Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act to continue an Act, intituled “An Act to provide for the summary punishment of persons committing trespasses upon Square Timber and other Lumber.” Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 8 | 1841 | This act continues prior legislation providing for the summary punishment of persons committing trespasses upon square timber and other lumber. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to revive an Act passed in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth (2nd Session) intituled “An Act to afford relief to Wives and Children deserted by their Husbands and Parents.” (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 7 | 1841 | This act re-enacts an act first passed in 1834, which makes public provisions available for children who have been abandoned by their parents, and wives and children who have been abandoned by their husbands. The definition of "abandonment" in this case includes neglect, and calls for the seizure of assets of parents who spend their money at taverns while neglecting their families. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act to provide for the prompt payment of all demands upon the Provincial Treasury. Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 6 | 1841 | This act continues prior legislation providing for the prompt payment of all demands upon the provincial treasury. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to authorize the Justices of the Peace in certain Counties in this Province to exempt the French Inhabitants from the assessment of Poor Rates. Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 5 | 1841 | This act authorizes justices of the peace in certain counties throughout the province to exempt French inhabitants from the assessment of poor rates. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act in further amendment of the Law. Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 4 | 1841 | This act allows notes payable in timber, produce, and other articles to be deemed and held prima facie in like manner as promissory notes. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to authorize the Sheriff of Newfoundland to levy Executions in the several Districts of this Colony, after Final Judgment. (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 3 | 1841 | This act allows the provincial sheriffs to seize and sell the non-exempt property of debtors once a guilty verdict has been passed by a judge in court proceedings. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in addition to the Acts relating to Circuit Courts. Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 2 | 1841 | This act adds to prior legislation concerning circuit courts throughout the province. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act to regulate the Packing and Inspection of Pickled Fish, for Exportation from this Colony. (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 2 | 1841 | This act sets standards by which inspectors are to grade fish set to be exported out of the province. The act also sets strict standards by which inspectors are to brand the barrels in which this fish is to be transported, indicating what grade it is. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act relating to the summoning and attendance of Petit Jurors at the respective Sittings and Circuit Courts in this Province. Passed 19th March 1841. | 4 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1841 | This act relates to the summoning and attendance of petty jurors at the respective sittings and circuit courts throughout the province. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1841. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1841. |
| An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into this Colony and its Dependencies. (Passed 26th April, 1841.) | 4 Victoria Chapter 1 | 1841 | This act defines the duties and rates to be charged on goods being imported into the province of Newfoundland in order to generate a revenue. It also specifies who is responsible for collecting these duties, and how collection officers are to be renumerated. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the disposal of Public Lands. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 100 | 1841 | This act specifies regulations concerning the disposal of public lands. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to Regulate the Currency of this Province. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 93 | 1841 | This is an act to standardize the currency of United Canada, making it harder to counterfeit money. The act also standardizes the value of various foreign currencies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| 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. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 91 | 1841 | This act 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 regulate the Inspection of Flour and Meal. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 89 | 1841 | This act repeals all previous trade laws of Lower Canada regarding the trade and packaging of flour and pearl ash, and creates a new one to be applied to the entire province of United Canada. The new provincial law establishes rules for trade boards in Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto, as well as measures for appointing members of these boards, as well as procedures for appointing inspectors of flour and meal. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to regulate the Inspection of Beef and Pork. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 88 | 1841 | An Act which consolidates the Act of former Upper and Lower Canada concerning the curing, packing, and inspection of beef and pork. This includes how the inspectors are appointed, the rules and regulations that they abide by, and how the beef and pork must be to pass inspection. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make provision for the management of the temporalities of the United Church of England and Ireland in this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Royal Assent promulgated 3rd December. 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 74 | 1841 | This Act specifies details for the self-management of the United Church in Canada -- especially as regards various Church officials and their respective roles. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, chapter two, entitled An Act for the relief of the Religious Societies therein mentioned. Royal Assent promulgated 3rd December, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 73 | 1841 | This Act repeals previous legislation limiting the amount of land to which religious bodies are entitled. It also extends the purposes to which religious bodies may put their lands, and offers the same rights and privileges regarding land use to the Catholic Church, as apply to the other Christian denominations. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to render the Penitentiary erected near Kingston, in the Midland District, the Provincial Penitentiary for Canada. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 69 | 1841 | An Act to make the penitentiary near Kingston in Midland District the Provincial Penitentiary of Canada. It will continue to house convicts from the area formerly known as Lower Canada. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for the protection of Copy Rights in this Province. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 61 | 1841 | An Act creating copy rights for authors or engravers in the Province of Canada. This extends to all books, maps, charts, musical compositions, engravings, or etchings made in the province and last for twenty-eight years. The copy right then can be renewed for fourteen more. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to compel all Candidates, at any future Elections for Members of the Legislative Assembly, to make and subscribe detailed declarations of the property by them possessed, and under which they qualify. 18th September, 1841. | 4 & 5 Victoria – Chapter 52 | 1841 | An Act that requires those who are seeking election as a Member of the Legislature to disclose in writing and under oath any land or tenements that they own. | Early Canadiana Online |