Legislation by Jurisdictional Relevance: Provincial/Provinciale
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| Title | Chapter | Date Passed | Legislative Summary | Source Document |
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| An Act granting a sum of money for the support of Common Schools, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. Passed 11th Way, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 62 | 1839 | This act grants money to the various school districts throughout the province. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to suspend for a limited time, certain sections of the Ordinance for the better Packing and Inspection of Flour and Meal. | 2 Victoria Chapter 59 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance suspends and replaces certain sections of an Ordinance passed earlier in this session of Parliament, "An Ordinance to suspend certain Acts therein mentioned, and to regulate in a better manner the packing and inspection of Flour and Indian Meal,” relating to the construction, materials, branding, and markings of Flour and Meal casks. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate Private Banking, and the Circulation, of the Notes of Private Bankers. | 2 Victoria Chapter 57 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance restricts who is legally allowed to sign or indorse, or draw any bill, note, bon, check, or other promise or undertaking, for the payment of any sum less than five pounds currency to chartered or recognised banks, as described. The Ordinance also makes provision for bankers to be licenced. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to revive and continue, with certain limitations, an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, entitled “An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of money for the erection of certain Light-Houses within the Province, and for other purposes therein-mentioned.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 57 | 1839 | This act revives a recently expired act first passed in 1837 relating to the building of lighthouses in the province, with some amendments. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend an Act of the Legislature of this Province, intituled, “An Act for repealing certain Acts granting rates and duties to His Majesty, and for granting new and additional duties in lieu thereof, and for appropriating the same towards defraying the expenses of the administration of Justice and support of the Civil Government within this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 56 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 24th section of the 1799 Act, “An Act for repealing certain Acts granting rates and duties to His Majesty, and for granting new and additional duties in lieu thereof, and for appropriating the same towards defraying the expenses of the administration of Justice and support of the Civil Government within this Province, and for other purposes therein mentioned." This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty, entitled, “An Act to alter and amend an Act passed during the last Session of the Legislature, entitled, “An Act granting to His Majesty a sum of money for the improvement of the Roads and Bridges, in the several Districts of this Province.” Passed 11th May, 1839. | 2 Victoria – Chapter 56 | 1839 | This act extends an act first passed in 1837 relating to the repair and building of roads and bridges in the province, as there were not enough funds to carry out the original act. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue for a limited time, the “Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of Medical Assistance for Sick Emigrants, and of enabling Indigent Persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 54 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues the 1832 Act,“An Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of Medical assistance for Sick Emigrants, and of enabling indigent persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination,” which is to remain in force until November, 1839. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to revive and continue certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province therein-mentioned. | 2 Victoria Chapter 52 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues several acts relating to Houses of Correction, as listed, which are to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to repeal a certain Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance to declare that the second chapter of the Statute of the Parliament of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, is not, nor has ever been in force in this Province, and for other purposes.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 51 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance repeals an Ordinance passed in 1838, “An Ordinance to declare that the second chapter of the Statute of the Parliament of England, passed in the thirty-first year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, is not, nor has ever been in force in this Province, and for other purposes." | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act in further amendment of the Law relating to Tavernkeepers and Retailers. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 50 | 1839 | This act gives the courts greater powers to compell witness testimony at trials concerning alcohol dealers. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to regulate the Practice of the Courts of Judicature in this Province, respecting certain proceedings. | 2 Victoria Chapter 49 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance makes it lawful for the Clerks or Prothonotaries of the Court of King's Bench or Provincial Court to issue writs of capias ad respondendum and of attachment without the fiat of a judge in certain cases as described. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled “An Act to provide for the greater safety of Passengers on board Steamboats.” Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 49 | 1839 | This act creates new safety regulations for the steamboats entering or working in New Brunswick. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to prevent Real Property, under Seizure, from being injured or wasted, to the damage of the party seizing. | 2 Victoria Chapter 48 (Session 4) | 1839 | Under this Ordinance, any person who diminishes the value of any immovable property seized in execution of judgement, as described, may be committed to prison for a period not more than six months. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to provide for the summary punishment of persons committing trespasses upon square Timber and other Lumber. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 48 | 1839 | This act establishes penalties for those who damage cut timber on other's property. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Ordinance to amend and continue the Act to regulate the exercise of certain rights of Lessors and Lessees. | 2 Victoria Chapter 47 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends the 1833 Act, “An Act to regulate the exercise of certain rights of Lessors and Lessees,” and is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to regulate the Currency of this Province. | 2 Victoria Chapter 46 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance replaces the 1808 Act, “An Act for better regulating the weight and rates at which certain Coins shall pass current in this Province, for preventing the falsifying, counterfeiting, or impairing of the same, and for repealing the Act and Ordinance therein mentioned,” and clarifies rates of exchange between currencies. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to continue the Act to provide less expensive means for the recovery of Wages due to Seamen of vessels belonging to or registered in this Province. | 2 Victoria Chapter 45 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance continues the 1836 Act, “An Act to provide less expensive means for the recovery of Wages due to Seamen of vessels belonging to or registered in this Province,” which is to remain in force until 1842. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance, intituled, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein.” | 2 Victoria Chapter 44 (Session 4) | 1839 | This Ordinance amends an ordinance passed earlier in this session, “An Ordinance for establishing regulations respecting Aliens coming into this Province, or residing therein" and is to remain in force until 1842. This Ordinance clarifies that all vessels travelling on Lake Champlain from any place in the United States are subject to the regulations outlined. | Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to declare the priority of Registered Deeds, and other incumbrances upon Land. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 43 | 1839 | This act any legal property document may be registered with the local county Register of Deeds. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |
| An Act to amend the Law relating to Bastardy. Passed 23d March 1839. | 2 Victoria Chapter 42 | 1839 | This act amends the law governing the care of illegitimate children, creating new stipulations for fatherly support of any such children. | Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick passed in the year 1839. Fredericton: John Simpson, 1839. |