| An Act further to continue for a limited time an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty George the Third, intituled, “An Act to facilitate the administration of Justice in certain small matters therein-mentioned, in the Country Parishes.” (17th March, 1821.) |
1 George IV Chapter 3 |
1821 |
An Act to continue a former act by the same name passed in 1817 and continued in 1821. The 1817 Act granted the authority for Justices of the Peace to administer cases in country parishes pertaining to fences or ditches on property lines and damage to livestock. Processes by which these cases are to be heard were outlined in this former Act. This Act is set to expire in 1823. |
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| An Act for the summary Trial of certain small causes in the Country Parishes of this Province. (17th March, 1821.) |
1 George IV Chapter 2 |
1821 |
An Act outlining how trials concerning the recovery of certain debts are to run in the province's counties and parishes, excepting the Counties of Quebec and Montreal, and the Town and Parish of Trois-Rivières. The Act describes how summons shall be served, several stipulations on where court can be held, and the duties of commissioners who are to be appointed by this Act. Forms of summons, warrant of execution, and subpoena are included. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the maintenance of good order in Churches, Chapels, and other places used for Public Worship, and for repealing an Act therein mentioned. (17th March, 1821.) |
1 George IV Chapter 1 |
1821 |
An Act to repeal and replace an Act passed in 1817, "An Act to provide for the maintenance of good order on Sundays and Holidays." The Act redefines the responsibilities of Churchwardens to maintain good order and the penalties those who neglect these duties will be responsible for. Militiamen and Peace Officers are required to arrest anyone found loitering in public houses during the Divine Service. Further penalties for those who offend this act are described. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate and establish Fees in the Court of Chancery. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 40 |
1821 |
This act lists the various fees to be charged by officials for services offered by the court of chancery. |
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| An Act to restrain and prohibit the Negociation, within this Province, of Promissory Notes, or Inland Bills of Exchange, under a limited Sum. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 38 |
1821 |
This act restricts the forms of notes being exchanged in lieu of cash being circulated within the province. |
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| An Act to alter and amend an Act, passed in the last Session of the General Assembly, entitled, “An Act to authorize the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, to appoint Commissioners to issue Treasury Notes, to an amount not exceeding Twenty Thousand Pounds.” |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 37 |
1821 |
An amendment to an act passed in 1820, which makes provision for the appointment of three commissioners who will have the power to issue treasury notes, and outlines the procedures and regulations surrounding their issue. |
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| An Act to amend and continue the several Acts of the General Assembly, for granting to His Majesty certain Duties on Wine, Brandy, Gin, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Molasses, Coffee and Brown Sugar, for the support of His Majesty’s Government, and for promoting the Agriculture, Commerce and Fisheries, of the Province. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 36 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to amend and continue the several Acts imposing a Duty on Articles to be imposed from the United States of America. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 35 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to continue the several Acts, now in force, regulating the expenditure of Monies for the service of Roads and Bridges. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 34 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to impose an additional Duty on Wine, hereafter to be imported into this Province, and to appropriate the same for the payment of the interest of the Funded Debt of the Province. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 33 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to continue and amend the several Acts now in force, for encouraging the Establishment of Schools throughout the Province. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 30 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act to provide for the Accommodation and Billetting of His Majesty’s Troops, or of the Militia, when on their march from one part of the Province to another;” and also the several Acts in amendment thereof. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 29 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to continue an Act respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 25 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to continue the Act for regulating the exportation of Red or Smoaked Herrings, and in amendment of an Act, passed in the second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for regulating the Exportation of Fish, and the Assize of Barrels, Hoops, Boards, and all other kinds of Lumber, and for appointing Officers to survey the same;” and also the several Acts in amendment thereof. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 23 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act in addition to an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, entitled, ‘An Act for regulating the rates and prices of Carriages.’” |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 20 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to make perpetual an Act for the Security of Navigation, and for preserving all Ships, Vessels and Goods, which may be found on Shore, wrecked or stranded, upon the Coasts of this Province; and for punishing Persons who shall steal Shipwrecked Goods, and for the relief of Persons suffering loss thereby. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 19 |
1821 |
This Act makes perpetual an act first passed in 1801 relating to insuring ships and for punishing persons found to steal shipwrecked goods. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the first year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable Creditors to receive their just Debts out of the Effects of their Absent or Absconding Debtors.” |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 18 |
1821 |
An amendment of an act first passed in 1761, which outlines how creditors can claim debts owing to them from absent persons and provides the processes by which debtors who abscond out of the Province to account if they cannot repay the amount owed. |
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| An Act to regulate the Trials of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly of this Province. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 17 |
1821 |
This act establishes a procedure to be followed after the submission of a petition contesting the result of an election. |
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| An Act to continue an Act for granting a Drawback of the Duties on Brown or Raw Sugar, used in the Manufacture of Refined Sugar within the Province, and for regulating the mode of obtaining the same. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 16 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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| An Act to continue an Act, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions;” and also, the Act in addition to and in amendment thereof. |
1 & 2 George IV – Chapter 14 |
1821 |
This act was not published. |
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