Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale, Imperial/Impérial, International/Internationale, Interprovincial

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Title Chapter Date Passed Legislative Summary Source Document
An Act in addition to the Law relating to inland Posts. Passed 15th March 1851. 14 Victoria Chapter 1 1851 This act establishes uniformity in weight charges for mail being delivered from the United Kingdom to the United States, and establishes new regulations for interprovincial and international mail. Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1851. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1851.
An Act to continue the Act for Granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, Imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 31st May, 1851.) 14 Victoria Chapter 1 1851 This act continues an act passed in 1850 which governs the duties charged on goods imported into the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal so much of the Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed, in the Thirty-first year of the Reign of King George the Third, and Chaptered Thirty-one, as relates to Rectories, and the presentation of Incumbents to the same, and for other purposes connected with such Rectories. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 175 1851 This act recognizes the principles of religious equality, banning all religious endowments from the public purse. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to reduce the Salaries attached to certain Judicial Offices, in the cases therein mentioned, and to fix the Salaries of the Speakers of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 174 1851 This act changes the salaries connected to specific functions paid to judicial offices. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Act for granting a Civil List to Her Majesty. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 173 1851 This act amends the salaries of various civil servants in the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend an Act, intituled, An Act to compel Vessels to carry a Light during the Night, and to make sundry provisions to regulate the Navigation of the waters of this Province. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 126 1851 This is an amendment to an act requiring ships to sail with an indicator light when navigating at night. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to alter and settle the mode of proceeding in the action of Ejectment. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 114 1851 This act redefines the regulations surrounding repossession of property in cases of disputes. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of Justices of the Peace, out of Sessions, with respect to persons charged with Indictable Offences. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 96 1851 This act consolidates past acts regarding the responsibilities and powers of Justices of the Peace in the province, clarifying their duties and powers under the law. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to exempt Firemen in Cities from the payment of Statute Labour Tax. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 85 1851 This act allows any municipality in the province to exempt firemen from paying statute labour tax once they have served for seven years, along exempting them from jury duty. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the regulation of Private Lunatic Asylums. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 84 1851 This act legislates the rules and regulations surrounding the granting of licenses for individuals who wish to open a private asylum. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorize the confinement of Lunatics in cases where there being at large may be dangerous to the public. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 83 1851 This act allows for the imprisonment of individuals who have been proven to be insane in asylums after having being found guilty of committing a crime. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for the regulation of Pawnbrokers and Pawnbroking. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 82 1851 This act requires pawn brokers and sellers to hold a license in order to practice, to be renewed on an annual basis. Fines for selling or brokering without a license are specified. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to repeal part of the Act therein mentioned, relative to the Printing and Distribution of the Provincial Statutes. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 81 1851 This is an amendment to a 1849 act, which changed the distribution of provincial statues, stating that only public acts will be distributed to the public in order to save the expense of printing and distributing all legislative acts. The new act repeals the 1849 acts, and changes the distribution again to include private and local acts. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to provide for the Discharge of Sureties for Public Officers in certain cases. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 80 1851 This is an amendment to an 1841 act called "An Act to regulate the taking of securities in all Offices in respect of which security ought to be given, and for avoiding the grant of all such Offices in the event of such security not being given within a time limited after the grant of such office," which makes strict rules regarding government officers who are in charge of public moneys, requiring them to register their own debts with the provincial clerks before taking on any roles which require them to disburse government funds. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to enable parties holding Patents for Inventions confined to one section of this Province, to obtain the extension of the same to the other section thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 79 1851 This act enables patent holders who obtained their patents in either Upper or Lower Canada before the uniting of the Canadas to extend their patent rights to the entirety of the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend the Emigrant Act, by reducing the tax on Emigrants coming into this Province, and for other purposes. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 78 1851 This is an amendment to the province's emigrant act, changing the fees to be paid by newly arrived immigrants or ships' passengers on their arrival to the province. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to authorize the employment of Military Pensioners and others as a Local Police Force. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 77 1851 This act enables municipalities to hire military veterans as local police officers. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to continue an Act passed in the eighth year of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled, An Act for the better preservation of the Peace, and the prevention of Riots and Violent Outrages at and near Public Works, while in progress of construction, and to extend the operation thereof to certain works undertaken by Incorporated Companies. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 76 1851 This is a continuation of an 1845 act, which lays out penalties for people who disrupt construction on public works. Early Canadiana Online
An Act for raising, on the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, a certain sum required for Public Service. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 72 1851 This act authorizes the raising of one hundred and ninety-six thousand five hundred and eighty pounds, fifteen shillings and two pence currency to pay for various public services. Early Canadiana Online
An Act to amend The Post Office Act. 30th August, 1851. 14 & 15 Victoria – Chapter 71 1851 This is an amendment to an 1850 act, which transfers responsibility of the postal service to the provincial government, specifying the responsibilities of various individuals within the service of the post, along with fees, penalties for tampering with parcels, and various other measures relating to provincial postage. Early Canadiana Online