| An Act to authorize the Lieutenant-Governor to nominate and appoint certain Commissioners for the purposes therein mentioned. |
37 George III Chapter 12 |
1797 |
This act allows the chief administrator of the province to once again appoint commissioners to negotiate the duties to be paid on commerce between Upper and Lower Canada, the last round of negotiations having failed. |
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 increase the Revenue, and to compel the accounting more regularly for the same, to the Treasurer of the province. |
37 George III Chapter 11 |
1797 |
This act renews expired duties on the public sale of alcohol and requires those intending to sell alcohol to obtain a license regardless of whether or not they keep a public house. |
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 the Regulation of Ferries. |
37 George III Chapter 10 |
1797 |
This act authorizes justices of the peace in districts throughout the province to set rules and regulations for the operation of ferries. |
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 amend, and continue for one year, an Act, passed in the thirty-third year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for granting to His Majesty certain duties on Wine, Rum, and all other distilled Spirituous Liquors, and Brown Sugar, for the purpose of paying the interest, and reducing the principal, of the Public Debt of this Province.” |
37 George III – Chapter 8 |
1797 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1793 which modified how the duties on spirits and sugars are collected in order to keep better track of how much revenue is being brought in by these taxes, and to better apply them to the province's debt. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to supply the want of Enrollment of Deeds of Bargain and Sale. |
37 George III Chapter 8 |
1797 |
This act provides for the public registration of deeds of bargain and sale. |
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 the more easy Barring of Dower. |
37 George III Chapter 7 |
1797 |
This act makes it lawful for any person entitled to a dowery to release a woman's right and title to dower in the land in question in order to bar any person from executing the same dower over such land. |
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 in amendment of an Act, passed in the Thirty-fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to amend, and reduce into one Act, the several Laws, now in being, relating to a Militia in this Province.” |
37 George III – Chapter 6 |
1797 |
An amendment of an act first passed in 1795, which consolidated several past acts regarding militia service in the province. It includes details on who is and is not exempted from militia service, the number of times militia companies are to be mustered per year, payment for service, and various other matters. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the Jurisdiction, and regulate the proceedings of the District Court, and Court of Requests. |
37 George III Chapter 6 |
1797 |
This act extends the jurisdiction of various courts throughout the province. |
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 alter and amend an Act, intituled “An Act for regulating, laying out and repairing Highways and Roads and for appointing Commissioners and Surveyors of Highways within the several Towns or Parishes in this Province; and for suspending for a limited time all the Laws now in force relating to the same.” Passed the 18th February, 1797. |
37 George III Chapter 6 |
1797 |
This act amends a 1796 act to make special provisions for Sunbury County parishes to allow for easier and more convenient highway construction and maintainence. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1797. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1797. |
| An Act for the better preservation of His Majesty's Government as by Law happily established in this Province. [2d. May, 1797.] |
37 George III Chapter 6 |
1797 |
Terms under which certain prisoners can seek justice under Habeas Corpus, depending on what crimes they have been imprisoned, and how long they have been imprisoned. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the further regulation of the Militia of this province. |
37 George III Chapter 5 |
1797 |
This act provides for further regulation of the militia, as well as it allows the chief administrator of Upper Canada to march the militia to Lower Canada for support of that province in times of war or insurrection. |
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 prevent the Growth of Thistles. Passed the 18th February 1797. |
37 George III Chapter 5 |
1797 |
To remove threats to agricultural development, this act allows for Justices of the Peace to establish local regulations for eradicating thistles. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1797. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1797. |
| An Act to continue 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.” [2d. May, 1797.] |
37 George III Chapter 5 |
1797 |
This act specifies who can hold public office, particularly in the Legislative assembly, renewing an act that was first passed in 1793. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend an Act, passed in the seventh year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for partition of Lands in Coparcenary, Joint Tenancy, and Tenancy in Common, and, thereby, for the more effectual collecting His Majesty’s Quit Rents, in the Colony of Nova-Scotia.” |
37 George III – Chapter 4 |
1797 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1767, which made provision for lots of land possessed by absent persons to be divided. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Practice of the Court of King’s Bench. |
37 George III Chapter 4 |
1797 |
This act establishes courts of King's Bench in every district throughout the province, as well as at Newark in the Home District. |
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 regulating the Exportation of Fish and Lumber, and for repealing the laws now in force regulating the same. Passed the 18th February, 1797. |
37 George III Chapter 4 |
1797 |
This act replaces a 1786 act and creates new rules governing the quality and packaging of exported fish and lumber, and establishes fines for violating these rules. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1797. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1797. |
| An Act for amending the Laws now in force, and for making more effectual Provision, for the Pilotage of the River St. Lawrence between the Bason of Quebec and the Island of Bic, and for improving the Navigation thereof unto the City of Montreal. [2d. May, 1797.] |
37 George III Chapter 4 |
1797 |
This act regulates the navigation of the St Lawrence river between Québec and Ile du Bic, and from there to Montréal, specifying who can be licensed to pilot the river in these areas. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in amendment of an Act, passed in the Twenty-ninth year of the reign of His present Majesty, entitled, “An Act for the better regulation of Elections.” |
37 George III – Chapter 3 |
1797 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1789, which detailed how members of the legislative assembly are to be elected and how elections are to be held. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for securing the Titles to Lands in this province. |
37 George III Chapter 3 |
1797 |
This act makes it lawful for the chief administrator of Upper Canada to issue commissions throughout the province for granting title to persons possessed of lands for which no grants have yet been issued. |
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 Erection of Fences and Gates across certain Roads in the several Counties in this Province where the same shall be found necessary. Passed the 18th February, 1797. |
37 George III Chapter 3 |
1797 |
This act allows for proprietors to petition for erecting swing gates or water fences on the roads or shores near their property and sets up the terms under which their petitions could be granted. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1797. Fredericton: Christopher Sower, 1797. |