| An Act in further addition to, and amendment of, an Act, passed in the third and fourth years of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors.” |
59 George III – Chapter 20 |
1819 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1763, which outlines how creditors can collect on debts owing from insolvent persons and penalties for insolvent debtors. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to facilitate the administration of Justice in certain small matters therein-mentioned, in the Country Parishes.” (24th April, 1819.) |
59 George III Chapter 20 |
1819 |
An Act to continue a former act by the same name passed in 1817 in force until 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. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue in force the several Acts therein mentioned. |
59 George III – Chapter 19 |
1819 |
A continuation of various acts. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the services therein mentioned. Passed the 24th of March, 1819. |
59 George III Chapter 19 |
1819 |
This act awards sums of money to various officials for their services to the government, and for variousl local infrastructure projects. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819. |
| An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the fifty-sixty year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to revive and continue an Act passed in the fifty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign,” entitled, “An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign,” entitled, “An Act to afford relief to those Persons who may be entitled to claim Lands, in this Province, as Heirs or Devisees of the Nominees of the Crown, in cases where no Patent hath issued for such Lands, and further to extend the benefit of the said Act, and to continue part of the same.” Passed 12th July, 1819. |
59 George III – Chapter 18 |
1819 |
This Act extends the deadlines imposed by previous acts concerning the entailment of lands. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act to amend and continue an Act, intituled “An Act for raising a Revenue in this Province.” Passed the 24th of March, 1819. |
59 George III Chapter 18 |
1819 |
This act amends existing legislation concerning taxation, changing the amount a tax collector can maintain for his services and creates a new provison regarding the duties imposed on liquors being re-shipped out of Saint John harbour. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819. |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to provide for the maintenance of good Order on Sundays and Holidays” (24th April, 1819.) |
59 George III Chapter 18 |
1819 |
An Act to continue an Act passed in 1817 that made the Office of Church Warden responsible for maintaining good order in Churches and Chapels in Lower Canada. The original Act stipulated the duties of "ancient" Church Wardens and Overseers and how they are to be replaced and outlined penalties for causing disturbances on Sundays and holidays. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and continue an Act, entitled, “An act for encouraging the establishment of Schools throughout the Province.” |
59 George III – Chapter 18 |
1819 |
A continuation and amendment of an act first passed in 1811, which empowered townships, districts or settlements of at least 30 families to establish their own schools. The amendment specifies a certain number of scholars who are to be permitted to be taught in each district, free of charge. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the fifty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the fifty-second year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act to prevent damage to Travellers on the Highways in this Province.” Passed 12th July, 1819. |
59 George III – Chapter 17 |
1819 |
This Act repeals previous acts concerning permanent laws imposed concerning the safety of travelers. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act for laying a Duty on all Teas imported into this Province. Passed the 24th of March, 1819. |
59 George III Chapter 17 |
1819 |
This act establishes a duty on imported tea that will be in effect until 1820. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819. |
| An Act to discontinue certain Duties therein-mentioned. (24th April, 1819.) |
59 George III Chapter 17 |
1819 |
An act to exempt Seeds, Rye, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Indian Corn, Beans, Peas, Rice and grain of all kinds, Horses, Neat Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, and other Live Stock, and live provisions of all kinds, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Rosin, Hemp and Flax, Butter, Cheese and Honey from the duty imposed by “An Act to grant certain Duties to His Majesty towards supplying the wants of the Province during the present war with the United States of America, and for other purposes,” passed in 1813. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for appropriating a sum of Money to defray the expence of procuring Plans and Elevations of Public Buildings, and for Copies of the Journals which were destroyed by the Enemy. Passed 12th July, 1819. |
59 George III – Chapter 16 |
1819 |
This Act provides funds for defraying expenses concerning plans and documents for public buildings. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act to confirm and make valid certain proceedings of the Commissioners for the building and the repair of Churches, Parsonage Houses, and Church Yards. (24th April, 1819.) |
59 George III Chapter 16 |
1819 |
An act to confirm the validity of proceedings done under the authority of the act from 1791 "An Act or Ordinance concerning the building and repairing of Churches, Parsonage Houses, and Church Yards," undertaken before 13 October 1818. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to Marriages, and the issuing of Marriage Licenses. |
59 George III – Chapter 16 |
1819 |
This act clarifies marriage law, allowing the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief to issue marriage licenses to anybody within the province no matter their religious persuasion, rather than requiring them to conform to the book of common prayer. The form of the marriage license is specified within the act, and clarifies that marriages still need to be solemnized by approved clergymen. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Deserting from His Majesty’s Forces, and to punish unlawful dealings with Soldiers or Deserters. Passed the 24th of March, 1819. |
59 George III Chapter 15 |
1819 |
This act streghtens penalties for destering soldiers and those who aid them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819. |
| An Act to regulate the exportation of Fish, and to repeal the Laws now in force relating thereto.
Passed the 24th of March, 1819.
|
59 George III Chapter 13 |
1819 |
This act repeals previous legislation covering the exportation of fish, creating new regulations for the preparation and packaging of exported fish, allows for the hiring of local officials to conduct inspections, and penalties for those who violate them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819. |
| An Act to continue for a limited time, an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, ‘An Act for the division of the Province of Lower-Canada for amending the Judicature thereof, and for repealing certain Laws therein-mentioned,’ and to provide more effectually for the administration of Justice in this Province.” (24th April, 1819.) |
59 George III Chapter 13 |
1819 |
An Act to extend a former act from 1818 that extended the provisions of an Act passed in 1793 which divided Lower Canada into three districts and established a court of King's Bench in each. By the 1818 Act, any Judge in the province is authorised to preside over the duties of the Chief Justice of Puisne Justices of their district in the event that they are unable to perform these duties due to illness. This Act is to expire in 1820. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the encouragement of Agriculture, and Rural Economy, in this Province. |
59 George III – Chapter 13 |
1819 |
This act creates a central agricultural committee, naming its members, who will oversee the creation of agricultural societies in each district. The terms of office for the agricultural committees are specified by the act, along with a general mandate of agricultural improvement. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of and amend an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to explain, ament, and reduce to one Act of Parliament the several Laws now in being for the Raising and Training the Militia of this Province.” Passed 12th July, 1819. |
59 George III – Chapter 12 |
1819 |
This Act repeals parts of an act concerned with raising a militia, specifically redefining the punishment for various charges. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1819. York: R. C. Horne, 1819. |
| An Act in addition to and in amendment of art Act, intituled "An Act for the support and relief of Confined Debtors,” and the Act “further to extend the provisions thereof.” Passed the 24th of March, 1819. |
59 George III Chapter 12 |
1819 |
This act changes the times of confinement for debtors. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1819. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1819. |