| An Act for new Executions to be sued against Persons who shall hereafter be delivered out of Execution by privilege of either House of the General Assembly, and for discharge of them out of whose custody such persons shall be delivered. |
58 George III – Chapter 11 |
1818 |
This act concerns individuals who have been set free after having been arrested before being acquitted at trial or by judgment. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue several Acts of the General Assembly, that are near expiring. Passed the 11th March 1818. |
58 George III Chapter 11 |
1818 |
This act continues several acts that were near expiration for an additional four years. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1818. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1818. |
| An act to authorize the inquiry and trial of crimes and offences committed within this province, without the limits of any described township or county, to be had in any district thereof. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) |
58 George III – Chapter 10 (Session 3) |
1818 |
This act clarifies the jurisdiction of the court when crimes are committed in areas which have not been allocated to a specific town or county. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make good certain Monies issued and advanced by His Honor, the Administrator, pursuant to an Address of the Commons House of Assembly. Passed 1st April, 1818. |
58 George III – Chapter 10 (Session 2) |
1818 |
An act specifying sums which shall be sent to the crown by the House of Assembly. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions. |
58 George III – Chapter 10 |
1818 |
This Act outlines the fees and operation of the inferior courts of the province and continues a former act, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions” for an additional year. It explains the role of sheriffs, deputy-sheriffs, and constables in executing orders by the court and also penalties for those who do not abide by its terms. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Thirty-fifth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act to ascertain the Eligibility of Persons to be returned to the House of Assembly, and also to repeal an Act passed in the Fifty-fourth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Entitled an Act in repeal and amend part of an Act passed in the Thirty-fifth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled An Act to ascertain the Eligibility of Persons to be returned to the House of Assembly" and to make further and more effectual provision for securing the Freedom and Constitution of the Parliament of this Province. Passed 1st April, 1818. |
58 George III – Chapter 9 (Session 2) |
1818 |
This act repeals an act first passed in 1795, and makes it illegal for anybody who has sworn allegiance to another country to vote in members of the House of Assembly, stipulating a residency in Upper Canada of a minimum of seven years and the swearing of an oath before being granted this right. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend an Act passed in the forty-fourth year of His Majesty’s reign, so far as the same respects the carriage of Plaster of Paris on the Roads in and about the Township of Windsor, to every Township and Settlement within this Province. |
58 George III – Chapter 9 |
1818 |
This Act requires persons transporting gypsum in every township or settlement to provide additional statute labour for every vehicle used to transport it. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An act further to extend the provisions of an act passed in the forty-fifth, year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “An act to make provision for the further appointment of parish and town officers throughout this province.’’ (Passed 27th November, 1818.) |
58 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 3) |
1818 |
A continuation of an act regarding the appointment of overseers for highways and roads. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal the Act, passed in the fifty-sixth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the encouragement of the Trade of this Province in Plaster of Paris, otherwise called Gypsum.” |
58 George III – Chapter 8 |
1818 |
This Act repeals a former act relating to trade in gypsum. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making a temporary provision for the regulation of Trade between this Province and the United States of America, by land, or by inland Navigation. (1st April, 1818.) |
58 George III Chapter 8 |
1818 |
Under this Act, the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the government may suspend any ordinance or Act in part or whole relative to trade between Lower Canada and the United States by issuing and publishing an order. This Act is to expire in 1819. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An act granting to his Majesty a sum of money for certain purposes therein mentioned. |
58 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 3) |
1818 |
Act repealed by later legislation; not published in this version of the published acts. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled “An Act granting to His Majesty a Sum of Money, to be applied for the encouragement of the Cultivation of Hemp, within this Province.” Passed 1st April, 1818. |
58 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 2) |
1818 |
The repeal of an act first passed in 1856 which allowed for a sum of money to encourage farmers to cultivate hemp. It is being repealed because nobody has so far claimed the money. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to continue the laws now in force for granting an additional duty on shop licenses. (Passed 27th November, 1818.) |
58 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 3) |
1818 |
A continuation of an act regulating the granting of liquor licenses for a further five years. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act Granting to His Majesty a Duty on Licences to Auctioneers, and on Goods, Wares and Merchandise sold by Auction. Passed 1st April, 1818. |
58 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 2) |
1818 |
Specifies the need for auctioneers to hold a license in order to practice, which shall be renewed annually. This act specifies the cost of said license, what information they are to contain, and who is able to grant such license. It also places a levy on all goods sold at auction. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the encouragement of Agriculture in this Province. (1st April, 1818.) |
58 George III Chapter 6 |
1818 |
By this Act, a sum of two thousand pounds is to be given to Agricultural societies within the province. Allowances for the districts of Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and Montreal are described, as well as how the money is to be used. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Lieutenant-Governor or Commander in Chief of this Province, for the time being, to suspend upon the contingency, and in the manner therein mentioned, the further operation of the Act, “for the encouragement of the Trade of this Province, in Plaster of Paris, otherwise called Gypsum.” Passed the 11th March 1818. |
58 George III Chapter 6 |
1818 |
This act suspends an act to encouraging the gypsum due a similar act ebing suspended in Nova Scotia. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1818. Fredericton: George K. Lugrin, 1818. |
| An act to appropriate a certain sum of money for the purposes therein mentioned. |
58 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 3) |
1818 |
Act not published in this version of the published acts. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue, repeal part of, and amend an Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, “An Act for granting to His Majesty Duties on Licences to Hawkers, Pedlars and Petty Chapman, and other Trading Persons therein mentioned," and to extend the provisions of the same. Passed 1st April, 1818. |
58 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) |
1818 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1816, making it illegal for wandering traders and pedlars to operate without a license, and specifies the penalties faced by those who should practice such trade without being first licensed. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the trial of controverted Elections, or returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly. (1st April, 1818.) |
58 George III Chapter 5 |
1818 |
Under this Act, the House of Assembly is allowed to appoint three commissioners for the purpose of examining witnesses instead of bringing them to the bar in all trials of controverted Elections or returns of Members to serve in the House of Assembly of Lower Canada. The duties of these Commissioners are described. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Costs in certain Cases in the Court of King's Bench. Passed 1st April, 1818. |
58 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) |
1818 |
This act gives greater clarity to who is responsible for paying the charges associated with bringing matters to court. |
Early Canadiana Online |