Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act for granting to His Majesty a Duty of Impost on Loaf Sugar. | 6 George III – Chapter 10 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act was not published. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act Concerning Bail. | 6 George III – Chapter 10 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act outlines the rates of bail for debtors, and the processes by which bail is to be taken. This Act is to remain in force for two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for preventing Frauds in the Revenue. | 6 George III – Chapter 9 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act makes provision for the more speedy prosecution of smugglers and outlines how persons offending against this Act are to be tried. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the Multiplicity of Law Suits. | 6 George III – Chapter 9 (Session 1) | 1766 | Under this Act courts are empowered to rule jointly on the plaintiff and defendant in actions sued on book accounts. This Act is to remain in force for two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for continuing an Act, intitled “An Act for reviving an Act made and passed in the 33d Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, ‘An Act for further prolonging a Resolution of the Governor and Council, revived and put in Force by the General Assembly in the 32d Year of His Majesty’s Reign.’” | 6 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act continues the 1763 Act, "An Act for reviving an Act, made and pass’d in the Thirty Third Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, Intitled an Act for further Prolonging a Resolution of the Governor and Council, revived and put in Force by the General Assembly the Thirty Second Year of His Majesty’s Reign," which is to remain in force until 1769. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for prescribing the Forms of Writs and the Manner of issuing the same. | 6 George III – Chapter 8 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act outlines the processes by which writs and judicial issues are to be given, and includes the form of summons, attachment, execution, writ of capias ad respondendum, and writ of habere facias possessionem. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act Concerning Schools and Schoolmasters. | 6 George III – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act outlines the qualifications required of persons wishing to establish grammar schools in the province, including that they must first be examined by the minister of the town or, in absence of the minister, two Justices of the Peace, and gain a certificate from at least six inhabitants of the town. Fines for those who offend against this Act are outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act made in the Third Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province relating to the Duties of Excise on Wines, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors Sold within this Province.” | 6 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act amends the 1763 Act, "An Act for altering and amending several Acts of this Province relating to the Duties of Excise on Wines, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors Sold within this Province," regarding allowances for leakage. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act against Forestallers and Regrators. | 6 George III – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act makes provision to prevent persons from buying or selling victuals or provisions within ten miles of any public market not sold at the market. Persons who offend against this Act are subject to a fine of ten pounds. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for altering, amending, and prolonging an Act made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intitled, “An Act for Granting to His Majesty an Excise on Wines, Tea, Coffee, and Playing Cards Sold within this Province.” | 6 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act amends and prolongs the 1765 Act, "“An Act for Granting to His Majesty an Excise on Wines, Tea, Coffee, and Playing Cards Sold within this Province." The Act sets the excise at six pence per gallon of wine, one shilling per pound of tea, two pence per pound of coffee, and one shilling per pack of cards. The exceptions to this duty and process by which it is to be collected as described under the former Act are amended. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further addition to and amendment of an Act made and pass’d in the 33’d Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act Relating to the Assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measures.” | 6 George III – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act further amends and adds to the 1758 Act, “An Act Relating to the Assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the Standard of Weights and Measure,” which was amended in 1759 and 1764, to better outline the duty of clerks of the market. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to impower the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief, to grant Warrants on the Treasury for the Sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Eight Pounds, and Four Pence, with the Interest due thereon, the same to bear interest, for the Payment of sundry persons who have demands on the Government. | 6 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act allows for warrants on the treasury bearing interest at six per cent per annum to persons having demands on the province for bounties and premiums. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Extending an Act made and passed in the 32d Year of His late Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for preventing Persons leaving the Province without a Pass.” | 6 George III – Chapter 4 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act extends the 1758 Act, "An Act for preventing Persons leaving the Province without a Pass," to the whole province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Addition to and Amendment of an Act made and passed in the Second Year of His present Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for regulating the Exportation of Fish, and the Assize of Barrels, Staves, Hoops, Boards, and all other Kinds of Lumber; and for appointing Officers to survey the same.” | 6 George III – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act amends and adds to the 1762 Act, "An Act for regulating the Exportation of Fish, and the Assize of Barrels, Staves, Hoops, Boards, and all other Kinds of Lumber; and for appointing Officers to survey the same," relating to the packing and exportation of fish. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to prevent the Cutting or Breaking down the Bank of any River, Seabank, or Dykes. | 6 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1766 | This Act makes the destruction of dykes resulting in lands being overflowed or damaged a felony. Persons found to commit this crime are to be executed without benefit of clergy. Other lesser penalties are also outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the making perpetual, an Act made and pass’d in the 4th Year of His Majesty’s Reign, intitled, “An Act for preventing Nusances, by Hedges, Wears, and other Incumbrances, obstructing the passage of Fish in the Rivers of this Province.” | 6 George III – Chapter 1 (Session 1) | 1766 | This Act makes the 1763 Act, "An Act to prevent Nusances, by Hedges, Wears, and other Incumbrances, Obstructing the Passage of Fish in the Rivers in this Province," perpetual. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for granting to his Majesty an Excise on Wines, Tea, Coffee, and Playing Cards, sold within this Province. | 5 George III – Chapter 12 | 1765 | This Act sets several duties on tea, coffee, wine, and playing cards sold within the province. The processes by which these sums are to be collected and penalties for those who fail to pay the duties are outlined. This Act is to remain in force for one year. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the Summary Trial of Actions. | 5 George III – Chapter 11 | 1765 | This Act makes provision for the summary trial of causes of action with a sum total not more than ten pounds. The form of Writs to be issues to recover small debts is included. This Act is to remain in force for two years. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Impower the Province Treasurer to issue Small Notes in Exchange for the Large Notes, that have been issued heretofore in virtue of the several Loan Acts made and pass’d by the General Assembly of this Province. | 5 George III – Chapter 9 | 1765 | This Act amends that the Treasurer is empowered to receive and give receipts for large notes exceeding ten pounds in lieu of the processes prescribed under the 1764 Act, "An Act to impower the Province Treasurer to borrow a Sum not exceeding the Sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds, for paying off Bounties, Premiums, and other Debts, payable by the Laws of this Province." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in Amendment of an Act for Confirming Titles to Lands and Quieting Possessions. | 5 George III – Chapter 8 | 1765 | This Act amends the fees the Register or his deputy are permitted to collect under the 1758 Act, "An Act for confirming titles to lands and quieting possessions." | Early Canadiana Online |