Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to prevent the distilling Grain in this Province. | 33 George II – Chapter 16 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act bans the distilling of malt, corn, or grain, with the aim of preventing scarcity. This Act is to remain in force for ten years. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of an Act intitled, “An Act for confirming the Proceedings on the several Resolutions of the Governors and Council of this Province, relating to the Duties of Impost on Rum and other distilled Liquors, and enabling the late Collector or Receiver to recover the Monies unpaid, for any Bonds or Notes remaining in his Hands, and for establishing and regulating several Duties of Impost on Wines, Beer, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors for the future;” and for the further Continuance of the same. | 33 George II – Chapter 15 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act provides several amendments to replace sections of a former Act relating to the impost duties on wines, beer, rum, and liquors, found insufficient. The Act as well as the amendments imposed by this Act are to remain in force for four years. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, intitiled, An Act for preventing Trespasses. | 33 George II – Chapter 14 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act outlines fines to be imposed for damages done by livestock and makes provisions for a pound to keep livestock until such fines are paid. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to prevent any private Trade or Commerce with the Indians. | 33 George II – Chapter 13 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act implements regulations relating to trade with certain Passamaquoddy and Mi’kmaq communities, and outlaws private trade between them and white inhabitants. This Act is to remain in force for two years. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for regulating the Rates and Price of Carriages. | 33 George II – Chapter 11 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act restricts the price that can be demanded by owners of trucks, carts, and other carriages and provides for a table of allowable rates to be drawn up. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for the better and more effectual Establishment of the Church of England in this Province. | 33 George II – Chapter 10 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act makes provision for the yearly selection of church-wardens, vestry, and parish officers in accordance with a former 1758 Act, “An Act for the Establishment of Religious publick Worship in this Province, and for the suppressing of Popery.” | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act in Addition to an Act intitled, An Act for regulating Petit Juries, and declaring the Qualification of Jurors. | 33 George II – Chapter 9 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act makes additions to an Act passed in the former session, "An Act for regulating Petit Juries, and declaring the Qualification of Jurors," restricting who is eligible to serve as petit jurors. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to prevent the importing disabled, infirm, and other useless Persons into this Province. | 33 George II – Chapter 7 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act requires all masters bringing persons with disabilities or otherwise "useless" into the province to enter into a bond of 30 pounds. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| Resolution of His Excellency the Governor, in General Assembly, in Explanation of the Impost-Act. | 33 George II – Chapter 7 (Session 1) | 1759 | This Act clarifies that meaning of the word "importer" in former legislation relating to the import of wines, beer, rum, and liquor. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act in Addition to an Act, intitled, An Act relating to the assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the standard of weights and measures; made and passed in the 32d Year of His Majesty’s Reign. | 33 George II – Chapter 6 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act makes additions to the 1758 Act, "An Act relating to the assize of Bread, and for ascertaining the standard of weights and measures." The sums collected by virtue of these Acts are to go to support the construction of the market and to the poor, as described. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for allowing a Drawback of Part of the Impost Duties on Wines, Beer, Rum and other distilled Spirituous Liquors, on their being exported out of this Province. | 33 George II – Chapter 6 (Session 1) | 1759 | Under this Act, two thirds of the duty imposed on wines, beer, rum, and other liquors are to be drawn back when they are being exported out of the Province. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to enable Proprietors to divide their Lands held in common and undivided. | 33 George II – Chapter 5 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act outlines the processes by which common lands can be divided among its proprietors, to have the same effect as if the same had been done by deeds of partition. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for regulating Petit Juries, and declaring the Qualification of Jurors. | 33 George II – Chapter 5 (Session 1) | 1759 | This Act regulates who is eligible to serve as a petit juror, including by setting minimum income and property requirements. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for the Quieting of Possessions to the Protestant Grantees of the Lands formerly occuppied by the French Inhabitants, and for preventing vexatious Actions relating to the same. | 33 George II – Chapter 3 (Session 1) | 1759 | This Act dispossesses Acadians of their claims to property in Nova Scotia by preventing any actions for the recovery of their lands in court and confirms English title to the land. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for permitting Persons of the Profession of the People called Quakers, to make an Affirmation, instead of taking an Oath. | 33 George II – Chapter 2 (Session 2) | 1759 | This Act provides an affirmation that Quakers are to be allowed to use in place of an oath in the usual form. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act to prevent Gaming. | 33 George II – Chapter 1 (Session 2) | 1759 | Under this Act, all card, dice, tennis, or bowls games, and lotteries or gaming tables are made nuisances and all loans knowing given to fund gambling are considered void. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| The several Resolutions or Acts referred to in the foregoing Act, are as follow, viz. | 32 George II – [Chapter 37] | 1758 | This Act continues and amends several former acts, including an Act from 1750/51 that resolved that no debts contracted prior to the establishment of Nova Scotia or before a settler's arrival in the colony was to be pleadable in the courts of the colony. Under this Act, a debtors effects or estate are liable to be used to pay these debts after their death, unless he has a wife or legitimate children who will be entitled to the deceased's effects and estate. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act in Addition to, and Explanation of an Act passed this Sessions, intitled, “An Act for Confirming the past Proceedings of the Courts of Judicature, and for Regulating the further Proceedings of the same.” | 32 George II – Chapter 36 | 1758 | This Act makes several additions to an Act passed earlier in this Session called “An Act for the Confirming the part Proceedings of the Courts of Judicature, and for the regulating the further Proceedings of the same," and provides several additional procedures for the courts to follow as well as further explains some measures outlined in the former Act. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act in Addition to, and Amendment of a Resolution of the Governor and Council of this Province, of the 14th of April 1755, intitled “An Act to prevent the cutting and splitting of Hides;” Revived this present Sessions of the General Assembly. | 32 George II – Chapter 35 | 1758 | This Act replaces the stamp required from the Surveyor of Leather on leather goods under a former Act with a stamp from the person manufacturing it that is to include their surnames. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |
| An Act for the granting to His Majesty, an Excise upon Wine, Rum, and other distilled Spirituous Liquors sold by retail. | 32 George II – Chapter 33 | 1758 | This Act establishes a duty at the rate of nine pence per gallon on wine, rum, or spirits, to fulfill that required under and Act passed in this session of parliament “An Act for the granting Bounties and Premiums, on the fencing and improving Lands, raising Grain, Roots, Hay, Hemp, Flax, and catching and curing Fish," under the terms outlined. | National Archive of the United Kingdom |