| An Act for the better Division of this Province. |
38 George III – Chapter 5 |
1798 |
This act divides townships into various counties. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act further to continue, for a limited time, an Act passed in the thirty-third year of His Majesty’s Reign, intituled “An Act to provide Returning Officers for Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, to serve in Assembly.” (11th May, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapter 5 |
1798 |
This act continues an act first passed in 1792, which allows the chief administrator of the province to appoint returning officers for elections to the assembly. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the Second Session of the First Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, intituled, “An Act to confirm and make valid Certain Marriages, heretofore contracted in the Country now comprised within the Province of Upper Canada, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Marriage within the same. |
38 George III – Chapter 4 |
1798 |
An act allowing properly ordained ministers and clergymen of the Church of Scotland, Lutherans, or Calvinists to conduct legally-recognized marriages. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to enable the Officers of His Majesty’s Navy, to obtain a Drawback of the Duties on Wines by them taken out of this Province, and consumed without the limits thereof. |
38 George III – Chapter 3 |
1798 |
This act allows for the reimbursement of duties paid on wine bought by the officers of the British Navy which was then consumed at sea. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal part of an Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of the Reign of His Majesty, intituled, “An Act to extend Use Jurisdiction and regulate the Proceedings of the District Court and Court of Requests,” and to make further provision for the same. (5th July, 1798). |
38 George III – Chapter 3 |
1798 |
A repeal of a past act regarding court jurisdictions. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to repeal an Ordinance passed in the twenty-fifth year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, “An Ordinance concerning Advocates, Attornies, Solicitors and Notaries, and for the more easy Collection of His Majesty’s Revenues, as far as the same relates to Notaries.” (5th July, 1798.) |
38 George III – Chapter 2 |
1798 |
Repeal of a past ordinance regarding notaries, advocates and solicitors. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An ACT in addition to and in amendment of an Act intituled “An Act for the Regulation of Seamen.” Passed the 9th Day of February, 1798. |
38 George III Chapter 2 |
1798 |
This act amends a 1786 act to better prevent sailor desertion and punish ship captains who harbour sailors who have deserted other ships. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1798. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1798. |
| An Act to continue 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.” (11th May, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapter 2 |
1798 |
This act continues an act which was first passed in 1797, and which sets the terms under which a prisoner can seek justice under Habeas Corpus. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An 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.” |
38 George III – Chapter 2 |
1798 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1762, which set several regulations on how fish can be exported, including the regulations on the barrels it is to be shipped in, and sets the standard sizes of lumber to be traded. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to ascertain and establish on a permanent footing, the Boundary Lines of the different Townships of this Province. (5th July, 1797.) |
38 George III – Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act calls for the placing of stone monuments at the boundaries of townships so that people can better discern where they begin and end. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue sundry Acts of the General Assembly that are near expiring. Passed the 9th Day of February, 1798. |
38 George III Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act renews several acts until 1803. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1798. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1798. |
| An Act further to continue 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.” (11th May, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act continues an act which was 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 respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein. |
38 George III – Chapter 1 |
1798 |
This act creates procedures which foreign residents and newly-arrived foreigners are to follow in order to gain permission to continue inhabiting the province. It also imposes rules and regulations on ships' captains who transport foreigners into the province, and specifies consequences for captains who fail to follow these regulations. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| Acte qui continue encore, pour un tems limité, un Acte passé dans la trente troisiéme année du Règne de sa Majesté, intitulé, "Acte qui pourvoit des Officiers Rapporteurs pour les Chevaliers, Citoyens et Bourgeois, pour servir en Assemblée. (11me mai, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapitre 5 |
1798 |
Un acte qui continue un acte passé en 1792, qui permet l'appointement des officiers rapporteurs par le chef administrateur de la province, spécifie la pénalité si ceux qui sont appointés refusent le poste, et impose des règles concernant qui peut être appointé, pour comment longtemps. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| Acte qui continue un Acte passé dans la trente-septiéme année du Règne de sa Majesté, intitulé, "Acte pour la meilleure préservation du Gouvernement de sa Majesté, tel qu’il est heureusement établi par la Loi en cette Province." (11me. Mai, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapitre 2 |
1798 |
Cet acte continue un acte de l'année 1797, qui dénote les termes sous lesquels un prisonnier peut demander la justice sous Habeas Corpus, dépendant des crimes pour lesquels il est emprisonné, et la durée de son emprisonnement. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| Acte pour continuer encore un Acte passé dans la trente-sixiéme année du Règne de fa Majesté, intitulé, "Acte qui fait une provision temporaire pour le réglement du Commerce entre cette Province et les Etats Unis de l’Amérique, par terre ou par la Navigation intérieure." (11me. Mai, 1798.) |
38 George III Chapitre 1 |
1798 |
Cet acte continue un acte de l'année 1796, qui permet la suspension de tout règlement concernant la navigation faite par terre ou navigation intérieure pour la raison du commerce, par le gouverneur ou Lieutenant Gouverneur, et donne au gouverneur ou lieutenant gouverneur le pouvoir de reguler et diriger les imports, exports, les douanes, ou tout autre concerne commercial entre le Bas-Canada et les États-Unis. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an act passed in the second Session of the first Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, entitled “An Act to confirm and make valid certain Marriages, heretofore contracted in the Country now comprised within the province of Upper Canada, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Marriage within the same.” |
37 George III Chapter 17 |
1797 |
This act allows any Church of Scotland, Lutheran, or Calvinist clergymen to marry any two persons who are legally qualified for matrimony. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to authorize the apprehending of Felons, and others, escaping from any of his Majesty’s provinces and governments in North-America, into this province. |
37 George III Chapter 15 |
1797 |
This act makes it lawful for felons from other British North American provinces to be apprehended in Upper Canada and transmitted back to the province in which their offences were committed. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act to obviate the Objections that might arise from a clerical Error in some of his Majesty’s Letters Patent of Grant lately issued. |
37 George III Chapter 14 |
1797 |
This act corrects a clerical error in recent letters patent, allowing the erroneous "clergymen" to have the same force and effect as the intended "clergy." |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |
| An Act for better regulating the Practice of the Law. |
37 George III Chapter 13 |
1797 |
This act establishes the Law Society of Upper Canada to "secure to the province and the profession a learned and honourable body ... and to support and maintain the constitution of the said province." |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North America, passed in the year 1797. West Niagara: Titus G. Simons, 1797. |