This act repeals some clauses of an act passed in 1833 and extends others, relating to the repair and building of roads and bridges in the province, and the funding of these works.
This act creates new rules governing the jurisdiction and regulations governing Justices of the Peace in civil suits, as well as those for the defendents and officers involved in such cases.
This act prohibits any cases coming before the New Brunswick supreme court where the disputes are worth less than Twenty pounds, and amends the terms under which valid cases can be brought before the court.
This act is an amendment to an act passed in 1833, which seeks to improve the navigation of the Saint Lawrence river. It amends the amount of money to be paid to the commissioners of the project, the dimensions of locks to be built on the river, and specifies damages to be paid to people who suffer damage to their property in the pursuit of this project.
This act amends an 1810 act regulating the collection and payments of rents, and creates new rent fees to be awarded to officials charged with prosecuting disputes.
This act repeals an act passed in 1833 which granted twelve thousand five hundred pounds in three installments to the commissioners appointed to build a penitentiary, as the commissioners in question have indicated it is more expedient to receive the entire amount at once.
This act calls for the appointment of five inspectors of the provincial penitentiary in Kingston. It specifies the powers of these inspectors, establishes a board of inspectors, and denotes the responsibilities of the board. It also further empowers the warden of the prison, who is given greater responsibility over the prison. Criteria on which the prison will be inspected, such as food, accounts, and living conditions, are specified.
This act allows the Lieutenant-Governor to appoint commissioners to oversee the emigration of children from Great Britain to New Brunswick and their palcement in the province, and what their responsibilities are to be.
This Act continues, for a limited time, an Act passed in 1832, “An Act to create a fund for defraying the expense of providing Medical assistance for sick Emigrants, and of enabling indigent persons of that description to proceed to their place of destination." This Act is to remain in force until 1836.
This act amends a 1791 act regulating marriage, divorce, and sexual morality to make provisions for recent changes in the structure of New Brunswick's government and courts.
This act allows for county funds to be used as compensation to clerks and judges for traveling to examinations of court cases involving felony charges.