| An Act to compel the attendance of the Justices of the Peace at the several General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for the respective Counties of this Province. |
39 George III – Chapter 10 |
1799 |
This act compels the attendance of the province's justices of the peace at every court of general quarter sessions. This attendance will be tracked by court clerks, including whether or not justices left before the end of the day's business. The lists of magistrates who neglect their duties are to be sent to the Chief Justice in Halifax, and face the forfeiture of their office. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for defraying the Ordinary Services of the Province, for the Years, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 10 |
1799 |
This act awards sums of money to various people in payment of their services to the government. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act for erecting Court Houses, with proper Offices in the several Districts of Quebec and Montreal, and for defraying the expences thereof. [3d June, 1799.] |
39 George III Chapter 10 |
1799 |
This act allows for the financing of new court houses in the districts of Quebec and Montreal. It specifies the amount to be disbursed, how the money is to be disbursed and who is responsible for managing it. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for repealing certain Acts granting Rates and Duties to His Majesty, and for granting new and additional Duties in lieu thereof, and for appropriating the same towards defraying the expences of the administration of Justice and support of the Civil Government, within this Province: and for other purposes therein mentioned. [3d. June, 1799] |
39 George III Chapter 9 |
1799 |
This act specifies the duties to be paid to the province on the importation of specific goods. The penalties for failing to pay these duties are also laid out. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the Thirty-seventh year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled, “An Act for appointing Commissioners to determine upon a proper situation in the Town of Halifax, and to purchase Lots of Ground, if necessary, to erect a Public Building for the accommodation of the General Assembly, Court of Chancery, Supreme Court, and Court of Admiralty, and Public Offices, and for procuring Plans and Estimates for a Building hereafter to be erected for the residence of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being.” |
39 George III – Chapter 9 |
1799 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1797, which appointed individuals as commissioners to determine a suitable site within the town of Halifax for a provincial court building, a building to house the legislative assembly, and the various offices associated with the courts and assembly. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting further encouragement, and a more ample allowance to the Maitres and Aides-de Poste in this Province. [3d June, 1799.] |
39 George III Chapter 8 |
1799 |
This act provides further funding for horses, carts and/or sleighs for hire at strategic places across the province in order to make travel easier. It specifies the fares to be paid by travelers to the "Maitres-de-Poste" who are in charge of maintaining and hiring out the horses and carts. It also specifies how many servants & drivers can be hired by Maitres-de-Poste and the salaries to be paid to these drivers and servants. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the Importation or Spreading of Infectious Distempers within this Province. Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 8 |
1799 |
This act places restrictions on ships entering New Brunswick from American ports with outbreaks of contagious diseases, and establishes penalties for those who violate them. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act for the better regulating the Weights and Measures of this Province. [3d June, 1799.] |
39 George III Chapter 7 |
1799 |
This act standardizes how items are weighed in order to determine cost of purchase and duties. The provincial standard is necessary in order to deal with international trade partners who have many ways of measuring different items. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to authorise the Justices of the Sessions in several Counties of this Province, to make Regulations for the Weighing of Hay, within such Counties where it may be found necessary to erect Machines for that purpose. Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 7 |
1799 |
This act gives county officials (except those in Saint John county), the power to erect and regualte machines to weigh hay. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act to provide Houses of Correction in the several Districts of this Province. [3d June, 1799.] |
39 George III Chapter 6 |
1799 |
This act allows for the expansion of several district correction houses due to want of space. It also specifies the number of vagabonds, disorderly persons, and other minor criminals to be held in each district correction house at once, in preference for those who are convicted of more serious charges. Capital crimes are defined, as well as the treatment of prisoners who have been convicted of a capital crime, what crimes shall result in hard labour, and other various matters regarding prisoners in district criminal houses. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act made and passed in the thirty-first Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled “An Act for the support and relief of confined Debtors.” Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 6 |
1799 |
This act amends previous debt collection legislation, making it so that those confined for debts not exceeding 20 pounds are under their rules. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act to ratify, approve and confirm the Provincial Agreement made and entered into by Commissioners on the part of this Province, and Commissioners on the part of the Province of Lower Canada. |
39 George III Chapter 5 (Session 3) |
1799 |
This act ratifies a trade agreement with Lower Canada. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (3rd session) |
| An Act to amend An Act passed in the thirty sixth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for making, repairing and altering the Highways and Bridges, within this Province, and for other purposes.” [3d June, 1799] |
39 George III Chapter 5 |
1799 |
This act specifies roads to be build and/or repaired, specifies government funds to be disbursed in order to pay for these roads, states where these roads are going to be and who is responsible for the building and maintenance of said roads. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable Persons holding the Office of Register to be elected Members of the House of Assembly.
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39 George III Chapter 4 (Session 3) |
1799 |
This act repeals legislation preventing those who held the office of register from serving in the house of assembly. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (3rd session) |
| An Act to provide for payment of the Services therein mentioned. Passed the 8th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 4 |
1799 |
This act awards sums of money to various people in payment of their services to the government. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act to provide for the Education and Support of Orphan Children. |
39 George III Chapter 3 (Session 3) |
1799 |
This act allows town wardens, with the approbation of two justices of the peace, to bind orphans to contracts of apprenticeship. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (3rd session) |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, An Act passed in the thirty seventh year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Act for the better preservation of His Majesty’s Government as by Law happily established in this Province,” [3d. June, 1799] |
39 George III Chapter 3 |
1799 |
This act renews an act first passed in 1797, which defines the terms under which certain persons can seek justice under Habeas Corpus. It is renewed without modification. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for defraying the Ordinary Services of the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five. Passed the 4th February, 1799. |
39 George III Chapter 3 |
1799 |
This act awards sums of money to various people in payment of their services to the government. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1799. Saint John: John Ryan, 1799. |
| An Act to alter the method of performing statute duty on the Highways and Roads within this Province. |
39 George III Chapter 3 |
1799 |
This act repeals an earlier piece of legislation that required every householder in a parish or township to give twelve days to maintenance of highways and roads, and instead puts in place a graduated system whereby days required are determined by property holdings. It was reserved for Royal Assent, which it received in January 1800. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1799. York: Titus G. Simons, 1799 (LRA) |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the first year of his present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to prevent the spreading of contagious Distempers,” and also in amendment of an Act, passed in the sixteenth year of the said Reign, entitled, “An Act in addition to the before recited Act.” |
39 George III – Chapter 3 |
1799 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1761, and subsequently amended. The current amendment expands the power to quarantine any foreign vessel arriving in any of the province's ports should be quarantined for as long as should be deemed safest by the governor, lieutenant-governor, or commander-in-chief rather than a pre-determined number of days. |
Early Canadiana Online |