Sufferers who sustained Loss during the late War with the United States of America. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 21 | 1830 | This Act provides for 57,412 pounds, ten shillings out of duties on salt and whiskey to be made available towards the compensation of those residents of the province sustaining losses during the War of 1812. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Borrow a Sum of Money in England at a reduced rate of Interest, to cancel the Public Debt of this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 19 | 1830 | This Act authorizes the Receiver General of Upper Canada to allot 5,400 pounds per year for the payment of the interest and, eventually, the principal on a loan the provincial government hopes to obtain from England. This loan would be for the purpose of paying off debts owed by the province to other creditors. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Repeal an Act passed in the Forty-ninth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to Encourage the Destroying of Wolves in this Province,” and to make further provision for exterminating those destructive Animals. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 17 | 1830 | This Act, with aim to encourage the residents of the province to help cull the wolf population, authorizes the payment of one pound per wolf killed, so long as sufficient proof of killing be provided. The Act also specifies how this bounty of one pound per head is to be disbursed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act Granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money for the Improvement of the Roads and Bridges in this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 14 | 1830 | This Act provides government funds for road and bridge repair throughout the province, and specifies on exactly which projects the money is to be spent in each district. The Act also names the Commissioners to direct the use of funds for each project. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage the Establishment of Agricultural Societies in the several Districts of this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 10 | 1830 | This Act provides for government funds to be made available to support agricultural societies within the province. It also specifies the conditions societies must meet in order to qualify for such funds, and how the funds are to be disbursed should there be multiple societies formed in any given district. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Revive and Continue, with certain Modifications, an Act passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of His late Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to alter the Laws now in force for granting Licenses to Innkeepers, and to give to the Justices of the Peace, in General Quarter Sessions Assembled, for their respective Districts, authority to Regulate the Duties hereafter to be paid on such Licenses. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 9 | 1830 | This Act maintains, for two years to come, certain previous legislative provisions regarding innkeepers' licenses. The Act makes further specifications regarding the granting of licenses to innkeepers, and stipulates that revenue raised through the sale of such licenses be used to upgrade roads and bridges. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for an Encrease of the number of Overseers of Highways, Pounds, and Pound-keepers, in the respective Townships throughout this Province. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 7 | 1830 | This Act allows for the selection of up to thirty Overseers of Highways for each township in the province, along with one pound-keeper for each pound. The Act also specifies to which pound(s) seized property may be conveyed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the better Regulation of the Currency. Passed 6th March, 1830. | 11 George IV – Chapter 6 | 1830 | This Act repeals certain previous legislation pertaining to currency in Upper Canada, and specifies which British silver coins are no longer to be accepted as currency within the province. | Early Canadiana Online |