| An Act to establish a Fund for Paying the Salaries of the Officers of the Legislative Council and Assembly, and for defraying the Contingent Expences thereof. |
33 George III Chapter 10 |
1793 |
This act places various rates of duty upon foreign wines imported into Upper Canada. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| An Act to enable the Sheriffs of the Several Counties in this Province, to administer the Oath or Oaths, or if to a Quaker, Affirmation, by Law required to be administered to such Person or Persons, as the said Sheriffs may respectively have occasion to employ as Appraiser or Appraisers of Goods, Chattels, Lands, or other real Estates by them attached on mesne process, or taken in Execution. |
33 George III – Chapter 10 |
1793 |
This act allows sheriffs to administer oaths to appraisers of goods of various types. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Raising a Revenue in this Province. |
33 George III Chapter 10 |
1793 |
This act establishes several duties and fees on imported goods, excluding those from Great Britain, Ireland, or the other British North American provines, to raise revenue for New Brunswick. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1793. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1793. |
| An Act to authorize the Lieutenant-Governor, to Nominate and Appoint certain Commissioners for the Purposes herein mentioned. |
33 George III Chapter 9 |
1793 |
This act makes it lawful for the chief administrative officer of Upper Canada to appoint commissioners to meet with the same from Lower Canada to establish regulations concerning the collection of duties on goods passing from one province to the other. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| An Act for regulating the Fisheries in the different Rivers, Coves and Creeks of this Province. |
33 George III Chapter 9 |
1793 |
This act prohibits the erection of certain structures that could hinder the movement of fish through New Brunswick's rivers and streams, establishes fines for those that do, and establishes local authorities to ensure compliance. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1793. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1793. |
| An Act to establish a Court of Probate in this Province, and also a Surrogate Court in every District thereof. |
33 George III Chapter 8 |
1793 |
This act establishes a probate court for the province and surrogate courts in every district thereof. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| An Act to enable the Deputy Surveyors of this Province, to administer an Oath, or Affirmation if Quakers, to such Persons as may be employed under them, as Chain Bearers in measuring Lands. |
33 George III – Chapter 8 |
1793 |
This act modifies the manner in which the oath to be taken by surveyors or "chain men" employed by surveyors so they do not have to travel such long distances to swear an oath before a justice of the peace. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for regulating the Size and Contents of Lime Hogsheads within this Province. |
33 George III Chapter 7 |
1793 |
This act stipulates the dimensions of barrels being manufactured to hold limestone, and establishes fines for improperly transporting such barrells. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1793. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1793. |
| An Act to prevent the further introduction of Slaves, and to limit the Term of contracts for Servitude within this Province. |
33 George III Chapter 7 |
1793 |
This act repeals legislation granting licenses for the importation of slaves and makes it henceforth illegal to subject any person to the condition of slavery or involuntary service for life. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| An Act in addition to, and amendment of, an Act, made in the Fifth year of the reign of His present Majesty, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants in the several Townships in this Province, (Halifax excepted) to cause any absent proprietor of lands within the same, to pay a dividend or proportion of any County or Town Charge, to be assessed according to law, and to bear their just proportion in repairing highways, roads and bridges, within the said Townships respectively.” |
33 George III – Chapter 6 |
1793 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1765, which specified the organization of labour or funds towards the maintenance and construction of roads, highways, and bridges. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act For the division of the Province of Lower-Canada, for amending the Judicature thereof, and for repealing certain Laws therein mentioned. |
33 George III – Chapter 6 |
1793 |
This act divides Lower Canada into three districts and establishes a court of King's Bench in each. |
The Provincial Statutes of Lower Canada passed in the year 1793. Quebec: William Vondenvelden, 1793. (Session 1) |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act intituled “An Act to regulate and provide for the support of the Poor of this Province.” |
33 George III Chapter 6 |
1793 |
This act amends a 1786 act to allow for more examinations of the records of the local Overseers of the Poor. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1793. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1793. |
| An Act to fix the times and places of holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace within the several Districts of this Province. |
33 George III Chapter 6 |
1793 |
This act sets the times and places for the courts of general sessions of the peace throughout the province. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| An Act for establishing regulations respecting Aliens and certain subjects of his Majesty, who have resided in France, coming into this Province, or residing therein; and for empowering his Majesty to secure and detain persons charged with or suspected of High Treason; and for the arrest and commitment of all persons, who may individually, by seditious practices, attempt to disturb the Government of this Province. |
33 George III – Chapter 5 |
1793 |
This act requires the master or commander of every ship arriving in Lower Canada to notify customs officers of any foreigners that might be on board. |
The Provincial Statutes of Lower Canada passed in the year 1793. Quebec: William Vondenvelden, 1793. (Session 1) |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act intituled “An Act for more effectually securing the Title of purchasers of Real Estate against Claims of Dower.” |
33 George III Chapter 5 |
1793 |
This act amends a 1787 act so that any widow who accepts a deed worth over 200 pounds upon the death of her husband shall not be allowed to reclaim her dowery. |
Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1793. Fredericton: J. Ryan, 1793. |
| An Act to confirm and make valid certain Marriages heretofore contracted in the Country now comprized within the Province of Upper-Canada, and to provide for the future Solemnization of Marriage within the same. |
33 George III Chapter 5 |
1793 |
This act legalizes marriages previously contracted in the areas that became Upper Canada and provides for the solemnization of future marriages within the same. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| An Act to render and make valid, certain Marriages, heretofore solemnized before Magistrates, and other Lay Persons. |
33 George III – Chapter 5 |
1793 |
This act validates marriages that have been performed before magistrates who are not members of the clergy. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the laying out, amending and keeping in repair, the Public Highways and Roads within this Province. |
33 George III Chapter 4 |
1793 |
This act repeals an earlier ordinance for repairing and amending public highways in the Province of Quebec and allows Upper Canadian justices of the peace to be commissioners to lay out and regulate highways and roads in the respective counties, divisions, or limits of the districts in which they operate. |
Laws of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, in North America; Comprising all the Acts of the Honourable the Lesgislature of the Province Aforesaid. Niagara: Gordon Tiffany, 1795. |
| An Act in addition to, and in amendment of, an Act, passed in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Reign of his late Majesty, entitled, “An Act for appointing Commissioners of Sewers.” |
33 George III – Chapter 4 |
1793 |
An amendment to an act first passed in 1760, which allows the repairs of dykes and weirs to be undertaken by the commissioners of sewers so as to assure the proper maintenance of such structures, as they impact everyone who holds shares of the lands serviced by the said dykes and weirs. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the greater security of this Province, by the better regulation of the Militia thereof, and for repealing certain Acts or Ordinances relating to the same. |
33 George III – Chapter 4 |
1793 |
This act sets out the organization of the Lower Canadian militia. |
The Provincial Statutes of Lower Canada passed in the year 1793. Quebec: William Vondenvelden, 1793. (Session 1) |