This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of Unlawful Oaths, and for better preventing Treasonable and Seditious Practices,” permanent.
This act imposes a duty on wooden stills and regulates the collection of the same, consolidating several clauses from past acts regarding duties and taxes on stills.
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1792 which standardizes weights and measures throughout the province and fines those who continue to use nonstandard units in public sale.
This act continues an act first passed in 1836 which enables the manufacture of provincial currency, as well as regulating the value of currently brought from outside the province.
This Ordinance continues the 1832 Act, “An Act to authorise the erection of Court Houses and Goals in the Counties of this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned,” as amended by another Act in 1834., which Acts are to remain in force until 1845.
This act makes it illegal to provide any prisoners of the provincial or district jails with alcohol, either by gift or by sale, under penalty of five pounds.
This Ordinance continues the 1829 Act, “An Act to provide for the more effectual extinction of Secret Incumbrances on Lands than was heretofore in use in this Province,” which is to remain in force until 1845.
This is a continuation of an act first passed in 1835, making it illegal to sell liquor to indigenous people. The original act is also amended, increasing the maximum penalty from five to twenty pounds.
This Ordinance continues the 1838 Ordinance, "An Ordinance to provide for the better defence of this Province, and to regulate the Militia thereof," which is to remain in force until 1843.
This is an amendment to an act first passed in 1838, which establishes a board of boundary commissioners for each district within the province in order to help settle disputes caused by improper boundary surveys.
This Ordinance makes several ordinances related to the arrest of people suspected of treasonable practices or acting in defence of the Province, permanent.