Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale, Imperial/Impérial, Interprovincial, International/Internationale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Act to continue the Act, intituled An Act imposing Duties for raising a Revenue. Passed 18th March 1850. | 13 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1850 | This act continues an 1849 act leving duties on imported items until 1851. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1850. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1850. |
| An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 30th April, 1850.) | 13 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1850 | This act specifies the duties and taxes to be charged on goods being imported into the province. It also specifies who is responsible for collecting these duties, and how they are to be remunerated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for rendering a Written Memorandum necessary to the validity of certain Promises and Engagements. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 61 | 1850 | This act validates debts contracted between merchants, if they were made under certain conditions with proof such as a written bill or contract. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law relating to Slander and Libel. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 60 | 1850 | This act amends how matters of slander and libel are to be brought before the courts of the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Law respecting the office of Coroner. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 56 | 1850 | This act modifies the responsibilities of public coroners, specifying when and under what circumstances deaths in the province shall require a coroner's inquiry. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to protect from injury Electro-Magnetic Telegraphs in this Province. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 31 | 1850 | This act protects the property of electro-magnetic telegraphs in Upper Canada and details the consequences of those who would damage said property. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend, and render permanent as amended, the Act to regulate the Inspection of Beef and Pork. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 30 | 1850 | This act makes permanent a past act which amended the regulations regarding how beef and pork is to be inspected for trade. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and to continue as amended the Laws regulating the Inspection of Flour and Meal. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 29 | 1850 | This is an amendment and continuation of a past act regarding the inspection and trade of flour and meal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the formation of Incorporated Joint Stock Companies, for Manufacturing, Mining, Mechanical or Chemical purposes. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 28 | 1850 | This act enables the formation of private corporations to develop mining, manufacturing, mechanical, or chemical processes and companies in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the more effectual suppression of Intemperance. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 27 | 1850 | This act places greater controls on the selling and licensing of liquor in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate and encourage the study of the Law in this Province. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 26 | 1850 | This act regulates the admission of lawyers to the practice of law in the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend certain Provincial Acts to Foreign Merchant Vessels, when within this Province. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 25 | 1850 | This act extends the named legislative acts to certain foreign merchant ships who land in the harbours of Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivières. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend and explain the Acts therein mentioned relative to Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange, and to limit the sum to be allowed for the expenses of noting and protesting Bills and Notes, in certain cases, under the Act to regulate the damages on protested Bills of Exchange within this Province. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 23 | 1850 | This act amends how promissory notes and bills of exchange are paid and disputed. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to confer certain rights upon the Chartered Banks of this Province, and to declare the rights already possessed by them in certain cases. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 22 | 1850 | This act confirms certain rights given to the chartered banks within the province, and confers certain new ones to them. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish freedom of Banking in this Province, and for other purposes relative to Banks and Banking. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 21 | 1850 | This act establishes regulations under which banks in the province are to operate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to afford relief to Bankrupts in certain cases. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 20 | 1850 | This act details how a person who not been issued a bankruptcy certificate after the bankruptcy commissioners have declared them bankrupt can go about obtaining that certificate. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to facilitate the admission of evidence of foreign Judgments, and certain official and other documents. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 19 | 1850 | This act allows for the admission of court documents from other imperial jurisdictions in provincial courts. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for making one uniform provision respecting certain Official and other Oaths to be taken in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 24th July, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 18 | 1850 | This act creates a non-denominational oath which can be taken by those working for government or for other various purposes requiring an oath. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the transfer of the management of the Inland Posts to the Provincial Government, and for the regulation of the said Department. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 17 | 1850 | This act 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 |
| An Act to limit the time for redeeming Land Scrip. 10th August, 1850. | 13 & 14 Victoria – Chapter 16 | 1850 | This is an act to make redeemable provincial land scrips, which are a form of bond on crown lands. | Early Canadiana Online |