Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act for punishing Rogues, Vagabonds, and other idle and disorderly Persons. | 14 George III Chapter 5 | 1774 | This Act deems soldiers or mariners travelling without a pass from their commanding officer, or other idle and wandering persons, including deserted servants or "lunatics", as "idle and disorderly persons." The Act outlines how idle and disorderly persons are to be proceeded against, including sums to be given to anyone who delivers such a person to a constable or Justice, and the punishments they will be given such as fines and hard labour. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for admitting Depositions de bene esse, of Witnesses aged, Infirm, and otherwise unable to travel, and of Witnesses departing from the Province. | 14 George III Chapter 4 | 1774 | This Act makes provision for depositions to be taken from witnesses who are infirm or aged persons, or persons unable to travel or obliged to leave the province, including by describing how these depositions are to be certified. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to borrow a Sum, not exceeding the Sum of Four Hundred Pounds, for paying off the Debt incurr’d by making Bridges, and opening the Road to Truro in the County of Halifax. | 14 George III Chapter 2 | 1774 | This Act outlines the processes by which sums, not exceeding four hundred pounds, can be borrowed to make up the sums required to build highways, bridges, and roads (including a road built between Truro and Halifax) not covered by the duties imposed by the 1768 Act, “An Act for suppressing unlicensed houses, and granting to his Majesty a duty on persons hereafter to be licensed.” Acts relating to duties on licensed houses are to remain in force until the end of 1780. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of and explain an Act made in the Tenth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for establishing the Rate of Interest.” | 14 George III Chapter 1 | 1774 | This Act clarifies the 1770 Act, "An Act for establishing the Rate of Interest," and amends it relating to the lending of livestock or grains, including by outlining how damages can be determined and recovered. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to, and for continuing the several Acts for the Establishment of Fees, as regulated by the Governor and Council, at the request of the House of Assembly. | 13 George III Chapter 13 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act lists the fees that can be charged for services provided by Clerks, for proceedings in ejectment and by or against attonies, by Provost Marshals, and by attornies, in the courts in the province. A ten pound penalty for persons who charge higher fees than those outlined in this Act or the 1766 Act, "An Act for the Establishment of Fees, as regulated by the Governor and Council, at the Request of the House of Assembly," is implemented. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing several Acts that are near expiring. | 13 George III Chapter 12 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act lists several Acts relating to the justice system that are near expiring which are to remain in force for two more years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of, and for continuing an Act made in the Ninth Year of His Present Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for establishing and regulating Ferries.” | 13 George III Chapter 10 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act continues the 1769 Act, “An Act for establishing and regulating Ferries,” and amends the second section of the Act by establishing fines for persons who use the ferry against the desires of the ferryman. This Act is to remain in force for five years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, made in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for Summary Trial of Actions.” | 13 George III Chapter 9 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act makes additions to the 1765 Act, "An Act for Summary Trial of Actions," by enlarging the sum that can be tried in a summary trial from the maximum ten pounds described under the former Act to twenty pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing the several Acts for raising a Fund for the Purpose of making and repairing Bridges and Roads of Communication thro’ the Province. | 13 George III Chapter 7 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act continues the 1772 Act, An Act for raising a fund for the purpose of making and repairing bridges and roads of communication through the province,” as amended in 1773, which is to remain in force until the end of 1777. The taxes and duties imposed under the former acts are to be levied annually. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering and continuing the several Acts, relating to the Duty on licensed Houses. | 13 George III Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act alters the processes by which persons can be licensed to operate houses of public entertainment and the duties imposed on them. Licenses granted heretofore are to expire on December 31, 1773. This Act and the former Acts listed are to remain in force until the end of 1775. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of, and for continuing the several Acts of the General-Assembly of this Province, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors and Wines therein mentioned. | 13 George III Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act further amends acts relating to impost and excise duties on beer, rum, wine, and other spirituous liquors to prevent frauds committed by relanding liquor after it was cleared for exportation. This Act discontinues drawbacks on rum or other distilled spirituous liquors. This Act and the several former Acts listed are to remain in force until the end of 1774. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent for a limited Time the Exportation or Shipping of Wheat, Rye, Barley, Flour, Meal, and Pease, from any of the ports or places in this Province, within the Bay of Fundy. | 13 George III Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act limits the shipping of grains out of the province between September 1773 and April 1774 to prevent shortages thereof, and sets penalties for persons who offend against this Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to further explain and amend an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of his late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for making Lands and Tenements liable to the Payment of Debts.” | 13 George III Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act amends and clarifies the 1758 Act, “An Act for making Lands and Tenements liable to the Payment of Debts.” The Act makes provision for femes covert, persons non compos mentis, imprisoned, minors, and persons out the province, who were not accounted for by the former Act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of an Act, made in the First Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province.” | 13 George III Chapter 3 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act amends the 1761 Act, "An Act for repairing and mending Highways, Roads, Bridges and Streets, and for appointing Surveyors of Highways within the several Townships in this Province," relating to the ways that forfeitures should be recovered. Persons sixty years old or upwards exempted from the labour required under the former Act are, under this Act, still required to send their teams or trucks to assist. A fine is also imposed on persons who block roads or streets. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for amending and continuing an Act, made in the Twelfth Year of his present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for raising a Fund for the Purpose of making and repairing Bridges and Roads of Communication thro’ the Province.” | 13 George III Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act amends and continues the 1772 Act “An Act for raising a Fund for the Purpose of making and repairing Bridges and Roads of Communication thro’ the Province,” which is to remain in force until 1774. The rates and taxes outlined in the former Act are to be collected from every householder and owner of lands in the Province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the rating and levying the Expences attending the executing Writs of Partition. | 13 George III Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act makes provision for the surveying and distributing of writs of partition in the province, which sums are to be levied from the land proprietors. The processes by which sums are to be collected if the proprietor refuses to pay them are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for further continuing the several Acts relating to the Duty on licensed Houses. | 13 George III Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act continues the 1768 Act, “An Act for suppressing unlicensed houses, and for granting to his Majesty a duty on persons hereafter to be licensed,” as amended by another former Act, which is to remain in force until 1773. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to issue other Notes in Exchange for such Notes as have been issued heretofore, in Virtue of the several Loans Acts made by the General-Assembly of this Province, and are defaced and worn. | 13 George III Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1773 | This Act makes provision for notes that are defaced or worn to be exchanged, as well as for notes for small sums to be exchanged for larger ones. The processes by which this is to be carried out, as well as the forms required to do so, are given. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Amendment of the several acts of the General Assembly of this Province, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise, on Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, and for continuing an Act, made in the Twelfth Year of his Present Majesty’s Reign, Intitled, “An Act in Amendment of and for continuing the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Cider, Loaf Sugar and Wines therein mentioned.” | 13 George III Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1773 | This Act amends several sections of the 1772 Act, “An Act in Amendment of and for continuing the several Acts of the General Assembly of this Province, relating to the Duties of Impost and Excise on Beer, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, Cider, Loaf Sugar and Wines therein mentioned,” to prevent frauds that have arisen relating to indulgences and drawbacks. This Act is to remain in force until the end of 1773. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for raising a Fund for the Purpose of making and repairing Bridges and Roads of Communication through the Province. | 12 George III – Chapter 9 | 1772 | This Act establishes a tax to be levied from householders or property owners and outlines the processes by which properties are to be assessed and taxed as well as penalties for persons who refuse to pay the tax and assessors who neglect to perform their duty. The sums resulting from this tax are to be used to establish a fund for opening or maintaining roads, highways, or bridges in the counties from which the funds were collected. The processes by which these sums are to be accounted for are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |