| An Ordinance to extend the provisions of a certain Act of the Legislature of this Province, therein mentioned. |
2 Victoria Chapter 3 (Session 4) |
1839 |
This Ordinance extends two former Acts, “An Act for the transportation of certain offenders from this Province to England, to be thence again transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land,” and “An Ordinance to continue a certain Act therein mentioned, intituled, ‘An Act for the transportation of certain offenders from this Province to England, to be thence again transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen’s Land,’” to apply to those sentenced to death by Courts Martial. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue to the payment of the Ordinary Services of the Province. Passed 23d March 1839. |
2 Victoria Chapter 3 |
1839 |
This act awards sums of money to various persons for the services to the government and for local infrastructure projects. |
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 provide for the payment of Costs, in certain cases of information, at the suit of the Crown, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Passed 11th May, 1839. |
2 Victoria – Chapter 3 |
1839 |
This act makes it lawful to award costs of trial to the defendant in cases of intrusion on crown land, to be left at the discretion of the judge presiding over individual trials. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An act to alter and amend the law relating to the Appointment of Commissioners of the Court of King’s Bench, in the several Districts of this Province. Passed 11th May, 1839. |
2 Victoria - Chapter 2 |
1839 |
This act makes provisions for the possible absence of the Chief Justice. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act imposing Duties for raising a Revenue. Passed 23d March 1839. |
2 Victoria Chapter 2 |
1839 |
This act creates a new system of duties on imported goods to raise provicial revenues. |
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 regulate the name and style of the Court established under the authority of an Act of the Provincial Parliament, passed in the thirty fourth year of the reign of King George the Third, entitled, “An Act to establish a Superior Court of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction, and to regulate the Court of Appeal.” Passed 11th May, 1839. |
2 Victoria – Chapter 1 |
1839 |
This act changes the name of the province's superior court. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to amend the Laws now in force relating to the Militia in this Province. Passed 21st February 1839. |
2 Victoria Chapter 1 |
1839 |
This act creates two new corps in the provincial militia and establishes penalties for members who violate their rules. |
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 Laws relating to the solemnizing of Marriage. Passed 9th March 1838. |
2 Victoria Chapter 42 (1838) |
1838 |
This act amends marriage legislation to allow for any ordained person to marry people regardless of whether or not they are in his demonination. |
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 declare that the second Chapter of the Statutes 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 15 (Session 3) |
1838 |
This Ordinance clarifies that “An Act for the better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas;” is not in force in Lower Canada, and that, as such, John Jeffreys and Thomas Ainslie Young, being held under the terms of the said Act, are to be discharged. This Act also discharges George Bowles, as explained. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for indemnifying persons who, since the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, have acted in apprehending, imprisoning, or detaining in custody, persons suspected of High Treason or Treasonable Practices, and in the suppression of unlawful assemblies, and for other purposes therein-mentioned. |
2 Victoria Chapter 14 (Session 3) |
1838 |
Under this Ordinance, all cases brought against persons for any thing commanded or directed since November in the pursuit of apprehending or detaining persons suspected of High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, or Treasonable Practices are to be dropped, as described. The extent and limits of this Ordinance are outlined. This Ordinance also repeals the 1838 Ordinance, “An Ordinance to declare and ascertain the period when the Laws and Ordinances made and passed by the Governor or person authorized to execute the Commission of Governor, and Special Council of the Province, shall take effect." |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorise the Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province, to cause the confinement in any of the Gaols the said Province, of persons committed, or detained, for certain crimes, and for other purposes. |
2 Victoria Chapter 12 (Session 3) |
1838 |
Under this Ordinance, the Governor or person administering the Government is empowered to hold anyone charged with High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, Treasonable Practices, Sedition, Murder, or Arson in any jail in the Province. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorise the Trial in any District of this Province, of persons charged with certain crimes and offences. |
2 Victoria Chapter 11 (Session 3) |
1838 |
This Ordinance makes provision for the trial of persons charged with High Treason, Suspicion of High Treason, Misprision of High Treason, Treasonable Practices, Sedition, Arson, or Murder. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act for Granting to Her Majesty a Sum of Money to defray the contingent expenses of the Legislature during the present and last Sessions. (Passed 25th October, 1838.) |
2 Victoria - Chapter 11 |
1838 |
This act grants various sums of money to pay individuals who served the legislative assembly. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to confirm certain Ordinances of the Governor of this Province, and of the Special Council for the affairs thereof, and to declare the period at which they respectively commenced and took effect. |
2 Victoria Chapter 10 (Session 3) |
1838 |
This Ordinance confirms that several ordinances, as listed, took effect on the day they were passed. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| 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 Thirtieth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-nine. (Passed 25th October, 1838.) |
2 Victoria - Chapter 10 |
1838 |
This act grants various sums of money to individuals who serve the province in the year 1839. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for more effectually preventing the administering or taking of unlawful oaths, and for better preventing Treasonable and Seditious Practices. |
2 Victoria Chapter 8 (Session 3) |
1838 |
Under this Ordinance, any person found to administer or intend to administer an oath intending to bind someone to commit treason or murder, or several other offences listed, shall be adjudged guilty of felony and transported for a term not exceeding 7 years. Limits and exceptions to this Ordinance are outlined, as well as instructions for how it should be enforced. This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1842. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to further amend an Act entituled “An Act to regulate the Packing and Inspection of Pickled Fish for exportation from this Island.” (Passed 25th October, 1838.) |
2 Victoria - Chapter 8 |
1838 |
This act makes amendments to an act first passed in 1834, which established standards to be met by pickled fish set for export for Newfoundland. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance for the Attainder of persons against whom sentences or judgments of Courts Martial shall be given, under and by virtue of an Ordinance passed in the second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance for the suppression of the Rebellion which unhappily exists within this Province of Lower Canada, and for the protection of the persons and properties of Her Majesty’s faithful subjects within the same,” and of another Ordinance passed in the said second year of Her Majesty’s Reign, intituled, “An Ordinance to declare and define the period when the Rebellion, now unhappily existing in this Province, shall be taken and held to cease, and for other purposes.” |
2 Victoria Chapter 7 (Session 3) |
1838 |
This Ordinance clarifies that the goods, chattels, and other property of people sentences to death under the ordinances therein named remain forfeited to the Queen. The processes by which claims on this property can be made are outlined. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Act to preserve the Harbors and Roadsteads of Newfoundland and its Dependencies from Nuisances and Obstructions. (Passed 25th October, 1838.) |
2 Victoria - Chapter 7 |
1838 |
This act prevents the dumping of ballast or other debris in harbours or roadways as they pose obstacles to transportation and commerce, and specifies penalties for those who violate this law. |
Early Canadiana Online |
| An Ordinance to authorise the Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province, to appoint persons as Justices of the Peace and Stipendary Magistrates, notwithstanding an Act of the Legislature of the Province of Lower Canada, passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for the qualification of the Justices of the Peace.” |
2 Victoria Chapter 6 (Session 3) |
1838 |
Under this Ordinance, the Governor or person administering the Government is empowered to appoint Justices of the Peace and Stipendary Magistrates even if they do not meet the requirements established under the 1836 Act, "“An Act for the qualification of the Justices of the Peace." This Ordinance is to remain in force until 1840. |
Early Canadiana Online |