| An Act to regulate and establish Fees in the Court of Chancery. |
42 George III – Chapter 4 |
1802 |
A list of duties performed by officers of the court and the fees they are permitted to demand for each of those duties. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying certain sums of money therein mentioned, to make good the like sums issued and advanced by His Majesty s Orders, in pursuance of two federal Addresses of the House of Assembly. 5th April, 1802. |
42 George III Chapter 4 |
1802 |
An Act to repay a sum of money to the King's treasury. The Act describes multiple duties that were instituted to generate funds to repay the amount advanced to the House of Assembly in order to erect court houses in the districts of Montreal and Quebec and to purchase books. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render Persons convicted of Petty Larceny, competent Witnesses. Passed the 5th of March, 1802. |
42 George III Chapter 4 |
1802 |
This act allows for those who are convicted of petty larceny to be called as witnesses in trials. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1802. Saint John: J. Ryan, 1802. |
| An Act to declare and ascertain the Rates which the Receiver General shall take and retain to his own use, out of the Monies passing through his hands, which are subject to disposition of the Parliament of this Province. [July 7th, 1802.] |
42 George III – Chapter 3 |
1802 |
This act allows the receiver general to retain various rates on taxes collected in the province and to claim drawbacks on monies collected in trade with Lower Canada. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1802. York: John Bennet, 1802. |
| An Act further to continue for a limited time, An Act passed in the Thirty Sixth Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “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.” (5th. April, 1802.) |
42 George III Chapter 2 |
1802 |
This Act continues an Act first passed in 1796, and which allows the suspension of any act or ordinance relating to trade, in whole or in part, by the Governor or Lieutenant Governor. It further allows the Governor or Lieutenant Governor to make regulations with respect to imports, exports, duties, or anything else between Lower Canada and the United States. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in the District of Newcastle. July 7th, 1802. |
42 George III – Chapter 2 |
1802 |
This act creates a new district, Newcastle, and establishes the corresponding courts therein. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1802. York: John Bennet, 1802. |
| An Act to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the fortieth year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act to give further powers to the Executive Government to prevent the introduction or spreading of infectious or contagious Diseases in this Province.” (5th April, 1802.) |
42 George III Chapter 1 |
1802 |
An Act to expire an act passed in 1800 unless it is deemed necessary to continue the Act, in which case this Act grants an extension and sets a new expiry for the Act. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Regulating the Militia. Passed the 5th of March, 1802. |
42 George III Chapter 1 |
1802 |
This act replaces existing militia legislation, establishing new regulations for the command, organization, recruitment, mobilization, fines, and training days of the New Brunswick militia, both provincially and locally. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the year 1801. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1801. |
| An Act the better to ascertain and secure the Titles to Lands in this Province. July 7th, 1802. |
42 George III – Chapter 1 |
1802 |
This act allows district commissioners to direct land claims cases to courts of King's Bench in instances where letters patent have not yet been made out. |
Acts related to Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1802. York: John Bennet, 1802. |
| An Act for applying certain monies, therein mentioned, for the service of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one; and for appropriating such part of the Supplies, granted in this Session of the General Assembly, as are not already appropriated by the Laws or Acts of the Province. |
41 George III – Chapter 18 |
1801 |
NOTE: This act was published in an incomplete form
This act allocates funds to specific uses within the province, such as roads, the repair of Government House, the maintenance of a jail in Halifax, and various other matters. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, passed in the Thirty-second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An act for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province;” and also the Act in amendment thereof, passed in the last Session of General Assembly, entitled, “An Act to alter, amend and continue, an Act, made and passed in the Thirty-second year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An Act for the further increase of the Revenue, by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province.’” |
41 George III – Chapter 17 |
1801 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Establishment of Free Schools and the Advancement of Learning in this Province. |
41 George III Chapter 17 |
1801 |
This Act establishes the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, sets aside monies for the construction and maintenance of school houses, and lays out instructions for the appointment of school masters. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act, made and passed in the Twenty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for the better support of the Poor in the respective Counties within this Province, by laying an Impost Duty on articles imported into this Province, from the United States of America.” |
41 George III – Chapter 16 |
1801 |
This act was not published. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to declare the Decisory Oath or Servient Décisoire, admissible Commercial as well as other Civil Matters in this Province. |
41 George III Chapter 15 |
1801 |
An Act to allow and admit the Decisory Oath in commercial matters and in civil matters in agreement with the laws and customs of Lower Canada's courts. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| 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. |
41 George III – Chapter 14 |
1801 |
This act imposes penalties for anyone who should try to claim goods they find on shore without being able to prove they are not from a shipwreck, or they do not own them. The act includes provisions for issuing warrants to search for concealed goods which may have been seized from the shore after a shipwreck in order to return them to their rightful owners. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty certain new Duties on the importation into this Province, of all Manufactured Tobacco and Snuff, and for disallowing the Drawback, on Tobacco Manufactured within this Province. (8th April, 1801) |
41 George III Chapter 14 |
1801 |
This Act outlines the rates and duties applied to imported tobacco and repeals abated duties in Quebec City, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to His Majesty, a Duty on Licencing Billiard Tables for hire and for regulating the same. (8th April, 1801) |
41 George III Chapter 13 |
1801 |
An Act to implement a licensing system for billiard tables enacted in response to an increase in the number of billiard tables throughout the province. All revenue from the license fees are to be collected by the Secretary of the Province, his deputy, or agent and put in the King's treasury. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting certain Sums for repairing and laying out Roads, Passed the 21st of February, 1801. |
41 George III Chapter 13 |
1801 |
This act awards sums of money to various projects for building or repairing provinicial highways. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the year 1801. Saint John, NB: J. Ryan, 1801. |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, made and passed in the Thirty-ninth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for raising a Revenue to repair the roads throughout the Province, by laying a duty on persons hereafter to be licensed to keep Public Houses, or Shops, for the retail of Spirituous Liquors, and for regulating such Public Houses and Shops.” |
41 George III – Chapter 12 |
1801 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1799, which allocated the money collected from duties placed on various types of liquor, as well as fees collected from licenses issued by the province to sell liquor, to be used to pay for road repairs across the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for applying a certain sum of money therein mentioned, to make good the like sum Issued and advanced by His Majesty’s orders, in pursuance of an Address of the House of Assembly. (8th April, 1801) |
41 George III Chapter 12 |
1801 |
Under this Act two thousand pounds are to be issued to the Receiver General of the province to make good on the sum of money advanced to the province from the King's treasury. |
Early Canadiana Online |