Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act relating to Searchers and Sealers of Leather. | 8 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1768 | Under this Act, leather must be viewed and stamped by a surveyor before being exposed to sale. Penalties for persons who do not abide by this Act or who counterfeit a stamp are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for enabling the Sale of Goods distrained for Rent. | 8 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act outlines the processes for and cases in which a tenant's goods and chattels are to be sold to satisfy sums owing for rent. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to and further Amendment of an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of his late Majesty’s Reign, intitled An Act relating to Treasons and Felonies. | 8 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act outlines where murder or felony trials should take place if the crime involved several counties. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the rating and levying of the Charges for conveying Malefactors and Offenders to the Goal. | 8 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1768 | Early Canadiana Online | |
| An Act for giving like Remedy upon Promissory Notes, as is now used upon Bills of Exchange. | 8 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1768 | Under this Act, notes in writing for sums owed to another party should have the same effect as bills of exchange in order to allow the party owed to recover such sums in court. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to and amendment of an Act, made in the third year of His present Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 8 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1768 | This Act further amends the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the inhabitants of the several Townships in this province to maintain their poor," which was amended in the last session of parliament, to change the date that meetings are to be held as prescribed by the former Acts and to make provision for the recovery of forfeitures. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for determining Differences by Arbitration. | 8 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1768 | This Act makes it lawful for all merchants and traders to avoid taking suits to court by arbitration and outlines penalties for persons found disobedient to the arbitration. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain, amend, and reduce into one Act, the several Laws now in force relating to the Duties of Impost on Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors. | 7 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain, amend, and reduce into one Act, the several Laws now in force, relating to the Duties of Excise on Rum and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors sold in this Province. | 7 George III – Chapter 11 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for prolonging an Act, made and passed in the fifth year of His Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions.” | 7 George III – Chapter 10 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act continues the 1765 Act, "An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions," which is to remain in force for ten years. This Act also limits the costs allowable in cases brought before the Justices of the Peace. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing so much of an Act made in the fifth year of His present Majesty’s reign, entitled, “an Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise on Wines, Tea, Coffee, and Playing Cards, sold within this Province, and of an Act made in the sixth Year of His said Majesty’s Reign, entitled, ‘An Act for altering, amending, and prolonging an Act made in the first year of the Reign of His present Majesty, entitled, an Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise on Wines, Tea, Coffee and Playing Cards, sold within this Province, as relates to an Excise on Wines, and Playing Cards, sold within this Province.’” | 7 George III – Chapter 9 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act made in the Thirty Second Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for preventing Trespasses.” | 7 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act adds to the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Trespasses," as amended in 1759 and 1761 and outlines the penalties for any person found destroying stone walls, fences, bars, gates, not being the land's proprietor or authorised by the proprietor. The Act also provides that horses are not to be allowed to wander at large on the peninsula of Halifax. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief, to grant Warrants on the Treasury, for a Sum not exceeding One Thousand Six Hundred pounds, bearing interest, for securing the Payment of the Expences of Government. | 7 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act authorises the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief to grant warrants on the treasury for a sum not exceedings one thousand six hundred pounds to pay the interest on loan warrants and treasurers receipts not paid off by the government's revenues. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to explain and amend the several Acts of this Province, relating to the Assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures. | 7 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1767 | Under this Act, all fines or forfeitures incurred relating to the assize of bread or standard weights and measures are to be applied between the clerks of the market or informer and the poor of the town where the offence was committed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to an Act made in the Fourth Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor.” | 7 George III – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act amends a section of the 1763 Act, "An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the several Townships within this Province to maintain their Poor," to provide for townships with less than fifty families resident. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Partition of Lands in Coparcenary, Jointenancy, and Tenancy in Common, and thereby for the more effectual collecting His Majesty’s Quit Rents in the Colony of Nova Scotia. | 7 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1767 | This Act makes provision for lots of land possessed by absent persons to be divided, except in certain cases as outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further Addition to an Act, intitled An Act for regulating Petit Juries and declaring the Qualification of Jurors. | 7 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act outlines the qualifications required of persons obliged to serve on petit juries. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent Trespasses upon Crown Lands. | 7 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1767 | This Act makes it lawful for persons found to occupy lands not granted to them to be prosecuted and adjudged to forfeit a fifty pound fine. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing an Act made and pass’d in the 4th Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled “An Act for laying a Duty upon Billiard Tables and Shuffle Boards.” | 6 George III – Chapter 12 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act continues the 1763 Act, “An Act for laying a duty upon billiard tables and shuffle boards," for three years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Establishment of Fees, as regulated by the Governor and Council, at the Request of the House of Assembly. | 6 George III – Chapter 11 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act lists the fees that can be charged for services provided by Justices, Clerks, Attorneys, Provost Marshals, coroners, and in the courts in the province. This Act is to remain in force for two years. | Early Canadiana Online |