| An Act for granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money for defraying the expenses of the Civil Government of this Colony, and for other purposes for the Year ending the 20th June, 1841. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) |
3 Victoria - Chapter 9 |
1840 |
This act grants a salary for the year to those who have served as civil servants to the province. The salaries are granted to the position rather than named individuals. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act to provide for the services of the Clerk of the Circuit Courts in this Province. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 9 |
1840 |
This act continues an 1835 act to provide for the salaries of Circuit Court Clerks until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to regulate the time for making Returns and Payments by Collectors, and other persons receiving the Public Revenues of this Province, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 9 |
1840 |
This act regulates when officers of the districts throughout the province will receive payments for various fees and fines required by law, and details when an account of these fees and fines will be made to the Receiver-General of the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend and render permanent an Ordinance passed in the second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to prevent the fraudulent manufacture, importation, or circulation of spurious Copper and Brass Coin.” |
3 Victoria Chapter 8 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes the 1839 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to prevent the fraudulent manufacture, importation, or circulation of Spurious Copper and Brass Coin,” permanent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to make further provision towards defraying the expenses of the Civil Government of this Colony by raising certain Duties. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) |
3 Victoria - Chapter 8 |
1840 |
This act grants specific sums of money as a salary to those who have served the provincial government in various offices. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act to prevent Disorderly Riding on Streets and Highways in this Province. Passed 25th March 1840.
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3 Victoria Chapter 8 |
1840 |
This act continues an 1836 act to prohibit reckless driving until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to make perpetual certain parts of an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to prevent the unnecessary multiplication of Law Suits, and increase of Costs in Actions on Notes, Bonds, Bills of Exchange and other Instruments” and for other purposes therein-mentioned. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 8 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes perpetual an act passed in 1835, which regulates lawsuits that can be brought against banks and the makers and endorsers of banknotes concerning their value, in an attempt to control the increase of the physical costs of making said banknotes. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act to provide for the better assessment of County and Parish Rates. Passed 25th March 1840.
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3 Victoria Chapter 7 |
1840 |
This act continues an 1837 for assessing parish rates until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to revive, continue and make perpetual a certain Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to continue and amend the Late for attaching the Property of Absconding Debtors, and for other purposes therein-mentioned." Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 7 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes perpetual an act passed in 1835, which described how the property of absconding debtors could be seized. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to render permanent certain Acts therein mentioned. |
3 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 5) |
1840 |
This Ordinance makes several Acts, set to expire, permanent. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled, “An Act to mitigate the Law in respect to Imprisonment for Debt.” Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 6 |
1840 |
This act continues and makes permanent an act first passed in 1835, which raises the amount required to jail debtors from five pounds to ten pounds. It also further defines the actions which can be taken against debtors in order to recover costs. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue an Act passed in the Fifth Session of the General Assembly of this Island, entitled “An Act to combine the Office of Clerk of the Central Circuit Court with the Office of Clerk of the Supreme Court, and to make provision for the Officer discharging the duties of the said Offices.” (Passed 20th April, 1840.) |
3 Victoria - Chapter 6 |
1840 |
This is the continuation of an act first passed in 1835, which combines two court offices into one role, and specifies the duties of the new court officer. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act to provide for the payment of Interest on Warrants. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 6 |
1840 |
This act continues an 1834 act regulating the payment of interest on warrants until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to provide for the continuation of Suits and Process, in cases of Formation of New Districts. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 5 |
1840 |
This act provides for the continuation of all court cases, no matter the court, in cases where new districts are created and the jurisdiction may change due to the creation of new district courts. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to encourage the Whale Fishery in this Colony. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) |
3 Victoria - Chapter 5 |
1840 |
This act sets aside an amount of money to be awarded to vessels who bring in whale oil or whale blubber as a bounty in order to encourage whale fishing in the province. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act for prohibiting and suppressing of Lotteries in this Province. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 5 |
1840 |
This act extends an 1835 act supressing lotteries until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to prevent the circulation of Printed Promissory Notes, under the value of Five Shillings. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 4 |
1840 |
This act makes it illegal to print bank notes for amounts smaller than five shillings. Notes printed before the passing of this act and currently in circulation for amounts smaller than five shillings will be paid out by those who made the note. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to continue the Act imposing a Duty on Rum and other Liquors distilled within the Province. Passed 25th March 1840. |
3 Victoria Chapter 4 |
1840 |
This act extends an 1829 & 1830 act that imposes a duty on imported rum until 1845. |
Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1840. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1840. |
| An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled, “An Act for the exemplary punishment of all and every person and persons who shall seduce, or attempt to seduce, or aid or assist, or attempt to aid or assist any Soldier to Desert His Majesty's Service, or who shall harbor, conceal, receive or assist any Deserter from such Service,” and to make further provision for the punishment of such offenders. Passed 10th February, 1840. |
3 Victoria – Chapter 3 |
1840 |
This act repeals an act first passed in 1804 which describes the punishment(s) to befall civilians who encouraged or assisted a soldier to desert. Punishment was to consist of both imprisonment and fines, and replaces it with new laws which are very similar. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to establish the Fees and Costs chargeable in the several Police Offices and Courts of Session in this Colony. (Passed 29th April, 1840.) |
3 Victoria - Chapter 3 |
1840 |
This act establishes various fees to be paid to court officials for services rendered. |
Early Canadiana Online |